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Fayette County Wastewater Management Plan. February 14, 2006. Project Overview . Form Project Advisory Committee Develop Public Participation Plan Review Previous Planning Efforts Assemble Community Profile Define Existing Wastewater Needs Id and Screen Options
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Fayette County Wastewater Management Plan February 14, 2006
Project Overview • Form Project Advisory Committee • Develop Public Participation Plan • Review Previous Planning Efforts • Assemble Community Profile • Define Existing Wastewater Needs • Id and Screen Options • Evaluate Alternatives and Develop Preferred Plan
How can you learn more? • Project website • Meeting minutes • Project reports http://www.lombardoassociates.com/ fayette_county_west_virginia.php • County libraries, National Park Service, 3rd Floor of County Courthouse • Project reports
Wastewater Management Sectors • Onsite systems • Cluster systems • Recreational areas • UIC systems • Package plants • PSD & municipal WWTFs • WQ monitoring program
Onsite Systems CIP Management system requirements
Cluster System CIP • Current onsite areas proposed to have cluster systems (mini-sewers)
UIC Systems CIP • Typically large septic systems
Recreational Areas CIP • Public education and outreach
Package Plant CIP • 19 systems total • 4 minor upgrades • 15 total replacement
Variables Affecting CIP • Percent of onsite systems in failure • CSO/SSO abatements costs • Needed collection and treatment system improvements for PSD & municipal WWTFs
What’s next? • Adoption of the plan by Fayette County Planning Commission and Fayette County Commission as the official wastewater plan of the county • Secure funding for prioritized projects (availability and suitability of funding sources may affect implementation schedule)
Implementation Steps • Filing of the plan with the West Virginia Infrastructure Council as a pre-application for acceptance for technical feasibility • Formal application through IJDC for the initial, selected projects, with local recommendation of funding sources • Follow-up with the agencies recommended by IJDC • Filing of individual funding applications made by Region 4 Planning and Development Council in consultation with the Fayette County Resource Coordinator
Funding Sources • Grants • Loans • Increased rates • Water quality protection fee
Funding Sources • State Revolving Loan Fund • HUD Small Cities Block Grant • Appalachian Regional Commission • Special appropriation request through Congress • Rural Utility Service • Army Corps of Engineers • Funds from a private purveyor of wastewater treatment services interested in an O&M contract on the system • Local bond issue using the Tax Increment Financing Statute or Industrial Development Bond Statute
Funding Issues • Affordability and willingness to pay must be considered • Need for rate increases for “rainy day funding” for repair/replacement • Need for wastewater fee for unsewered areas = business opportunity for PSDs/ municipalities