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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="9-348" title_number="9" title_name="Water, Ice, and Sanitary Facilities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Water Pollution Control">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Grants or loans may be awarded under this section to any State or local governmental entity responsible by law for the provision of sewerage systems to finance the construction of sewerage systems needed to improve water quality whether or not the project is eligible for construction grant assistance under the federal Clean Water Act.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Projects which may receive financial assistance under this section include those providing for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Chlorine removal;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Nitrogen removal;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Phosphorus removal when in conjunction with a nitrogen removal cost–share grant; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Wastewater collection or treatment otherwise undertaken to correct existing special water quality needs or an extraordinary public health problem.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Grants or loans awarded under this section may be awarded for up to 100 percent of eligible costs.</text>
  </level>
</section>
