March 24, 2004
ROMNEY ADMINISTRATION AWARDS $458M IN LOW-INTEREST LOANS FOR 85 LOCAL WATER AND SEWER PROJECTS
The Romney Administration today awarded $458 million in low-interest loans to 62 communities, wastewater districts and water suppliers for 85 environmental infrastructure and planning improvement projects.
“Many of the projects funded this year are concentrated in urban areas and they are consistent with our ‘Fix It First’ strategy of maintaining existing infrastructure over new development,” said Governor Mitt Romney. “This investment in these facilities is critical for the protection of our environment and our public health.”
The funds come from the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (SRF), administered by the Department of Environmental Protection, the Executive Office for Administration and Finance and the State Treasurer’s Office.
“The State Revolving Fund program will make an enormous investment in water treatment facilities, wastewater treatment plants, Combined Sewer Overflow mitigation, and rehabilitation of water distribution and wastewater collection systems,” said Commonwealth Development Secretary Doug Foy. “In the last two years, 82 percent of these funds were used on projects that support protection of green space and the upgrading of existing infrastructure.”
“Residents of the Commonwealth deserve to have clean drinking water and unspoiled wetlands and waterways and this year’s SRF funding priorities bring us closer to that goal,” said Environmental Affairs Secretary Ellen Roy Herzfelder. “Municipalities that receive these funds will be building a healthier community and a safer environment in which to live and work.”
“SRF programs offer the critical capital needed to provide responsible wastewater management and to make sure there is a safe supply of drinking water,” said Environmental Protection Commissioner Robert W. Golledge, Jr. “These programs are a vital part of our mission to protect the environment and the public health.”
The Clean Water SRF will provide $348,915,439 in financing for 62 construction and planning projects aimed at eliminating combined sewer overflows, upgrading wastewater treatment facilities, extending sewers and developing long-term wastewater management plans. An additional $110,050,187 in loans from the Drinking Water SRF will finance 23 drinking water treatment, storage and distribution projects across the Commonwealth.
Massachusetts has awarded more than $2.9 billion in Clean Water SRF loans since the program’s inception in 1991. The Drinking Water SRF, initiated in 1999, has financed more than $690 million in projects.
Annual grants from the federal government provide seed money for the Massachusetts SRF programs. Matching state funds leverage the federal contribution to make it possible for qualifying municipalities, wastewater districts and water suppliers to borrow money at two percent interest for a range of environmental infrastructure projects.
(See attached list of loan recipients.)
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CLEAN WATER SRF 2004
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
Applicant
ACUSHNET
Sewage Collection System, Phases 1
$ 4,524,000
ATTLEBORO
Upgrade of Advanced WWTF
$ 16,500,000
BROCKTON
WWTF Improvements & Sewer System Rehabilitation
$ 20,000,000
CAMBRIDGE
Contract #12 Const. Of New SW Outfall
$ 15,545,000
CHELMSFORD
Phase 4F and 4G Sewer Program
$ 8,000,000
COHASSETT
Non-Point Source Pollution Control
$ 479,500
CONCORD
WW Collection System extension
$ 6,993,000
EGREMONT
WW Collection, Transmision and Treatment Fac.
$ 6,626,000
FALL RIVER
CSO Construction Contracts
$ 20,141,000
GLOUCASTER
Washington St. Drain/CSO Relief Project
$ 2,197,000
GLSD
CSO Abatement Program
$ 16,965,000
HAVERHILL
WPAF/CSO Abatement Program
$ 6,000,000
HOLYOKE
Front St. Interceptor CSO Abatement
$ 16,514,000
HOOSAC WQD
Long Term WWTF Improvements
$ 7,440,000
KINGSTON
Contract No. 7 - Collector Sewers
$ 8,830,000
LEE
Upgrade and Expansion of WWTF
$ 5,000,000
LWSC
East Lynn CSO Abatement Program
$ 19,079,800
MWRA
Upper Neponset Valley Relief Interceptor
$ 10,000,000
MWRA
Braintree Weymouth Relief Facilities
$ 20,000,000
MWRA
CSO - Control Discharges into Boston Harbor
$ 35,000,000
MWRA
Plant Optimization/Ancillary Modifications
$ 10,000,000
NANTUCKET
I/I Rehabilitation
$ 2,100,000
NEW BEDFORD
CSO - Dean Street Separation
$ 3,788,000
NEW BEDFORD
CSO - West End Sewer Separation - Phase 5
$ 3,968,000
NEW BEDFORD
CSO - Coggeshall Street Separation
$ 4,904,000
NEW BEDFORD
CSO - West End Sewer Separation - Phase 4
$ 6,848,000
NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH
Phosphorus Removal Upgrade Phase III
$ 1,652,639
PROVINCETOWN
WW ( Sewer System) Phase I Construction
$ 2,957,000
RICHMOND
Richmond Pond Sewer Project
$ 2,797,000
SCITUATE
Construction of Cliffs Area Sanitary Sewers
$ 5,734,000
SOUTHAMPTON
Pequot Pond Area Sanitary Sewer
$ 4,730,000
SOUTHBRIDGE
TAUNTON
Phase I I/I Abatement Program
$ 1,279,000
TEMPLETON
Upgrade of WWTF
$ 6,000,000
UBWPAD
Phase I Wastewater Treatment Facility Improvements
$ 25,000,000
WALTHAM
Sewer Rehabilitation Program
$ 705,500
CONSTRUCTION SUBTOTAL
$334,517,439
PLANNING PROJECTS
Company Name
ASHLAND
Comprehensive Water Resource Mgmt Plan
$ 500,000
ASSABET CONSORTIUM
Comprehensive Water Resource Mgmt Plan
$ 500,000
ASSABET CONSORTIUM
Sediment Evaluation
$ 600,000
ATTLEBORO
Comprehensive Water Resource Mgmt Plan
$ 400,000
BARNSTABLE
Nutrient Management Planning Project
$ 3,100,000
DIGHTON
Comprehensive Water Resource Mgmt Plan
$ 600,000
EAST BRIDGEWATER
Planning and Hydrogeologic Studies
$ 200,000
FOXBOROUGH
Comprehensive Water Resource Mgmt Plan
$ 250,000
FRAMINGHAM
Stormwater Management Plan
$ 300,000
FRAMINGHAM
Comprehensive Water Resource Mgmt Plan
$ 600,000
GLOUCESTER
Combined Sewer Investigation
$ 312,000
GLOUCESTER
Infiltration and Inflow Analysis
$ 606,000
HOPEDALE
Stormwater Management Plan
$ 385,000
LAKEVILLE
Comprehensive Water Resource Mgmt Plan
$ 150,000
LEICESTER WATER DISTRICT
Comprehensive Water Resource Mgmt Plan
$ 400,000
LOWELL
Phase II Stormwater Compliance Program
$ 250,000
MANCHESTER-by-the-Sea
Comprehensive Water Resource Mgmt Plan
$ 600,000
MARLBOROUGH
Comprehensive Water Resource Mgmt Plan
$ 600,000
MILLBURY
Stormwater Management Plan
$ 625,000
NANTUCKET
Infiltration and Inflow Analysis
$ 1,100,000
NEW BEDFORD
Combined Sewer Investigation
$ 600,000
NORFOLK
Stormwater Management Plan
$ 600,000
NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH
Vulnerability Study
$ 70,000
ROCKLAND
Stormwater Mgmt/Aquifer Protection Plan
$ 250,000
SOUTHAMPTON
Wastewater study
$ 200,000
SWANSEA
Comprehensive Water Resource Mgmt Plan
$ 600,000
Planning Sub-total
$ 14,398,000
CLEAN WATER SRF 2004 TOTAL FINANCING
$348,915,439
DRINKING WATER SRF 2004
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
Applicant
ABINGTON/ROCKLAND
Upgrades of Water Treatment Facilities (WTF)
$ 908,000
Aquarion H2O of MA - Oxford
New Water Main and Interconnect 2 Water Systems
$ 1,926,000
COHASSET
System Wide Capital Improvement Program
$ 12,000,000
DOVER WATER COMPANY
Pump Station, Water Main Replacement, Chlorination
$ 433,187
FALL RIVER
Water Main Improvements
$ 4,160,000
FOXBORO
Witch Pond Wells Water Treatment Plant
$ 4,760,000
HOLBROOK
Distribution Improvements
$ 6,407,000
HOLDEN
WTF - Corrosion Control Facility & Other Treatment
$ 1,895,000
LAWRENCE
WTF and Distribution System Improvements
$ 12,000,000
LOWELL
Water Treatment Facility Improvements
$ 4,447,000
METHUEN
Distribution System Improvements
$ 5,900,000
MWRA
Southern Spine Distribution Mains
$ 5,000,000
MWRA
Blue Hills Covered Storage
$ 5,000,000
MWRA
Walnut Hill Water Treatment Plant
$ 5,000,000
NEW BEDFORD
Water Main Infrastructure Rehab
$ 4,205,000
NORTHAMPTON
Construction of Water Filtration Plant
$ 12,000,000
NORWOOD
Buckmaster Pond WTF
$ 4,550,000
READING
Rehabilitation and Upgrade of WTF
$ 1,000,000
SOMERSET
Treatment & Distribution Improvements
$ 5,052,000
SOUTH HADLEY
Disinfection and Corrosion Control Facility Renov.
$ 1,127,000
STERLING
Improvement to Distribution and Treatment Systems
$ 1,300,000
TAUNTON
Treatment & Distribution Improvements
$ 9,549,000
TOWNSEND
East Side Improvements - New Source & Distribution
$ 1,431,000
DRINKING WATER SRF 2004 TOTAL FINANCING
$ 110,050,187
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