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Greenfield project among latest combined Ohio EPA and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act water projects funded

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An additional $48.8 million has been obligated to fund 42 water
quality improvement projects using U.S. EPA stimulus funding from the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) along with loans from Ohio
EPA.  
“These projects represent countless environmental and public
health benefits to citizens all across Ohio,” said Ohio EPA Director Chris
Korleski. “Improving drinking water and water pollution control
infrastructure while putting Ohioans back to work is a double win for the
environment and the economy.”
Projects receiving ARRA subsidies are combined with low-interest loans in
most cases. They are funded through existing programs including the Water
Pollution Control Loan Fund (WPCLF) for water pollution control projects and
the Water Supply Revolving Loan Account (WSRLA) for drinking water
projects.  
Listed below are 38 projects receiving funding through WPCLF:
·         Barnesville (Belmont County) received a $1.2 million ARRA subsidy
with an equal low-interest loan totaling $2.4 million to improve the
community’s wastewater treatment plant sludge storage system, ultimately
protecting Captina Creek;
 
·         Canal Fulton (Stark County) received a $188,705 ARRA subsidy with
no loan repayment to construct a gravity sanitary sewer extending one mile
along Marshallville Street to State Route 21, tying in an economic
development project;
 
·         Carey (Wyandot County) received a $121,578 ARRA subsidy to combine
with an equal low-interest loan totaling $243,156 to construct a storm sewer
next to existing sanitary sewer, separating storm water and sewage flows,
alleviating basement sewage backups in the village and eliminating runoff
into Spring Run;
 
·         Clark County received a $50,000 ARRA subsidy with no loan
repayment to implement an energy efficiency improvement project under the
ARRA Green Projects reserve;
 
·         Columbus (Franklin County) received a $2.05 million ARRA subsidy
and an equal low-interest loan totaling $4.1 million to separate downtown
combined sewers in the Naghten area, protecting the Scioto River;
 
·         Columbus (Franklin County) received a $1.43 million ARRA subsidy
and an equal low-interest loan totaling $2.86 million to clean two sewers
encased in low-head dams on the Olentangy River designed to transport sewage
under the river, and rehabilitating pipeline with cured-in-place pipe lining
material;
 
·         Coshocton County received a $2.1 million ARRA subsidy with no loan
repayment to install a sewage pump station and force main to convey
pretreated discharge from the Pearl Valley Cheese Company, add a sanitary
sewage collection system to serve Fresno, and add a pump station and force
main to convey this sewage to the West LaFayette treatment plant;
 
·         Crawford County received a $3.45 million ARRA subsidy with no loan
repayment to provide centralized sewer service to an unsewered residential
area northwest of Galion, and connect the area to Galion’s wastewater
treatment plant;
 
·         Fairborn (Clark County) received a $50,000 ARRA subsidy with no
loan repayment to line sanitary sewers on Winston Drive, June Drive, North
Maple Avenue, Fig Street, Sillman Court, Jefferson Street and Adams Drive,
which will reduce basement sewage backup;
 
·         Gallia County received a $450,000 ARRA subsidy to combine with a
$569,779 interest-free loan totaling more than $1 million to install
sanitary sewers, a lift station, force main and 25,000-gallon-per-day
wastewater treatment plant to serve unincorporated areas of Mercerville,
eliminating failing home septic systems and treatment systems at Gallia High
School and Hannan Trace Elementary School;
 
·         Geneva (Ashtabula County) received a $210,000 ARRA subsidy and a
$456,891 low-interest loan totaling $666,891 to build a new wastewater
treatment plant laboratory building to improve monitoring;
 
·         Gibonsburg (Sandusky County) received a $477,318 ARRA subsidy and
an equal interest-free loan totaling $954,636 to construct storm sewers and
expand treatment plant capacity during wet weather events, preventing sewer
overflows to the Portage River;
 
·         Greenfield ( Highland County) received a $180,550 ARRA subsidy to
combine with an equal low-interest loan totaling $361,100 to replace
defective manholes and eliminate sewer overflows into Paint Creek in the
Scioto River basin;

·         Helena (Sandusky County) received a $600,000 ARRA subsidy to
combine with a $200,000 interest-free loan totaling $800,000 to replace
failing home septic systems by constructing a wastewater treatment plant and
sanitary sewer system with a pump station that will serve properties within
village limits;
 
·         Huber Heights (Montgomery County) received a $308,552 ARRA subsidy
to combine with an equal low-interest loan totaling $617,104 to line 15,000
feet of sanitary sewer line and rehabilitate 180 manhole covers to prevent
sewer overflows and increase the capacity of the Charlesgate Lift Station,
protecting Drylick Run and Mud Creek;
 
·         Lancaster (Fairfield County) received a $249,276 ARRA subsidy with
no loan repayment to line 4,300 feet of combined storm and sanitary sewer
lines at the Miller Park well field to prevent raw wastewater from entering
the aquifer under the park;
 
·         Little Miami, Inc. (Clermont County) received a $60,000 ARRA
subsidy with no loan repayment to stabilize 500 feet of O’Bannon Creek,
re-shape the bank, stabilize the slope, install erosion protection and
re-vegetate the shore to protect the creek and Little Miami River;
 
·         Malinta (Henry County) received a $1 million ARRA subsidy and a
$127,713 interest-free loan totaling $1.13 million to construct a wastewater
treatment lagoon and sanitary sewer system to replace failing on-lot
household treatment systems, protecting South Turkeyfoot Creek;
 
·         Marion (Marion County) received a $400,000 ARRA subsidy with no
loan repayment to replace sections of sanitary sewer and storm drains along
Franconia Avenue to eliminate residential basement sewer back-up;
 
·         Montgomery County received a $93,715 ARRA subsidy with no loan
repayment to line 2,940 feet of deficient sewer lines in Kettering, remove
tree roots, and restore structural integrity to prevent residential basement
flooding and increase pipeline capacity;
 
·         Montgomery County received a $1.2 million ARRA subsidy and a $2
million low-interest loan totaling $3.2 million to rehabilitate filters at
the water reclamation facility;
 
·         Moreland Hills (Cuyahoga County) received a $92,924 ARRA subsidy
with no loan repayment to install a sanitary force main and construct a new
Jackson Valley pump station to address the inadequate capacity at the
village treatment plant and protect Wiley Creek, a tributary of the Chagrin
River;
 
·         Mount Gilead (Morrow County) received a $121,988 ARRA subsidy and
an equal low-interest loan totaling $243,976 to replace degraded storm
sewers in the Northwood subdivision;
 
·         Muskingum County received a $952,350 ARRA subsidy and a $1.15
million interest-free loan totaling $2.1 million to eliminate 83 failing
home sewage treatment systems along Coopermill Road, Potts Lane, Middleton
Drive, Woody Lane and Benjamin Avenue, add sewers, a force main and pump
station and connect to Zanesville’s wastewater treatment plant;
 
·         New Vienna (Clinton County) received a $249,244 ARRA subsidy and
an $83,081 interest free loan totaling $332,325 to renovate four wastewater
pump stations eliminating basement flooding and overflows into the East Fork
of the Little Miami River;
 
·         Noble County received a $4.7 million ARRA subsidy and a $244,332
interest-free loan totaling $4.9 million to construct a sanitary sewer
system in several unincorporated subdivisions, to be treated by the
wastewater treatment plant in Caldwell;
 
·         Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (Cuyahoga County) received
a $1 million ARRA subsidy with no loan repayment to replace existing sewers
for the Train Avenue relief sewer and improve wastewater flow at a sewer
junction, separating combined storm and wastewater sewers and reducing
basement flooding;
 
·         Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (Cuyahoga County) received
a $5 million ARRA subsidy with no loan repayment to improve the Cuyahoga
Valley Interceptor Lift Station, replace old equipment, reduce electrical
consumption and improve building structure;
 
·         Northwestern Water and Sewer District (Wood County) received a
$536,634 ARRA subsidy which was used to re-structure a $1.1 millon WPCLF
loan received in April 2009 to reduce the amount needing to be repaid down
to $655,054 at a 3.7 percent interest rate.  The sewer district is replacing
an existing failing “package” wastewater treatment plant with a conventional
treatment plant at a new location;
 
·         Roaming Shores (Ashtabula County) received a $19,669 ARRA subsidy
with no loan repayment to construct an on-site dewatering system to remove
water from sludge lowering disposal costs, replace two aeration tanks that
are not functioning and demolish a storage garage;

·         Sandusky County received a $424,218 ARRA subsidy to combine with a
$491,100 interest-free loan totaling $915,318 to construct sewer lines along
Route 6 and eliminate 55 failing home septic systems and a church septic
system that currently discharge into Bark Creek, northwest of the city of
Fremont;
 
·         Stark County Metropolitan Sewer District (Stark County) received a
$225,000 ARRA subsidy with no loan repayment to install sewer lines
providing sanitary sewer service to 35 residences in two unincorporated
areas of Canton Township currently using failing home septic systems;
 
·          Swanton (Fulton County) received a $1 million ARRA subsidy and a
$409,244 low-interest loan for a total of $1.4 million to fund wastewater
treatment plant improvements and separate combined sewers to eliminate
overflows at the collection system and the treatment plant site;
 
·         Uhrichsville (Tuscarawas County) received a $337,350 ARRA subsidy
and a $266,432 low-interest loan totaling $603,782 to install a larger storm
sewer along East 2nd Street and Uhrich Street between East 2nd and East 3rd
Streets and to block two connections from the storm sewer to the sanitary
sewer. This will minimize overflows into Stillwater Creek.
 
·         Vandalia (Montgomery County) received a $99,750 ARRA subsidy with
no loan repayment to line 6,000 feet of leaking sanitary sewers and replace
downstream pipes to eliminate unauthorized discharges of untreated sewage
during wet weather events;
 
·         Wadsworth (Medina County) received a $276,185 ARRA subsidy with no
loan repayment to replace a collapsed span of sanitary sewer and to line
sanitary sewers in Orchard and Memorial Park areas, preventing extraneous
water from entering these sewers;
 
·         Wellington (Lorain County) received a $255,225 ARRA subsidy to
combine with a $78,390 interest-free loan for a total of $333,615 to replace
deteriorating sanitary sewers on Lincoln Street correcting sewer overflows
into Charlemont Creek; and
 
·         Youngstown (Mahoning County) received a $300,000 ARRA subsidy to
combine with an $891,194 low-interest loan totaling almost $1.2 million to
replace the covers on two sludge storage tanks at the city’s wastewater
treatment plant.
 
Listed below are four projects receiving funding through WSRLA:
·         Jackson (Shelby County) received a $500,000 ARRA subsidy and a
$1.5 million interest-free loan totaling $2 million to capture and dewater
sludge and treat backwash water at the drinking water treatment plant, and
demolish a leaking storage tank;
 
·         Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (Muskingum County)
received a $100,000 ARRA subsidy and a $188,884 interest-free loan for a
total of $288,884 to repair an elevated water storage tank in order to
provide safe and reliable drinking water to visitors to Atwood Lake Resort;
 
·         Pike Water,Inc. received a $525,000 ARRA subsidy and a $730,067
interest-free loan totaling $1.26 million to fund waterline extension
projects to Mifflin, Parker Ridge and Sinking Springs in Pike, Highland and
Adams counties, eliminating a public health risk posed by bacterial
contamination in drinking water to homes currently served by private wells;
 
·         Tuppers Plain (Meigs and Athens counties) received a $273,602 ARRA
subsidy and an equal amount interest-free loan totaling $547,204 to extend
the existing drinking water system to residents in portions of Scipio,
Bedford, Salisbury, Chester, Lebanon and Letart townships in Meigs County
and Carthage Township in Athens County;
 
ARRA funding will support 267 water pollution control projects in 160
communities and 65 drinking water projects in 52 communities in Ohio.  For
additional information on the federal program, please visit
www.epa.gov/recovery/, or see the Web sites below for Ohio specific
details.  
 
The Water Pollution Control Loan Fund (WPCLF) is to receive $220.6 million
in Recovery Act funding to combine with $730 million in non-ARRA funding.
This will provide more than $950 million for water quality improvement
projects to stimulate Ohio's economy. When compared to market loan rates,
the combination of stimulus grants and low-interest WPCLF loans would save
Ohio communities $569 million in financing costs over 20 years.
The Water Supply Revolving Loan Account (WSRLA) is slated to receive $58.46
million in an ARRA capitalization grant to combine with $81 million non-ARRA
capitalization grants, bonds and repayments. Ohio plans to offer a total of
about $140 million.  When compared to market loan rates, the combination of
stimulus grants and low-interest WSRLA loans would save Ohio communities
$154 million in financing costs over 20 years.
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www.epa.ohio.gov 
 
 
Water Pollution Control Projects:
www.epa.ohio.gov/defa/stimulus_pages/stimulus.aspx

Drinking Water Projects: www.epa.ohio.gov/ddagw/dwaf_economic_stimulus.aspx[[In-content Ad]]

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