September 25, 2014
Holtville to receive US$3.56 million grant for wastewater treatment plant improvements
The grant funds are being provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) through the Border Environment Infrastructure Fund (BEIF), which is administered by NADB.
The US$11 million project will address persistent problems with effluent toxicity resulting from high ammonia levels associated with high organic loadings, and consists of installing a BIOLAC® Wave Oxidation System, as well as upgrading effluent pump stations, the UV disinfection system, and storm water tanks. The operations building will also be replaced.
The project will improve the quality of the effluent discharged from the plant in compliance with federal and state requirements for ammonia and other pollutants, thereby contributing to the protection of aquatic ecosystems and helping to improve water quality conditions in the Pear Drain, Alamo River and Salton Sea.
The project was certified by the Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC) in February 2014. Additional funding is being provided through California’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF).
For more information about NADB and the projects it finances, visit www.nadb.org.
NADBank is a financial institution established and capitalized in equal parts by the United States and Mexico for the purpose of financing environmental infrastructure projects along their common border. As a pioneer institution in its field, the Bank is working to develop environmentally and financially sustainable projects with broad community support in a framework of close cooperation and coordination between Mexico and the United States. For more information about NADBank, visit www.nadb.org.