4/3/14 - The odds were not in Milfordâs favor when the municipality was pulled near dead-last in a lottery to determine which communities would be getting grants for their wastewater treatment plants. Milfordâs wastewater treatment plant is wearing out and becoming obsolete, although it is still capable of operating within state standards according to the Milford Times. The village applied for grant money to upgrade it late last year through the Michigan Department of Environmental Qualityâs Stormwater, Asset Management, and Wastewater Program, called SAW. A lottery determined which applicants for the grant would be awarded, and Milford was pulled 555th out of 579 projects. A total of 92 projects will receive funding in 2014, totaling about $97 million. Projects in Lyon Township and Livonia were successful in getting projects funded this year. Milford officials are still hopeful that the village could end up getting some grant money, since the SAW grants will continue for another four years and provide a total of $450 million. If Milford does end up receiving the grants, officials say it will be used to help pay for building new equalization basins, sludge storage, and various other improvements. (TD)
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