SANATOGA PA – It’s unlikely to be the subject of polite dinner conversation, but Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township is nonetheless looking for public comment on revisions to what is called its “Act 537 Plan,” which outlines the future of its sewer system.
New pumps are already being installed at the Sanatoga Lake pumping station.
Almost $7 million in sewer improvements are anticipated by the Lower Pottsgrove Sewer Authority in coming years, Township Manager Rodney Hawthorne has said, in part to fix current problems and in part to handle expected commercial growth near the Sanatoga interchange of U.S. Route 422 and elsewhere.
A new sewer line, 7,000 feet long, to be laid from the township’s Porter Road pump station to the Pottstown PA waste water treatment plant is estimated to cost between $2 and $3 million. Hydraulic upgrades to the plant itself to accept the township’s discharge will cost millions more. Improvements are being made, too, to the Sanatoga Lake pumping station.
The township is working with the McCullough Consulting Group LLC, an economic development lobbying firm headed by former state Community and Economic Development Secretary Sam McCullough, to obtain 2010 grants for the projects. Grants, however, aren’t guaranteed and probably won’t cover the entire cost; the amended Act 537 plan calls for a “user fee impact” – the cost borne by property owners – of $88 per year per dwelling unit.
The revised plan is available to be read, and any comments on it can be offered, at the township municipal building, 2199 Buchert Rd., Pottstown PA, during regular business hours, Monday though Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Comments will be accepted through Nov. 26 (2009).
An advertisement announcing the plan’s availability appeared yesterday (Monday, Oct. 26, 2009) in The (Pottstown PA) Mercury newspaper, the township’s publication of record for legal notices.
Act 537, the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act, was passed in 1966 to correct existing and prevent future municipal sewage disposal problems. Creating and administering a plan to achieve that goal, such as the one Lower Pottsgrove advertised, is part of the act’s requirements.
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- Township Seeks More Money For Sewers
- Township To Try Again For H2O Grant
- Sewer Authority Reports 2008 Loss
- Economic Woes Hit Sewer Authority’s Wallet
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