Press Release

OKLAHOMA CITY –The Inola Public Works Authority (Authority) received approval for $250,000 in funding Tuesday 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 programin addition to $250,000 in Muscogee-Creek Nation funds, $339,000 in Indian Health Services funds, and $750,000 in Rogers County ARPA funds.

The Authority owns and operates a wastewater treatment system. The Green Valley Lift Station has reached the end of its useful life expectancy no longer meeting current ODEQ standards. The proposed project is to construct a new deeper and larger wet well to provide emergency storage, new pumps and piping, replacing approximately 2,750 LF of 8-inch force main. 

Joe Freeman, chief of the OWRB’s Financial Assistance Division, calculated that the Authority’s customers will save an estimated $410,900 compared to traditional financing.