Maryland approves $1.2M for CSO project
Yesterday, Maryland officials approved more than $1.2 million to address combined sewer overflows (CSOs) in the city of Frostburg. The funded project will separate combined sewers within the city to reduce the frequency and volume of its CSOs during wet weather.
The approval comes as part of announcement of over $2.6 million in grants and loans to reduce water pollution and improve a drinking water system. The approved projects included separating the combined sewer system, upgrade an existing wastewater treatment plant and replace a failing asbestos-cement pipe.
“These are smart investments to protect public health and the environment,” said Maryland Environment Secretary Ben Grumbles. “Reducing combined sewer overflows in Western Maryland, upgrading the Grantsville wastewater treatment plant and improving the drinking water system in Federalsburg help deliver on our clean and safe water commitments, while boosting the economy locally and across the state.”
The funded project received grants totaling $1,256,607 – a $1,211,602 Bay Restoration Fund grant and a $45,005 Chesapeake Bay Water Quality supplemental assistance grant – to the city of Frostburg fund the next phase in its sewer separation project.
This project will replace the aging combined sewer system with a new separated sanitary system to significantly reduce wet weather wastewater flows to downstream facilities of Allegany County, the Town of LaVale and the City of Cumberland Wastewater Treatment Plant. The project will reduce CSO discharges in compliance with a consent decree between the City of Frostburg and the Maryland Department of the Environment.
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