Meigs Health Matters… Assistance with repairs to failing sewage treatment systems
By Steve Swatzel - Contributing columnist
Since 2016, the Meigs County Health Department with financial assistance from the Ohio EPA and the Ohio Water Development Authority has assisted 72 homeowners with the repair or replacement of their household sewage treatment systems. The financial assistance was made possible through the state’s, Water Pollution Control Loan Fund (WPCLF). According to the Ohio EPA, the fund is part of Ohio’s Clean Water, State Revolving Fund, which began in 1988, and has financed a variety of large and small projects focused on improving the state’s water quality. As of 2016, the Ohio EPA has granted over $7 billion statewide. The Meigs County Health Department has utilized over $528,000 of the WPCLF to fix failing household sewage systems throughout the county.