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CBIRS Request 231
 
Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #231
Bonifay-Bonifay Wastewater Discharge Improvements
 
Requester: Eddie Sims Organization: City of Bonifay
 
Project Title: Bonifay-Bonifay Wastewater Discharge Improvements Date Submitted 1/15/2003 9:40:58 AM
 
Sponsors: Clary
 
Statewide Interest:
Improve water quality to public waters
 
Recipient: City of Bonifay   Contact: Dan Keck  
  301 N. Etheridge Street   Contact Phone: (850) 769-2890  
  Bonifay 32425
 
Counties: Holmes
 
Gov't Entity: Yes Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit):  
 
Project Description:
The project will remove the city's sewage discharge from Holmes Creek and will develop a land application discharge process. This will improve the water quality in Holmes Creek, the Choctawhatchee River and Choctawhatchee Bay. Project will serve, Holmes county a rural area of critical economic concern and is proposed in cooperation with the Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance of the okaloosa-Walton Community College.
 
Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? Yes
Has the project been submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection? Yes
DEP Identfying Number: SW20022046
 
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
The project will remove discharge from the City of Bonifay Wastewater Treatment Facility to Holmes Creek. Ultimately, removing all sewage discharge into the Choctawhatchee River and the Choctawhatchee Bay.
 
Amount requested from the State for this project this year: $1,000,000
 
Total cost of the project: $3,000,000
 
Request has been made to fund: Construction
 
What type of match exists for this project? Local
  Cash Amount $1,500,000  
 
Was this project previously funded by the state?   No
 
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?   No
 
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?   Yes
  Agency Environmental Protection, Department Of
 
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? No
 
Is there a documented need for this project? Yes
  Documentation: Choctawhatchee River and Bay System Surface Water Improvement & Management Plan, Dec. 1996
 
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?   Yes
  Hearing Body: City of Bonifay
  Hearing Meeting Date: 07/09/2002