Palouse CERB grant approved for sewer upgrade

The city of Palouse has received a $48,113 grant from the state's Community Economic Revitalization Board to help plan upgrades for the town's wastewater treatment plant.

Mayor Michael Echanove and City Clerk/Treasurer Mike Bagott made a presentation in Olympia Nov. 19 to the board.

The grant was approved later that day, and the town will put a 25 percent match on top of that.

Palouse has an agreement with the state Department of Ecology to present a plan in December 2017 for how to meet new parameters for their wastewater discharge permit – which calls for lowering the water discharge tempera...