Southeast OH water development projects WASHINGTON, D.C. (WOUB) - A report passed by the U-S Senate last night authorizes funding for several southeast Ohio water development projects.

$21 million is for a clean-up study of the Monday Creek watershed polluted by mining.

$1 million will extend a waterline in Meigs County for a clean coal power plants in the area. $4 million is for a new Burr Oak Regional Water District water treatment plant.

For Lawrence county, $5 million will pay for a Union Rome Sewer District wastewater treatment plant.

And in Vinton County, there's a million dollars for new water lines in Vinton and Brown townships.

The funding was announced by Senator George Voinovich. © Copyright 2017, WOUB