Sewer Project Will Benefit Bay View, Help Clean Up Lake Erie

BAY VIEW, OH (April 22, 2014) – Congresswoman Kaptur joined local officials to announce $5.95 million in federal funding for a sewer project to serve the village of Bay View in Erie County.

“This project will improve the quality of life for people here in this community and contribute to a cleaner, healthier Lake Erie,” said Congresswoman Kaptur. “It’s only appropriate that it is announced on Earth Day.”

The federal award will finance construction of a new wastewater collection system to serve Bay View and the neighboring Bay Bridge area, which are located in a vital ecological area of the western basin of Lake Erie. Approximately $3.04 million will be provided in the form of a low-interest loan and the remaining $2.91 million will be in the form of a grant.

At present, wastewater from the Bay View area is treated by individual on-site systems that discharge directly into Sandusky Bay and surrounding wetlands. Officials estimate that almost all the existing individual systems are failing and sending untreated or undertreated effluent directly into the bay. The project will provide sewer service for 381 residents and 11 commercial users, looking into the existing wastewater treatment plant in Sandusky.

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