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Project Title:	Water Recovery Facility Expansion
Project Number:	SX21227095	AWMPC:	BRADD
Funding Status:	Not Funded	Date Approved by AWMPC:	12.03.2025
Project Status:	Approved	Primary County:	Warren
Project Schedule:	3-5 Years	Planning Unit:	Warren
E-ClearingHouse SAI:	KY202601300230	ECH Status:	Submitted
Primary System:	KY0022403 Bowling Green Municipal Utilities	ADD WMC Contact:	Julien Hodge
Legal Applicant:	Bowling Green Municipal Utilities
Entity Type:	Municipal Utility, Board, or Commission

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Project Title:
Water Recovery Facility Expansion

Project Description:
The Bowling Green Municipal Utilities Water Recovery Facility (BGMU WRF) is a regional plant serving the City of Bowling Green and Warren County and is central to ongoing consolidation of wastewater treatment in the area. Permitted for 15 MGD and averaging about 9.05 MGD, the facility must be expanded to handle projected industrial growth, 3,000 new jobs, and more than 120,000 additional residents over the next 20 years. The Facilities Plan recommends Aerobic Granular Sludge to increase capacity and improve nutrient removal, supported by rehabilitation of aging equipment and the addition of high-efficiency pumps with VFDs, upgraded aeration, expanded SCADA controls, recycled water distribution improvements, and security upgrades. These improvements will modernize the regional facility, increase energy efficiency, and ensure reliable service to both BGMU and Warren County Water District customers.

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 expansion and upgrade of the BGMU WRF are necessary to keep pace with regional population and industrial growth, replace aging infrastructure, and maintain compliance with the Clean Water Act and KPDES permit limits. Without added capacity and process improvements, rising flows and loadings could strain existing treatment systems and risk permit exceedances and degraded receiving water quality. By implementing Aerobic Granular Sludge, improving recycled water distribution, adding energy-efficient pumps with VFDs, and enhancing SCADA and security systems, the project will strengthen treatment performance, protect public health, and support long-term regional wastewater service reliability.

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.

Expand existing WRF, which will continue to be the sole wastewater treatment option for both the City of Bowling Green and Warren County. This expansion will address industrial, commercial, and residential growth in the county, the majority of which will occur in the WCWD service area. The selected alternative, as listed above, is AGS.

Alternate B:

Construct a new wastewater treatment plant in the southeast part of the county to treat 6 MGD of WCWD flow. Would still require upgrades to existing BGMU WRF, along with several system improvements. This Alternative is not desirable due to cost, complexity, and the fact that it would be "de-regionalizing" an already regionalized system.

Entity Information
Entity Type:	Municipal Utility, Board, or Commission
Entity Name:	Bowling Green Municipal Utilities
PSC Group ID:	8800500
Office EMail:	miverson@bgmu.com
Web URL:	https://www.bgmu.com/
Office Phone:	270-782-1200	Fax:	270-782-4320

Entity Address Information
	Mail Address	Physical Address
Address Line 1:	PO Box 10300	801 Center St
Address Line 2:	801 Center St
City, State Zip:	Bowling Green , KY 42102	Bowling Green , KY 42101

Entity Contact Information
Contact Type	Name	Title	EMail	Phone	Cell
Business Contact:	Joe Pavoni	Water Systems Manager	joe.pavoni@bgmu.com	270-782-4384
Authorized Official:	Mark Iverson	General Manager	miverson@bgmu.com	270-782-1200

Information Source:	Kentucky Infrastructure Authority
Date Last Modified:	11.18.2025

Project Administrator (PA) Information

Name:	Scott M Neighbors
Title:	Water/Waste Water Engineering Superintendent
Organization:	Bowling Green Municipal Utilities
EMail:	scott.neighbors@bgmu.com
Phone:	270-782-4559 Fax: 270-782-4320
Address Line 1:	801 Center St
Address Line 2:	PO Box 10300
City, State Zip:	Bowling Green , KY 42102

Applicant Contact (AC) Information

Name:	Trevor Duncan
Title:	Project Manager
Organization:	Bowling Green Municipal Utilities
EMail:	trevor.duncan@bgmu.com
Phone:	270-745-8621 Fax:
Address Line 1:	801 Center St
Address Line 2:	PO Box 10300
City, State Zip:	Bowling Green , KY 42102

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 23410
PE Name:	Joseph Vincent Pavoni
Firm Name:
Address Type:	Mailing
Address Line 1:	801 Center Street
Address Line 2:	P.O. Box 10300
Address Line 3:
City, State Zip:	Bowling Green , KY 42102
License Status:	Current	Disciplinary Actions:	No
Issue Date:	12.11.2003	Expiration Date:	06.30.2026

Phone:	270∙489∙8484 Fax:
EMail:	jpavoni@grwinc.com

Estimated Budget As-Bid Budget

Project Cost Categories
Cost Category	Cost
Administrative Expenses:
Legal Expenses:
Land, Appraisals, Easements:
Relocation Expense & Payments:
Planning:	$550,000
Engineering Fees - Design:	$19,500,000
Engineering Fees - Construction:	$10,000,000
Engineering Fees - Inspection:	$2,000,000
Engineering Fees - Other:
Construction:	$69,800,000
Equipment:
Miscellaneous:	$19,150,000
Contingencies:	$95,000,000
Total Project Cost:	$216,000,000

Construction Cost Categories
Cost Category	Cost
WWTP Secondary Portion:	$38,000,000
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:	$31,800,000
Total Construction Cost:	$69,800,000

Total Sustainability Costs:	$12,204,000

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:	$216,000,000
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)	A26-051	2026	$217,350,000	Ranked	03-26-2025
KIA SRF Fund A Loan (CW)	A27-034	2027	$20,000,000	Ranked	04-02-2026
Congressional STAG			$62,880,000	Anticipated
WIFIA		2027	$42,960,000	Anticipated
KY Legislative (Design)		2027	$6,250,000	Anticipated
KY Legislative (Construction)		2027	$62,880,000	Anticipated
Utility Bond Market		2027	$21,030,000	Anticipated
Total Committed

Funding Source Notes

Requesting KY Legislative Budget Line Item for $6.25M ($19.5M x 64% x 50%) to cover half of economic driven growth-related engineering design fees. An additional budget line item will be requested in two years for construction related to economic driven growth.

Estimated Project Schedule

Facility Plan Approval Date:

03.01.2026

Estimated Environmental Review Submittal Date:	04.01.2025
Estimated Bid Date:	10.01.2027
Estimated Construction Start Date:	01.01.2028
Estimated Construction Completion Date:	12.01.2032

The following systems are beneficiaries of this project:

	KY0022403	Bowling Green Municipal Utilities
	KYP000032	Warren County Water 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:	3,000
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:	49,117
New Commercial Customers:
New Institutional Customers:
New Industrial Customers:	3

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.

Geographic Impacts
For Project Area

Counties

Warren

Legislative Districts

District Name	Legislator
House 019	Michael Meredith
Senate 16	Max Wise
Congressional 2	Brett Guthrie

Groundwater
Sensitivity
Zones

HUC 10 Watersheds

HUC 10 Code	Watershed Name
0511000209	Little Muddy Creek-Barren River

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

Warren

Legislative Districts

District Name
House 017	Robert Duvall
House 019	Michael Meredith
House 020	Kevin Jackson
House 022	Shawn McPherson
Senate 09	David P. Givens
Senate 16	Max Wise
Senate 32	Mike Wilson
Congressional 2	Brett Guthrie

CW Specific Impacts:

Wastewater Volumes (MGD):

For this project:	21.800
For included system(s):	15.000
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
KY0022403	1	SCADA	ENERGY EFF - SCADA	REHAB			EA
KY0022403	1	SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT	ENERGY EFF - PUMP EFFICIENCY	REHAB
KY0022403	1	SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT	ENERGY EFF - VFD DEVICE	STP - UPGRADE
KY0022403	1	SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT	EXPAND SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR, ETC	REHAB
KY0022403	1	SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT	WATER EFF - RECYCLE	REHAB
KY0022403	1	SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT	WWTP - REGIONALIZATION & CONSOLIDATION	STP - EXPANSION	15.00	21.80	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
2025	Bowling Green, City of	Parent
2024	Bowling Green, City of	Parent
2023	Bowling Green, City of	Parent
2022	Bowling Green, City of	Parent
2025	Bowling Green Municipal Utilities	Child
2024	Bowling Green Municipal Utilities	Child
2023	Bowling Green Municipal Utilities	Child
2022	Bowling Green Municipal Utilities	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.

Current design capacity (MGD):	15.000
Current treatment volume (MGD):	44.700
Proposed design capacity (MGD):	21.800

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).	$1,000,000
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:		$1,000,000

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

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

N/A

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	$100,000
Item 5:	Projects that achieve a reduction in energy consumption (pumps, motors).*	$1,909,000
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.*
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.*	$1,635,000
Item 10:	Upgrade of POTW lighting to energy efficient sources.*	$1,250,000
Item 11:	SCADA systems where substantial energy savings can be demonstrated.*	$1,700,000
Item 12:	Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) controllers where substantial energy savings can be demonstrated.*	$1,610,000
Total Cost:		$8,204,000

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

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

SCADA System: Upgrade and integrate SCADA for plant controls. VFD Controllers: VFD's will be used to control speed and torque of large motors and motors that have wide operating bands to keep the motors running at the optimal point of efficiency

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.*	$3,000,000
Item 15:	Sub-surface land application of effluent and other means for groundwater recharge, such as spray irrigation and overland flow.*
Total Cost:		$3,000,000

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

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

Upgrades to existing assets throughout the plant. New and replaced equipment data will be updated in the NexGen Asset Management platform. Information such as service life, maintenance schedules, equipment ID, etc. will be saved in the asset management program.

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:	07.01.2025 Download Fee Schedule
Rate Adjustment Age (months):	6

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

0.82%

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:	05.30.2024
Profile Last Modified:	01.21.2026
General Info Last Modified:	12.08.2025
Narrative Last Modified:	01.13.2026
Admin Info Last Modified:	12.15.2025
Budget Info Last Modified:	12.17.2025
Impacts Info Last Modified:	12.15.2025
Plans & Specs Info Last Modified:
Components Info Last Modified:	01.21.2026
GIS Last Modified:	02.05.2025

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