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Warren, West Farmington, East Palestine receive funding for water projects from Ohio EPA
More than $52 million allocated to help Valley communities wastewater, waterline issues.

Several communities in Northeast Ohio are receiving approximately $183 million in low-interest and principal forgiveness funding from Ohio EPA to improve wastewater and drinking water infrastructure and make other water quality improvements. The loans were approved between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31, 2020.
Communities in the Valley receiving funding include:
- Warren is receiving $44.9 million for infrastructure improvements at the city’s pump stations and wastewater treatment plant. The upgrades will provide more efficient treatment and increase reliability.
- West Farmington is receiving $7.6 million to construct a new gravity collection system and an aeration wastewater treatment plant. The loan includes $4 million in principal forgiveness, meaning this amount does not have to be repaid.
- East Palestine is receiving $61,000 to develop a water model of the village to determine sources of insufficient source quality and pressure throughout the system before replacing approximately 20,000 linear feet of waterline.
Other communities in Ohio also receiving funding includes:
- Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District is receiving $43.8 million for three projects, to include constructing a sewer to relieve surcharging conditions along the Morgana Run Culvert; constructing relief sewers on Seymour Avenue from West 30th Street to Scranton Road and Castle Avenue from West 11th Street to Clark Field; and constructing the Westerly Tunnel Dewatering Pump Station to reduce the annual frequency of overflows.
- Akron is receiving $64.3 million for eight projects, to include replacing the Quaker Ridge pump station; reconstruct existing sanitary and combined sewers by cured-in-place pipe lining; examine corrosion and condition of steel transmission mains in the water distribution system; complete a study to determine additional treatment methods; replace lead and galvanized steel lines; install an integrated advanced metering infrastructure system; conduct a risk assessment; and develop or update emergency response plans. The loans include $1 million in principal forgiveness, meaning this amount does not have to be repaid.
- Summit County is receiving $12.1 million for two projects, to include designing a vacuum sewer system and pump station to eliminate failing home sewage treatment systems and construct a new fleet and equipment maintenance facility.
- Louisville is receiving $5.4 million to replace four raw sewage pumps, a force main and flow meter, expand the equalization tank and install two additional mixers, install concrete lining to the equalization basin, and construct a new grit removal facility.
- Aqua Ohio Inc. is receiving $3.8 million to extend the waterline from Green to New Franklin in Summit County. The loan includes $1.9 million in principal forgiveness, meaning this amount does not have to be repaid.
- Lorain is receiving $457,000 to increase the efficiency and capacity of the Martin’s Run pump station to handle current and future flow levels.
- Fairview Park is receiving $450,000 for a planning study to alleviate chronic wet weather basement flooding.
- Munroe Falls is receiving $92,000 to upgrade existing booster pump stations and replace a waterline.