Drinking water plant upgrades in the cities of St. Clair and Memphis, as well as wastewater treatment facility improvements in Croswell, are among $21.2 million in Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) grants recently awarded to Michigan communities, the state announced last Friday.
The MI Clean Water Plan grants, through EGLE’s Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) and Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) aim to help communities upgrade aging infrastructure to ensure healthy drinking water and protect Michigan’s environment.
Both Memphis and the city of St. Clair were funded under the state’s Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, with Memphis receiving almost $874,000 in funding, while St. Clair received $2,733,750.
Memphis plans to use the funds to replace water mains along Lois and Roberts Streets, as well as replacing 26 lead service lines, publicly owned water meters, filter media at the arsenic removal plant, and well pumps. They also plan to install a back-up generator with an automatic transfer switch, as well as completing electrical upgrades to the generator.
St. Clair, meanwhile, will be using the money to improve the city’s water treatment plant and pump station. They will also address water main looping, with that seeing construction of approximately 1,400 linear feet of additional water main to remove a dead-end. Specific improvements to the wastewater plant and pump stations include installation of an additional filter, building repairs, and component upgrades/replacement.
The City of Croswell was awarded $10,245,000 ) from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund. Their project consists of improvements to the Croswell’s wastewater treatment plant pertaining to the pumping, biological treatment, and disinfection systems, and buildings. Also included in the project are improvements at five lift stations throughout the collection system and cured in place pipe lining of over 7,000 feet of sanitary sewer to address structural integrity of the sewer as well as infiltration and inflow.
