Marion County Water Project Thirsts for Funding ; Effort Stalled; Consumers Still Rely On Well Water

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Cattle rancher Jerry Siebert sounds a bit like a football coach when he talks about the future of beleagurered Marion County Rural Water District No. 5.

"We have to come to a decision whether we're going to carry the football, or throw the ball into the creek and let it float away," said Siebert, the board's vice president.

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Marion County Water Project Thirsts for Funding ; Effort Stalled; Consumers Still Rely On Well Water

The district was organized more than a decade ago to serve sparsely populated eastern Marion County, and the board submitted its first application in February 1994 to the U.S. Department of Agriculture community de...

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