New Hartford, Frankfort Pump Station and Annsville Win State Water-Quality Grants

Four Oneida and Herkimer county projects are getting state water-quality grants, including $378,342 for the Town of New Hartford and $10 million for the Herkimer County Sewer District, WKTV reported Nov. 4. The money comes from the state Department of Environmental Conservation's water-quality grant round announced by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Oct. 30.

Recipient	Award	What it pays for
Herkimer County Sewer District	$10,000,000	Wastewater upgrades, including the Frankfort pump station and a switch to ultraviolet disinfection
Town of Annsville	$2,000,000	Replacing an undersized culvert on Florence Creek with a concrete arch so fish can pass
Town of New Hartford	$378,342	A vacuum truck to clean out stormwater catch basins
Herkimer County	$50,000	Study to replace a failing, eroding culvert on Elizabethtown Road near Steele Creek

WKTV said the regional round totals nearly $26 million for 16 projects in 12 communities; the other projects were not listed. No construction dates were published.