OSG Funded Projects
Sewer Overflow and Municipal Stormwater Reuse Grant (OSG) Funded Projects for FFY 2022 and 2023
In Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2022 and FFY 2023, the Energy and Environment Cabinet awarded $1.65 million to communities across the state to address stormwater issues utilizing green infrastructure. Explore the map below to learn about OSG funded projects:
City of Salt Lick Green Sinks Design
Whitesburg Community Center and Farmers Market Green Infrastructure Demonstration Sites
City of Mayfield Green Infrastructure Stormwater Analysis
Maysville Flood Risk Reduction Project
City of Glasgow Green Infrastructure Stormwater Analysis
Basil Griffin Park Stormwater Quality Improvement Project
City of Winchester Stream Restoration Project
City of Salt Lick Green Sinks Design
The City of Salt Lick located in Bath County experiences frequent flooding and does not have a stormwater management system. The city lies within the floodplain and flooding is often exacerbated during times of increased flow in the Licking River due to increased rate of release at the dam on Cave Run Lake. This flooding has resulted in significant damage to homes, businesses, and made roads unsafe to travel due to standing water. The city is interested in designing green sinks that will provide a nature-based flood mitigation solution for the city and provide an environmentally sustainable flood solution to areas that are prone to flooding. FFY 2023 funding will be used to work with a contractor to develop engineering designs for green sinks.
Whitesburg Community Center and Farmers Market Green Infrastructure Demonstration Sites
This project is located in Eastern Kentucky, specifically within the City of Whitesburg and Letcher County. These areas encompass the watersheds evaluated in the 2020 North Folk Whitesburg Tributaries Watershed Plan, the only approved watershed plan in the headwaters of the Kentucky River. The watersheds in this region reflect a lengthy legacy of pollution, unsustainable land management resource extraction, and pervasive neglect. With effective co-governance between the City of Whitesburg and the Cowan Community Action Group, this project will achieve several goals and objectives demonstrating green infrastructure, community education, and capacity-building for sustainable watershed improvements.
FFY 2022 OSG funding was awarded to help the community design and install a green infrastructure education and demonstration sites at the Cowan Community Center along Cowan Creek and at a newly established farmers market along the North Fork of the Kentucky River.
City of Mayfield Green Infrastructure Stormwater Analysis
The green infrastructure stormwater opportunities analysis includes the watershed of a tributary of Mayfield Creek in the City of Mayfield. Locations of the watershed have been impacted by reoccurring flooding in the past during intense rainfall events.
FFY 2022 OSG funding was awarded to the city to help evaluate a range of green infrastructure and stormwater management controls throughout the watershed to improve water quality, alleviate flooding, and potentially demonstrate the need for similar stormwater management throughout the city. It is anticipated that green infrastructure and stormwater management controls will help to alleviate flooding and drainage issues in addition to providing water quality benefits through the capture, storage, and treatment of stormwater runoff during rainfall events. A stormwater model will be used during the analysis to assist with quantifying the potential flood reduction benefit of green infrastructure and stormwater management alternatives.
Maysville Flood Risk Reduction Project
During heavy rainfall, the City of Maysville experiences flooding that cripples the downtown area, mostly resulting from smaller creeks overflowing and surface runoff. The Mason Co. Public Library is particularly hard hit during high precipitation events.
FFY 2022 OSG funds were awarded to the city to engage a contractor for the production of engineering and design work for two infiltration basins (green sinks) which will alleviate flooding during inclement weather. The design will create an area that absorbs flood waters and infiltrates runoff into the soil, increasing groundwater recharge and removing pollutants. Final deliverables will include: Engineering plans for the green sinks and a final report including maps, anticipated stormwater benefits and planning-level opinions of probable construction costs.
City of Glasgow Green Infrastructure Stormwater Analysis
The South Fork Beaver Creek Watershed is prone to flooding which has caused erosion and property damage. Through this project, FFY 2023 OSG funding will to the City of Glasgow will focus on planning and designing green infrastructure Best Management Practices (BMPs) to stabilize eroding banks, reduce flooding in problem areas, and restore natural vegetation to undeveloped open areas. The City of Glasgow shall assess the use of green infrastructure as a solution to flooding from stormwater runoff in the South Fork Beaver Creek drainage area in order to determine appropriate green BMP’s necessary to alleviate flooding issues from stormwater runoff near Barren County High School, Hilltopper Way and the Gorin Park/HWY 31-E corridor.
Basil Griffin Park Stormwater Quality Improvement Project
Basil Griffin Park has historically and continues to experience water quality and quantity issues related to bank erosion, sedimentation of stormwater conveyances, and nutrients. The park’s lake discharges directly into the Lost River Cave System, which runs underneath most of Warren County. Due to the region’s karst geology, protection of groundwater resources is a high priority.
FFY 2023 OSG funds were awarded to Warren County Fiscal Court to install stormwater outlet channel improvements by creating a constructed wetland. The implementation of this project will decrease nutrients, sediment, and pollution load in stormwater runoff prior to discharge into the groundwater system as well as address flood mitigation within the park.
City of Winchester Stream Restoration Project
This project will address flooding issues on the north end of 5th Street in the City of Winchester. FFY 2023 OSG funding was awarded to remove the existing box culvert and construct a natural stream channel with a wide floodplain which has been engineered to maximize the potential for water quality treatment and flood storage. Water speeds will be slowed by replacing the straight, concrete culvert with a meandering, grass-lined channel which will result in much lower flow velocities. The floodplain will include wetlands to capture and treat stormwater and assist in flood mitigation.