Wastewater Infrastructure Assessment

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) manages an Asset Inventory Assessment (AIA) Grant program to encourage water and wastewater utilities to become more viable and more initiative-taking in the management and financing of their systems. Grants are paid from the Wastewater Reserve Fund or the Drinking Water Reserve Fund. A local match is required based on Local Government Unit indicators. Awarded grant funds may be used for asset inventory, condition assessment of critical assets, or components of critical assets. In September 2022, SGWASA applied for and received approval in March 2023 for an AIA grant in the amount of $200,000 for use in the Wastewater Collection System. The AIA Sewer grant was funded from state ARPA money; thus, no local funding match is required.
SGWASA worked with McGill Associates, SGWASA’s contracted consulting engineering firm to complete the AIA Sewer Grant application for submittal to NCDEQ. SGWASA also worked with McGill Associates to develop a scope of services for the AIA Sewer Grant which was submitted to NCDEQ for review in September 2022.