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This story was corrected on June 11, 2009

Montgomery County recently received more than $300,000 in federal stimulus money from the state to upgrade a stormwater management pond in Germantown.

The Maryland Department of the Environment allocated more than $121.6 million from the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to water projects, including five in the county, according to a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency statement.

The county was awarded a $305,946 grant to upgrade and rebuild the Germantown Estates pond near the intersection of Father Hurley Boulevard and Hopkins Road, according to MDE and Daniel Harper, manager of the county's watershed restoration program. The project is estimated to cost $407,926, according to MDE's Web site.

The pond is about 20 years old and has a 65.7-acre drainage area, Harper said. The aging stormwater management facility needs maintenance, such as removing sediment, and will be modernized, he said.

Construction is expected to begin later this year and last three to four months, Harper said.

The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission did not accept a $2 million loan for its Quaint Acres sewer main lining project, according to WSSc. The other county grant recipients were Takoma Park ($160,000 toward a modernized stormwater management system and $70,000 to install a green roof on a municipal building) and Rockville ($1.3 million for energy conservation).

Forty-nine projects in Montgomery County were submitted for stimulus funding, according to MDE.