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Project Title:	Taylor Mill Treatment Plant Powdered Activated Carbon System
Project Number:	WX21117018	AWMPC:	NKADD
Funding Status:	Partially Funded	Date Approved by AWMPC:	06.04.2025
Project Status:	Approved	Primary County:	Kenton
Project Schedule:	0-2 Years	Planning Unit:	Kenton/Campbell
E-ClearingHouse SAI:	KY202412041637	ECH Status:	Approved
Primary System:	KY0590220 Northern Kentucky Water District	ADD WMC Contact:	Grace Herrmann
Legal Applicant:	Northern Kentucky Water District
Entity Type:	Water District (KRS 74)

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Project Title:
Taylor Mill Treatment Plant Powdered Activated Carbon System

Project Description:
The Taylor Mill Treatment Plant currently uses a conventional treatment process with the ability to feed powdered activated carbon (PAC) at low doses through a temporary storage and feed system. The proposed project involves the construction of a powdered activated carbon storage and feed system to replace the temporary feed system as well as the original non-functioning feed system and replacement of the ultraviolet light disinfection system. The proposed storage and feeding system will allow adding PAC at higher doses than is currently possible with the temporary system. The addition of the new powdered activated carbon will aid in the removal of organic compounds including those that form disinfection

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 District found per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) above detectable levels in the raw source water during testing conducted in 2023. The following PFAS compounds were detected in the raw water at these levels in 2023: 3.7 & 6.4 ppt PFBA, 4.5 & 4.6 ppt PFPeA, 2.5 & 4.6 ppt PFHpA, 3.0 & 3.1 ppt PFHxA, 1.6 ppt PFOS, 1.3 ppt PFOA, and 0.91 ppt PFBS. These compounds were also detected in the finished water produced at Taylor Mill in 2023: 2.3, 3.4 & 7.9 ppt PFBA, 2.7, 4.3 & 5.5 ppt PFPeA, 3.0 & 3.4 ppt PFHpA, and 2.9 ppt & 3.7 PFHxA, 1.6 ppt PFOA, on 0.81 PFBS. The source water for the Taylor Mill Treatment Plant is the Licking River. In the August 4, 2021 report published by the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, samples taken in the Licking River approximately 98 miles upstream of the District's raw water intake and sampled for 8 PFAS detected the presence of 2 compounds (3.12 ppt of PFOS and 1.82 ppt of PFOA). While these are very low levels, they are above the USEPA's interim health advisories of 0.02 ppt for PFOS and 0.004 ppt for PFOA. The addition of powdered activated carbon can assist in the removal of organic compounds including those in stormwater runoff such as pesticides and herbicides, taste and odor causing compounds, river spills, and emerging contaminants such as PFAS. The requested funds are for the construction of powdered activated carbon facilities and the replacement of the UV disinfection system which is at the end of its life.

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 District can continue to manually batch powdered activated carbon which is limited to a dose of approximately 5 ppm.  The new system would allow a significantly higher dose of up to 40 ppm to be fed which should improve the removal of contaminants.

Alternate B:

Do nothing.

Entity Information
Entity Type:	Water District (KRS 74)
Entity Name:	Northern Kentucky Water District
PSC Group ID:	7000200
Office EMail:	skampsen@nkywater.org
Web URL:
Office Phone:	859-426-2715	Fax:	859-442-0665

Entity Address Information
	Mail Address	Physical Address
Address Line 1:	PO Box 18640
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Erlanger , KY 41018

Entity Contact Information
Contact Type	Name	Title	EMail	Phone	Cell
Business Contact:	Stacey Kampsen	Vp of Finance & Support Services	skampsen@nkywater.org	859-426-2715
Authorized Official:	Stacey Kampsen	Vp of Finance & Support Services	skampsen@nkywater.org	859-426-2715

Information Source:	Kentucky Infrastructure Authority
Date Last Modified:	12.14.2022

Project Administrator (PA) Information

Name:	Amy Stoffer
Title:	Vp of Engineering, Production, & Water Quality
Organization:	Northern Kentucky Water District
EMail:	astoffer@nkywater.org
Phone:	859-426-2734 Fax: 859-578-7893
Address Line 1:	2835 Crescent Springs Rd
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Erlanger , KY 41018

Applicant Contact (AC) Information

Name:	Stacey Kampsen
Title:	Vp of Finanvce and Support Services
Organization:	Northern Kentucky Water District
EMail:	skampsen@nkywater.org
Phone:	859-426-2715 Fax: 859-578-7893
Address Line 1:	PO Box 18640
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Erlanger , KY 41018

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:	$5,000
Legal Expenses:
Land, Appraisals, Easements:
Relocation Expense & Payments:
Planning:
Engineering Fees - Design:	$185,000
Engineering Fees - Construction:	$40,000
Engineering Fees - Inspection:	$20,000
Engineering Fees - Other:
Construction:	$3,700,000
Equipment:
Miscellaneous:
Contingencies:	$400,000
Total Project Cost:	$4,350,000

Construction Cost Categories
Cost Category	Cost
Treatment:	$3,700,000
Transmission and Distribution:
Lead Remediation:
Source:
Storage:
Purchase of Systems:
Restructuring:
Land Acquisition:
Non-Categorized :
Total Construction Cost:	$3,700,000

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:	$4,350,000
Total Committed Funding:	$4,000,000
Funding Gap:	$350,000	(Partially Funded)

Funding Source	Loan or Grant ID	Fiscal Year	Amount	Status	Applicable Date
KIA SRF Fund F Loan (DW)	F25-009	2025	$2,750,000	Expired	04-29-2024
KIA SRF Fund F Loan (DW) - Supplemental	F25-009S	2025	$4,000,000	Committed	08-07-2025
KIA SRF Fund F Loan (DW) - Emerging Contaminants	F25-009E	2025	$2,750,000	Expired	04-29-2024
Local		2025	$525,000	Anticipated
Total Committed			$4,000,000

Funding Source Notes

Estimated Project Schedule

Estimated Environmental Review Submittal Date:	07.01.2025
Estimated Bid Date:	01.01.2026
Estimated Construction Start Date:	04.01.2026
Estimated Construction Completion Date:	07.01.2027

The following systems are beneficiaries of this project:

	KY0590220	Northern Kentucky Water District
	KY0410047	Bullock Pen Water District
	KY0960112	East Pendleton Water District
	KY0080442	Walton Waterworks Department

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:
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

Kenton

Legislative Districts

District Name	Legislator
House 064	Kimberly Poore Moser
Senate 23	Christian McDaniel
Congressional 4	Thomas Massie

HUC 10 Watersheds

HUC 10 Code	Watershed Name
0510010113	Banklick Creek-Licking River

Geographic Impacts
For Included System(s)

Counties

Boone

Bracken

Campbell

Gallatin

Grant

Harrison

Kenton

Owen

Pendleton

Legislative Districts

District Name
House 047	Felicia Rabourn
House 060	Marianne Proctor
House 061	Savannah Maddox
House 063	Kim Banta
House 064	Kimberly Poore Moser
House 065	Stephanie Dietz
House 067	Matthew Lehman
House 068	Mike Clines
House 069	Steven Doan
House 070	William Lawrence
House 078	Mark Hart
Senate 11	Steve Rawlings
Senate 17	Matt Nunn
Senate 20	Gex Williams
Senate 23	Christian McDaniel
Senate 24	Shelley Funke Frommeyer
Senate 27	Stephen West
Congressional 4	Thomas Massie

DW Specific Impacts:

	This project relates to a public health emergency.
	This project will assist a non-compliant system to achieve compliance.
	This project will assist a compliant system to meet future requirements.
	This project will provide assistance not compliance related.
	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 SDWA Notices of Violation within the previous state fiscal year (July through June).
	Primary system has had an action level exceedance (lead concentrations exceed an action level of 15 ppb in more than 10% of customer taps sampled) within the last compliance period.
	Primary system has received a lead trigger level exceedance (lead concentrations exceed a trigger level of 10 ppb in more than 10% of customer taps sampled) within the last compliance period.

Project Readiness LSL (Lead Inventory and Lead Service Line Replacement):

Lead Service Line Inventory:

A description of goals to be achieved and products to be created (e.g., electronic or GIS database; customer communication tools) when creating a lead service line inventory procedure, including a proposed timeline for achieving each goal.

Lead Service Line Replacement:

	A strategy for informing customers before a LSLR and a template for an agreement with the private property owner to replace the LSL.
	A process for documenting all property owners declining replacement of privately owned portion of LSL.
	A procedure for customers to flush service lines and premise plumbing of particulate lead.
	A proposed plan for conducting LSL replacement utilizing all requested funding.
	A funding strategy for conducting LSLRs utilizing all requested funding.

Project Inventory (Mapped Features):

Point Features:

DOW PermitID	Count	Feature Type	Purpose	Status	Existing Capacity	Proposed Capacity	Units
KY0590220	1	WATER TREATMENT PLANT		REHAB

Administrative Components:

The following administrative components are included in this project:

Planning

Design

Construction

Management

Audits on Record
Associated With Applicant

Audit Year	Entity Name	Entity Relationship
2024	Northern Kentucky Water District	Parent
2023	Northern Kentucky Water District	Parent
2022	Northern Kentucky Water District	Parent

Regionalization Components:

Public Water Systems Eliminated:

This project includes the elimination of public water system(s) through merger or acquisition.

Water Treatment Plants Eliminated:

This project includes the elimination of water treatment plant(s).

Supplementation of Raw Water Supply:

This project includes supplementing the existing raw water supply.

Supplementation of Potable Water Supply:

This project includes supplementing the existing potable water supply.

Emergency Only Water Supply:

This project provides emergency only water supply.

Water Source Protection:

	This project will preventatively address PFAS or other emerging contaminants of the source water.
	This project will address current PFAS or other emerging contaminants of the source water.
	This project includes the rehabilitation of a dam or reservoir used primarily for drinking water.
	This project includes land acquisition for water source protection.

Water Treatment Components:

This project includes water treatment components.

Treatment Activities:

This project includes a new water treatment plant.

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

This project includes rehabilitation of an existing water treatment plant.

PFAS Detected.

This project includes upgrades to an existing water treatment plant.

This project includes emergency power generators for treatment activities.

This project includes redundant treatment processes.

This project includes replacement of existing raw water lines.

Treatment - Upgrades/Modifications:

This project includes infrastructure options to meet Cryptosporidium removal/inactivation requirements.

This project includes infrastructure options to meet CT inactivation requirements.

Explanation of how CT inactivation will be achieved:

Ultraviolet light reactors will be installed.

This project includes treatment modifications to meet the Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts Rule at the water treatment plant.

Explanation of how disinfection treatment modifications will be achieved:

A powdered activated carbon storage and feed system will be installed.

This project will provide treatment modifications for VOCs, IOCs, SOC, or Radionuclides.

Explanation of how OC/Radionuclides treatment modifications will be achieved:

A powdered activated carbon storage and feed system will be installed.

This project includes treatment modifications to address Secondary Contaminants.

Treatment process modifications preventatively addresses PFAS and other emerging contaminants.

Treatment process modifications addresses current PFAS and other emerging contaminants.

Security:

This project includes security components for water treatment facilities.

Water Distribution and Storage Components:

This project includes water distribution and/or storage 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:	Bioretention
Item 2:	Trees
Item 3:	Green Roofs
Item 4:	Permeable Pavement
Item 5:	Cisterns
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:	Conducting water utility audits, leak detection studies, and water use efficiency baseline studies, which are reasonably expected to result in a capital project or in a reduction in demand to alleviate the need for additional capital investment.
Item 6:	Developing conservation plans/programs reasonable expected to result in a water conserving capital project or in a reduction in demand to alleviate the need for capital investment.
Item 7:	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 8:	Retrofit or replacement of existing landscape irrigation systems to more efficient landscape irrigation systems.
Item 9:	Water meter replacement with traditional water meters.*
Item 10:	Distribution pipe replacement or rehabilitation to reduce water loss and prevent water main breaks.*
Item 11:	Storage tank replacement/rehabilitation to reduce water loss.*
Item 12:	New water efficient landscape irrigation system, where there currently is not one.*
Item 13:	Implementation of incentive programs to conserve water such as rebates.
Item 14:	Installing WaterSense labeled products (https://www.epa.gov/watersense)
Item 15:	Projects that result from a water efficiency related assessments (such as water audits, leak detection studies, conservation plans, etc.) as long as the assessments adhered to the standard industry practices referenced above.
Item 16:	Distribution system leak detection equipment, portable or permanent.
Item 17:	Automatic flushing systems (portable or permanent).
Item 18:	Pressure reducing valves (PRVs).
Item 19:	Internal plant water reuse (such as backwash water recycling).
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, which are part of a public health project, such as wind, solar, geothermal, and micro-hydroelectric that provides power to a utility.
Item 2:	Utility-owned or publicly-owned renewable energy projects.
Item 3:	Utility energy management planning, including energy assessments, energy audits, optimization studies, and sub-metering of individual processes to determine high energy use areas.
Item 4:	Energy efficient retrofits, upgrades, or new pumping systems and treatment processes (including variable frequency drives (VFDs).*
Item 5:	Pump refurbishment to optimize pump efficiency.*
Item 6:	Projects that result from an energy efficient related assessment.*
Item 7:	Projects that cost effectively eliminate pumps or pumping stations.*
Item 8:	Projects that achieve the remaining increments of energy efficiency in a system that is already very efficient.*
Item 9:	Upgrade of lighting to energy efficient sources.*
Item 10:	Automated and remote control systems (SCADA) that achieve substantial energy savings.*
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, or other planning framework where project life cycle costs are minimized, which enables communities to adopt more efficient and cost-effective infrastructure solutions.
Item 2:	Plans to improve water quantity and quality associated with water system technical, financial, and managerial capacity.
Item 3:	Source water protection planning (delineation, monitoring, modeling).
Item 4:	Planning activities to prepare for adaptation to the long-term effects of climate change and/or extreme weather.
Item 5:	Utility sustainability plan consistent with EPA’s sustainability policy.
Item 6:	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 7:	Construction of US Building Council LEED certified buildings, or renovation of an existing building.
Item 8:	Projects that significantly reduce or eliminate the use of chemicals in water treatment.*
Item 9:	Treatment technologies or approaches that significantly reduce the volume of residuals, minimize the generation of residuals, or lower the amount of chemicals in the residuals.*
Item 10:	Trenchless or low impact construction technology.*
Item 11:	Using recycled materials or re-using materials on-site.*
Item 12:	Educational activities and demonstration projects for water or energy efficiency (such as rain gardens).*
Item 13:	Projects that achieve the goals/objectives of utility asset management plans*
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:	02.08.2024 Download Fee Schedule
Rate Adjustment Age (months):	23

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

0.44%

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.

The District maintains a 5-year CIP that is approved annually by the Board.  The District has a 20-year CIP as part of its on-going Asset Management Program.

System’s monthly water bill, based on 4,000 gallons, as a percentage of MHI: 0.43 %

NKWD allocates funds to a restricted asset account, Improvement, Repair & Replacement, which is available and utilized to make major repairs and replacements and to pay the cost of construction of additions, extensions and improvements to the water system, including aging and deteriorating infrastructure.

Activity	Date
Profile Created:	12.12.2023
Profile Last Modified:	10.22.2025
General Info Last Modified:	10.22.2025
Narrative Last Modified:	12.12.2023
Admin Info Last Modified:	03.04.2025
Budget Info Last Modified:	04.28.2025
Impacts Info Last Modified:	12.12.2023
Plans & Specs Info Last Modified:
Components Info Last Modified:	12.12.2023
GIS Last Modified:	12.12.2023

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