WASHINGTON, D.C. – A Brown County community received new resources to update water infrastructure and improve service. U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) awarded a grant to the Village of Georgetown to make improvements to the existing wastewater treatment plant which will improve service for nearly 1,500 households, 212 businesses, and retain 177 jobs at four businesses in the Village of Georgetown.

“Ohio’s rural communities and small towns face a heavy burden when financing infrastructure projects,” Brown said. “This improvement project will provide residents and businesses with a modern water system that improves water quality and encourages investment in the Village of Georgetown.”

The Georgetown Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements project will update the existing plant to eliminate sanitary sewer overflows in the Village of Georgetown’s Town Run drainage basin. The project is expected to increase plant capacity from 0.8 million gallons per day (MGD) to 1.11 MGD. In addition to ARC’s $250,000 grant, state and other federal sources will provide an additional $1,495,000 to complete the renovation project.

Brown is working to help communities around Ohio struggling to afford costly but necessary renovations to sewer systems. Last year, he introduced the Clean Water Affordability Act to help communities make renovations to outdated sewer systems, while improving water quality and keeping rates affordable for residents and small business.

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