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Sherrod Brown_Mill Creek Park
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Cleveland, used Mill Creek Park as a platform to announce re-introduction of a plan he said would help cities such as Youngstown, with outdated sewers that collect both storm water and sewage, to improve water quality. Brown’s bill would authorize $1.8 billion over five years for grants to help economically-troubled municipalities with planning, design and construction of treatment facilities to control combined storm and sanitary sewer overflows. Those overflows discharge a mixture of storm water and untreated sewage into waterways after heavy rains. Grants would pay 75 percent of the cost of such projects, supplemented by a 25 percent local match.
