Kiski water authority could pay $7M for upkeep; final cost unclear.
Updated 3 hours ago The Kiski Valley Water Pollution Control Authority plans to upgrade its pump stations, some of which are more than 40 years old, with a price tag that could hit $7 million.
The work consists of designs, construction plans and obtaining permits.
The pump stations are located in East Vandergrift; Elder Run in Gilpin, near the former ATI Bagdad plant; Guffy Run, near the Parks Bend Industrial Park in Parks Township; Leechburg; Penn Run, in West Leechburg; Wean United; and Vandergrift.
The authority board will look at financing options at a later date.
“We have to determine the priorities after the study is done,” board member Bob Polczynski of Allegheny Township said.
Penn Run enters a small culvert underneath the Norfolk Southern railroad tracks.
The Kiski Valley Water Pollution Control Authority’s treatment system came on line in 1975.
It currently serves 14,000 customers in 13 municipalities.
Authorities such as the Kiski Valley Water Pollution Control Authority are under a federal directive to keep stormwater out of the sewage system and pollutants out of creeks and rivers.