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| | CASE STUDY: La Pine, Oregon |
 | | Bend, Oregon, on the edge of a fragile high desert ecosystem, has experienced booming development, resulting in a number of problems, including nitrate pollution. |
 | | In the community of La Pine, Orenco Systems Inc., is actively participating with the county and with state agencies to demonstrate a new technology for onsite wastewater treatment with advanced denitrification capabilities. |
 | | The EPA study, an effort to jumpstart technology transfer of innovative decentralized wastewater treatment, has devoted considerable funds to various demonstration projects in various states, including the one in La Pine. |
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