Williamson receives $30,000 planning grant

An Unsewered Communities Planning Grant has been awarded to the village of Williamson for $30,000. It provides funding to develop plans addressing wastewater collection and treatment.

Communities are considered “unsewered” if they lack wastewater collection and/or treatment systems. Many of these communities have patchwork systems or decades-old underground "wildcat" pipes that illegally discharge to surface waters. For a majority of these communities, there is a lack of local revenue to invest in the construction and long-term operation and maintenance of adequate collection and treatment facilities. Additionally, many do not have the planning capacity needed to identify solutions and develop project plans.

Information from the Project Plans may also be used to apply for a grant from the Unsewered Communities Construction Grant Program (UCCGP). Illinois EPA’s UCCGP is making $100 million available over a five-year period through Gov. Pritzker’s bipartisan Rebuild Illinois Capital Plan for construction of wastewater collection and/or treatment facilities.