The City of Somerset, KY held a groundbreaking ceremony November 15, 2011 to mark the beginning of the $25 million Somerset Water Treatment Plant Expansion Project. The project which will increase treatment capacity from 10 million gallons per day (mgd) to 16 mgd utilizing a General Electric membrane filtration system. The project is funded in part by a $20 million Rural Development grant and loan package and is currently the largest American Recovery Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

The Red River Regional Wastewater Authority held a check presentation ceremony November 28, 2011 to accept a check from USDA Rural Development in the amount of $6,323,000. This loan and grant package accounts for nearly 70% of the total funding package for this $8,903,000 upgrade and expansion project. Once completed, the updated system will serve as a regional wastewater treatment facility eliminating the need for the existing wastewater treatment plant which will be decommi