Formula Grant 95302501

This Formula Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 provides $2,247,500 to the Maryland Department of the Environment for water quality improvement and protection projects in Frostburg, Maryland under the Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Municipal Grant Program (CFDA 66.447). The funding will support Phase X-B of Frostburg's three-phase effort to eliminate combined sewer overflows on the city's east side through infrastructure upgrades. Specifically, the Maryland Department of the Environment will subaward funds to Frostburg to separate approximately 5,000 feet of sanitary and storm sewer systems, separate a dozen sewer inlets, and eliminate illegal downspout connections for 30-40% of properties in the project area. This infrastructure work will reduce dry weather and stormwater flows to local pumping stations and ultimately the Cumberland Sewage Treatment Plant, improving water quality in Georges Creek and the Potomac River basin by reducing combined sewer overflow pollutants.