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| id | fiscal_year | chamber | member_name | member_last | member_first | bioguide_id | party | state | district | subcommittee | recipient | recipient_normalized | project_description | recipient_address | amount_requested |
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| 80 | 2022 | House | Andy Barr | Barr | Andy | B001282 | Republican | KY | Interior and Environment | Farmdale Sanitation District Interceptor Sewer System | FARMDALE SANITATION DISTRICT INTERCEPTOR SEWER SYSTEM | Franklin County Fiscal Court is pursuing funding for the Farmdale Sanitation District Phase I Interceptor System. This project will eliminate six (6) existing package WWTP’s and direct all wastewater to a centralized pump station that will then convey sewage to the City of Frankfort for treatment. The District took ownership of existing package plants in 2016 and 2017 and is making every effort to keep these plants operational and compliant, but the facilities are all over thirty-five years old and were generally inadequately maintained by the previous owners. With the successful completion of this project, the area will be relieved of multiple, independent and sometimes unsafe and unreliable sewer treatment systems. Phase II will include extension of the system to the 127 Corridor for an area which is currently unserved and will be a key industrial and residential development area which is badly needed in Franklin County.The residents of the Farmdale Sanitation District area are currently polluting the groundwater and streams in the area, through no fault of their own. This project will create a centralized transmission system that will result in sewage being conveyed to the City of Frankfort for treatment. The project will eliminate six obsolete and failing package plants and provide a framework to include all remaining package plants and ineffective private septic systems in the future, as well as the ability to extend sewer services down the 127 Corridor, an area currently unserved, which is badly needed for industrial and residential development.The Farmdale Sanitation District is located in southern Franklin County. It includes all areas south of I-64, north of the Anderson County line and west of the Kentucky River that are not currently being served by the City of Frankfort Sewer Department. In 2004, the Franklin County Fiscal Court recognized the need for public sanitary sewer service to provide for the collection and disposal of sewage in the Farmdale area and formed the Farmdale Sanitation District. The District was assigned the task of constructing and/or maintaining a compliant sanitary sewer collection and disposal system to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the Farmdale area. Currently, most of the residents in the Farmdale area either rely on individual septic systems or one of the nine (9) package WWTP for their sewage disposal. Many of the septic systems are in poor condition and/or are failing. This is likely due to the soil conditions in the Farmdale area not being ideally suited for conventional septic systems. Approximately 1,077 of the households in the Farmdale area are connected to sewer collection systems which flow to one of the package WWTP’s. According to the Kentucky Division of Water (DOW), many of these WWTP’s have been issued Notice of Violations for not meeting discharge limits or bypassing sewage straight to area waterways. The Franklin County Health Department has determined, many, if not all, of the package WWTP’s do not consistently treat the sewage properly and often produce a source of pollution in the area. Most of the District’s service area lies in the Benson Creek drainage basin and, according to the 305(b) report, portions of Benson Creek have been listed as being impaired for aquatic life. This report indicates that on-site treatment systems are the suspected source of the pollutants. 4 The combination of failing individual septic systems and ineffective package WWTP’s represent environmental concerns by continuing to pollute the groundwater and streams in the area. As previously stated, poor soil conditions in the Farmdale area of Franklin County have resulted in numerous suspected non-compliant septic systems. In fact, it is believed that many residents “straight pipe” sewage straight to area waterways. Additionally, the region has tremendous potential for future residential/commercial growth due in large part to the District’s close proximity to I-64 and the City of Frankfort. The combination of benefits to the region will have a positive effect on local, regional, and state agencies. | 321 West Main Street, Frankfort, KY 40601 | 11200000 |