67/2/14 - The wastewater treatment plant of a local township will be expanding due to a state grant. Lyon Township received a $515,700 Stormwater, Asset Management and Wastewater grant from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. The grant will cover 90 percent of the costs to design the townshipâs wastewater treatment plant expansion and prepare an asset management plan for the sanitary sewer system. Lyon Township is responsible for 10 percent of the project costs, totaling $57,300. The plan will increase the townshipâs plant capacity from .75 million gallons per day to 1.25 million gallons per day. The increase is needed due to the growth in the township. The SAW Grant Program requires the work to be completed within three years of the grant award. A kick-off meeting for the asset management plan will likely be held later this year, with construction on the plant expansion expected to begin in January 2015. Senior Project Manager Jason Mayer says because the treatment plant is near a residential area, they will be designing the expansion with the noise and odor concerns of the residents in mind. He says residents will not be impacted by the work associated with the asset management plan, the main purpose of which is to assess the sanitary sewer system and create a maintenance and repair plan. Giffels Webster, the townshipâs consulting engineer, secured the townshipâs SAW grant. (JK)
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