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The City of Livingston will use a new CDBG grant to renovate the Wastewater Treatment Plant.
The state grant will pay for $450,000 of a $750,000 project. Mayor Curtis Hayes said the plant was built in 1992 and time has taken its toll on some of the systems. Hayes said the money will go a long way in helping the city with the renovations.
“It’s not pretty,” Hayes said. “It’s not fancy. It’s not sexy, but I think folks enjoy that when they flush, it’s got a place to go to.”
Hayes said they are upgrading screening and grit removal and upgrading the equalization ponds to contain more wastewater.
“We are fortunate enough to get this grant for some upgrades,” Hayes said. “The waste water treatment plant was constructed in 1992 and was designed to have the capacity of 1.62 million gallons a day, so we’ll be upgrading the processes.”
Hayes the next step will be to put the project out for bid.
“This will help us with a project we have been looking at for quite sometime,” Hayes said. “We’re going to be working with J. R. Wauford & Company which is doing an outstanding job helping us with our engineering needs. By making these improvements the town will be able to continue to adequately treat the wastewater before it is discharged in the town creek,” Hayes said.
The CDBG program gave out $36.6 million in total to 78 communities. Several of those communities are in the Upper Cumberland. Over $4 million went to the region for a variety of infrastructure projects.
