Catlettsburg wastewater plant improvement project moves into design phase

Improvements to the Catlettsburg Wastewater Treatment Plant have moved into the engineering design phase, according to Kentucky Infrastructure Authority records. HDR is identified as the firm designing the work.

The project is tied to approved corrective-action plan DOW-20-3-0285. The Kentucky Infrastructure Authority board-book record lists June 1, 2026, as a milestone for the project.

What is changing

The development marks progress in planning for improvements at the city’s wastewater treatment plant. It does not document the start of construction. The plant named in the record is the Catlettsburg Wastewater Treatment Plant, making the project directly relevant to the city’s municipal utility infrastructure.

The City of Catlettsburg maintains an official public-information page for City Council meetings and municipal action. The city’s role is relevant because the project concerns a treatment facility serving the Catlettsburg community.

HDR’s identified role is engineering design. The project’s connection to corrective-action plan DOW-20-3-0285 provides the specific plan reference attached to the work in the authority’s record.

Why the project matters

Wastewater treatment improvements can affect treatment compliance, the reliability of utility operations and future costs for Catlettsburg ratepayers. Those are potential effects of the project, not findings that a particular rate change has been approved or planned.

For residents, the June 1 date provides a defined point on the project timeline. The record describes it as a milestone, not as a construction-completion date. The design phase also comes before any documented construction activity, so the milestone should not be read as a statement that the facility improvements will be finished by that date.

The Kentucky Infrastructure Authority board-book entry does not state the project’s total construction cost, how funding would be divided, when construction will begin or when the work is expected to finish. It also does not identify the particular deficiencies addressed by the corrective-action plan.

The confirmed development is the identification of engineering design work for improvements to the Catlettsburg plant, with HDR named as designer and June 1, 2026, listed as the next project milestone in the authority’s record.