Sanitary Authority Gets $18.7 Million
The Bradford Sanitary Authority has been awarded a state grant and a low-interest loan totaling more than $18.7 million to complete the second phase of upgrades to its wastewater treatment plant, according to Senator Joe Scarnati.
Scarnati said the loan of $15.59 million and grant of $3.14 million were awarded through the state’s PENNVEST Program and announced today.
He said the funding is vital to protecting the environment, providing clean water to area residents and encouraging economic development.
“This funding is crucial to protecting our local water supplies and public health and ensuring that our streams are not polluted,” Scarnati said. “Because we will have new, upgraded water and sewer infrastructure, we can promote growth in our area, create new jobs and encourage economic development.”
New construction projects have been all but stymied because of DEP restrictions on EDUs (equivalent dwelling units) due to wet weather overloading of the plant as well as discharges of partially treated sewage into the Tuna Creek.
A news release from Governor Tom Corbett's office said the project is expected to create 60 new jobs in the area.
The state’s PENNVEST Program provides low-interest loans and grants for the design, engineering and construction of drinking water distribution facilities, storm water conveyance and wastewater treatment and collection systems.
The Sanitary Authority must now decide on a design for the upgrades to the plant, and an engineering firm to do the work. Authority members are leaning toward longtime engineeres Gannett Fleming, while others municipal officials in the Tuna Valley are asking that the authority go with Buchart Horn, which has experience with the new, and less expensive, BioMag option.
The deadline to have the upgrades finished, or possibly face hefty fines, is December 31, 2013.
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Scarnati said the loan of $15.59 million and grant of $3.14 million were awarded through the state’s PENNVEST Program and announced today.
He said the funding is vital to protecting the environment, providing clean water to area residents and encouraging economic development.
“This funding is crucial to protecting our local water supplies and public health and ensuring that our streams are not polluted,” Scarnati said. “Because we will have new, upgraded water and sewer infrastructure, we can promote growth in our area, create new jobs and encourage economic development.”
New construction projects have been all but stymied because of DEP restrictions on EDUs (equivalent dwelling units) due to wet weather overloading of the plant as well as discharges of partially treated sewage into the Tuna Creek.
A news release from Governor Tom Corbett's office said the project is expected to create 60 new jobs in the area.
The state’s PENNVEST Program provides low-interest loans and grants for the design, engineering and construction of drinking water distribution facilities, storm water conveyance and wastewater treatment and collection systems.
The Sanitary Authority must now decide on a design for the upgrades to the plant, and an engineering firm to do the work. Authority members are leaning toward longtime engineeres Gannett Fleming, while others municipal officials in the Tuna Valley are asking that the authority go with Buchart Horn, which has experience with the new, and less expensive, BioMag option.
The deadline to have the upgrades finished, or possibly face hefty fines, is December 31, 2013.
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