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 401-537-4254.