The $65 million project is named the Montgomery County Sewer Modernization and Revitalized Treatment Program (SMART). It is the largest project Montgomery County has invested in.
“For families and businesses it is vitally important,” Montgomery County Administrator Michael Colbert said, noting that more than half a million residents in the county depend on local water reclamation facilities.
“If you think of how many times someone uses the shower, how many times someone flushes a toilet, how many times a kitchen sink and garbage disposals are utilized, all of that waste has to go somewhere and this is one of those places,” Colbert said.
The county has provided sewer services for nearly 100 years, Montgomery County Commission President Carolyn Rice said, and the new infrastructure will allow the county to continue to provide the services for 100 years more.
“We cannot let our aging systems fail our citizens,” Rice said.
Ulliman Schutte, a local company, was awarded the contract, county officials said, and subcontractors will also be hired which will create new jobs.
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