$38M Headed to Bath for Wastewater Treatment Improvements

Some good news for residents and businesses in the Steuben County village of Bath. The state’s Environmental Facilities Corporation Board has approved a grant and interest-free financing package that includes $38 million in federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding. The money for water and sewer infrastructure is administered through the State Revolving Funds.

The funding will modernize the village’s wastewater treatment plant to reduce pollution in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and increase the plant’s capacity for future growth and development.

The village has been awarded $23,712,500 in short-term interest-free financing a $1,4,767,125 grant from Infrastructure Law general supplemental funds, as well as $1,287,500 short-term interest-free financing and $2,722,500 Clean Water State Revolving Fund grant for the planning, design and construction of wastewater treatment plant improvements, including nutrient removal and disinfection upgrades.