$5 million in Meigs projects on EPA priority list

Pomeroy Daily Sentinel- Nearly $5 million for water and sewer improvements in Meigs County are included in the Ohio Environmental Protection Agencys priority list for federal stimulus funding.

The Ohio EPA submitted a list of projects it hopes to fund through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. That recommendations list includes two projects in Middleport, one in the Tuppers Plains Regional Sewer District, one in the Tuppers Plains-Chester Water District and one in Pomeroy.

State Rep. Debbie Phillips, D-Athens, said the list of priority projects for the state’s share of ARRA funding for water and water pollution control projects includes the following:

$2.8 million principal forgiveness and $700,000 loan for a new water well and replacement of water lines in Middleport.

$195,000 for a wastewater treatment lagoon solar stirring system.

$358,898 principal forgiveness and the same amount in loan funding for the TP-CWDs phase eight distribution project.

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