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Regional Business and Economics Newspaper
September 2005 |
Focus: Water Infrastructure |
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Pipe dreams
The district is awash in expensive projects
to bring water to sparsely populated areas.
Are they worth it?
Sidebar:
The path not taken
Big pipelines aren’t the only solution to rural water problems
Paying the piper
Somebody has to pony up
billions of dollars to upgrade
drinking water and sewer systems
throughout the district
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Sidebar: Tapping into savings
No-build approaches and alternative technologies can reduce the cost of water upgrades in small towns |
Ninth District Features
Livestock shocks
Mad cow, trade policy and strong prices
Sidebar: This little piggy restricted market access
Lighting up Big Sky, dereg style
Electricity deregulation comes to Montana—so far,
to the cheers of some and the chagrin of many
Black gold rush
High oil prices have brought happy days to the
oil-producing parts of the district
District Voices
How have employee discount prices offered by auto makers affected vehicle sales?
North Dakota ranked safest state
District mid-cap stocks lower year-to-date
Michigan Minnesota Montana
North Dakota South Dakota Wisconsin
U.S. Map: Drinking and Wastewater Needs per Capita, 2003 Dollars
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