City Receives $2.87 million grant from NC Clean Water Management Trust Fund For Westside Sewer Project

 November 13, 2007, Shelby, NC – City Manager, Rick Howell announced today that the City of Shelby has been notified by the Clean Water Management Trust Fund that it has been awarded a $2.87 million grant toward construction of the Westside Sewer Project.  The total project cost is estimated at $5.7 million.  The balance of the project cost will be funded by the City as well as possible additional grant funding.  “The Clean Water Management Trust Fund grant and the support of City Council have been vitally important to getting this project off the ground.  It will not only provide sewer service to existing industry but will allow for the eventual elimination of treated sewer discharges to area streams.”

The Westside Sewer Project has been planned for several years and involves the extension of the City’s current sewer system into the Washburn Switch Road area.  The project will make public sewer service available to existing industry in the vicinity allowing for the eventual elimination of industrial sewer discharges. 

North Carolina's Clean Water Management Trust Fund (CWMTF) was established by the General Assembly in 1996.  CWMTF receives a direct appropriation from the General Assembly in order to issue grants to local governments, state agencies and conservation non-profits to help finance projects that specifically address water pollution problems. To learn more about the NC Clean Water Management Trust Fund please visit the website at http://www.cwmtf.net/

Please direct questions regarding this project to City Manager, Rick Howell at 704-484-6801.