SANDRA MILBURN
Reno County PIO
RENO COUNTY, Kan. — A Public Hearing about the improvements to the Yoder and HABIT sewer districts will be held at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 11th in the Veterans Room at the Reno County Courthouse.
Commissioners encourage everyone who would like to ask questions about the improvements to attend. The public hearing will be livestreamed on the county's YouTube Live channel at https://www.youtube.com/@RenoCounty/streams.
This is after commissioners and engineers went out to KLETC near Yoder on Wednesday night, Oct. 4 and held a public meeting to explain the project.
The Reno County Commission, Stuart Porter with Schwab Eaton, Don Brittain, Reno County Public Works Director, Randy Partington, County Administrator, and Rose Mary Saunders, with Ranson Financial Group, moved from the stage and half-circled their chairs around Ron and Shirley Nelson, an area couple that attended that meeting.
The improvements will be funded under the low interest State Revolving Loan Fund Program through the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. The Loan application will include funding for the following improvements:
1. Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements consist of the construction of new lagoons with all appurtenances for treatment of raw sewage from Reno County Sewer District Nos. 201 and 202 with an estimated amount of $2,892,600.00.
2. Sewer Collection System Improvements consisting of the installation of 2,905’ of 10”cured in place pipe, 12,635’ of 8” cured in place pipe and 205’ of 6” cured in place pipe with appurtenances to provide for the transportation of raw sewage to the lagoons.
Two lift stations will be installed to move the sewage from District Nos. 201 and 202 to the lagoon site with an estimated amount of $1,514,000.
The anticipated amount of the loan application request will be $6,123,100.00 and the total project cost is estimated at $6,123,100.00.
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