The fiscal year 2025 budget plan will invest more than $298.8 million to support 208 projects.
MSD is offering a 30% discount through the Emergency Wastewater Rate Assistance program and the Senior Citizen Discount program.Â
There are some pipes that date back to the 1860s, and crucial facilities rely on technology from the 1950s.
Speakers at the event included Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg and Louisville Metro Police Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel.
According to a news release, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers received the funding as part of the Fiscal Year 2023 Work Plan for the Army Civil Works program.
MSD acquired the Bullitt County Sanitation District last year after reports of plagued sewer facilities that were falling apart and leaking waste into public water.
The Waterway Protection Tunnel stretches four miles from the intersection of North 12th and Rowan streets to the intersection of Grinstead Drive and Lexington Road.
MSD announced that the concrete lining inside the waterway protection tunnel is now complete. The tunnel will become operational this summer.
The brick sewer, which varies in diameter from 84 inches to 96 inches, was installed in 1866.
Louisville residents would see their sewer bills rise an average of about $3 per month under a plan by MSD, which also said it is cutting costs by $12.5 million, in part by cutting 66 positions.