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Project Title:	Princeton - WWTP Improvements-Grit Chamber and Sludge Holding Tank
Project Number:	SX21033010	AWMPC:	PEADD
Funding Status:	Partially Funded	Date Approved by AWMPC:	11.17.2021
Project Status:	Approved	Primary County:	Caldwell
Project Schedule:	0-2 Years	Planning Unit:	Caldwell
E-ClearingHouse SAI:	KY202309201535	ECH Status:	Approved
Primary System:	KY0028401 Princeton Water & Wastewater Commission	ADD WMC Contact:	Kyle Cunningham
Legal Applicant:	Princeton Water & Wastewater Commission
Entity Type:	Municipal Utility, Board, or Commission

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Project Title:
Princeton - WWTP Improvements-Grit Chamber and Sludge Holding Tank

Project Description:
This project includes numerous improvements to the existing WWTP. Due to age of the facility, numerous improvements are required to maintain the operation of the plant. No capacity increase is proposed. The proposed improvements include the addition of a flow diversions structure and equalization basin pump station, a new equalization basin to aid in addressing current I&I issues, replacement of the existing influent screen, replacement of the existing grit removal system, modifications to the existing oxidation ditches to improve treatment, replacement of valves in the existing WAS pump station, modifications and repairs to the existing clarifiers, the addition of additional aeration to the existing sludge holding basins, replacement of the existing belt filter press, improvements to the existing control building, replacement of the existing emergency generator, miscellaneous electrical and mechanical improvements and a new SCADA system.

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:
Existing grit chamber is ineffective at grit removal. Important biomass that should remain in the treatment process are being removed in addition to grit. Under these conditions, the grit transmission line and grit pump are continually clogging. The plant staff does not operate the grit chamber knowing it will create more operational problems than benefits. Configuration of the new grit chamber within the existing grit basins will allow for installation of an open channel influent flow meter (something the existing plant does not have). The Plant currently only has four (4) Each Sludge Concentration Tanks with approximately 5 days of total detention and no aeration for volatile solids reduction. At a minimum, 20 days should be planned for sludge detention with aeration for reduction of volatile solids which will produce a beneficial biosolids product suitable for land application. Princeton is currently under an Agreed Order: DOW-21-3-0128.

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.

Construct new WWTP.

Alternate B:

Do nothing.

Entity Information
Entity Type:	Municipal Utility, Board, or Commission
Entity Name:	Princeton Water & Wastewater Commission
PSC Group ID:	8805600
Office EMail:	customerservice@princetonwater.com
Web URL:	www.princetonwater.com
Office Phone:	270-365-9301	Fax:	270-365-4669

Entity Address Information
	Mail Address	Physical Address
Address Line 1:	PO Box 231	101 E Market St
Address Line 2:	101 E Market St
City, State Zip:	Princeton , KY 42445	Princeton , KY 42445

Entity Contact Information
Contact Type	Name	Title	EMail	Phone	Cell
Business Contact:	James Noel	Superintendent	jamesnoel@princetonwater.com	270-365-9301
Authorized Official:	Brock Thomas	Mayor	brock.thomas@princetonkentucky.org	270-365-9575

Information Source:	Kentucky Infrastructure Authority
Date Last Modified:	04.15.2024

Project Administrator (PA) Information

Name:	Kyle Cunningham
Title:	Infrastructure Coordinator/GIS Specialist
Organization:	Pennyrile Area Development District
EMail:	kyle.cunningham@ky.gov
Phone:	270-886-9484 Fax: 270-886-3211
Address Line 1:	300 Hammond Dr
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Hopkinsville , KY 42240

Applicant Contact (AC) Information

Name:	James Noel
Title:	Superintendent
Organization:	Princeton Water & Wastewater Commission
EMail:	jamesnoel@princetonwater.com
Phone:	270-365-9301 Fax:
Address Line 1:	618 Cadiz St
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Princeton , KY 42445

Project Engineer (PE) Information
This project requires a licensed Professional Engineer. A Professional Engineer has been procured for this project.

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:	$70,000
Engineering Fees - Design:	$620,000
Engineering Fees - Construction:	$155,000
Engineering Fees - Inspection:	$496,000
Engineering Fees - Other:
Construction:	$10,780,000
Equipment:
Miscellaneous:	$50,000
Contingencies:	$1,369,000
Total Project Cost:	$13,600,000

Construction Cost Categories
Cost Category	Cost
WWTP Secondary Portion:	$7,280,000
WWTP Advanced Portion:
Inflow & Infiltration Correction:	$3,500,000
Major Sewer Rehabilitation:
Collector Sewers:
Interceptor Sewers, including Pump Stations:
Combined Sewer Overflow Correction:
NPS Urban:
Non-Categorized Cost:
Total Construction Cost:	$10,780,000

Total Sustainability Costs:	$3,500,000

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:	$13,600,000
Total Committed Funding:	$25,000
Funding Gap:	$13,575,000	(Partially Funded)

This project is requesting SRF funding.

Funding Source	Loan or Grant ID	Fiscal Year	Amount	Status	Applicable Date
KIA SRF Fund A Loan (CW)	A19-111	2019	$803,500	Expired	06-18-2018
KIA SRF Fund A Loan (CW)	A20-076	2020	$803,500	Expired	05-07-2019
KIA SRF Fund A Loan (CW)	A22-082	2022	$1,430,000	Expired	11-02-2021
21SB036 Cleaner Water Program (FY 2022)	21CWS015	2022	$25,000	Committed	01-20-2023
KIA SRF Fund A Loan (CW)	A23-056	2023	$13,600,000	Expired	05-17-2022
KIA SRF Fund A Loan (CW)	A24-014	2024	$13,600,000	Ranked	06-12-2023
KIA SRF Fund A Loan (CW)	A25-008	2025	$13,600,000	Ranked	04-25-2024
KIA SRF Fund A Loan (CW) - Supplemental	A24-014S	2024	$13,600,000	Applied For	12-22-2023
Total Committed			$25,000

Funding Source Notes

The commission would like to use $25,000 of the Caldwell County Allocation-Round 1 towards the Preliminary Engineering Report for this project.

Estimated Project Schedule

Facility Plan Approval Date:

Estimated Environmental Review Submittal Date:	02.01.2024
Estimated Bid Date:	09.01.2024
Estimated Construction Start Date:	10.01.2024
Estimated Construction Completion Date:	04.15.2025

The following systems are beneficiaries of this project:

KY0028401

Princeton Water & Wastewater Commission

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:		6,108	6,108
Households:		2,986	2,986
MHI:		$46,348	*$46,348
MHI MOE:		$7,959	$7,959
MOE as Percent:		17%	17%
**NSRL:		2	2

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

Median Household Income (MHI) Source: American Community Survey 2018-2022 5 Yr Estimates (Table B19013 *(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 = $60,183
  - 80% KMHI = $48,146

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:	2,403
To Total Households:	2,403
**Cost Per Household:	$5,660

*	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.

Geographic Impacts
For Project Area

Counties

Caldwell

Legislative Districts

District Name	Legislator
House 008	Walker Thomas
Senate 03	Whitney Westerfield
Congressional 1	James Comer

Groundwater
Sensitivity
Zones

HUC 10 Watersheds

HUC 10 Code	Watershed Name
0513020507	Eddy Creek-Cumberland River

Potential Impaired Watershed Designations

303d	305b	Priority Watershed	Special Use Waters	Exceptional Use Waters
Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No

Note:

Impaired Watershed Designations only indicate that mapped components for this project lie within a HUC-12 watershed boundary containing impaired waterbody features. An affirmative indication for any designation will require a detailed analysis of the project to determine if any of the proposed project components will actually have a positive impact on the relevant impaired features.

Geographic Impacts
For Included System(s)

Counties

Caldwell

Legislative Districts

District Name
House 008	Walker Thomas
Senate 03	Whitney Westerfield
Congressional 1	James Comer

CW Specific Impacts:

Wastewater Volumes (MGD):

For this project:	1.570
For included system(s):	1.570
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.

Agreed Order Number: DOW-21-3-0128

This project includes components to achieve compliance with a federal 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):

Point Features:

DOW PermitID	Count	FeatureType	Purpose	Status	Existing Capacity	Proposed Capacity	Units
KY0028401	1	EQUALIZATION BASIN	ENERGY EFF - I & I FLOW REDUCTION	REHAB - SSO			EA
KY0028401	1	GENERATOR	BACKUP POWER SUPPLY	NEW			EA
KY0028401	1	SCADA	ENERGY EFF - SCADA	NEW			EA
KY0028401	1	SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT		STP - UPGRADE	1.57	1.57	MGD
KY0028401	1	SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT	ADDITIONAL AERATION	STP - UPGRADE	1.57	1.57	MGD
KY0028401	2	SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT	ENERGY EFF - PUMP EFFICIENCY	STP - UPGRADE	1.57	1.57	MGD
KY0028401	3	SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT	ENERGY EFF - VFD DEVICE	STP - UPGRADE	1.57	1.57	MGD

Administrative Components:

The following administrative components are included in this project:

Planning

Sewer System Evaluation Survey Report

Design

Construction

Management

Audits on Record
Associated With Applicant

Audit Year	Entity Name	Entity Relationship
2021	Princeton, City of	Parent
2020	Princeton, City of	Parent
2023	Princeton Water & Wastewater Commission	Child
2022	Princeton Water & Wastewater Commission	Child
2021	Princeton Water & Wastewater Commission	Child
2020	Princeton Water & Wastewater Commission	Child

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).*	$800,000
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.*	$100,000
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.*	$600,000
Item 12:	Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) controllers where substantial energy savings can be demonstrated.*	$300,000
Total Cost:		$1,800,000

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

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

Oxidation ditches will be upgraded to advanced treatment: biological nutrient removal (BNR). This will be done by adding sensing probes in all three oxidation ditches that will vary the speed and operational times of the aerators in order to achieve phosphorus and nitrogen removal. Phosphorus has an existing TMDL and total nitrogen is a projected TMDL. An upgraded SCADA system and VFDs on the aerators work with the sensors to achieve BNR.

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.*	$1,700,000
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:		$1,700,000

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

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

Upgrading the oxidation ditches to BNR will reduce the need for and possibly eliminate chemical addition for phosphorus removal.

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:	08.01.2019 Download Fee Schedule
Rate Adjustment Age (months):	53

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

0.73%

The system has an Asset Management Plan (AMP).

Note: AMP scoring credit requires at least one of the following components:
	The AMP includes an Asset Inventory.
	The AMP includes a Strategic Plan.
	The AMP includes a Capital Improvement Plan.
Download Supporting Document

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.

The system has an AI approved by DOW in February, 2015.

Activity	Date
Profile Created:	12.04.2017
Profile Last Modified:	12.16.2023
General Info Last Modified:	12.22.2021
Narrative Last Modified:	03.08.2023
Admin Info Last Modified:	12.03.2020
Budget Info Last Modified:	12.22.2021
Impacts Info Last Modified:	03.08.2023
Plans & Specs Info Last Modified:
Components Info Last Modified:	12.03.2020
GIS Last Modified:	03.08.2023

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