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Project Title:	City of New Castle – Phase 1 Sewer System Rehabilitation Project
Project Number:	SX21103012	AWMPC:	KIPDA
Funding Status:	Partially Funded	Date Approved by AWMPC:	10.14.2009
Project Status:	Constructed	Primary County:	Henry
Project Schedule:	Constructed	Planning Unit:	Henry
E-ClearingHouse SAI:	KY201603140224	ECH Status:	Approved
Primary System:	KY0031828 New Castle Wastewater	ADD WMC Contact:	Justin Carter
Legal Applicant:	City of New Castle
Entity Type:	Incorporated City

Narrative
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AdministrationBudget
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Impacts
ComponentsSustainable
Infrastructure
Audit

Project Title:
City of New Castle – Phase 1 Sewer System Rehabilitation Project

Project Description:
This project will rehabilitate or replace the worst sewers in the city’s sanitary sewer system. In rain events, even minor rains, the sewer system experiences severe problems with I & I which causes overflows in the streets and creek. The flows at the WWTP increase causing severe treatment issues. This project will start to address those problems. The majority of New Castle’s sanitary sewer system was installed in 1939, utilizing vitrified clay pipe (VCP). In 2012, HMB assisted the City in completing an Asset Inventory Report as required by the Kentucky Division of Water (KyDOW). Significant problem areas were identified and quantified as a result of this work. Since 2012, New Castle’s Public Works staff has continued to monitor and document the worst of the worst. These efforts have allowed the City to prioritize a practical and cost-effective rehabilitation/replacement project. This project should be the first of multiple phases to address chronic operational and maintenance problems within New Castle’s sanitary sewer collection and water distribution systems. The sanitary sewer portion will rehabilitate and/or replace areas documented to have significant infiltration and inflow (I&I) concerns. This part of the project can be summarized as follows: • South Main Street (Carter Street to the Family Resource Center) – Approximately 1,260 linear feet of 8-inch sanitary sewer • Carter Street (Center Street to South Main Street) – Approximately 500 linear feet of 8-inch sanitary sewer • Church Street (South Main Street to Center Street) – Approximately 400 linear feet of 8-inch sanitary sewer • Center Street (Church Street to Carter Street) – Approximately 240 linear feet of 8-inch sanitary sewer • East Cross Main Street (East of Cardinal Drive) – Approximately 700 linear feet of 8-inch sanitary sewer • Town Creek tributary (East Cross Main Street along creek) – Approximately 2,000 linear feet of 8-inch sanitary sewer

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:
New Castle’s Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) has had numerous violations of discharge effluent limitations since 2012. The following the dates associated with these violations: • May 30, 2012 • August 15, 2013 • October 5, 2015 In July 2016, the Kentucky Division of Enforcement held a telephone conference with New Castle to resolve these violations. As a result, New Castle has negotiated a settlement that includes a civil penalty of $2,500.

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 project will commence the sanitary sewer system rehabilitation/replacement. It will reduce the damage caused by I/I on the existing collection system WWTP

Alternate B:

Increase capacity at WWTP, increase size of certain sewer lines in the system and enlarge wet Wells at lift stations. This is a much more costly alternative

Entity Information
Entity Type:	Incorporated City
Entity Name:	City of New Castle
PSC Group ID:
Office EMail:	ladams@newcastleky.com
Web URL:
Office Phone:	502-845-5750	Fax:	502-845-5702

Entity Address Information
	Mail Address	Physical Address
Address Line 1:	PO Box 390 31 E Cross Main St
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	New Castle , KY 40050

Entity Contact Information
Contact Type	Name	Title	EMail	Phone	Cell
Business Contact:	Lynn Adams	City Clerk	ladams@newcastleky.com	502-845-5750
Authorized Official:	Phoebe Thompson	Mayor	pthompson@newcastleky.com	502-845-5750

Information Source:	Kentucky Department for Local Government
Date Last Modified:	04.25.2024

Project Administrator (PA) Information

Name:	Ray C Bascom
Title:	Hmb Professional Engineers
Organization:	Hmb Professional Engineers
EMail:	rbascom@hmbpe.com
Phone:	502-695-9800 Fax: 502-695-9810
Address Line 1:	3 Hmb Circle
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Frankfort , KY 40601

Applicant Contact (AC) Information

Name:	Scot Treece
Title:	Director
Organization:	La Grange Utilities Commission
EMail:	lucdirector@gmail.com
Phone:	502-222-9325 Fax:
Address Line 1:	412 E Jefferson St
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	La Grange , KY 40031

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:	$25,000
Legal Expenses:	$2,000
Land, Appraisals, Easements:	$2,500
Relocation Expense & Payments:
Planning:	$30,000
Engineering Fees - Design:	$34,304
Engineering Fees - Construction:	$8,576
Engineering Fees - Inspection:	$25,650
Engineering Fees - Other:
Construction:	$501,240
Equipment:
Miscellaneous:	$5,000
Contingencies:	$45,730
Total Project Cost:	$680,000

Construction Cost Categories
Cost Category	Cost
WWTP Secondary Portion:
WWTP Advanced Portion:
Inflow & Infiltration Correction:	$250,620
Major Sewer Rehabilitation:	$250,620
Collector Sewers:
Interceptor Sewers, including Pump Stations:
Combined Sewer Overflow Correction:
NPS Urban:
Non-Categorized Cost:
Total Construction Cost:	$501,240

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:	$680,000
Total Committed Funding:	$235,000
Funding Gap:	$445,000	(Partially Funded)

Funding Source	Loan or Grant ID	Fiscal Year	Amount	Status	Applicable Date
KIA Fund B Loan	B17-006	2017	$235,000	Committed	12-01-2016
KIA SRF Fund A Loan (CW)	A17-052	2017	$661,000	Expired	06-21-2016
Total Committed			$235,000

Funding Source Notes

The City of New Castle anticipates submitting application for the KIA Fund B Loan in August 2016 and submitting the CDBG application in March 2017.

Estimated Project Schedule

Facility Plan Approval Date:

01.20.2015

Estimated Environmental Review Submittal Date:	08.15.2016
Estimated Bid Date:	04.01.2017
Estimated Construction Start Date:	06.01.2017
Estimated Construction Completion Date:	10.31.2017

The following systems are beneficiaries of this project:

KY0031828

New Castle Wastewater

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:		1,050	1,050
Households:		474	474
MHI:		$40,370	*$40,370
MHI MOE:		$11,492	$11,492
MOE as Percent:		28%	28%
**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:	505
To Total Households:	505
**Cost Per Household:	$1,347

*	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

Henry

Legislative Districts

District Name	Legislator
House 047	Felicia Rabourn
Senate 07	Adrienne Southworth
Congressional 4	Thomas Massie

Groundwater
Sensitivity
Zones

HUC 10 Watersheds

HUC 10 Code	Watershed Name
0510020512	Drennon Creek

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

Henry

Legislative Districts

District Name
House 047	Felicia Rabourn
Senate 07	Adrienne Southworth
Congressional 4	Thomas Massie

CW Specific Impacts:

Wastewater Volumes (MGD):

For this project:
For included system(s):	1.000
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):

Linear Features:

DOW Permit ID	Line Type	Purpose	Activity	Size (in.)	Material	Length (LF)
KY0031828	GRAVITY	COLLECTOR	REHAB - REPLACE OBSOLETE OR AGING LINES	8.00	PVC	5,411
					Total Length	5,411

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
2023	New Castle, City of	Parent
2022	New Castle, City of	Parent
2021	New Castle, City of	Parent
2020	New Castle, 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.

Total length of replaced infrastructure (LF): 5,411

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:	07.15.2023 Download Fee Schedule
Rate Adjustment Age (months):	6

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

1.33%

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:	10.20.2009
Profile Last Modified:	09.14.2018
General Info Last Modified:	09.14.2018
Narrative Last Modified:	10.05.2016
Admin Info Last Modified:	10.05.2016
Budget Info Last Modified:	10.05.2016
Impacts Info Last Modified:	04.19.2016
Plans & Specs Info Last Modified:	10.04.2010
Components Info Last Modified:	10.04.2010
GIS Last Modified:	10.06.2016

Deficiencies found in Administration Tab:

Project Engineer:

− The project engineer's license is not current.