Illinois River Watershed Partnership Offers Septic Tank Guidance

KUAF | By Jacqueline Froelich

Published May 21, 2021 at 12:35 PM CDT

Illinois River Watershed Partnership's Community Relations Manager, Morgan Keeling, left, and Matt Taylor, septic tank remediation consultant, at the nonprofit’s lakeside sanctuary.";

Rural landowners in northwest Arkansas are eligible to receive guidance as well as financial assistance with repairing or replacing failing septic systems, under a new program launched this spring by the Illinois River Watershed Partnership — the first program of its kind in Arkansas.

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Jacqueline Froelich

Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative journalist and has been a news producer for KUAF National Public Radio since 1998. She covers politics, the environment, energy, business, education, history, race and culture. Her radio segments have been nationally syndicated. She is also a station-based national correspondent for NPR in Washington DC., and recipient of eight national and state broadcast awards.

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