Puget Sound cleanup grants announced

Federal grants worth more than $6 million are going out to agencies trying to protect the Puget Sound from pollution.

JORDAN SCHRADER; staff writer

Published: 12/22/11 12:19 pm

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Federal grants worth more than $6 million are going out to agencies trying to protect the Puget Sound from pollution.

Among them is $480,000 for testing of greener development techniques at Washington State University’s Research and Extension Center in Puyallup. Researchers will examine ways of reducing polluted storm-water runoff, including permeable pavement.

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