USDA Rural Development Nebraska State Director Maxine Moul, staff and the residents of Stromsburg celebrated the 40th anniversary of Earth Day recently with the announcement of more than $2.2 million in planned improvements to the City's municipal water system. The improvements will bring the system, serving more than 500 users, into compliance with new Safe Drinking Water Act regulations. Special recognition was given to those who were instrumental to the project as they each signed a segment of water pipe.