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Project Title:	Martin County Sanitation District - Belt Press and Sludge Handling
Project Number:	SX21159007	AWMPC:	BSADD
Funding Status:	Not Funded	Date Approved by AWMPC:
Project Status:	Withdrawn	Primary County:	Martin
Project Schedule:	0-2 Years	Planning Unit:	Martin
E-ClearingHouse SAI:	KY201602050098	ECH Status:	Approved
Primary System:	KY0079316 Martin County Sanitation District	ADD WMC Contact:	Matt Scofield
Legal Applicant:	Martin County Sanitation District
Entity Type:	Sewer and Sanitation District

Narrative
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AdministrationBudget
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Impacts
ComponentsSustainable
Infrastructure
Audit

Project Title:
Martin County Sanitation District - Belt Press and Sludge Handling

Project Description:
The WWTP's violations are related to the management of the waste activated sludge (WAS) and sludge handling and it's ability not meeting the permit limits. The ability of a WWTP to efficiently treat the wastewater is in part related to manage the MLSS and sludge age. Managing the MLSS to the proper value requires wasting the sludge on a regular basis. Proper handling of the sludge (RAS and WAS) effects the aeration ditch's ability to effectively treat the incoming waste water. The Inez WWTP is not able to effectively waste the WAS on a regular basis due to the original design of a "Gray Water System" and not having the amount of sludge production in the original design that they are generating now. The WWTP is holding the sludge in the clarifier and aeration ditch too long and causing ineffective treatment. Mixed liquor is a mixture of raw or settled wastewater and activated sludge contained in an aeration basin in the activated sludge process. Mixed liquor suspended solids (MLSS) is the concentration of suspended solids in the mixed liquor. Within the aeration basin, dissolved oxygen (DO), pH, active biological mass, mixing, rate of oxygen utilization, temperature, MLSS concentration, and retention time are critical factors that must be closely monitored. Wastewater influent and return activated sludge (RAS) from a secondary clarifier are mixed together and pumped to the aeration basin. In the basin, aerobic microbes decompose organic matter in the mixed liquor. This RAS is used to maintain the desired MLSS value. Measuring the solids concentration of RAS allows the return volume to be adjusted to keep the MLSS level in the aeration basin within the control parameters for effective treatment. Excess sludge which eventually accumulates in the secondary clarifier beyond that returned is defined as Waste Activated Sludge (WAS) and is removed from the treatment process to keep the ratio of biomass to food supplied (sewage or wastewater) in balance. If MLSS content is too high the process is prone to bulking and the treatment system becomes overloaded, this can cause the dissolved oxygen content to drop with the effect that organic matters are not fully degraded and biological 'die off'. Conversely, if the MLSS content is too low the process is not working efficiently removing organic matter likely wasting energy whilst not treating the effluent effectively and the sludge age may be too low to enable nitrification. This project will result in the construction of an influent screen, aerobic sludge digester and thickner, WAS pump station, and sludge roll off containers. The existing drying beds will be modified to hold the roll-off containers.

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:
Project is needed to improve operation efficiencies at the WWTP. The plant currently can't meet permit limits for fecal coliform and total suspended solids. The plant has sludge drying beds that are ineffective during wet and cold weather and are located in the floodplain. Too much sludge is held in the plant affecting operations.

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 drying beds in a location out of the floodplain.

Alternate B:

Install a sludge thickner.

Entity Information
Entity Type:	Sewer and Sanitation District
Entity Name:	Martin County Sanitation District
PSC Group ID:
Office EMail:	cmiller@alliancewater.com
Web URL:
Office Phone:	606-298-3885	Fax:	606-298-4913

Entity Address Information
	Mail Address	Physical Address
Address Line 1:	14 Flat Hollow
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Inez , KY 41224

Entity Contact Information
Contact Type	Name	Title	EMail	Phone	Cell
Business Contact:	Craig Miller	Division Manager	cmiller@alliancewater.com	606-298-3885
Authorized Official:	Lon Lafferty	Judge Executive	l.lafferty@martincountyky.com	606-298-2800	606-626-5901

Information Source:	Kentucky Infrastructure Authority
Date Last Modified:	05.02.2023

Project Administrator (PA) Information

Name:	Holly L Nicholas
Title:	Project Administrator
Organization:	Kentucky Engineering Group, PLLC
EMail:	hnicholas@kyengr.com
Phone:	859-251-4127 Fax: 859-333-9742
Address Line 1:	PO Box 1034
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Versailles , KY 40383

Applicant Contact (AC) Information

Name:	John Mills
Title:	General Manager
Organization:	Martin County Water District
EMail:	jmills@bellsouth.net
Phone:	606-298-3885 Fax:
Address Line 1:	Hc 69 Box 875
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Inez , KY 41224

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 24022
PE Name:	James C. Thompson
Firm Name:	Kentucky Engineering Group PLLC
Address Type:	Work
Address Line 1:	Kentucky Engineering Group PLLC
Address Line 2:	101 High Street
Address Line 3:
City, State Zip:	Versailles , KY 40383
License Status:	Current	Disciplinary Actions:	No
Issue Date:	01.05.2005	Expiration Date:	06.30.2024

Phone:	859∙251∙4127 Fax: 859∙251∙4137
EMail:	jthompson@kyengr.com

Engineering Firm Information
Permit Number:	2889
Firm Name:	Kentucky Engineering Group PLLC
Phone:	859∙251∙4127 Fax: 859∙251∙4127
Web URL:	http://www.kyengr.com/
E-Mail:	jthompson@kyengr.com
Address Line 1:	101 High Street
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Versailles , KY 40383
Issue Date:	02.19.2009	Expir. Date:	12.31.2024
Permit Status	Current	Disciplinary Actions	No

Estimated Budget As-Bid Budget

Project Cost Categories
Cost Category	Cost
Administrative Expenses:
Legal Expenses:
Land, Appraisals, Easements:
Relocation Expense & Payments:
Planning:
Engineering Fees - Design:	$91,700
Engineering Fees - Construction:	$39,500
Engineering Fees - Inspection:	$80,800
Engineering Fees - Other:
Construction:	$1,625,000
Equipment:
Miscellaneous:
Contingencies:	$163,000
Total Project Cost:	$2,000,000

Construction Cost Categories
Cost Category	Cost
WWTP Secondary Portion:	$1,625,000
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:	$1,625,000

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:	$2,000,000
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)	A15-061	2015	$1,021,600	Expired	09-05-2014
KIA SRF Fund A Loan (CW)	A19-074	2019	$2,000,000	Expired	06-18-2018
KIA SRF Fund A Loan (CW)	A16-040	2016	$2,000,000	Applied For	07-07-2015
Total Committed

Funding Source Notes

Estimated Project Schedule

Facility Plan Approval Date:

Estimated Environmental Review Submittal Date:
Estimated Bid Date:	08.01.2018
Estimated Construction Start Date:	09.29.2018
Estimated Construction Completion Date:	03.01.2019

The following systems are beneficiaries of this project:

KY0079316

Martin County Sanitation District

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:		1,208	1,208
Households:		616	616
MHI:		$38,804	*$38,804
MHI MOE:		$25,462	$25,462
MOE as Percent:		66%	66%
**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:	500
To Total Households:	500
**Cost Per Household:	$4,000

*	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

Martin

Legislative Districts

District Name	Legislator
House 097	Bobby McCool
Senate 31	Phillip Wheeler
Congressional 5	Hal Rogers

Groundwater
Sensitivity
Zones

HUC 10 Watersheds

HUC 10 Code	Watershed Name
0507020106	Rockcastle Creek-Tug Fork

Potential Impaired Watershed Designations

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

Martin

Legislative Districts

District Name
House 097	Bobby McCool
Senate 31	Phillip Wheeler
Congressional 5	Hal Rogers

CW Specific Impacts:

Wastewater Volumes (MGD):

For this project:
For included system(s):	0.260
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
KY0079316	1	SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT		STP - UPGRADE	0.26		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).

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:	04.01.2021 Download Fee Schedule
Rate Adjustment Age (months):	33

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

2.09%

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:	12.10.2013
Profile Last Modified:	11.20.2019
General Info Last Modified:	11.20.2019
Narrative Last Modified:	03.08.2016
Admin Info Last Modified:	12.10.2013
Budget Info Last Modified:	12.04.2014
Impacts Info Last Modified:	12.04.2014
Plans & Specs Info Last Modified:
Components Info Last Modified:	12.10.2013
GIS Last Modified:	03.05.2014

The profile is complete.