State Revolving Fund (SRF) Loan Program Categorical Exclusion (CE): City of Warsaw, Kosciusko County, Plain and Wayne Township, Preliminary Engineering Report: Sewer Rehabilitation 2017; SRF Project WW 17 15 43 01.
To all interested parties: this is notification that the City of Warsaw’s Sewer Rehabilitation project is categorically excluded from substantive environmental review. The SRF is submitting the CE for public notice.
Warsaw’s collection system experiences significant infiltration and inflow (I&I) during wet weather events that causes spikes in wastewater flows at its wastewater treatment plant. In addition, the city has recently been experiencing several sewer collapses resulting in costly emergency repairs that involve bypass pumping, rehabilitating or repairing sewers, and repairing other utilities impacted by the collapses.
The sewer rehabilitation and replacement project will reduce and mitigate public health and safety risks, decrease I/I flows, reduce sewer backups, lower the potential for sewer collapses, and provide Warsaw with an efficient and operational collection system.
Improvements to the collection system include: cleaning and televising approximately 73,000 feet of sanitary sewers ranging in size from 6-inches to 48-inches; lining with cured-in-place-pipe the same length and size sewers; replacing approximately 2,800 feet of 4-inch to 6-inch sanitary sewers with 8-inch sewers; reinstating approximately 1,350 laterals; removing approximately 200 protruding laterals; and rehabilitating approximately 260 manholes.
The No Action was rejected since the sewers will continue to deteriorate causing future sewer failures and continual risk to public health and safety.
Total cost of this project is estimated to be approximately $9,997,000. Warsaw will finance this project with a loan through the SRF Loan Program for a 20-year term at an annual fixed interest rate to be determined at loan closing. Monthly user rates and charges may need to be analyzed to determine if adjustments are required for loan repayment.
The documentation supporting this CE is available for review at the following locations:
City of Warsaw, 102 S. Buffalo Street, Warsaw, IN 46580;
Indiana Government Center North, 100 North Senate Avenue, SRF Loan Programs, Room 1275, Indianapolis, Indiana, Weekdays, 9 am-3:30 pm;
and at www.srf.in.gov.
If you have questions, please contact Mrs. April Douglas, 317-234-7294 or adouglas@ifa.in.gov.
