1. Fayette County Wastewater Management Plan February 14, 2006

2. Project Overview 1. Form Project Advisory Committee 2. Develop Public Participation Plan 3. Review Previous Planning Efforts 4. Assemble Community Profile 5. Define Existing Wastewater Needs 6. Id and Screen Options 7. Evaluate Alternatives and Develop Preferred Plan

3. How can you learn more? Project website Meeting minutes Project reports http://www.lombardoassociates.com/ fayette_county_west_virginia.php County libraries, National Park Service, 3 rd Floor of County Courthouse Project reports

4. Wastewater Management Sectors Onsite systems Cluster systems Recreational areas UIC systems Package plants PSD & municipal WWTFs WQ monitoring program

5. County Preferred Plan

6. PSD & Municipal Systems

7. PSD & Municipal WWTF CIP

10. Onsite Systems CIP Management system requirements

11. Onsite Systems CIP

13. Proposed Cluster Systems

14. Cluster System CIP Current onsite areas proposed to have cluster systems (mini-sewers)

15. UIC Systems CIP Typically large septic systems

16. Recreational Areas CIP Public education and outreach

17. Package Plant CIP 19 systems total 4 minor upgrades 15 total replacement

18. Package Plant CIP

19. Water Quality Monitoring CIP

20. Variables Affecting CIP Percent of onsite systems in failure CSO/SSO abatements costs Needed collection and treatment system improvements for PSD & municipal WWTFs

21. County CIP – Preferred Plan

22. Watersheds & Impaired Waters

23. Watershed CIPs

24. What’s next? Adoption of the plan by Fayette County Planning Commission and Fayette County Commission as the official wastewater plan of the county Secure funding for prioritized projects (availability and suitability of funding sources may affect implementation schedule)

25. Implementation Steps Filing of the plan with the West Virginia Infrastructure Council as a pre-application for acceptance for technical feasibility Formal application through IJDC for the initial, selected projects, with local recommendation of funding sources Follow-up with the agencies recommended by IJDC Filing of individual funding applications made by Region 4 Planning and Development Council in consultation with the Fayette County Resource Coordinator

26. Funding Sources Grants Loans Increased rates Water quality protection fee

27. Funding Sources State Revolving Loan Fund HUD Small Cities Block Grant Appalachian Regional Commission Special appropriation request through Congress Rural Utility Service Army Corps of Engineers Funds from a private purveyor of wastewater treatment services interested in an O&M contract on the system Local bond issue using the Tax Increment Financing Statute or Industrial Development Bond Statute

28. Funding Issues Affordability and willingness to pay must be considered Need for rate increases for “rainy day funding” for repair/replacement Need for wastewater fee for unsewered areas = business opportunity for PSDs/ municipalities

29. Questions?