This $1,250,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202), provides funding to the Eagle Lake Water and Sewer District to implement a project to renew and upgrade its wastewater treatment plant and collection system pumping stations. The key activities to be performed under this award include multiple treatment plant component upgrades, such as sludge treatment and disposal enhancements,...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded a $300,000 cooperative agreement to the University of Illinois at Chicago's Energy Resources Center under the Solid Waste Management Assistance Grants (CFDA 66.808) program. The project, called Technical Education and Analysis for Community Hauling and Anaerobic Digesters, will provide at least 20 anaerobic digestion technical assessments utilizing EPA's Co-Digestion Economic Analysis Tool along with other tools. Technical support will also be...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202), provides $2,000,000 in funding to the City of Brockton, Massachusetts to implement a biosolids sludge dryer design project. The activities will include designing a sludge dryer system to reduce the mass and volume of biosolids for disposal, create a Class A dry biosolids product that can be beneficially used or more easily disposed of, and...
This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202), will fund the City of Beatrice, Nebraska to implement upgrades to its municipal sewage treatment plant. The key activities to be performed include demolition of the existing grit system, construction of a new grit building, installation of a multi-tray vortex grit separator, grit pump, grit washer, new power and fiber optic cable, and a...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) provides $312,500 in funding to the Northern Moraine Wastewater Reclamation District. The purpose of the award is to implement a project to purchase an emergency diesel generator and an aeration blower for the wastewater treatment facility serving the communities of Lakemoor, Port Barrington, Island Lake, and Holiday Hills in Illinois. The...
This EPA Region 5 Cooperative Agreement award provides $2,000,000 in funding to the City of Streator, IL to implement a project to upgrade the wastewater treatment plant's oxidation ditch. The key activities funded include: removing 12 existing aeration rotors and installing 10 new mixer/aerator units, completing related electrical and PLC integration work, and replacing the facility's roofing. These infrastructure improvements are expected to enhance the plant's energy efficiency, operational...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the City of Streator a $800,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) to implement a project separating the city's combined storm and sanitary sewer systems in the Leroy/Milner area. The anticipated deliverables include: Installation of new storm sewer infrastructure, including storm inlets and manholes Pavement and landscape restoration following the sewer work Traffic control measures...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) provides $1,199,752.00 in funding to Lake County Public Works in Illinois. The grant supports the replacement and upgrade of critical dewatering equipment at the New Century Town Water Reclamation Facility, including replacing existing belt filter presses with new centrifuge technology and upgrading sludge feed pumps. The project aims to improve...
This $1,250,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) provides funding to the Town of Grantsville, MD to implement a project to upgrade its wastewater treatment plant. The key activities to be performed include monitoring manholes, smoke testing sewer lines, closed-circuit TV inspection, replacement and lining of manholes and gravity sewer lines, installation of new screening and grit...
This $1,199,696 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) provides funding to the Village of Romeoville, Illinois to replace a degraded and deficient existing sanitary lift station. The project activities include installing erosion control, pavement removal, sewer installation, a temporary bypass sewer, removal of the existing lift station, and installation of a new lift station with...