Northwest Ohio Communities Receive EPA Funding

Northwest Ohio communities are receiving more than $15 million in low-interest rate and principal forgiveness funding from the Ohio EPA.

These funds will improve wastewater and drinking water infrastructure.

The loans were approved between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31, 2021, reported Crawford County Now. Ohio EPA awarded more than $159.9 million statewide in loans during the fourth quarter of 2021, $22 million of which are principal forgiveness.

The projects include managing Ohio’s surface water quality and drinking water systems, reported Crawford County Now, with a focus on low-income property owners repair.

The Northwest Ohio projects receiving funding for the fourth quarter of 2021 include:

Delphos: $10.3 million for two projects. $6.97 million loan will fund the final phase of a project to replace filter membranes at the wastewater treatment plant. A $3.35 million loan will fund a new elevated 500,000-gallon drinking water storage tank and improvements to sections of water distribution system piping along the Miami Erie Canal and on Lima Avenue.
Huron: $2.9 million to install tube settlers in existing settling basins at the drinking water plant, as well as constructing a new building built over the tube settlers.
Cridersville: $1.1 million to replace the sanitary sewer between Rail Road and South Dixie Highway. A sanitary sewer main also will be replaced on South Dixie south of East Main.
Shelby: $289,600 to replace 41 lead service lines in the drinking water system. This loan includes $288,600 in principal forgiveness.
Oak Harbor: $225,331 to make improvements to the 500,000-gallon elevated drinking water storage tank, including interior and exterior coating.
Marblehead: $126,688 to design a project to build a new elevated drinking water storage tank at the southern end of the water distribution system.
Bucyrus: $107,877 to design a project extending a new waterline to connect the village of Nevada distribution system to the Bucyrus distribution system. Bucyrus will provide Nevada with the community’s daily supply of drinking water.
Ayersville Water and Sewer District: $46,114 to design a project to construct an aeration system near the intersection of Shindler Road, Fullmer Road, and Ayersville Pleasant Bend Road.