AUSTRIA UTILITIES SET TO BENEFIT FROM COMMISSION FLOOD GRANT
September 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AUSTRIA'S water utilities will benefit from the European Commission agreeing to pay Euro 17.7 million from its Solidarity Fund for disasters to reimburse emergency costs from last August's violent floods. These ripped through the Alpine regions of Voralberg and Tyrol, forcing local government and utility staff to quickly repair damaged river flood protections. Given Austria has more than 5,000 small water utilities European Commission officials could not say how the money would be split amongst these service providers. However, the money will be ...
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