Press Release

Stonewall Public Works Authority receives $1,000,000 grant for system improvements

OKLAHOMA CITY –The Stonewall Public Works Authority (Authority) received approval for $1,000,000 in funding Thursday from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) to improve the Authority’s wastewater infrastructure.  Construction of upgrades and improvements to the wastewater system will be financed by the Oklahoma American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) grant program.

The Authority owns and operates a gravity sanitary sewer collection system to convey the municipal wastewater from the town to the treatment lagoons. A sanitary sewer evaluation study was completed identifying the entire collection system needs to be replaced. The Authority will utilize these proceeds to remove and replace gravity sewer mains starting at the lagoons and working upstream through the system.

Joe Freeman, chief of the OWRB’s Financial Assistance Division, calculated that the Authority’s customers will save an estimated $1,637,400 compared to traditional financing.