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Jan. 12, 2001 For further information, contact Al Farling, Financial Assistance Branch administrator, 302-739-5081 or Melinda Carl, Information and Education, 302-739-4506 Sussex and Kent Sewer Projects Funding Approved Funding Packages Total Approximately $8.5 MillionThe Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, in conjunction with the Wastewater Facilities Advisory Council, has approved three grants and two loans for wastewater facility projects in Sussex and Kent counties. The Sussex County sewer projects are projected to eliminate 938 septic systems and prevent installation of an additional 306. "Creative financing, using grants, loans, deferred payments and low interest rates, made these projects affordable to customers," said Al Farling, Division of Water Resources Financial Assistance Branch administrator. An approximately $3.9 million loan and $3.8 million grant to Sussex County will finance construction of the Oak Orchard Sanitary Sewer District. The proposed system will be a gravity wastewater collection system with transmission facilities. The system's wastewater will be treated at the existing Inland Bays Regional Wastewater Facility at County Roads 303 and 306. The Oak Orchard project will eliminate approximately 893 septic systems and prevent 288 additional septic systems from being installed, which will prevent an estimated 21,088 pounds of nitrogen and 1,612 pounds of phosphorus from reaching ground water annually. This amount represents 8.9 percent of the nitrogen reduction needed to achieve the nitrogen total maximum daily load (TMDL) and 14.7 percent of the phosphorus reduction needed to achieve the phosphorus TMDL requirements in the lower Indian River, Indian River Bay and Rehoboth Bay. A $218,379 grant to Sussex County will match a federal grant of $450,321 and fund construction of the Pinetown Sewer Project. The system will consist of a gravity collection system, pumping station and a force main. The wastewater will be pumped into the existing West Rehoboth Expansion of the Dewey Beach Sanitary Sewer District and treated at the Wolf Neck Treatment Plant. The physical connection to the West Rehoboth system will be made to the gravity collection system in the Sweet Briar Mobile Home Park. The Pinetown project will eliminate approximately 45 septic systems and prevent three additional septic systems from being installed, which will prevent an estimated 857 pounds of nitrogen and 66 pounds of phosphorus from reaching the ground water annually. Septic systems in this area discharge to ground water that feeds Red Mill Pond. A $392,400 loan and $208,200 grant to Kent County will fund improvements to the Bowers Beach Sanitary Sewer District. The project consists of construction of a new 6-inch diameter force main parallel to the existing 4-inch diameter force main and upgrading equipment for sewer district to match the hydraulic characteristics of the larger transmission pipeline. The infrastructure improvements will provide transmission capacity for existing users and future infill development in Bowers Beach Sanitary Sewer District. It will also prevent overflows from equipment failures caused by inadequate capacity of the existing transmission facilities. -30- Document no. 40-01/00/01/01/13 |
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