PENNVEST funds aid Armstrong, Clarion sewer project

Published: Wednesday, April 23, 2014, 12:46a.m. Updated 6 hours ago

A sewer expansion project that will eliminate contamination problems in northern Armstrong County and southern Clarion County was awarded $3.3 million in state funding on Tuesday.

The Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority approved a $1,437,705 grant and a $1,905,795 low-interest loan for the Hawthorn Redbank-Redbank Municipal Authority's Area Sanitary Sewer Project.

The municipal authority plans to use the state funding to install nearly 25,800 feet of sewer lines in the Oakridge area of Redbank Township in Armstrong County and the Mayport area of Hawthorn Borough in Clarion County.

The costs associated with this project would have placed an extremely heavy burden on the authority and, in particular, ratepayers, state Sen. Scott Hutchinson, R-Venango, said in a news release. The project will provide a cost-effective solution for wastewater treatment and improve the quality of life for the system's customers.

Hutchinson is chairman of the Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee.

The Department of Environmental Protection estimates that more than half of the on-lot septic systems in the area are malfunctioning and contaminating local waterways. This project will address those concerns, state Sen. Don White, R-Indiana, a member of the PENNVEST board, said in the release.

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PENNVEST funds aid Armstrong, Clarion sewer project