Sandra Milburn = Reno County Communications
Reno County Public Works Director Don Brittain announced during Wednesday’s Reno County Commission meeting that the county has been awarded a Small Town Water and Sewer Infrastructure Assistance Grant of $6,133,100 from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE).
The grant is for the Yoder Sewer District 201 and Habit Sewer District 202 consolidation and rehabilitation project.
As part of the project, deteriorating portions of the HABIT Sewer District’s sanitary sewer collection system will be rehabilitated. The project will also rehabilitate and expand the existing HABIT wastewater treatment lagoon facility to operate as a joint-use treatment facility for the Reno County Yoder and HABIT Sewer Districts with the decommissioning of the existing Yoder lagoons.
Brittain said, “We have been applying for grants and loan forgiveness programs to help with the over $6 million cost of the sewer project. This project is very expensive for the people in these districts, and it has been very heavy on us trying to figure this out. Reno County has spent $350,000 on land and the project is already in design. I am pleased to announce that we have received a grant for the entire cost of the project of $6,133,100 from KDHE. Even though rates will increase, this grant is huge for the people in these sewer districts.”