Ardmore Honored…

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently honored the Town of Ardmore for its partnership with the Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Tennessee officials that led to the financing of the planned overhaul of Ardmore’s long-overburdened sewer system.

The Ardmore Water Works and Sewer Board was presented the Excellence in System Partnership award at the 2025 Council of Infrastructure Financing Authorities Summit on Water held in Washington, D.C.

The Ardmore project was one of seven selected throughout the U.S. out of all sewer infrastructure projects funded in 2024 through the Clean Water State Revolving Fund.

The $22 million project involved replacing the wastewater treatment plant. The bulk of the funding, $19.99 million, was awarded by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management from the state’s share of American Rescue Plan Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act dollars. It includes $18.679 million for construction and $1.27 million for planning and development.

For their part, Tennessee officials contributed a total of $2,521,254 to the project. That includes $2,269,129 in ARPA grant funding from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and $252,125 from the City of Ardmore, Tennessee.