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Project Title:	Liberty Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade and Improvements
Project Number:	SX21045002	AWMPC:	LCADD
Funding Status:	Fully Funded	Date Approved by AWMPC:	01.16.2013
Project Status:	Constructed	Primary County:	Casey
Project Schedule:	Constructed	Planning Unit:	Casey
E-ClearingHouse SAI:	KY201407080803	ECH Status:	Approved
Primary System:	KY0026352 Liberty Water & Gas	ADD WMC Contact:	Martina Hadley
Legal Applicant:	City of Liberty
Entity Type:	Incorporated City

Narrative
Applicant
AdministrationBudget
& Schedule
Impacts
ComponentsSustainable
Infrastructure
Audit

Project Title:
Liberty Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade and Improvements

Project Description:
Upgrades to the 22-year-old WWTP include construction of a new 1.5 MG wet weather flow equalization basin; a duplex submersible wet weather pump station, improvements to the laboratory and office facilities and monitoring and control instrumentation, and replacement of the following equipment: generator, new raw sewage flow mater; new grit removal equipment; return sludge pump and controls; waste sludge pumps and controls; secondary clarifier sludge collection equipment; new UV disinfection equipment (replaces existing chlorine disinfection and de-chlorination equipment); aerobic digester blower equipment. The existing WWTP is located at 121 Cannon Street.

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:
A primary focus of the project is to address wet weather flow by bypassing (utilization of flow equalization). The project also addresses replacement of several items of old and outdated equipment which is beyond its useful life. Upgrading improvements also includes installation of modern instrumentation and control equipment as well as construction of badly needed laboratory and office facilities.

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 proposed project which uses existing property and facilities where possible.

Alternate B:

Construct new treatment plant at new site.

Entity Information
Entity Type:	Incorporated City
Entity Name:	City of Liberty
PSC Group ID:	30011480
Office EMail:	cityclerk@cityoflibertyky.com
Web URL:
Office Phone:	606-787-9973	Fax:	606-787-7992

Entity Address Information
	Mail Address	Physical Address
Address Line 1:	518 Middleburg St PO Box 127
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Liberty , KY 42539

Entity Contact Information
Contact Type	Name	Title	EMail	Phone	Cell
Business Contact:	Bridgett Blake	City Clerk	cityclerk@cityoflibertyky.com	606-787-9973
Authorized Official:	Housam Haddad	Mayor	hadd6588@yahoo.com	606-787-9973

Information Source:	Kentucky Department for Local Government
Date Last Modified:	04.18.2024

Project Administrator (PA) Information

Name:	Jim H Brown
Title:	Community Development Specialist
Organization:	Lake Cumberland Area Development District
EMail:	jim@lcadd.org
Phone:	270-866-4200 Fax: 270-866-2044
Address Line 1:	PO Box 1570
Address Line 2:	2384 Lakeway Dr
City, State Zip:	Russell Springs , KY 42642

Applicant Contact (AC) Information

Name:	Steven Brown
Title:	Mayor
Organization:	City of Liberty
EMail:	steven.brown@windstream.net
Phone:	606-787-9973 Fax: 606-787-7992
Address Line 1:	PO Box 127
Address Line 2:	PO Box 127
City, State Zip:	Liberty , KY 42539

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 26127
PE Name:	Kurt Anton Zehnder
Firm Name:	Hazen and Sawyer, P.S.C.
Address Type:	Work
Address Line 1:	230 Lexington Green Cir
Address Line 2:	Suite 520
Address Line 3:
City, State Zip:	Lexington , KY 40503
License Status:	Current	Disciplinary Actions:	No
Issue Date:	06.18.2008	Expiration Date:	06.30.2026

Phone:	859∙219∙1126 Fax:
EMail:	kzehnder@hazenandsawyer.com

Engineering Firm Information
Permit Number:	2263
Firm Name:	Hazen and Sawyer, P.S.C.
Phone:	212∙539∙7077 Fax:
Web URL:	http://www.hazenandsawyer.com/
E-Mail:	cyuen@hazenandsawyer.com
Address Line 1:	498 Seventh Avenue, 11th Floor
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	New York , NY 10018
Issue Date:	04.28.2005	Expir. Date:	12.31.2024
Permit Status	Current	Disciplinary Actions	No

Estimated Budget As-Bid Budget

Project Cost Categories
Cost Category	Cost
Administrative Expenses:	$45,000
Legal Expenses:
Land, Appraisals, Easements:
Relocation Expense & Payments:
Planning:
Engineering Fees - Design:	$192,000
Engineering Fees - Construction:	$48,000
Engineering Fees - Inspection:	$170,000
Engineering Fees - Other:	$60,000
Construction:	$4,900,000
Equipment:
Miscellaneous:
Contingencies:	$245,000
Total Project Cost:	$5,660,000

Construction Cost Categories
Cost Category	Cost
WWTP Secondary Portion:
WWTP Advanced Portion:	$4,900,000
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:	$4,900,000

Total Sustainability Costs:	$90,000

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:	$5,660,000
Total Committed Funding:	$5,660,000
Funding Gap:	Fully Funded

Funding Source	Loan or Grant ID	Fiscal Year	Amount	Status	Applicable Date
CDBG	14-029	2014	$1,000,000	Withdrawn	06-30-2014
KIA SRF Fund A Loan (CW)	A15-019	2015	$4,156,000	Committed	05-07-2015
CDBG	15-017	2015	$1,000,000	Committed	12-04-2015
KIA SRF Fund A Loan (CW)	A15-019	2017	$504,000	Committed	12-01-2016
Total Committed			$5,660,000

Funding Source Notes

Per project administrator, system received an additional $504,000 in SRF funding.  Total SRF funding was $4,660,000, so the project was fully funded.  
As of 9/11/17, project is approximately 1/3 complete.  HRS

As-bid budget revised 5-3-2019.  Project Complete.  HRS

Estimated Project Schedule

Facility Plan Approval Date:

01.01.2000

Estimated Environmental Review Submittal Date:	03.31.2016
Estimated Bid Date:	04.01.2016
Estimated Construction Start Date:	07.01.2016
Estimated Construction Completion Date:	12.01.2017

The following systems are beneficiaries of this project:

KY0026352

Liberty Water & Gas

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:		2,227	2,227
Households:		1,016	1,016
MHI:		$30,564	*$30,564
MHI MOE:		$11,798	$11,798
MOE as Percent:		39%	39%
**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:	669
To Total Households:	669
**Cost Per Household:	$8,460

*	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

Casey

Legislative Districts

District Name	Legislator
House 054	Daniel Elliott
Senate 21	Brandon J. Storm
Congressional 1	James Comer

Groundwater
Sensitivity
Zones

HUC 10 Watersheds

HUC 10 Code	Watershed Name
0511000101	South Fork Green River-Green 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

Casey

Legislative Districts

District Name
House 054	Daniel Elliott
Senate 21	Brandon J. Storm
Congressional 1	James Comer

CW Specific Impacts:

Wastewater Volumes (MGD):

For this project:	0.580
For included system(s):	0.640
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
KY0026352	1	EQUALIZATION BASIN		NEW			EA
KY0026352	1	GENERATOR		NEW			EA
KY0026352	1	LIFTSTATION		NEW		1,000.00	GPM
KY0026352	1	SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT		REHAB	0.64		MGD
KY0026352	1	SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT		REHAB - SSO	0.64		MGD
KY0026352	1	SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT		STP - UPGRADE	0.64		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
2022	Liberty, City of	Parent
2021	Liberty, City of	Parent
2020	Liberty, City of	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.

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.*	$60,000
Item 10:	Upgrade of POTW lighting to energy efficient sources.*	$30,000
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:		$90,000

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

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

Premium efficiency motors will be installed in the oxidation ditch and the digesters. The new laboratory/office building will have energy efficient lighting, HVAC and insulation. A new SCADA system will decrease the electrical consumption by controlling operation of equipment as needed instead of continuously. VFDs will be installed on the raw sewage pumps to improve 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.*
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:	05.01.2021 Download Fee Schedule
Rate Adjustment Age (months):	32

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

2.07%

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 planning document is the asset inventory submitted on November 1, 2012.

Activity	Date
Profile Created:	01.16.2013
Profile Last Modified:	10.02.2019
General Info Last Modified:	10.02.2019
Narrative Last Modified:	05.23.2016
Admin Info Last Modified:	10.06.2014
Budget Info Last Modified:	11.16.2016
Impacts Info Last Modified:	07.01.2014
Plans & Specs Info Last Modified:
Components Info Last Modified:	03.12.2013
GIS Last Modified:	09.23.2014

Deficiencies found in Sustainable Infrastructure Tab:

Asset Management Tab:

− The Capital Improvement Plan must have at least one of the required listed components.