Success Stories
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Thursday, Mar 28, 2019
Epicenter
The city of Green River, like many western rural communities, lacks economic opportunities. Young people are leaving town, and wages are low. Residents and visiting workers face a lack of adequate, affordable housing. Main Street, once vibrant and alive, has struggled as businesses closed.
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Lawson Acres Water Association
Lawson Acres Water Association (LAWA) serves about 75 people who live in a small cluster of homes near Riddle, in southern Douglas County, Oregon. Riddle is a rural community with just more than 1,100 population. The association has 27 water connections and operates a surface water treatment plant from the Cow Creek River. A regulatory agency contacted RCAC in 2014 to ask for assistance with LAWA’s management and operation issues.
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Alto De Las Flores Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association
RCAC staff completed a rate study, which the water board adopted in May 2018, and which allows the community to qualify for USDA funding.
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Meadowlark Vista
Ronan, Montana is a community of about 2,000 people. Employers are desperate for housing for their employees, and the local housing authority has more than 200 families on the housing wait list. A market study found only one available unit in the three village area of Ronan, Pablo and St. Ignatius.
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Queens Medical Center
RCAC’s technical assistance staff helped the hospital improve its chlorination system and provided training to water system operators.
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