T-Screen Success In Indiana As Retrofit Pays Off
Before a series of upgrades (totaling $27M over 5 years), at the City of Washington’s wastewater treatment plant in Indiana, even the smallest amount of rainfall would cause an overflow.
$27M is a significant sum of money of course, but as any municipal works superintendent will tell you, funding is (and this will be an extremely polite way of putting it), a long and complicated process.
Prior to the installation in 2012 of a fixed bar screen, Superintendent Scott Rainey and his team at the City of Washington’s Wastewater Treatment plant could be forgiven for any choice words uttered as they painstakingly pulled out large debris from a fixed overflow weir (installed in 1988), that was overwhelmed during storm events.
Washington City Council will meet
The Washington City Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday in Council Chambers, 200 Harned Ave. Items included on the agenda: resolutions to transfer funds, purchase real estate, COVID-19 emergency pay; ordinances creating small business relief phase II, amending of code of ordinances, CAREs transportation funds; reappointments to various boards.
The Board of Public Works and Safety will meet following the council meeting to discuss pay application to Don Gress construction and Arc Construction; change order for wastewater treatment plant; agreements with Midwestern Engineers; salary/position change in the electric department.
Martin County commissioners will meetThe Martin County Board of Commissioners will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Commissionersâ Room at the courthouse, 129 Main St., Shoals.
Medora awarded road funding
More Medora streets will receive much-needed attention in 2021.
On Tuesday, Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb and Indiana Department of Transportation Commissioner Joe McGuinness announced 241 Indiana cities, towns and counties will receive a combined $101 million in state matching funds for local road projects through Community Crossings, a component of the governor’s Next Level Roads program.
That includes $179,316.73 for Medora. The town will have to provide a 25% match.
Jon Craig, business development manager for Midwestern Engineers Inc. of Loogootee, helped the town apply for the grant. He said Medora was awarded the full amount for which it applied, and he will check with INDOT to ensure the road projects all line up.