The purpose of this assistance agreement is to award $853,000.00 in federal funds to west virginia department of environmental protection to provide a sub-award to a local municipality for costs…

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded $1.07 million under the Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Municipal Grant Program (CFDA 66.447) to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection on July 1, 2022. The funding will support infrastructure improvements in Romney, West Virginia through June 30, 2026. Specifically, WVDEP will provide $853,000 in sub-awards to the Town of Romney to rehabilitate problematic sections of the municipality's collection system, replacing 9,350 linear feet of existing gravity sewer and installing 830 linear feet of storm sewer. This project aims to address wet weather impacts, infiltration, and inflow to reduce sanitary sewer overflows and maintain compliance with Romney's NPDES permit. The infrastructure upgrades are expected to improve water quality in Big Run and the South Branch Potomac River watershed.

The purpose of this assistance agreement is to award $853,000.00 in federal funds to west virginia department of environmental protection to provide a sub-award to a local municipality for costs associated with the planning, design, and construction of eligible water quality improvement and protection projects. The town of romney, WV is the identified subrecipient.activities:this project will rehabilitate problem sections of romney's collection system, including the replacement of 9,350 LF of existing gravity sewer. A stormwater management structure and approximately 830 LF of storm sewer will also be included in the project. The collection system upgrades will mitigate backup of influent flows within the collection system that could result in sanitary sewer overflows.subrecipient:wvdep will provide a subaward to the town of romney, WV to rehabilitate problem sections of romney's collection system to eliminate sanitary sewer overflows.outcomes:this infrastructure project will improve the water quality of big run, in the south branch potomac river watershed, by addressing the impacts of wet weather events and infiltration and inflow within the collection system, thereby reducing sanitary sewer overflow events. IT will also help the town maintain compliance with their npdes permit and lower treatment costs due to infiltration and inflow. The beneficiary is the sub-recipient, the town of romney, WV.