Norfolk senator pitches bill to use federal grant to solve wastewater issue in his community

By: Paul Hammel

Outlets: Nebraska Examiner

Published: February 19, 2026

Words: 559

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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LINCOLN — A Norfolk state senator pitched a bill this week to help his community overcome a stinky problem — a wastewater treatment system that can’t handle all of the waste from two dairy processors in the northeast Nebraska community.

The resulting “infrastructure bottleneck” is hurting economic development in Norfolk and blunting growth of dairy farms in the region, State Sen. Robert Dover told members of the Legislature’s Appropriations Committee.

“If Norfolk cannot grow, the …

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