OKLAHOMA CITY –The Town of Bromide (Town) received approval for $1,000,000 in funding Tuesday from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) to improve the Town’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.
The Town owns and operates a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). These proceeds will be used to remove and replace the WWTP's collection system piping and convert the retention system to an irrigational land application system.
Joe Freeman, chief of the OWRB’s Financial Assistance Division, calculated that the Town’s customers will save an estimated $1,553,200 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 the Water and Wastewater American Rescue Plan Act grants program. This OWRB program has been structured to provide communities and other eligible entities with the financial resources necessary to address water and wastewater infrastructure needs within their systems. Since 1983 the Water Resources Board has approved over $7.3 billion in loans and grants for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements throughout Oklahoma.
“We are grateful to State Senator Jerry Alvord and State Representative Charles McCall for their continued support of our financial assistance programs,” said Julie Cunningham, Executive Director of the OWRB.
"This $1 million ARPA grant for the town of Bromide will be a gamechanger for updating systems at their wastewater treatment plant," Speaker Charles McCall, R-Atoka, said. "This grant money will allow the project to move forward more quickly than it would have been able to otherwise, and I am thankful that the OWRB saw fit to grant Bromide's request for funding."
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Contact:
Joe Freeman
Oklahoma Water Resources Board
(405) 530-8800
Joe.Freeman@owrb.ok.gov
