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Project Title:	Locust Force Main Replacement/Rehabilitation
Project Number:	SX21059074	AWMPC:	GRADD
Funding Status:	Fully Funded	Date Approved by AWMPC:	12.15.2022
Project Status:	Approved	Primary County:	Daviess
Project Schedule:	0-2 Years	Planning Unit:	Daviess
E-ClearingHouse SAI:	KY202502050085	ECH Status:	Approved
Primary System:	KY0073377 Regional Water Resource Agency - East	ADD WMC Contact:	Jacob Matson
Legal Applicant:	Regional Water Resource Agency
Entity Type:	Joint Sewer Agency

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Project Title:
Locust Force Main Replacement/Rehabilitation

Project Description:
This project will replace or rehabilitate 11,000 LF of 30-inch force main, installed in 1955, which has exceeded its lifespan and is causing I&I and long-term maintenance issues. The force main connects the Locust and Dublin Pump Stations to the Max Rhoads Wastewater Treatment Plant, serving 6,374 residential, commercial, and industrial parcels. As part of a combined sewer system, it also conveys stormwater runoff from 1,544 acres. Environmentally and energy-efficient measures will be incorporated, including tree planting along the project path per the city’s tree ordinance to restore the urban canopy and improve permeability, reducing stormwater runoff. An energy audit will assess lighting and pumps, with potential upgrades to high-efficiency pumps to cut electricity use and maximize treatment plant capacity, reducing CSOs. Designed to handle increased flow from more frequent severe storms due to climate change, the new force main will further minimize CSOs into the Ohio River.

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:
If this force main were to fail, it would cause an inability to convey the combined sewer system flow to the treatment plant, resulting in an overflow of 6,374 customers and 1,544 acres of storm water run off until repairs could be made. Essentially, 40% of customers inside Owensboro would lose sewer service. Additionally, upgrades at the the Max Rhoads WWTP has significantly increased overall treatment capacity. As part of that effort to reduce combined sewer overflows during wet weather events, this Locust Force Main must maintain a higher volume of flow, which isn't recommended due to risks because of age and original design limitations. This Force Main project will allow RWRA to achieve their goal of reducing combined sewer overflow events by increasing pumping capacity to the WWTP, as well as reliably serving its customers for years to come.

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.

RWRA could postpone rehabilitation of this force main and continue use in its current state; however, this force main will eventually fail with the added pressure and flow induced due to the requirement to treat more combined sewer flow and reduce combined sewer overflow events. 

Repair, replacement, or rehabilitation efforts taken on in the future due to a failure, will be more cost intensive and disruptive due to the unplanned nature of a failure.

Alternate B:

Do Nothing.

Entity Information
Entity Type:	Joint Sewer Agency
Entity Name:	Regional Water Resource Agency
PSC Group ID:
Office EMail:	joe.schepers@rwra.org
Web URL:	www.rwra.org
Office Phone:	270-687-8440	Fax:	270-687-8444

Entity Address Information
	Mail Address	Physical Address
Address Line 1:	1722 Pleasant Valley Rd
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Owensboro , KY 42303

Entity Contact Information
Contact Type	Name	Title	EMail	Phone	Cell
Business Contact:	Joseph G. Schepers	Executive Director	joe.schepers@rwra.org	270-687-8440
Authorized Official:	Joseph G. Schepers	Executive Director	joe.schepers@rwra.org	270-687-8440

Information Source:	Kentucky Infrastructure Authority
Date Last Modified:	04.15.2025

Project Administrator (PA) Information

Name:	Dana Garrett
Title:	Infrastructure Planner
Organization:	Green River Area Development District
EMail:	danagarrett@gradd.com
Phone:	270-926-4433 Fax:
Address Line 1:	300 GRADD Way
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Owensboro , KY 42301

Applicant Contact (AC) Information

Name:	Garrett J Gordon
Title:	Director of Engineering
Organization:	Regional Water Resource Agency
EMail:	garrett.gordon@rwra.org
Phone:	270-297-9215 Fax:
Address Line 1:	1201 Ewing Rd
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Owensboro , KY 42301

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 38125
PE Name:	Garrett Gordon
Firm Name:
Address Type:	Work
Address Line 1:	Regional Water Resource Agency
Address Line 2:	2101 Grimes Ave
Address Line 3:
City, State Zip:	Owensboro , KY 42303
License Status:	Current	Disciplinary Actions:	No
Issue Date:	09.19.2022	Expiration Date:	06.30.2027

Phone:	270∙687∙8440 Fax:
EMail:	gordongj@owensboro.org

Estimated Budget As-Bid Budget

Project Cost Categories
Cost Category	Cost
Administrative Expenses:	$50,000
Legal Expenses:
Land, Appraisals, Easements:
Relocation Expense & Payments:
Planning:
Engineering Fees - Design:	$500,000
Engineering Fees - Construction:	$700,000
Engineering Fees - Inspection:	$875,000
Engineering Fees - Other:
Construction:	$15,250,000
Equipment:
Miscellaneous:
Contingencies:	$2,625,000
Total Project Cost:	$20,000,000

Construction Cost Categories
Cost Category	Cost
WWTP Secondary Portion:
WWTP Advanced Portion:
Inflow & Infiltration Correction:
Major Sewer Rehabilitation:	$15,250,000
Collector Sewers:
Interceptor Sewers, including Pump Stations:
Combined Sewer Overflow Correction:
NPS Urban:
Non-Categorized Cost:
Total Construction Cost:	$15,250,000

Total Sustainability Costs:	$6,015,000

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:	$20,000,000
Total Committed Funding:	$20,000,000
Funding Gap:	Fully Funded

Funding Source	Loan or Grant ID	Fiscal Year	Amount	Status	Applicable Date
KIA SRF Fund A Loan (CW)	A25-035	2025	$20,000,000	Committed	06-05-2025
24HB001 - Ky WWATERS Program		2025	$12,424,000	Bypassed	03-28-2025
KIA SRF Fund A Loan (CW)	A26-025	2026	$18,300,000	Ranked	03-26-2025
KIA SRF Fund A Loan (CW)		2024	$12,424,000	Anticipated
Total Committed			$20,000,000

Funding Source Notes

Estimated Project Schedule

Facility Plan Approval Date:

Estimated Environmental Review Submittal Date:	09.05.2025
Estimated Bid Date:	11.15.2025
Estimated Construction Start Date:	02.15.2026
Estimated Construction Completion Date:	10.31.2027

The following systems are beneficiaries of this project:

	KY0073377	Regional Water Resource Agency - East
	KY0020095	Regional Water Resource Agency - West

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:	6,374
To Total Households:	6,374
**Cost Per Household:	$3,138

*	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

Daviess

Legislative Districts

District Name	Legislator
House 007	Suzanne Miles
House 013	DJ Johnson
Senate 08	Gary Boswell
Congressional 2	Brett Guthrie

Groundwater
Sensitivity
Zones

HUC 10 Watersheds

HUC 10 Code	Watershed Name
0514020112	Caney Creek-Ohio River

WHPP Areas

PWSID	AKGWA	Zone	System Name
KY0300336		1	Owensboro Municipal Utilities
KY0300336	29723	3	Owensboro Municipal Utilities
KY0300336	30536	2	Owensboro Municipal Utilities

Potential Impaired Watershed Designations

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

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

Daviess

Legislative Districts

District Name
House 007	Suzanne Miles
House 013	DJ Johnson
House 014	Scott Lewis
Senate 08	Gary Boswell
Congressional 2	Brett Guthrie

CW Specific Impacts:

Wastewater Volumes (MGD):

For this project:
For included system(s):	21.800
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):

Linear Features:

DOW Permit ID	Line Type	Purpose	Activity	Size (in.)	Material	Length (LF)
KY0073377	FORCE	COLLECTOR	REHAB - REPLACE OBSOLETE OR AGING LINES	30.00	PVC	11,358
					Total Length	11,358

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
2025	Regional Water Resource Agency	Parent
2024	Regional Water Resource Agency	Parent
2023	Regional Water Resource Agency	Parent
2022	Regional Water Resource Agency	Parent

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.

Total length of replaced infrastructure (LF): 11,358

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.*	$15,000
Total Cost:		$15,000

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

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

The right of way along the project path will be planted with trees in accordance with the city tree ordinance in order to restore urban forest canopy and promote permeability, to decrease storm water run off into combined sewer systems

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.*	$6,000,000
Item 15:	Sub-surface land application of effluent and other means for groundwater recharge, such as spray irrigation and overland flow.*
Total Cost:		$6,000,000

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

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

This project assists in achievement of goals established in the RWRA AMP.

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:	07.01.2024 Download Fee Schedule
Rate Adjustment Age (months):	18

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

1.12%

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.

Download Supporting Document

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

RWRA maintains a Capital Improvement and Strategic Plan that is a cost effective and environmentally sound path to accommodate existing needs and project growth for the future. This plan includes an asset inventory, strategic plan, and capital improvements plan that lay the groundwork for increasing capacity to serve growth areas while maintaining the systems and facilities they currently serve, balancing risk with the money they have available.

RWRA has specifically allocated funds for the rehab and replacement of aging and deteriorating infrastructure.

Activity	Date
Profile Created:	09.23.2022
Profile Last Modified:	07.23.2025
General Info Last Modified:	12.16.2022
Narrative Last Modified:	02.14.2025
Admin Info Last Modified:	11.09.2023
Budget Info Last Modified:	05.13.2025
Impacts Info Last Modified:	02.14.2024
Plans & Specs Info Last Modified:
Components Info Last Modified:	11.09.2023
GIS Last Modified:	02.13.2024

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