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PARKERSBURG - Officials with DuPont's Washington Works on Thursday presented county commissioners $150,000 for environmental projects, including help for Boaz drainage problems and Mountwood Park sewerage system repairs.

The Wood County Solid Waste Authority will receive an additional $100,000 to fund a hazardous waste collection day scheduled for Oct. 31 at Erickson All-Sports Field.

"This will be a good thing for the community, so they can remove their household waste they may have accumulated," said William A. Boyle with DuPont. This will be the first community hazardous waste disposal day since 2005.

"We have some other funds for the commission to use on various environmental projects, including upgrades and repairs to the stormwater drainage systems in Boaz and the sewerage system problems at Mountwood Park," Boyle said.

The county is to use up to $25,000 for an engineering evaluation to improve the stormwater drainage system of Boaz; up to $50,000 for replacement of lift station pumps and other equipment in the Deerwalk public service area of Mountwood Park to improve the reliability of that system. The funds would be used to replace pumps that service the lift station for the campground at the park; replace two pumps that pump sewage to a lift station at the bottom of the games area and replace pumps at the Oak Ridge lift station.

The project will have to reviewed and approved by the West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection's Office of Environmental Enforcement before DuPont will release designated funds to the commission.

Another $75,000 is being donated by the firm to be placed in a separate contingencies funds that can be used by the commission at its discretion as needed for the county public service districts' sanitary sewerage facilities including "the repair and replacement of worn, ruptured or otherwise damaged sewer lines, lift station pumps and emergency collection system lines."

Specific projects must be reviewed and approved by DEP officials.

"We have been working with the residents of Boaz for several years on their drainage problems, they will be very happy to receive this assistance," commission President Rick Modesitt said.

"When I first became a commissioner, the Boaz residents said they're biggest problem was getting the funding for a study or plan to address their stormwater drainage issues, that they could take to Charleston to get the help they need. The commission isn't in the position to provide funding for that sort of study, so this will enable the residents there to be able to see light at the end of the tunnel," commissioner Blair Couch said.

"DuPont has been a great corporate partner for the community, always willing to step up to the plate to lend a hand when needed. It's sometimes been a bumpy road in the industry, but you've been a good corporate partner," Modesitt said.

Commissioner Wayne Dunn asked DuPont officials how the projects were selected for funding.

Boyle said the projects were a collaborative effort with the DEP and the commission.

"Hopefully the agreement regarding the contingency funds will give you the flexibility you need to address sewer emergency repairs, as long as the funds are used by May of 2012," said Robin Ollis Stemple, external affairs officer with DuPont.