Wastewater Treatment Facility Resilience Fund

In 2018, Rhode Island voters approved the Green Economy and Clean Water Bond referendum which provided funding support for the Wastewater Treatment Resilience Fund (WWTFRF).  Using a competitive grant process, the WWTFRF provides funding to municipalities and/or quasi-state entities to protect government-owned wastewater collection systems and treatment facilities against the effects of climate change and flooding.  WWTFRF projects will harden, relocate, repair/replace, and/or provide redundancy infrastructure at these wastewater treatment facilities.  Approximately $5,000,000 of funding was provided in the initial round of WWTFRF grant projects. 

Current projects include:
 

    City/Town/Entity

    Project Title

    Barrington

    Barrington/Warren Joint Portable Generators - Barrington

    Cranston

    Installation of Watertight Doors at the Pontiac, Worthington, and Youlden Pump Stations

    East Greenwich

    Construction of WWTF resiliency measures and emergency generator replacement

    East Providence

    Silver Street Pump Station Floodproofing

    Narragansett

    Scarborough WWTF Outfall Groin Restoration

    Newport

    Long Wharf Pump Station Flood Protection

    New Shoreham

    Ocean Avenue Pump Station

    Quonset Development Corporation

    Quonset WWTF Resiliency Action Plan, Phase R1

    Smithfield

    Smithfield WWTF – Grit Removal System

    South Kingstown

    Middlebridge Pump Station Resiliency/Hardening

    Warren

    Barrington/Warren Joint Portable Generators - Warren

    Warren

    Wood Street Pump Station Resiliency Improvements

    Westerly

    New Canal Street Pump Station Flood Retaining Wall

    Woonsocket

    Woonsocket WWTF Building Hardening

    At this time, the WWTFRF grant program is not accepting proposals.  For more information, contact:

    Sean McCormick (sean.mccormick@dem.ri.gov) or (401) 222-4700 ext. 2777728.

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