A total of $20 million of American Rescue Plan funds will go towards improving water quality long term for northwestern Douglas County.

On Thursday, Douglas County leaders broke ground on a new wastewater treatment facility near Littleton, along with Dominion Water & Sanitation, PCL Construction, and Stantec. They say it will be a foundation for cleaner water and better infrastructure on the Highway 85 corridor. The region includes new and fast-growing Sterling Ranch, as well as one small community that's been around for over a century but isn't on board with the project.

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"This is not just a project, it's a pledge, a pledge that no community is too small to matter, that every voice matters, that every drop of water flowing from a tap must be worthy of our trust," said Douglas Co

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