EPA warns against using water money to balance state budget

Thursday, May 9, 2002

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- State lawmakers are reconsidering their use of a water-loan fund to help balance the budget after the Environmental Protection Agency said the move could cost the state $74 million in federal money.

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