The Bradford Sanitary Authority is gearing up for the next phase of wastewater treatment plant upgrades after approving the submission of a financial assistance application to the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority.
That news came at an authority meeting Tuesday, and now officials plan to present its funding application for phase three improvements to PENNVEST in mid-August.
Meanwhile, executive director Rick Brocius, operations manager Barry Anderson and engineer Jack Rae attended a meeting in Meadville with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to review permit applications for phase three upgrades slated to begin in the spring of 2018.
Also, Brocius, Rae and plant staff visited a larger reed bed operation in Lehighton operated by the Central Carbon Municipal Authority. Officials say that the trip was a continuation of the authority’s efforts to learn about the operation and maintenance of reed bed facilities, proposed as part of the plant’s phase three upgrades. Reed beds would be used in the sludge dewatering process.
In other news, the authority approved final payment on a contract with Continental Construction of Ridgway, completing significant rehabilitation work in 2016 through the spring of 2017.
“The authority was very satisfied with the work of Continental Construction, which rehabilitated 640 feet of 10-inch sanitary sewer lines and seven manholes,” authority officials said.
The company replaced 2,125 feet of 8-inch, 10-inch, and 15-inch sanitary sewer line, 26 manholes and 80 feet of 24-inch stormwater lines. Continental also removed flumes, or deep, narrow channels or ravines, at five boundary meter locations in preparation for installing new flow meter technology and completed related street repaving.
“Such expenses and work are essential to support ongoing inflow and infiltration reduction efforts with the sanitary sewer collection system,” officials said.
The contract amount for this work was projected to be $962,335.00, with the final project completion cost coming in under budget at $811,744.95, officials said.
In other news, Brocius reported:
• the field crews identified repairs that will be needed on the storm system on South Avenue in the area of Marilyn Horne Hall and at the intersection of East Corydon and Congress streets.
• Anderson has been designated as the stormwater credit program coordinator. Anderson will be the point person to facilitate the application process with property owners seeking to apply for stormwater credits.
The new stormwater credit policy is expected to be completed and approved in the upcoming weeks, official say. Property owners soon will be able to download the credit policy document from the authority’s website.
• that the Limestone lagoon cleanout project is underway and the treatment plant is receiving sludge.
“This will generate some revenue to the authority and help the neighboring town of Carrollton,” officials said.
