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Project Title:	Cumberland River Water Line Extension - Phase I
Project Number:	WX21133500	AWMPC:	KRADD
Funding Status:	Partially Funded	Date Approved by AWMPC:	12.29.2014
Project Status:	Approved	Primary County:	Letcher
Project Schedule:	3-5 Years	Planning Unit:	Letcher
E-ClearingHouse SAI:	KY202510290962	ECH Status:	Approved
Primary System:	KY0670462 Letcher County Water and Sewer District	ADD WMC Contact:	Donna Stacy
Legal Applicant:	Letcher County Water & Sewer District
Entity Type:	Water District (KRS 74)

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Project Title:
Cumberland River Water Line Extension - Phase I

Project Description:
The Cumberland River Water Line Extension Phase 1 project will extend treated public water service to unserved residents in the Cumberland River area of Letcher County, Kentucky, near the Virginia border. The Letcher County Water & Sewer District (LCWSD), in partnership with the Wise County Public Service Authority (PSA) of Virginia, will install approximately 9,000 linear feet of new waterline to provide safe, reliable drinking water to about 70 residents along Highway 932, Dog Rock Road, Tate Hampton Road, Joseph Road, Hubbard Drive, Kenny Phillips Road, Robert Branch Road, Angler Road, and Dallas Road. The project includes 4,000 linear feet of 8-inch PVC pipe, 3,050 linear feet of 4-inch PVC, and 2,400 linear feet of 3-inch PVC, along with directional drilling. The project also includes 13 gate valves, 6 blowoff assemblies, 2 flushing hydrants, and a master meter vault. Approximately 2,460 linear feet of 1-inch polyethylene service lines and 62 new meter settings will connect customers to the new system. A telemetry and SCADA upgrade will be installed to provide remote system monitoring and improve leak detection, supported by a new master meter at the Virginia connection. Previous Description: The Cumberland River area is an unserved portion of Letcher County south of Pine Mountain. The area is bound to the east by Virginia and to the west by Harlan County. There are approximately 400 households and small businesses in the area that currently do not have access to public water. In addition, Arlie Boggs Elementary, a K-8th grade public school, is located in the project area. Phase 1 of the Cumberland River project will involve extending water lines from the Kentucky Virginia line located along HWY 932 in Flat Gap, Kentucky; westerly along Highway 932 to intersection of Highway 932 and Highway 3405. Approximately 70 residents along Highway 932 will be served as well as residents along Dog Rock Road, Tate Hampton Road, Joseph Road, Hubbard Drive, Kenny Phillips Road, Robert Branch Road, Angler Road, and Dallas Road. The project will involve the installation of approximately 4,800 linear feet of 8" waterline, 3,200 linear feet of 4" waterline and 7,000 linear feet of 3" waterline. The project also includes a master meter and vault. Wise County Public Service Authority (PSA) in Norton, Virginia will be the wholesale supplier of water for the project. The interstate purchase agreement will be between the Letcher County Water and Sewer District (Kentucky) and Wise County PSA (Virginia). The project will lay the foundation for the continued extension of water line service through the remaining unserved areas of Cumberland River through three (3) subsequent phases.

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 will provide service to residents with contaminated wells and other water sources. Letcher County faces persistent infrastructure and economic challenges that limit regional growth and quality of life. Much of the service area for this project lies in rugged, rural terrain with limited access to modern utilities. The Cumberland River area in Letcher County is an unserved portion of the county that does not have access to public water. There are approximately 400 households and small businesses in the area that currently lack access to treated, dependable water service. Currently, these households, businesses, and a local school rely on underground wells, springs, or other private water sources that are increasingly unreliable and potentially contaminated due to historical coal mining activities in the region. The presence of heavy metals, sediment infiltration, and water-quality degradation pose significant risks to public health.

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.

Continue use of contaminated wells.

Alternate B:

Provide residents with bottled water.

Entity Information
Entity Type:	Water District (KRS 74)
Entity Name:	Letcher County Water & Sewer District
PSC Group ID:	7000300
Office EMail:	marklws21@gmail.com
Web URL:
Office Phone:	606-633-8550	Fax:	606-633-8550

Entity Address Information
	Mail Address	Physical Address
Address Line 1:	3443 US 119 N	3443 US 119 N
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Mayking , KY 41837	Mayking , KY 41837

Entity Contact Information
Contact Type	Name	Title	EMail	Phone	Cell
Business Contact:	Mark Lewis	System Manager	marklws21@gmail.com	606-633-8550
Authorized Official:	Diane Adams	Chairman	dianneatisom@gmail.com	606-633-8550

Information Source:	Kentucky Infrastructure Authority
Date Last Modified:	04.29.2021

Project Administrator (PA) Information

Name:	Jennifer D McIntosh
Title:	Associate Director of Community & Economic Development
Organization:	Kentucky River Area Development District
EMail:	jennifer@kradd.org
Phone:	606-436-3158 Fax: 606-436-2144
Address Line 1:	941 N Main St
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Hazard , KY 41701

Applicant Contact (AC) Information

Name:	Mark Lewis
Title:	General Manager
Organization:	Letcher County Water and Sewer District
EMail:	marklws21@gmail.com
Phone:	606-633-8550 Fax:
Address Line 1:	3443 US 119 N
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Mayking , KY 41837

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:	$50,000
Legal Expenses:	$30,000
Land, Appraisals, Easements:	$60,000
Relocation Expense & Payments:
Planning:	$133,000
Engineering Fees - Design:	$93,000
Engineering Fees - Construction:	$41,000
Engineering Fees - Inspection:	$82,000
Engineering Fees - Other:	$125,000
Construction:	$1,632,000
Equipment:
Miscellaneous:
Contingencies:	$164,000
Total Project Cost:	$2,410,000

Construction Cost Categories
Cost Category	Cost
Treatment:
Transmission and Distribution:	$1,632,000
Lead Remediation:
Source:
Storage:
Purchase of Systems:
Restructuring:
Land Acquisition:
Non-Categorized :
Total Construction Cost:	$1,632,000

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:	$2,410,000
Total Committed Funding:	$169,000
Funding Gap:	$2,241,000	(Partially Funded)

Funding Source	Loan or Grant ID	Fiscal Year	Amount	Status	Applicable Date
LGEDF - Single County Coal Severance	#290		$169,000	Committed	07-01-2007
HB 723		2026	$482,000	Anticipated
ARC		2026	$1,928,000	Anticipated
Total Committed			$169,000

Funding Source Notes

Submitting an ARC Pre-application for $500,000 on 12/12/14 - Not Committed

Estimated Project Schedule

Estimated Environmental Review Submittal Date:	12.15.2025
Estimated Bid Date:	02.15.2026
Estimated Construction Start Date:	05.15.2026
Estimated Construction Completion Date:	12.15.2028

The following systems are beneficiaries of this project:

KY0670462

Letcher County Water and Sewer 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:
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:	65
To Underserved Households:
To Total Households:	65
**Cost Per Household:	$37,077

*	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

Letcher

Legislative Districts

District Name	Legislator
House 094	Mitch Whitaker
Senate 29	Scott Madon
Congressional 5	Hal Rogers

HUC 10 Watersheds

HUC 10 Code	Watershed Name
0513010101	Poor Fork Cumberland River-Martins Fork Cumberland River

Geographic Impacts
For Included System(s)

Counties

Knott

Letcher

Perry

Legislative Districts

District Name
House 084	Chris Fugate
House 092	John Blanton
House 094	Mitch Whitaker
Senate 29	Scott Madon
Senate 30	Brandon Smith
Congressional 5	Hal Rogers

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
KY0670462	1	HYDRANT	FLUSHING HYDRANT	NEW			EA
KY0670462	1	INTERCONNECT METER	METER - FINISHED WATER INTERCONNECT	NEW			EA
KY0670462	1	RADIO METER	RADIO READ METER	NEW			EA
KY0670462	1	VALVE	AIR RELIEF VALVE	NEW			EA
KY0670462	1	VALVE	BLOWOFF VALVE	NEW			EA
KY0670462	3	VALVE	GATE VALVE	NEW			EA

Linear Features:

DOW Permit ID	Line Type	Purpose	Activity	Size (in.)	Material	Length (LF)
KY0670462	WATER LINE: FINISHED	DISTRIBUTION	EXTENSION	3.00	PVC	2,448
KY0670462	WATER LINE: FINISHED	DISTRIBUTION	EXTENSION	4.00	PVC	3,169
KY0670462	WATER LINE: FINISHED	DISTRIBUTION	EXTENSION	8.00	PVC	4,107
					Total Length	9,724

Administrative Components:

The following administrative components are included in this project:

Planning

Design

Construction

Management

Note: There are no audits on record associated with the applicant entity.

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.

Water Distribution and Storage Components:

This project includes water distribution and/or storage components.

Water Line Extensions:

This project includes water line extension(s).

Length of extensions:

9,724 LF

Number of new connections:

387

This projects extends service to unserved rural areas.

Redundancy Components:

This project includes emergency power generators for distribution and/or storage activities.

This project includes redundant distribution and/or storage processes.

Finished Water Quality:

This project includes infrastructure to address inadequate water turnover and disinfection byproducts (DBPs).

Service Line Inventory:

This project includes implementation of a service line inventory.

Water Line Replacement:

This project replaces problem water lines (breaks, leaks, or restrictive flows due to age), water lines consisting of lead and/or asbestos-cement (AC), and/or inadequately sized water lines.
In-place or in-situ repair medhods will be used in lieu of water line replacement.
This project replaces lead service lines.

Water Loss in the Last 12 Months:

The system has experienced the following water loss over the past 12 months:

Water loss volume (MG):	187.458
Water loss percent:	72%

Water Storage and Pressure Components:

This project includes the construction of new water tank(s).

This project includes the replacement of existing water tank(s).

This project includes the rehabilitation of existing water tank(s).

This project includes the construction of new pump station(s).

This project includes the rehabilitation of existing pump station(s).

Security:

This project includes security components for water distribution infrastructure.

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:	11.17.2023 Download Fee Schedule
Rate Adjustment Age (months):	26

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

1.50%

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:	01.23.2004
Profile Last Modified:	10.29.2025
General Info Last Modified:	03.04.2015
Narrative Last Modified:	10.29.2025
Admin Info Last Modified:	08.06.2021
Budget Info Last Modified:	10.28.2025
Impacts Info Last Modified:	12.05.2014
Plans & Specs Info Last Modified:	11.22.2010
Components Info Last Modified:	11.22.2010
GIS Last Modified:	10.29.2025

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