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Clean Water Project Profile:

Project Title:	Middlesboro WWTP Expansion & Upgrades Phase 1
Project Number:	SX21013023	AWMPC:	CVADD
Funding Status:	Not Funded	Date Approved by AWMPC:
Project Status:	Pending	Primary County:	Bell
Project Schedule:	0-2 Years	Planning Unit:	Bell
E-ClearingHouse SAI:		ECH Status:
Primary System:	KY0072885 City of Middlesboro	ADD WMC Contact:	Connor Holland
Legal Applicant:	City of Middlesboro
Entity Type:	Incorporated City

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Project Title:
Middlesboro WWTP Expansion & Upgrades Phase 1

Project Description:
Expansion of the City of Middlesboro's WWTP to 4.5 MGD including upgrades, modifications, and additions to various unit processes. Due to project costs, the project is proposed to accomplished in 4 phases. Phase 1 of the project will include construction of two anoxic basins, addition of a third secondary clarifier to match the existing two units, replacing the secondary clarifier mechanism in one of the existing secondary clarifiers, addition of a new clarifier flow distribution compartment to equally split flow to the three clarifiers, rebuilding onsite one of the two sludge filter belt presses, along with miscellaneous yard piping extensions and modifications to accommodate wastewater and sludge flow between the referenced unit operations.

Need For Project: Briefly describe how this project promotes public health or achieves and/or maintains compliance with the Clean Water Act or Safe Drinking Water Act:
The current WWTP influent wastewater loading rates of BOD and TSS are consistently exceeding the plant's design capacity leaving the plant prone to periodic effluent violations. The 2009 re-rating of the WWTP from 2.8 MGD to 3.6 has provided increased hydraulic capacity to the plant but failed to address the increase in pollutant loadings and similarly did not address operation of equipment and critical systems well past their normal life expectancy. The additional flow contribution currently handled by the collection system is forcing the pump stations and collection lines to operate beyond their designed hydraulic capacity, causing excessive wear and tear on conveyance equipment. Currently, there are no active compliance orders or notices of violation to the sanitary treatment facilities, however, since the influent flow is approaching 80% of the design capacity of the treatment facility, the plant capacity needs to be addressed.

Project Alternatives:

Alternate A:

Note: If project includes the construction of a new treatment plant or upgrade to existing plant, please explain regionalization options here.

Regionalization - Regionalization or connecting to another wastewater treatment plant or collection system is always a viable option in areas where other larger facilities are already in-place. In this case, Middlesboro covers the most populated areas of Bell County and there are no other facilities of this or greater magnitude and within a reasonable range (5 miles is the typical rule of thumb). The nearest large size facility is located in Corbin, Kentucky, which is more than 50 miles away. Therefore, thi

Alternate B:

Direct Discharge to Surface Waters - Under this alternative, the City can either build a new facility at a new location to handle the additional flow, or consider expanding the current facility.  Adding a second treatment facility to the system usually involves doing modifications to the collection system, purchasing additional land for the new WWTP facility, conducting an environmental assessment, obtaining a second NPDES Permit for the new outfall line, utilizing additional manpower to staff the new WWTP,

Entity Information
Entity Type:	Incorporated City
Entity Name:	City of Middlesboro
PSC Group ID:
Office EMail:	sandy@comky.com
Web URL:
Office Phone:	606-248-5670	Fax:	606-248-3737

Entity Address Information
	Mail Address	Physical Address
Address Line 1:	PO Box 756 221 N 21st St
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Middlesboro , KY 40965

Entity Contact Information
Contact Type	Name	Title	EMail	Phone	Cell
Business Contact:	Sandra Wilson	City Clerk	sandy@comky.com	606-670-0621
Authorized Official:	Boone Bowling	Mayor	mayorbowling@yahoo.com	606-670-5489

Information Source:	Kentucky Department for Local Government
Date Last Modified:	04.04.2026

Project Administrator (PA) Information

Name:	Sandy Wilson
Title:	City Clerk
Organization:	City of Middlesboro
EMail:	swilson@middlesborokentucky.net
Phone:	606-248-5670 Fax:
Address Line 1:	121 21st St
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Middlesboro , KY 40965

Applicant Contact (AC) Information

Name:	Boone Bowling
Title:	Mayor
Organization:	City of Middlesboro
EMail:	mayorbowling@gmail.com
Phone:	606-670-0621 Fax:
Address Line 1:	PO Box 756
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Middlesboro , KY 40965

Project Engineer (PE) Information

This project requires a licensed Professional Engineer.

A Professional Engineer has been procured for this project.

Licensed Engineer Information

License Number:	PE 19887
PE Name:	Mitchel L. Brunsma
Firm Name:	Vaughn & Melton Consulting Engineers, Inc
Address Type:	Work
Address Line 1:	Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson
Address Line 2:	109 South 24th Street, P O Box 1425
Address Line 3:
City, State Zip:	Middlesboro , KY 40965
License Status:	Current	Disciplinary Actions:	No
Issue Date:	07.18.1997	Expiration Date:	06.30.2027

Phone:	606∙248∙6600 Fax: 606∙248∙0372
EMail:	mlbrunsma@jmt.com

Engineering Firm Information
Permit Number:	1
Firm Name:	Vaughn & Melton Consulting Engineers, Inc
Phone:	410∙316∙2236 Fax:
Web URL:
E-Mail:	sknox@jmt.com
Address Line 1:	109 S. 24th Street
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Middlesboro , KY 40965
Issue Date:	03.02.1993	Expir. Date:	12.31.2026
Permit Status	Current	Disciplinary Actions	No

Estimated Budget As-Bid Budget

Project Cost Categories
Cost Category	Cost
Administrative Expenses:	$50,000
Legal Expenses:	$10,000
Land, Appraisals, Easements:
Relocation Expense & Payments:
Planning:
Engineering Fees - Design:	$500,000
Engineering Fees - Construction:	$125,000
Engineering Fees - Inspection:	$300,000
Engineering Fees - Other:	$150,000
Construction:	$10,092,000
Equipment:
Miscellaneous:
Contingencies:	$1,000,000
Total Project Cost:	$12,227,000

Construction Cost Categories
Cost Category	Cost
WWTP Secondary Portion:	$10,092,000
WWTP Advanced Portion:
Inflow & Infiltration Correction:
Major Sewer Rehabilitation:
Collector Sewers:
Interceptor Sewers, including Pump Stations:
Combined Sewer Overflow Correction:
NPS Urban:
Non-Categorized Cost:
Total Construction Cost:	$10,092,000

Total Sustainability Costs:

Note:

Sustainability costs are included within other costs
reported in this tab. This breakout, when provided,
is for SRF review purposes.

Project Funding Sources

Total Project Cost:	$12,227,000
Total Committed Funding:
Funding Gap:	Not Funded

Funding Source Notes

Estimated Project Schedule

Facility Plan Approval Date:

11.01.2026

Estimated Environmental Review Submittal Date:
Estimated Bid Date:	07.01.2027
Estimated Construction Start Date:	09.01.2027
Estimated Construction Completion Date:	01.01.2029

The following systems are beneficiaries of this project:

KY0072885

City of Middlesboro

Checked box indicates primary system for this project.

Project Ranking by AWMPC:

Regional Ranking(s):
Planning Unit Ranking:
Total Points:

Plans and Specifications:

Plans and specs have been sent to DOW.

Plans and specs have been reviewed by DOW.

Plans and specs have been sent to PSC.

Plans and specs have been reviewed by PSC.

Economic Impacts
Jobs Created:
Jobs Retained:

MHI Basis:

Demographic Impacts (GIS Census Overlay)
Serviceable Demographic	Project Area	Included Systems	Included Utilities
Population:
Households:
MHI:			*
MHI MOE:
MOE as Percent:
**NSRL:			0

Population and household counts are based on the 2020 Census DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) dataset.

Median Household Income (MHI) Source: *(for the primary system operated by the above listed beneficiary utilities).

MHI MOE = Med HH Income Margin of Error.

** NSRL (Non-Standard Rate Levels):
  0 = Greater than or equal to Kentucky MHI (KMHI).
  1 = Between 80% KMHI and KMHI (exclusive).
  2 = Less than or equal to 80% KMHI.
  - KMHI =
  - 80% KMHI =

New Customers
New Residential Customers:
New Commercial Customers:
New Institutional Customers:
New Industrial Customers:

New or Improved Service
Service Demographic	Survey Based	Census Overlay*
To Unserved Households:
To Underserved Households:
To Total Households:
**Cost Per Household:

*	GIS Census block overlay figures are estimates of population and households potentially served by systems and projects based on a proximity analysis of relevant service lines to census block boundaries published for the 2010 SF1 dataset.
**	Cost per household is based on surveyed household counts, not GIS overlay values.

CW Specific Impacts:

Wastewater Volumes (MGD):

For this project:	4.500
For included system(s):	6.800
Reduced by this project:

Other CW Specific Impacts:

This project provides regionalization and/or consolidation of wastewater treatment systems.

This project will eliminate a package treatment plant that is more than 25 years old.

This project will eliminate a package treatment plant that has received notices of violations within the last two state fiscal years (July through June).

This project includes an on-site mound, and/or decentralized WW treatment system.

This project is necessary to achieve full or partial compliance with a court order, agreed order, or a judicial or administrative consent decree.

Primary system has not received any CWA Notices of Violation within the previous state fiscal year (July through June).

This project is consistent with the approved facility plan.

This project will have a positive impact on drinking water sources within a 5 mile radius.

Planning Needs:

Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Correction.

Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) Correction.

Replacement or Rehabilitation of Aging Infrastructure.

New Treatment Plant.

New Collector Sewers and Appurtenances.

Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Systems.

Upgrade to Advanced Treatment.

This project addresses PFAS or other emerging contaminants.

Rehab/Upgrade/Expansion of Existing Treatment Plant.

New Interceptor Sewers and Appurtenances.

Stormwater Control.

Non-Point Source (NPS) Pollution Control.

Recycled Water Distribution.

Planning

Other (specify):

Project Inventory (Mapped Features):

There are no mapped features for this project.

Administrative Components:

The following administrative components are included in this project:

Planning

Sewer System Evaluation Survey Report

Design

Construction

Management

Note: There are no audits on record associated with the applicant entity.

Water Treatment Plants Eliminated:

This project includes the elimination of water treatment plant(s).

Sanitary Sewer Components:

This project includes a new wastewater treatment plant.

This project includes an expansion of an existing wastewater treatment plant.

This project includes rehabilitation of an existing wastewater treatment plant.

This project includes upgrades to an existing wastewater treatment plant.

This project includes rehabilitation or replacement of aging infrastructure.

This project includes new collector sewers.

This project includes new interceptor sewers.

This project includes elimination of existing sewer system components.

Security Components:

This project includes cyber-security components.

Green
InfrastructureWater
EfficiencyEnergy
EfficiencyEnvironmentally
InnovativeAsset
Management

Green Infrastructure:

Green stormwater infrastructure includes a wide array of practices at multiple scales that manage wet weather and that maintains and restores natural hydrology by infiltrating, evapotranspiring and harvesting and using stormwater. On a regional scale, green infrastructure is the preservation and restoration of natural landscape features, such as forests, floodplains, and wetlands, coupled with policies such as infill and redevelopment that reduce overall imperviousness in a watershed. On the local scale, green infrastructure consists of site and neighborhood-specific practices, such as:

Component		Cost
Item 1:	Implementation of green streets.
Item 2:	Wet Weather management systems for parking areas.
Item 3:	Implementation of comprehensive urban forestry programs.
Item 4:	Stormwater harvesting and reuse.
Item 5:	Downspout disconnection.
Item 6:	Comprehensive retrofit programs designed to keep wet weather discharges out of sewer systems.
Item 7:	Establishment or restoration of riparian buffers, floodplains, wetlands or other natural features.
Item 8:	Management of wetlands.
Item 9:	Purchase of land or easements on land that has a direct benefit to water quality.
Total Cost:

* Indicates a business case may be required for this item.

If any box(es) above are checked, please describe each below.

Water Efficiency:

The use of improved technologies and practices to deliver equal or better services with less water. Water efficiency encompasses conservation and reuse efforts, as well as water loss reduction and prevention, to protect water resources for the future. Examples include:

Component		Cost
Item 1:	Installing or retrofitting water efficient devices such as plumbing fixtures and appliances (toilets, showerheads, urinals).
Item 2:	Installing any type of water meter in previously unmetered areas (can include backflow prevention if in conjunction with meter replacement).
Item 3:	Replacing existing broken/malfunctioning water meters with AMR or smart meters, meters with leak detection, backflow prevention
Item 4:	Retrofitting/Adding AMR capabilities or leak equipment to existing meters.
Item 5:	Developing water audit and conservation plans, which are reasonably expected to result in a capital project.
Item 6:	Recycling and water reuse projects that replace potable sources with non-potable sources (Gray water, condensate, and wastewater effluent reuse systems, extra treatment or distribution costs associated with water reuse).
Item 7:	Retrofit or replacement of existing landscape irrigation/agricultural systems to more efficient landscape/agricultural irrigation systems (rain and moisture sensing equipment)
Item 8:	Water meter replacement with traditional water meters.*
Item 9:	Projects that result from a water audit or water conservation plan.*
Item 10:	Storage tank replacement/rehabilitation to reduce water loss.*
Item 11:	New water efficient landscape/agricultural irrigation system, where there currently is not one.*
Total Cost:

* Indicates a business case may be required for this item.

If any box(es) above are checked, please describe each below.

Energy Efficiency:

Energy efficiency is the use of improved technologies and practices to reduce the energy consumption of water projects, use energy in a more efficient way, and/or produce/utilize renewable energy. Examples include:

Component		Cost
Item 1:	Renewable energy projects such as wind, solar, geothermal, and micro-hydroelectric, and biogas combined heat and power systems that provide power to a POTW.
Item 2:	POTW-owned renewable energy projects.
Item 3:	Collection system infiltration/inflow (I/I) detection equipment.
Item 4:	POTW energy management planning, including energy assessments, energy audits, optimization studies, and sub-metering of individual processes to determine high energy use areas
Item 5:	Projects that achieve a reduction in energy consumption (pumps, motors).*
Item 6:	Projects that cost effectively eliminate pumps or pumping stations.*
Item 7:	I/I correction projects that save energy from pumping and reduced treatment costs.*
Item 8:	I/I correction where excessive groundwater infiltration is contaminating the influent requiring otherwise unnecessary treatment processes.*
Item 9:	Replacing old motors with premium energy efficiency motors.*
Item 10:	Upgrade of POTW lighting to energy efficient sources.*
Item 11:	SCADA systems where substantial energy savings can be demonstrated.*
Item 12:	Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) controllers where substantial energy savings can be demonstrated.*
Total Cost:

* Indicates a business case may be required for this item.

If any box(es) above are checked, please describe each below.

Environmentally Innovative Projects:

Environmentally innovative projects include those that demonstrate new and/or innovative approaches to delivering services or managing water resources in a more sustainable way. Examples include:

Component		Cost
Item 1:	Total integrated water resources management planning likely to result in a capital project.
Item 2:	Utility sustainability plan consistent with EPA’s sustainability policy.
Item 3:	Greenhouse gas inventory or mitigation plan and submission of a GHG inventory to a registry as long as it is being done for an SRF eligible facility.
Item 4:	Planning activities by a POTW to prepare for adaptation to the long-term effects of climate change and/or extreme weather.
Item 5:	Construction of US Building Council LEED certified buildings, or renovation of an existing building on POTW facilities.
Item 6:	Decentralized wastewater treatment solutions to existing deficient or failing onsite wastewater systems.
Item 7:	Constructed wetlands projects used for municipal wastewater treatment, polishing, and/or effluent disposal.*
Item 8:	Projects that result from total/integrated water resource management planning consistent with the decision criteria for environmentally innovative projects and that are CWSRF eligible.*
Item 9:	Projects that facilitate adaptation of POTWs to climate change identified by a carbon footprint assessment or climate adaption study.*
Item 10:	POTW upgrades or retrofits that remove phosphorus for beneficial use, such as biofuel production with algae.*
Item 11:	Projects that significantly reduce or eliminate the use of chemicals in wastewater treatment.*
Item 12:	Treatment technologies that significantly reduce the volume of residuals, generation of residuals, or lower the amount of chemicals in the residuals.*
Item 13:	Educational activities and demonstration projects for water or energy efficiency.*
Item 14:	Projects that achieve the goals/objectives of utility asset management plans.*
Item 15:	Sub-surface land application of effluent and other means for groundwater recharge, such as spray irrigation and overland flow.*
Total Cost:

* Indicates a business case may be required for this item.

If any box(es) above are checked, please describe each below.

Asset Management:

If a category is selected, the applicant must provide supporting documentation in PDF format to substantiate claims.

Asset Management Components

Last Rate Adjustment Date:	01.01.2020 Download Fee Schedule
Rate Adjustment Age (months):	72

System’s monthly water bill, based on 4,000 gallons, as a percentage of MHI:

0.77%

The system has an Asset Management Plan (AMP).

The system(s) involved in this project have specifically allocated funds for the rehabilitation and replacement of aging and deteriorating infrastructure.

If any box(es) above are checked, please describe each below.

Activity	Date
Profile Created:	03.20.2026
Profile Last Modified:	03.23.2026
General Info Last Modified:	03.20.2026
Narrative Last Modified:	03.20.2026
Admin Info Last Modified:	03.20.2026
Budget Info Last Modified:	03.20.2026
Impacts Info Last Modified:	03.23.2026
Plans & Specs Info Last Modified:
Components Info Last Modified:	03.20.2026
GIS Last Modified:

Deficiencies found in Budget and Schedule Tab:

Funding Sources:

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Funding Sources:

− There must be at least one funding source specified.

− Warning: The construction start date is not within the normal expected threshold for projects requesting SRF funding.

Deficiencies found in Impacts Tab:

Demographic Impacts Section:

− Warning: There are no surveyed household counts for this project.

This project has no mapped components.