WORCESTER, Mass. - State leaders in Worcester announced upgrades to the Lake Quinsigamond Pumping Station.

Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito announced $1 million in funding to upgrade the station.

It was built in 1935 and had been upgraded in 2014, but experienced a number of problems, most recently a catastrophic failure in February of this year.

It resulted in an estimated six million gallons of waste water being leaked into Lake Quinsigamond.

Sen. Michael Michael more filed legislation to fix it saying the residents and wildlife of Worcester and Central Massachusetts deserved better.

Friday, city manager Eric Batista outlined some of the upgrades that will be made.

“This million dollars couldn’t be more timely and again thank you lieutenant governor for that” said Batista. “A portion of the money will be used to pay for the purchase and installation of permanent emergency bypass pumps that activate in the case of the pump station encountering issues that prevent its normal operation. The permanent pumps will allow us to replace the rental pumps currently set up and we expect that to happen late January. The Public Works and Parks also plans to pilot a different type of vile by mid-summer to replace the ones currently in place that have proven to be problematic."

Batista said the new valve would be installed on a trial basis for one pump, and additional valves will be purchased if it is successful.

He said the funding will be integral to the overall station upgrade.