{"id":13048,"date":"2013-02-28T06:00:48","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T12:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/?p=13048"},"modified":"2013-02-28T08:53:20","modified_gmt":"2013-02-28T14:53:20","slug":"how-native-american-tribes-are-easing-small-town-water-worries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2013\/02\/28\/how-native-american-tribes-are-easing-small-town-water-worries\/","title":{"rendered":"How Native American Tribes Are Easing Small Town Water Worries in Oklahoma"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_13047\"  class=\"wp-caption module image right\" style=\"max-width: 300px;\"><a class=\"fancybox\" title=\"Duane Smith, water consultant for the Chickasaw Tribe, in front of Hillside Spring at the Chickasaw National Recreation Area in Sulphur, Okla.\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2013\/02\/duane-smith.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13047\" title=\"duane-smith\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2013\/02\/duane-smith-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Logan Layden \/ StateImpact Oklahoma<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Duane Smith, water consultant for the Chickasaw Tribe, in front of Hillside Spring at the Chickasaw National Recreation Area in Sulphur, Okla.<\/p>\n<\/div><p>Oklahoma&#8217;s water infrastructure <a title=\"StateImpact Link\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2012\/12\/27\/america-can-fix-its-crumbling-water-infrastructure-if-you-help-pay-for-it\/\" target=\"_blank\">needs are daunting<\/a>, and replacing wastewater treatment plants, filtration systems, and pipelines is expensive.<\/p><p>That&#8217;s especially for smaller communities with just a few thousand residents to cover millions of dollars in costs.<\/p><p>There is federal and state aid available, but for some, turning to tribal governments is also an option.<\/p><p><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]--><br \/>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13048-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2013\/02\/STORY-02-27-TribalHelp.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2013\/02\/STORY-02-27-TribalHelp.mp3\">https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2013\/02\/STORY-02-27-TribalHelp.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oklahoma&#8217;s water infrastructure needs are daunting, and replacing wastewater treatment plants, filtration systems, and pipelines is expensive.That&#8217;s especially for smaller communities with just a few thousand residents to cover millions of dollars in costs.There is federal and state aid available, but for some, turning to tribal governments is also an option.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":13047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[491],"tags":[509,107,444,427],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13048"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13048"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13077,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13048\/revisions\/13077"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}