May 28, 2009
Infrastructure and Job Development Board Does not Always Make Municipalities Repay Loans for Sewage Projects
By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Reporter
Huntington, WV (HNN) – During the debate by Huntington City Council on the Huntington Sanitary Board’s rate increase, the board members emphasized that Huntington’s rates were too low for them to qualify for stimulus money or low interest loans.
However, on the Infrastructure and Job Development Website, a loan to the Town of Kermit for approximately $2 million dollars was closed May 5 and due to its classification as “disadvantaged” , the debt will be totally forgiven.
Here’s the release from http://wvdep.org:
Governor Manchin and Randy Huffman, Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection, announced the first loan from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund approved under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
The loan for $1,938,888 was closed Tuesday, May 5, for the Town of Kermit to rehabilitate and expand the existing sewage collection system 0D and build a new wastewater treatment plant. Because the town is classified as a disadvantaged community, the debt on the loan will be totally forgiven.
Kermit currently has a wastewater collection system that discharges raw sewage into the Tug Fork River and is under an order by the DEP to comply with state water quality standards and effluent limitations.
“I have often said that every West Virginian deserves clean water to drink and a proper wastewater treatment system to protect the water in their communities,” the governor said.
The new wastewater treatment plant will be a 50,000 gallon per day Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) plant with effluent discharge to the Tug Fork River and will serve approximately 342 residents in Mingo County. The contractor for the project is Breckenridge Corporation of Buckhannon, W.Va.
The total cost of the project is expected to be $3,438,888, and the balance of the funding is being provided by a HUD-Small Cities Block Grant, which is administered by the West Virginia Development Office.
“The ARRA funds allow the Clean Water State Revolving Fund to reach out to even more West Virginia communities, like Kermit, to help them provide a service to residents while at the same time addressing water quality concerns,” Huffman said.
The water quality in the Tug Fork River and health conditions will be improved as a result of this project. The project is20expected to be completed in late 2010.
The Clean Water State Revolving Fund is a funding program that has been addressing water quality issues through wastewater facility construction, upgrades or expansions for 18 years.
EDITOR’S NOTE: HNN has obtained the presentation of the Huntington Sanitary Board for their rate increase. You can download the large pdf file by clicking here.
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Infrastructure and Job Development Board Does not Always Make Municipalities Repay Loans for Sewage Projects
By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Reporter
Huntington, WV (HNN) – During the debate by Huntington City Council on the Huntington Sanitary Board’s rate increase, the board members emphasized that Huntington’s rates were too low for them to qualify for stimulus money or low interest loans.
However, on the Infrastructure and Job Development Website, a loan to the Town of Kermit for approximately $2 million dollars was closed May 5 and due to its classification as “disadvantaged” , the debt will be totally forgiven.
Here’s the release from http://wvdep.org:
Governor Manchin and Randy Huffman, Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection, announced the first loan from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund approved under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
The loan for $1,938,888 was closed Tuesday, May 5, for the Town of Kermit to rehabilitate and expand the existing sewage collection system 0D and build a new wastewater treatment plant. Because the town is classified as a disadvantaged community, the debt on the loan will be totally forgiven.
Kermit currently has a wastewater collection system that discharges raw sewage into the Tug Fork River and is under an order by the DEP to comply with state water quality standards and effluent limitations.
“I have often said that every West Virginian deserves clean water to drink and a proper wastewater treatment system to protect the water in their communities,” the governor said.
The new wastewater treatment plant will be a 50,000 gallon per day Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) plant with effluent discharge to the Tug Fork River and will serve approximately 342 residents in Mingo County. The contractor for the project is Breckenridge Corporation of Buckhannon, W.Va.
The total cost of the project is expected to be $3,438,888, and the balance of the funding is being provided by a HUD-Small Cities Block Grant, which is administered by the West Virginia Development Office.
“The ARRA funds allow the Clean Water State Revolving Fund to reach out to even more West Virginia communities, like Kermit, to help them provide a service to residents while at the same time addressing water quality concerns,” Huffman said.
The water quality in the Tug Fork River and health conditions will be improved as a result of this project. The project is20expected to be completed in late 2010.
The Clean Water State Revolving Fund is a funding program that has been addressing water quality issues through wastewater facility construction, upgrades or expansions for 18 years.
EDITOR’S NOTE: HNN has obtained the presentation of the Huntington Sanitary Board for their rate increase. You can download the large pdf file by clicking here.
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