LOCAL NEWS | APRIL 27, 2021April 27, 2021 in News
The Mount Union Municipal Authority will receive $2.14 million in PENNVEST funds to replace residential and commercial meters. The authority will use the funds to replace 2,060 meters, install a reading system, and replace some lead or galvanized service lines. The PENNVEST program was established in 1988. It provides low-interest loans and grants to communities for new construction, or improvements to water and wastewater treatment plants. Financing is provided through the use of federal funding and prior bond issues by the state as well as proceeds from Act 13 of 2012, the Marcellus Shale Impact Fee.
Scams continue to plague area residents. A Port Royal man received a call from an unknown male claiming he was from the Social Security Administration. The caller advised the victim there was a warrant for his arrest. The victim purchased $1800 worth of Target and Nike gift cards. A Mifflintown woman recently supplied a
Duncansville, Mount Union awarded grants
Apr 23, 2021
The Duncansville Municipal Authority has received an $840,650 grant and a $409,350 loan to repair a belt press facility and convert a sludge storage building into a rotary press facility with dewatering equipment, Pennvest said.
The project will address National Fire Protection Agency code requirements and improve a system that has reached the end of useful life.
“The ratepayers of this small sewer system could not afford these upgrades that will ensure the system is functioning safely without the help of the Pennvest program,” state Sen. Judy Ward, R-Blair, said in a release. “Sewer system repairs are cost prohibitive especially when the authority has to spread the enormous price tag of system improvements over such a small rate base.”