Project Description:

The City will receive $1,550,000 to rehabilitate Owl's Head Water Pollution Control Plant, which serves a large area of western Brooklyn. Various upgrades, including the replacement of existing hydraulic valve actuators for the main sewage pumps and electric valve actuators for the process air blowers, will ensure the prevention of a treatment plant shutdown and allow for more effective treatment at the facility. To learn more about this project, read the Owl's Head Water Pollution Control Plant Fact Sheet.

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Project Overview:

ARRA Clean Water Allocation: $1,550,000
Estimated Total CWSRF Financing: $1,550,000
Total Green Project Reserve: N/A

MBE Goal: Construction Contracts- 21.5% Service Contracts- 18.8%
WBE Goal: Construction Contracts- 13.7% Service Contracts- 20.5%

Status	Date	Details
EFC Board Approval	October 15, 2009	Board Approved
Gov. Certification	November 17, 2009	Certified by Governor's Office
Construction Start	Estimate: January 2010
Construction Complete	Estimate: July 2011

Contact Information:

Jian Paolucci
NYS Environmental Facilities Corporation
625 Broadway
Albany, New York 12209-2997
(800) 882-9721 (within NYS)
(518) 402-6924

New York State received a record $432 million grant from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund. As mandated by the Recovery Act, 20 percent of each state’s allocation must fund water quality projects that use innovative approaches to energy and water efficiency, incorporate “green” infrastructure, and use innovative treatment technologies.  For more information about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the Clean Water State Revolving Fund program, please visit www.recovery.ny.gov.