Glenpool Utility Services Authority receives $44,000,000 grant for wastewater system improvements

OKLAHOMA CITY –The Glenpool Utility Services Authority (Authority) received approval for $44,000,000 in funding Tuesday from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) to improve the Authority’s wastewater infrastructure.  Construction of upgrades and improvements to the wastewater system will be financed by the Oklahoma American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) grant program along with $3,352,600 in local matching funds.   

The Authority has a growing population and will utilize these proceeds to address system improvements. Projects will include the construction of a new sequencing batch reactor wastewater treatment plant to replace an existing aerated lagoon wastewater treatment plant.   

 Joe Freeman, chief of the OWRB’s Financial Assistance Division, calculated that the Authority’s customers will save an estimated $67,354,300 compared to traditional financing. 

The ARPA grant program is administered by the OWRB with funding from the U.S. Department of the Treasury and appropriated through Senate Bill 13 for the Water and Wastewater American Rescue Plan Act grants program. This OWRB program has been structured to provide communities and other eligible entities financial resources necessary to address water and wastewater infrastructure needs within their systems. Since 1983 the Water Resources Board has approved over $6.5 billion in loans and grants for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements throughout Oklahoma.  

“We are grateful to State Legislators from the Glenpool metro area for their continued support of our financial assistance programs,” said Julie Cunningham, Executive Director of the OWRB. 

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Contact:
Joe Freeman
Oklahoma Water Resources Board
(405) 530-8800
Joe.Freeman@owrb.ok.gov