The State of Ohio helping communities across the state with water improvement projects.
The Ohio Water Development Authority, known as the OWDA, awarded a little more than 9 million dollars in low-interest loans to communities to improve infrastructure, which will improve drinking water and wastewater processing. The City of Lima getting 5.8-million dollars at 3.20% for 20 years, going to projects at the wastewater treatment plant. They have been working for the past several years to plan the repair and replacement of the cement walls in these tanks, along with gates and repairs to the nitrification tower.
"And in order for us to maintain this wastewater plant and run it 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, we have to make these repairs before things totally break down and they're not operational. And the big key with this whole project will be keeping the plant in operation while the construction work is done,"
The Village of Rockford in Mercer County also received funds just under $600,000 for the construction of a new water storage tower.
