Construction will begin next week on a new sewer system to serve the Mille Lacs Ojibwe Reservation and Mille Lacs County in Minnesota, The St. Cloud Times reports.

The tribe recently completed a wastewater treatment center on its land. The $17 million new sewer system will be connected to it.

Mille Lacs Chief Executive Melanie Benjamin said the system, a partnership of tribal, local, state and federal agencies, could help relations with Mille Lacs County, which has opposed the tribe on several fronts. The county's objection to a federal permit for the system delayed construction for nearly a year.

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Relevant Links:
Mille Lacs Ojibwe - http://www.millelacsojibwe.org