DETROIT, April 1, 2014 – Giffels Webster secured more than $3.5 million in Stormwater, Asset Management and Wastewater grants from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality for Macomb County Wastewater Disposal District, Washington Township and Lyon Township.
Giffels Webster will work with the following communities to complete the projects outlined in the grant funding:
- Macomb County Wastewater Disposal District received a $2 million grant to complete a wastewater asset management plan, and plans and specifications for State Revolving Fund Project No. 5568-01.
- Washington Township received a $994,410 grant to prepare a State Revolving Fund project plan and a wastewater assessment management plan.
- Lyon Township received a $515,700 grant to design the township’s wastewater treatment plant expansion and prepare an asset management plan for the sanitary sewer system.
In 2013, MDEQ created the SAW program to establish grants for Michigan municipalities for asset management plan development, stormwater plan development, and sewage collection and treatment plan development, and to provide state-funded loans to construct projects identified in the asset management plans. In fiscal year 2014, $97 million was available to Michigan communities through the SAW program. For more information on MDEQ SAW grants and loans, click here.
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