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Howard County council creates revolving loan fund to study and repair failing small wastewater systems
Summary
The council passed a resolution to establish a revolving loan fund to pay upfront study costs and help repair failing small and privately owned wastewater treatment systems, with stormwater and Ready 2 grant dollars expected to seed the fund.
Council members voted to create a revolving loan fund intended to cover upfront study costs and help address failing small wastewater treatment systems in Howard County.
Councilman Lake, who presented the proposal, said the fund would pay for engineering and feasibility studies that counties and small communities often cannot afford up front. He said stormwater officials would seed the fund, and he reported that commissioners had secured about $200,000 in Ready 2 grant dollars that…
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