OWEGO, NY (607NewsNow) – Owego’s wastewater treatment improvements project is moving forward.

The town has received $3.42 million in state funding towards phase 2 of upgrades in sewer district 1’s water pollution control plant. Officials say the improvements will reduce nitrogen and phosphorus entering the Susquehanna River and Chesapeake Bay watershed.

The funding comes from the New York State DEC Water Quality Improvement Grant Program.