Dive Summary:
- Rapid City, South Dakota was awarded two grants totaling $400,000 from the state board to upgrade the city's landfill.
- The grants are set to go towards an automated scale house, a new facility for community recyclables and a yard waste collection area.
- The initial amount of $528,000 requested by the city from the Board of Water and Natural Resources was declined.
From the article:
Construction is already underway and scheduled for completion in October, the report said.