Sep 20, 2018 2 min read

Numerous state grants were announced Tuesday to help finance sewage and water projects throughout Greene and Washington counties and the Monongahela Valley.

The grants were awarded as part of the state Department of Community and Economic Development’s Small Water and Sewer Program, which provides financial assistance for the construction, improvement, expansion or rehabilitation of water supplies or sanitary sewer systems.

The largest grant of $425,000 was awarded to Waynesburg Borough to replace 2,060 feet of sewer main along College Street and West Street and to rehabilitate the combined sewage overflow valve on Morgan Street.

Work on the line is much needed, Waynesburg Borough Manager Mike Simms said.

“This was an especially bad portion of the sewer system,” he said. “With this project, we’re going to be able to eliminate a lot of the (surface water) infiltration into the system.”

Work covered by the grant is separate from a larger sewage treatment plant rehabilitation project the borough is planning. That project earlier was estimated to cost $15.4 million.

Other grants awarded include:

• $40,000 for the Municipal Authority of the Borough of Carmichaels to replace the water treatment plant’s backwash tank located in Cumberland Township.
• $250,000 for Carroll Township Authority to rehabilitate the Grandview pump station to reduce sewer overflows.
• $70,837 for California Borough to install new sewer lines and manholes along Highland Drive.
• $212,500 for Mid Mon Valley Water Pollution Control Authority to install new grinder pumps at pump stations in the boroughs of Roscoe and Stockdale.
• $118,161 for Cecil Township Authority to construct new sewer lines on Windcrest Drive.
• $391,000 for South Strabane Township Authority to replace a deteriorated sewer main along Chartiers Creek from Pike Street to Country Club Road to address numerous breaks that have resulted in untreated discharges.
• $300,000 for Rostraver Township Sewage Authority to rehabilitate sewer lines in the Collingate Sewer System.

In addition to the water and sewer grants, DCED also awarded a $125,000 grant to East Bethlehem Township to turn a blighted property into a gateway.