Thursday, April 25, 2024 | St. Lawrence County, NY
By CRAIG FREILICH POTSDAM -- The village will open bids Aug. 24 for work to begin on a $10.7 million project to refurbish the aging wastewater treatment plant. Village Administrator Greg Thompson …
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By CRAIG FREILICH
POTSDAM -- The village will open bids Aug. 24 for work to begin on a $10.7 million project to refurbish the aging wastewater treatment plant.
Village Administrator Greg Thompson estimates it will be six to eight weeks before the project actually begins.
Financing is in place, from a variety of sources.
Major funding is through the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation (EFC) and the Clean Water State Revolving Fund. The village’s application to the EFC for $2,677,500 in grant funding was approved.
They also applied for a 30-year loan of $8,032,500 through the Clean Water State Revolving Fund. The village qualified for hardship financing, so the loan's interest rate was reduced to zero percent.
Potsdam’s waste water treatment plant went into service in 1970 and has been in continuous operation since then. Major upgrades were made in 1997-98, but the plant as a whole is 46 years old and has outlasted its design life, according to village Office of Planning and Development Director Fred Hanss.
The designed upgrades are expected to maintain its capacity to accept and process waste water, conserve energy, and operate more efficiently.
