Taneha Utilities Authority Receives $739,000 Grant for Wastewater System Improvements from the OWRB

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Taneha Utilities Authority (Authority) received approval for a $739,000 Sewer Overflow & Stormwater Reuse Municipal Grant (OSG) Tuesday through the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) to improve the Authority’s wastewater infrastructure.

The Authority completed a master plan in 2021 to identify future improvements needed. The funds from this grant will be used to complete the planning and design for the railroad crossing project identified in the 2021 master plan. This project will include enhancing the capacity and rehabilitating or replacing select sanitary sewer segments.

Lori Johnson, chief of the OWRB’s Financial Assistance Division, calculated that the Authority’s customers will save an estimated $1,124,300 in principal and interest charges by not having to borrow the project funds.

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

The OSG program is administered by the OWRB with partial funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This OWRB program has been structured to provide communities with the resources necessary to complete the planning and design of sewer overflow and stormwater drainage issues.

Since 1983, the Oklahoma Water Resources Board has approved over $7.5 billion in loans and grants for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements throughout Oklahoma.