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Project Title:	GCEC Headworks Improvements and Expansion
Project Number:	SX21089141	AWMPC:	FIVCO
Funding Status:	Not Funded	Date Approved by AWMPC:	11.30.2023
Project Status:	Approved	Primary County:	Greenup
Project Schedule:	0-2 Years	Planning Unit:	Greenup
E-ClearingHouse SAI:		ECH Status:
Primary System:	KY0033553 Greenup Joint Sewer Agency	ADD WMC Contact:	Brycen May
Legal Applicant:	Greenup County Environmental Commission
Entity Type:	Sewer and Sanitation District

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Project Title:
GCEC Headworks Improvements and Expansion

Project Description:
This project proposes the replacement of the aging mechanical bar screen and grit removal equipment at the Greenup County Environmental Commission (GCEC) Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP), along with the installation of a new mechanical screen for flows pumped to the oxidation ditch. The GCEC WWTP currently experiences a significant volume of trash and grit entering the system, which threatens downstream equipment and process stability. To protect the treatment process and ensure reliable operations, new mechanical screening and grit removal systems are required. Improvements to the GCEC WWTP headworks are necessary because the existing headworks building, mechanical screen, and grit removal system were installed nearly 30 years ago as part of the last major plant expansion, and the mechanical equipment has been repaired numerous times and no longer functions as intended. This condition has resulted in excessive debris loading throughout the plant and increased maintenance demands. To meet future needs, a new headworks building is required to accommodate projected increases in peak flow based on anticipated growth in the service area and the planned acceptance of wastewater from the Greenup Joint Sewer Agency (GJSA) Treatment Plant. The new headworks will include modern mechanical screens and grit removal systems sized to manage future flows and operational demands. In addition, return flows from the plant’s equalization lagoon will be redirected to the new headworks to remove legacy trash that has persisted in the system. The GCEC WWTP is a critical regional facility serving the Cities of Flatwoods, Russell, and Raceland, as well as Boyd and Greenup County Sanitation Districts 1 and 2, and maintaining its performance and capacity is essential to the region’s wastewater infrastructure. These headworks improvements are also a required step toward the planned decommissioning of two failing wastewater facilities: the Greenup Joint Sewer Agency Treatment Plant (GJSA), which is in deteriorating condition, and the aging Greenup County High School Package Treatment Plant. Consolidating these flows into the GCEC WWTP will not be feasible without modernizing and expanding the headworks to handle increased capacity, higher debris loads, and long-term operational needs.

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:
Maintain efficient function of the WWTP. ?+1 other. There is an asset inventory document for this project and it was sent to Jason Lambert and Lori Dials.

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.

The GCEC Asset Management Plan considered three alternatives to add the new headworks to the existing plant. Locating the headworks near the oxidation ditch was selected as the most advantageous location.

Alternate B:

Entity Information
Entity Type:	Sewer and Sanitation District
Entity Name:	Greenup County Environmental Commission
PSC Group ID:
Office EMail:	gcecmanager@yahoo.com
Web URL:
Office Phone:	606-836-4800	Fax:

Entity Address Information
	Mail Address	Physical Address
Address Line 1:	PO Box 471	256 Vernon St Rt 244
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Russell , KY 41169	Russell , KY 41169

Entity Contact Information
Contact Type	Name	Title	EMail	Phone	Cell
Business Contact:	Dennis Gumbert	Manager	gcecmanager@yahoo.com	606-831-1356
Authorized Official:	Dennis Gumbert	Manager	gcecmanager@yahoo.com	606-831-1356

Information Source:	Kentucky Infrastructure Authority
Date Last Modified:	01.26.2024

Project Administrator (PA) Information

Name:	Brycen E May
Title:	Grant Administrator
Organization:	FIVCO Area Development District
EMail:	brycen@fivco.org
Phone:	304-634-1723 Fax:
Address Line 1:	32 FIVCO Ct
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Grayson , KY 41143

Applicant Contact (AC) Information

Name:	Dennis R Gumbert
Title:	Manager
Organization:	Greenup County Environmental Commission
EMail:	worthington@juno.com
Phone:	606-836-6821 Fax: 606-833-2593
Address Line 1:	512 Ferry St
Address Line 2:	PO Box 366
City, State Zip:	Worthington , KY 41183

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:	$40,000
Legal Expenses:	$25,000
Land, Appraisals, Easements:
Relocation Expense & Payments:
Planning:
Engineering Fees - Design:	$500,000
Engineering Fees - Construction:	$200,000
Engineering Fees - Inspection:	$550,000
Engineering Fees - Other:
Construction:	$5,350,000
Equipment:	$1,900,000
Miscellaneous:
Contingencies:	$900,000
Total Project Cost:	$9,465,000

Construction Cost Categories
Cost Category	Cost
WWTP Secondary Portion:	$5,350,000
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:	$5,350,000

Total Sustainability Costs:	$50,000

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:	$9,465,000
Total Committed Funding:
Funding Gap:	Not Funded

Funding Source	Loan or Grant ID	Fiscal Year	Amount	Status	Applicable Date
KIA SRF Fund A Loan (CW)	A25-107	2025	$3,227,000	Expired	04-29-2024
KIA SRF Fund A Loan (CW)	A26-151	2026	$3,227,000	Ranked	03-26-2025
KIA SRF Fund A Loan (CW)	A27-016	2027	$9,465,000	Ranked	04-02-2026
Total Committed

Funding Source Notes

GCEC has completed an Asset Management Plan and will pursue additional sources of funding to help this project advance.

Estimated Project Schedule

Facility Plan Approval Date:

Estimated Environmental Review Submittal Date:
Estimated Bid Date:	06.01.2027
Estimated Construction Start Date:	07.01.2027
Estimated Construction Completion Date:	10.01.2029

The following systems are beneficiaries of this project:

	KY0048348	Greenup County Environmental Commission
	KYP000035	Boyd County Sanitation District #2
	KYP000037	City of Russell
	KYP000038	City of Raceland
	KYP000039	City of Flatwoods
	KYP000040	Boyd & Greenup County Sanitation District #1
	KY0033553	Greenup Joint Sewer Agency

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:	8,330
To Total Households:	8,330
**Cost Per Household:	$1,136

*	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

Greenup

Legislative Districts

District Name	Legislator
House 098	Aaron Thompson
Senate 18	Robin L. Webb
Congressional 4	Thomas Massie

Groundwater
Sensitivity
Zones

HUC 10 Watersheds

HUC 10 Code	Watershed Name
0509010301	Ice Creek-Ohio River

Potential Impaired Watershed Designations

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

Boyd

Greenup

Legislative Districts

District Name
House 098	Aaron Thompson
Senate 18	Robin L. Webb
Congressional 4	Thomas Massie
Congressional 5	Hal Rogers

CW Specific Impacts:

Wastewater Volumes (MGD):

For this project:
For included system(s):	7.650
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):

Point Features:

DOW PermitID	Count	FeatureType	Purpose	Status	Existing Capacity	Proposed Capacity	Units
KY0033553	1	SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT		STP - UPGRADE
KY0033553	1	SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT	Decommission	ELIMINATE
KY0040576	1	PACKAGE TREATMENT PLANT	Decommission	ELIMINATE
KY0048348	1	SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT	Grit Removal & Mechanical Screen	REHAB
KY0048348	1	SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT	WWTP - REGIONALIZATION & CONSOLIDATION	STP - EXPANSION	12.00	18.00	MGD

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).

Plants Eliminated By This Project:

DOW Permit ID	Facility Type	System Name	Design Capacity (MGD)	PFAS Detected
KY0033553	STP	Greenup Joint Sewer Agency	0.000	No
KY0040576	PTP	Greenup Co High School	0.000	No

Sanitary Sewer Components:

This project includes a new wastewater treatment plant.

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

Current design capacity (MGD):	12.000
Current treatment volume (MGD):	5.160
Proposed design capacity (MGD):	18.000

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.*	$40,000
Item 10:	Upgrade of POTW lighting to energy efficient sources.*	$10,000
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:		$50,000

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

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

The project includes replacement of aging process motors with new premium energy-efficient motors to reduce electrical demand and improve operational reliability. In addition, existing lighting throughout the POTW will be upgraded to modern high-efficiency fixtures, further decreasing energy consumption and long-term operating costs. These improvements will enhance overall system performance while supporting the facility’s energy conservation goals.

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:	03.16.2017 Download Fee Schedule
Rate Adjustment Age (months):	106

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

0.54%

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.

There were documents uploaded for each section. Jason Lambert and Lori Dials received a copy of the asset inventory document for this project.

Activity	Date
Profile Created:	12.04.2023
Profile Last Modified:	01.16.2026
General Info Last Modified:	12.19.2023
Narrative Last Modified:	12.15.2025
Admin Info Last Modified:	12.05.2025
Budget Info Last Modified:	12.07.2025
Impacts Info Last Modified:	01.16.2026
Plans & Specs Info Last Modified:
Components Info Last Modified:	12.19.2023
GIS Last Modified:	01.16.2026

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