“Now, we have an additional resource to assist families until they are able to attain self-sufficiency,” says Belva Dorsey, Chief Executive Officer of ESP. LIHWAP is a federally funded program created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to provide financial relief on water bills for eligible residents. Households in Columbus, GA, can receive up to $300 in water assistance, including arrearage dues, past-due obligations, and current bills.
The CSO treatment system is considered the catalyst for Columbus’ transformation because it enabled the Riverwalk’s creation, which attracted restaurants, loft apartments, entertainment venues, and more.Enrichment Services Program, Inc., (ESP) is proud to announce a new program, Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP), in partnership with Columbus Water Works. CWW is experimenting with algae to see if it can be used as biofuel, and it is supporting a local university with a six-year study to recover nutrients from effluent to be used as fertilizer. Over 2.3 million gallons of FOG is collected annually which has greatly reduced overflows in the collection system. Part of Columbus’ network of greenway trails, the Dragonfly Trail opened in 2018 and connects the Riverwalk to 34 miles of trails, neighborhoods, and jobs.ĬWW captures digester gas, enhanced by fats, oils, and grease (FOG) collection, and converts it to methane to fuel boilers and generators. As a result, EPA removed the “whitewater” stretch of the Chattahoochee River from the 303d list of impaired streams it’s now a destination for recreation to rafters and kayakers from all over the world. These samples have consistently demonstrated that the quality of the Chattahoochee River meets state standards. Over the past two decades, thousands of river water quality samples have been analyzed in conjunction with the CSO program. By 2015, this program led to 107 corrective actions that eliminated potential impacts to the streams in Muscogee County. Staff began assessing the waterways in Muscogee County to make sure the creeks were not at risk for pollution from damaged broken lines and identify other sources of pollution. In 2013, CWW saw the need for a dedicated watershed stewardship program to protect the environment. Just one example of how CWW is widely recognized for partnering with its community. In 2004, CWW acquired the Fort Benning water and wastewater systems and built a state-of-the-art water treatment facility to serve the thousands of soldiers and their families living there. Columbus officials worked with the state and EPA to develop its plan, helping to set EPA policy.
The CSO program became one of the first in the nation and a pilot for other utilities. With the embedded combined sewers along the riverbank behind a retaining wall, CWW created a Riverwalk above it, a 16-mile stretch of paved park for runners, joggers, cyclists, skaters, bird-watchers, and dining.Ī $20 million federal grant, part of the CSO program’s $90-million cost, paid for an advanced demonstration project at CWW’s Uptown Park Facility, a site that tests alternative technologies for addressing CSO treatment, including the use of dissolved air flotation, vortex separators and ultra-violet light disinfection. In a transformative decision for the city, CWW responded with a creative solution that fixed the overflow problems and helped revitalize the downtown (now Uptown) area.
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