WATERLOO â The Town of Waterloo continues to look for grant possibilities to help pay for $9 million in renovations, which are needed at the townâs sewage treatment plant.
In January, the town began work on applying for a $9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the project. On Tuesday night, Town Manager Pam Howard informed the town board that she recently completed a State Water Infrastructure Fund grant request, asking for $5 million from the state.
During the January town council meeting, Howard said the renovations include the construction of a wet-weather system and screen, ultraviolet lights and new headworks, and an update existing lift stations and collection systems.
FW City Council approves pump station contracts
DAVE GONG | The Journal Gazette
A pair of contracts worth more than $5 million approved Tuesday by the Fort Wayne City Council are only part of a major pump station project expected to cost between $45 million and $50 million, a City Utilities official said.
In an 8-0 vote, council members approved a pair of engineering services contracts with Wessler Engineering Inc. and Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. to manage construction of a deep dewatering pump station associated with the deep rock tunnel, also known as the Three Rivers Protection & Overflow Reduction Tunnel.
The station will pump water out of the tunnel and move it to City Utilities water pollution control plant for treatment once a wet weather event subsides, Mike Kiester, City Utilities engineering manager, told the council.