The Town of Stoughton, Massachusetts was awarded a $700,000 project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the Investments for Public Works and Economic Development Facilities program (CFDA 11.300) on April 19, 2021. The funding will support the Stoughton Sewer Works (SWR) Expansion to construct critical infrastructure facilities. Through primarily construction-oriented investments, the Economic Development Administration aims to help distressed...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $4,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) to the Metropolitan Sewer Subdistrict of Greenville, South Carolina (d/b/a MetroConnects) to rehabilitate, expand, and connect the Union Bleachery Mill Village sewer system into the consolidated MetroConnects sewer system. The project activities include cured-in-place pipe lining of 224 linear feet of 15-inch sewer lines, installation of...
This $2,445,846 Formula Grant awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Construction Grants for Wastewater Treatment Works program (CFDA 66.418) will provide additional funding to rehabilitate and structurally improve approximately 13,800 linear feet of combined sewer pipes in the Piney Branch sewershed located in the upper northwest section of Washington, D.C. The grant will supplement previous EPA funding for this project, which uses trenchless rehabilitation...
The Carneys Point Township Sewerage Authority received a $7,045,475 project grant award on January 7, 2021 from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA). The funding supports the Investments for Public Works and Economic Development Facilities program (CFDA 11.300). Through this award, the Carneys Point Township Sewerage Authority will implement critical sewer system infrastructure improvements for Penns Grove, New Jersey. As described in the program overview, the EDA...
This $552,500 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202), provides funding to the Borough of Prospect Park, New Jersey to replace 1,450 linear feet of 8-inch clay sanitary sewer main and 360 linear feet of 12-inch sanitary sewer main with new PVC sewer pipes. The project aims to eliminate sewage leaks and backups for residents of Prospect Park and the neighboring City of Paterson. The award...
This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202), provides $3,060,000 to the City of Wilmington, Delaware to rehabilitate the Price's Run sewer interceptor and associated combined sewer overflow (CSO) facilities. The key activities to be performed include repairing invert voids, correcting structural issues, and rehabilitating approximately 4,000 linear feet of the most deteriorated sections of...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $2,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to the City of Shaker Heights, Ohio under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) on April 1, 2024. The funding supports the city's project to mitigate sanitary sewer overflow through capacity improvements along Lynnfield Road, Lomond Boulevard, Sherrington Road, and Palmerston Road. Key project components include: Eliminating an existing overflow connection and installing 1,377 feet...
This $400,000 three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems will fund the development of an integrated modeling framework to predict, manage, and reduce combined sewer overflows. Florida International University will receive funding to implement and validate a combined sewer overflow model within an existing open-source sewer flow dynamics model. Researchers will also develop a physics-based artificial...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $3,495,000 Project Grant to the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). The grant will fund SNWA's efforts to expand its Septic System Conversion Program, which incentivizes property owners to abandon onsite septic systems and connect to the public sewer system. These conversions increase water supplies by allowing more discharge water to enter the...
This $1,250,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) provides funding to the City of Garfield Heights, Ohio to implement a wastewater and stormwater infrastructure improvement project. The key activities include construction of a new storm sewer and conversion of the existing combined sewer to a sanitary sewer system in the MLK Boulevard area. The expected deliverables are the...