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WV Watershed Network
Wastewater Treatment Activities
Roundtable DiscussionMarch 15, 2006
WV Rivers Coalition
• Developed a manual for WV watershed organizations
• Starting to work with local groups to implement projects
• Buckhannon River Watershed Association
WV Department of Environmental Protection
Division of Water and Waste
Management Programs Involved
in Wastewater Issues
WVDEP Involvement
• Regulatory Permitting Groundwater
• Funding State Revolving Fund (SRF) Nonpoint Source Program (NPS): CWA 319
Grants
Permitting
• National Pollution Discharge Elimination System Permit
Contact: Cliff Whyte
601 57TH St. SE
Charleston, WV. 25304
926-0495
Permits
• All sewage treatment plants must have a NPDES permit.• Plants that discharge 50,000 GPD or less may apply for a
general permit which is easier and cheaper.• Home Aeration Units for residences or small businesses
with discharges of less than 600 GPD can apply for a general permit.
• For application forms and information go to www.wvdep.org click on Offices then DWWM then Water Permit Documents.
• http://www.wvdep.org/item.cfm?ssid=11&ss1id=604#General
Groundwater Program
Contact: Chad Board
601 57th St. SE
Charleston, WV. 25304
926-0495
Groundwater Discharge
• Underground Injection Control Permits
For systems 3,000 gpd and over
Other than single family homes
SRF• Three types of low interest loans
Contact: Rosalie Brodersen
601 57th Streeet SE
Charleston, WV 25304
(304) 926-0495
SRF Loans
Fund Type Eligible Applicants
Projects Comments
Low Interest Loan
Municipalities or PSDs with WV IJDC approval
Municipal Wastewater Treatment and/or Collection Systems
DEP maintains a list of projects referred by the IJDC
Low Interest Loan
Municipalities or PSDs
Cluster Systems If SRF is only form of funding there is no need for review by IJDC.
Low Interest Loan
Homeowners On-Site Systems There are no participating banks at this time.
WVDEP contact with the Infrastructure Jobs Development Council:
Mike Johnson 926-0495
NPS
• Requirements: Streams listed as impaired for fecals in
watersheds with a TMDL. A watershed based plan for restoring the water
quality uses. Not to fund or partially fund any installation,
upgrade or extension of a permitted treatment system.
• A 40% non-federal match to the total project cost.
NPS
• Projects Cluster Systems Septic systems and upgrades Non-permitted alternative systems if PSD or
other agency agrees to operation & maintenance
Planning, design and assessment if under 20% of the cost of the project
NPS
Contact:
Alvan Gale
601 57th Street SE
Charleston, WV 25304
(304) 926-0495
Lincoln County EPA Alternative Wastewater
Demonstration Project
• Project Location - Left Fork watershed of Mud River
• Needs assessment- Overview high coliform and e. coli levels throughout the watershed, very low income community.
• Funding sources -$1,284,933 (EPA $963,700. Local match $321,233)
Lincoln County EPA Alternative Wastewater
Demonstration Project
• Local buy in - Lots of local meetings, commitment to share all info and decision making with community.
• Time line- 3-4 years
Upper Guyandotte WADevils Fork
• Devils Fork - Wastewater treatment for 68 homes in the subwatershed
• Project location – Devils Fork, headwaters of Upper Guyandotte, downstream to mouth of Pinnacle Creek
• Needs assessment – TMDL and a Watershed Based Plan
Upper Guyandotte WADevils Fork
• Funding CVI Mt. RC & D DEP 319 (pending) WV Legislature (pending) DEP (supplemental environmental projects)
Upper Guyandotte WADevils Fork
• Local buy in – outreach efforts within the community focusing on health impacts, encouraged participation
• Time line – 2 –3 years once funding is received
