Trump’s EPA grant freeze could impact state program bringing running water to villages

President Donald Trump ordered a freeze on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grants, which could impact thousands of people living in rural Alaska.
The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) gets $60 million of state and federal money for its Village Safe Water program. About half of that money comes from the EPA.
The program aims to end the honey bucket system in the Bush by installing plumbing for running water and sewer systems.
“There’s a direct link between hu