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EPA AWARDS $1.25 MILLION TO BUILD SEWERS AND PROTECT DRINKING WATER IN CLEARFIELD COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

Release Date: 2/17/1999
Contact Information: Bonnie J. Smith (215) 814-5543

PHILADELPHIA - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a $1.25 million grant to Wallaceton-Boggs Municipal Authority in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.  The grant will help pay for a sewer system and wastewater treatment plant for the Borough of Wallaceton and portions of Boggs Township.  

The project will service 400 homes in the most densely populated portion of the township and the Wallaceton-West Decatur area, where the lots are too small to effectively use home septic systems.  The discharge of untreated sewage into ditches and streams in the area is causing a public health hazard.

"Effective wastewater treatment is vital to the health of a community and its environment.  Not only will the new wastewater treatment system improve the quality of life for the residents of Wallaceton and Boggs, but it will also provide improved protection of the Moshannon Creek watershed, which is included in the Pennsylvania scenic rivers inventory, said EPA Regional Administrator W. Michael McCabe.

The total cost of the project is almost $3.5 million.  In addition to the EPA grant, the project will include $1.25 million in state Pennvest loans, which also is 80 percent federally funded.  The remaining $1 million will come from tap-in fees and other sources.