“These projects will improve the quality of life for thousands of Ohioans by providing reliable access to clean water and addressing failing sewage and domestic wastewater treatment systems that also pose threats to public health and the environment,” said the governor.
COLUMBUS – Columbiana County is expected to receive $ 500,000 in Ohio EPA funding for a new gravity sewer collection system and pumping stations, state officials said Thursday.
Another $ 150,000 is set to help low-to-middle-income homeowners in the county repair or replace defective sewer systems.
According to a press release, the Ohio EPA’s H2Ohio program is offering a total of $ 9 million for 12 projects in 13 Ohio communities that will improve drinking water quality or repair or replace aging water, sewer and wastewater infrastructure.
This includes US $ 7.4 million for water infrastructure projects: building new water treatment plants, replacing obsolete water pipes, installing new pipes and expanding sanitary sewer systems, as well as solutions for securing sewage systems.
There is also $ 1.6 million in wastewater treatment replacement projects, of which Columbiana County will receive $ 150,000, according to the press release. The state estimates that approximately 31 percent of all domestic wastewater treatment systems “experience some degree of failure” and discharge untreated wastewater that contains harmful bacteria.
“These projects will improve the quality of life for thousands of Ohioans by providing reliable access to clean water and addressing failing sewage and domestic wastewater treatment systems that also pose threats to public health and the environment,” DeWine said in a press release.
In Columbiana County, the new wastewater collection system and pumping stations will bring wastewater from the Hannoverton community without wastewater to the Kensington wastewater treatment plant, which serves 153 households.
Many homes and facilities in the village have failed sewage treatment plants that can potentially discharge raw sewage into road ditches and storm sewers that lead to Sandy Creek.
To learn more, visit H2.Ohio.gov.
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