The village of Boonville will get a $7 million state grant toward a project to improve its Mill Creek interceptor sewer line and its wastewater treatment plan, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on March 12.
“Improvements to the Mill Creek interceptor and our wastewater treatment plant have been needed for a long time and this funding makes it possible for us to finally move these critical upgrades forward,” Boonville Mayor Judith Dellerba said in a statement. “This is a huge win for Boonville and will make a lasting difference for our infrastructure, our environment and our community’s future.”
The grant was among $250 million in funding Hochul announced for water and sewer infrastructure improvement projects. That sum includes state and federal grants as well as low-cost financing, all approved by the Environmental Facilities Corporation Board of Directors.
“Communities are working hard to upgrade aging water infrastructure and protect public health, and I’m committed to providing them with the resources they need to succeed,” Hochul said in a statement. “With this $250 million investment, we’re making vital projects affordable and ensuring New Yorkers can trust the water they rely on every day.”
A look at the Boonville project
The Boonville project is expected to begin on May 1 and be completed by May 1, 2028, according to a temporary discharge permit from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
It has been in the works for several years with the temporary permit issued back in 2021. It originally listed the project’s start date as May 1, 2024 and its completion date as May 1, 2025. But the village asked that the permit be modified last to the new dates.
The timeline changed, according to a note on the permit, because of delays in getting the necessary funding.
The project will include, according to a request for bids and an interceptor work plan approved by the village board of trustees last year:
The village has already received several grants for the project. The U.S. Department of Agriculture gave the village a $3 million grant and a $4.4 million loan in 2021. The state gave the village another $7 million grant in 2024.
The village also received a $1 million state grant to purchase an ultraviolet effluent disinfection system for the wastewater treatment plant. And the Environmental Facilities Corporation previously awarded the village an engineering planning grant.
This article originally appeared on Observer-Dispatch: Boonville wastewater project moving forward with new state grant
Reporting by Amy Neff Roth, Utica Observer Dispatch / Observer-Dispatch
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