Name: EPA invests to improve water system in Clayton
Uploaded: 2023-04-03T16:42:41-0400
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Description: The EPA announced it's investing more than $775 million to upgrade drinking, stormwater, and wastewater systems and nearly half of the funding will be available as grants or principal forgiveness loans to help underserved communities.

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The EPA announced it's investing more than $775 million to upgrade drinking, stormwater, and wastewater systems and nearly half of the funding will be available as grants or principal forgiveness loans to help underserved communities.

SUSPENSIONS ARE ONLY ISSUED FOR SPEEDING AT MORE THAN 80 MILES PER HOUR. THE PA ADMINISTRATOR AND NORTH CAROLINA NATIVE MICHAEL REAGAN WAS IN CLAYTON, NORTH CAROLINA TODAY MEETING WITH OTHER FEDERAL AND LOCAL LEADERS AT A SITE FOR THE NEW WATER FACILITY. WRAL, CLIMATE CHANGE REPORTER LIZ MCLAUGHLIN HAS MORE DETAILS ON TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT. >> A SECOND STOP FOR MICHAEL REAGAN IN HIS HOME STATE THIS WEEK. TAKING TIME TO TOUR. >> THIS AREA, A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT RIGHT NOW BUT SEEMS BRANCH WATER, RECLAMATION FACILITY AND ANNOUNCING MORE FUNDING IN INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES HERE IN THE STATE AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >> AT THE SITE OF THE SOON-TO-BE WATER FACILITY IN CLAYTON TODAY. EPA ADMINISTRATOR MICHAEL REGAN ANNOUNCED NEW WATER INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT OF 775 MILLION DOLLARS WITH NEARLY HALF EARMARKED FOR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY. PART OF THE 50 BILLION DOLLARS PROVIDED TO THE EPA IN THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW FIRM WATER SYSTEM UPGRADES ITS 15 BILLION DOLLARS AND THAT NOT QUITE. >> IT'S A HUGE SHOT IN THE ARM, BUT WE HAVE OVER 650, THE 700 BILLION DOLLARS. WHY INFRASTRUCTURE? SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH GOING TO USE THESE RESOURCES STRATEGICALLY. >> THE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME AFTER FEDERAL AND LOCAL LEADERS INCLUDING CONGRESSMAN WILEY NICKEL TOWARD THE ESTIMATED 200 MILLION DOLLAR FACILITY THIS MORNING IS THIS IS A BIG DEAL FOR NORTH CAROLINA. 13 DISTRICTS. A BIG DEAL FOR CLAYTON. >> WHAT WE'RE SEEING ARE MAJOR FEDERAL INVESTMENTS IN CLEAN WATER. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE TODAY. THE NEW FACILITY WILL BE ABLE TO PROCESS 10 MILLION GALLONS A DAY MORE THAN 40 TIMES. THE CAPACITY OF CLAYTON'S CURRENT AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH IS ABOUT 70 YEARS OLD. >> MEANS A WHOLE LOT TO ME. LEADERS MET WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, INCLUDING JAMES WISEMAN OR A LOCAL FARMER WHO'S BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR CLEAN WATER SINCE HIS DAUGHTER WAS BORN. SHE HAD A BIRTH TO DIFFERENT FROM HER FINGERS. >> UP TO HER ELBOWS IT WAS FROM THE WATER. IT WAS IN THE WELL WATER IN THE HOUSE. >> STORIES THAT EPA ADMINISTRATOR MICHAEL REGAN SAYS PUSHED HIM TO MAKE CLEAN WATER A PRIORITY. >> CONSTRUCTION OF THIS FACILITY STARTED IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR AND IS SET TO BE

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EPA invests to improve water system in Clayton

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I'm neurologist, Elizabeth Garra, a mix of sun and clouds out there as you're headed out the door, places where we're seeing some cloud cover lingering should be breaking up by lunchtime, if not before 80 degrees in Raleigh, 81 in Durham and in Fayetteville, those are our highs for this afternoon. So it's going to be a nice day, the coolest day that we'll see this week, we're going to start to see things creeping up a little bit from comfy into tolerable in terms of our muggy meter for today. And then it continues to climb from tolerable to humid all the way up towards tropical by Thursday and Friday, we're going to see a lot more moisture working its way back into the area and a better chance for rain Friday into the holiday weekend. I know uh we've had some cool temperatures over the weekend so you can see North Carolina there in the blue shaded area. That's where temperatures are below normal. And then we get into the yellows and the oranges above normal starting tomorrow really and really amping up for say Thursday and Friday, we check out the Bulls game. It's going to be a really nice evening for a game tomorrow. They kick off their next home stand that lasts all the way through the holiday weekend, 630 game temperatures will be close to 80. Dropping into the mid seventies by around eight o'clock, we'll see partly cloudy skies and humidity again. Should be middle of the road. Our normal high is 81. We do jump to 88 Wednesday and then all the way to 91 we haven't seen a lot of 90 degree temperatures, but we'll be there. Thursday. It is cooler Friday because we'll see more cloud cover and a chance of showers and storms in the afternoon in the evening. And we check out the rest of that Memorial Day Holiday weekend and we have preview down because of course, it's a long time before Sunday and Monday, we're going to have a lot more information coming in right now. It looks like Saturday would be the wettest day. It would be drier on Sunday with a small chance of storms and then some scattered storms on Monday. But if you do have critical outdoor plans over the weekend, make sure you keep checking back as we continue to update the forecast.

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Good evening, Darren Ott here with tonight's drawings for Sunday. May 19th, 2024. Let's get started. As always with Carolina pick three where the first winning number is eight. The second is three and the third is four and our pick three. Fireball number tonight is eight. Joining me for tonight's drawing is our auditor from mcconal Jones L LP. We move along to Carolina pick four. The first pick four, number is one. The second is four. The third is one and the fourth is two. In our pick for fireball number is five. Turning now to the Carolina cash five. If no one wins the top prize tonight, tomorrow's top prize is estimated at $130,000. Good luck. The first cash five number is 11. The second is 12. The 3rd 34. The fourth is five and the fifth and final number tonight is seven over the past 16 years. The lottery has contributed over $10 billion to education. So thanks for your support and thanks for playing the North Carolina Education lottery.

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Good afternoon. I'm Claire Justin and welcome to this afternoon. Choice for Sunday. May 19th, 2024. Let's get started with our car to pick three. Your first number is eight. Second is nine, third is also nine and your pick. The fireball is two. Joining me for this afternoon's drawing is our auditor from mcconnell and Jones L LP. Now let's move on to the Carolina pick for your first pick. Four. Number is four. Second is six. Third is one, fourth is one and your pick four. Fireball is eight. The North Carolina Education lottery contributed over $10 billion to education. Thanks for your support. Get your winning numbers each day here on your exclusive station for the North Carolina Education lottery.

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Johnson tonight, we have another life changing jackpot for you. It's worth an estimated $77.5 million. I get those tickets out. Let's play. That first number is 42. Followed by the number 59. Tonight. We're going to meet, keep on trucking who won $50,000 playing powerball. Now, for the rest of those numbers, we've got 3719, rounding it out with 36. Your powerball number tonight. Good luck. Everyone is 19 and your power play multiplier is two. Let's take a look at those numbers one last time. Remember there are multiple ways to win. We'll see you back here Monday night. Good night, everyone. Favorite jackpot game. This is powerball. Good evening America. I'm.

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>> ACROSS AMERICA WITH MEGA JACKPOTS, IT'S MEGA MILLIONS WOODS UP AMERICA. I'M JOHN CROW. IT IS FRIDAY MAY 17TH AND TONIGHT'S MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT IS AN ESTIMATED A NEW TIES. 393 MILLION DOLLARS. AND WIN THAT JACKPOT. YOU MUST MATCH THESE 5 WHITE. PLUS THAT GOLD MEGA BALL NOW LETS SEE IF I CAN MAKE YOU A MILLIONAIRE TONIGHT. YOUR FIRST WINNING NUMBER TONIGHT IS 8 AND FOLLOWED BY 60. UP NEXT, WE HAVE 70. YOUR NEXT NUMBER IS 17 IN YOUR FINAL WHITE BALL NUMBER FOR THIS FRIDAY EVENING IS 40 NOW FOR THE MEGA BALL NUMBER. THAT IS 3. AGAIN. TONIGHT'S WINNING NUMBERS ARE 8, 60, 70

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