City will evaluate feasibility of regional sewer connection
JEFFERSON CITY, MO, DEC. 23, 2025 - The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has awarded a $62,500 grant to the city of Moberly to develop a facility plan for evaluating the feasibility of constructing a sewer connection between Orton Lane residents and the city’s wastewater treatment system. The grant will fund 100% of the eligible costs to develop the facility plan, which is expected to be completed by December 2025.
The department’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund Regionalization Incentive Grant is a competitive grant program that offers competitive funding to municipalities as an incentive to construct connections for small, struggling facilities. The entities responsible for these small facilities often lack the financial and technical resources to upgrade their wastewater treatment facilities to meet more stringent limits and operate their facilities appropriately. These facilities typically serve such a small number of connections that the cost to comply with permit conditions is a significant financial challenge for the users.
“Thinking creatively and building new partnerships are becoming more crucial to successful community development and this grant helps facilitate regional partnerships that would not have been possible before,” said Dru Buntin, director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. “Projects like this one will help protect public health and the environment, which helps improve the quality of life for Missourians.”
The department is committed to assisting Missouri communities with water and wastewater infrastructure improvement projects. Through its Financial Assistance Center, the department provides funding opportunities for qualified communities with water quality, wastewater and drinking water infrastructure needs. This project will be funded wholly or in part with monies received from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
For more information on wastewater and drinking water funding opportunities, visit dnr.mo.gov/water/what-were-doing/state-revolving-fund-srf.