The funding will support 33 drinking water, wastewater, stormwater, and non-point source projects across the Commonwealth which will increase water quality for Pennsylvania’s citizens.

Harrisburg, PA – On Oct 16th, the Shapiro Administration announced the investment of $216.3 million in 33 drinking water, wastewater, stormwater, and non-point source projects across 21 counties through the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST).

The projects funded include replacing lead pipes and service lines, rehabilitating aging water treatment systems, improving wastewater and stormwater systems, upgrading service capabilities, and reducing environmental contaminants through compliance with current regulatory levels and agricultural Best Management Practices (BMPs).

“Every Pennsylvanian has a constitutional right to clean air and pure water, and my Administration is driving out hundreds of millions of dollars to our local communities to support that goal and ensure the water is safe when families turn on the faucet,” said Governor Josh Shapiro. “We’ve already helped replace over 30,000 lead service lines across the Commonwealth and working together, across party lines and all levels of government, we’re continuing to get stuff done and deliver results for the good people of Pennsylvania.”

“There will never be a more cost-effective time to transform our water and wastewater treatment facilities into self-sustaining energy-makers.” said PENNVEST Chairman Dr. Brian Regli. “Drinking water and wastewater operators planning to incorporate clean energy into their facilities have the ability to benefit from the IRA Tax Credits, while at the same time, utilizing PENNVEST BIL funding for the same project.” 

With the national focus on upgrading the country’s infrastructure, through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), PENNVEST has more capacity now than ever before to provide cost-effective funding for water quality projects throughout Pennsylvania. PENNVEST continues to pivot as new opportunities arise, to ensure that entities execute water quality upgrades in the most cost-effective ways. PENNVEST financing is available for a variety of clean water projects including facility projects that incorporate clean energy technologies such as solar, anaerobic digesters, hydrothermal carbonization, and dam-sourced or in-conduit hydropower, as stand-alone projects or as a portion of a larger project that benefits the facility. The implementation of these technologies is economical for a facility’s long-term operation and maintenance budget but also allows the facility to receive 30 – 60 percent of its eligible investment in Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)Tax Credits, in the form of a direct cash payment from the IRS upon project completion.

PENNVEST funding for water improvement projects originates from a combination of state funds approved by voters, Growing Greener funds, Marcellus Legacy funds, the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act, federal grant awards to PENNVEST from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Clean Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments, and recycled loan repayments from previous PENNVEST funding awards.

A list of project summaries follows:

Drinking Water Projects

Allegheny County

• ***Pennsylvania American Water Company – received a $3,908,944 grant and a $1,891,056 loan for a lead service line replacement project in the City of Pittsburgh’s 29th Ward and Mt. Oliver Borough service areas. The project includes a complete water service line replacement of 57 utility-owned/private-owned lead water service lines and 300 private-owned lead water service lines, for a total replacement of 357 lead water service lines. Project components include ¾-inch type k copper service line replacement piping installed via trenched access pits and trenchless installations, restoration, traffic control, and erosion and sediment control. Removal of all leaded component water service lines will provide direct water quality improvements to the system’s customers and is consistent with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP), and Pennsylvania American Water Company initiatives to remove lead-containing lines from the public water supply system.

• ***Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority – received a $4,907,206 grant and a $1,715,938 loan for a project funded over two applications by the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority for water main and lead service line replacements in the City of Pittsburgh. The funding under this application focuses on lead service line replacement. Approximately 483 private lead service lines and 563 public lead service lines will be replaced, for a total of 1,046 lead-line replacements. Some customers will require both public and private side replacement, while others will only receive either public or private replacement based upon where the lead is located. This project will remove the potential of lead contamination, improve operation and maintenance of the water system, reduce the frequency of water main breaks, reduce the impact of unplanned water outages and street closures required due to emergency repairs. An additional benefit is an increase in volume of water that can be delivered to areas with inadequate flow which will reduce restrictions on future development within the affected areas.

• ***Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority – received a $62,672,221 loan to install an estimated 52,880 feet of 8-inch and 12-inch small diameter water mains to replace older and undersized mains. This project will prevent potential line breaks, reducing possible water outages and eliminating requirements to boil water post-break, thereby improving the quality of life for customers.

• ***West View Water Authority – received a $5,635,872 grant and a $3,144,428 loan for Phase 3 of the replacement of lead service lines in McKees Rocks Borough. In this project, 750 lead service lines will be replaced, including the installation of 25,000 feet of ¾-inch copper pipe, 750 curb boxes and valves, 750 pressure reducers, 750 internal shut off valves, and 750 backflow preventers. Water service lines will be replaced where both the customer-owned and/or the Authority-owned portion contain lead. After project completion, the possibility of exposure to lead and associated health risks will be reduced.

• ***The Wilkinsburg-Penn Joint Water Authority – received a $6,798,083 grant and a $3,101,917 loan for Phase 3 of the replacement of lead service lines in Wilkinsburg Borough. Construction will consist of removal of approximately 1,060 existing lead service lines on either the Authority-owned or customer-owned side of the water service lines, and installation of approximately 42,400 feet of new ¾-inch water service line, 1,060 curb boxes, and associated surface restoration. Lead will be eliminated from the water service line between the main and the meter. This will result in reduced lead exposure and significant savings to the Authority’s customers. 

Armstrong County

• Eastern Armstrong County Municipal Authority – received a $1,194,000 loan for the rehabilitation of their water treatment plant and storage tank. The project consists of the replacement of two manganese greensand vertical pressure filters and installation of two emergency generators, one at the water treatment plant and one at the existing booster pump station. The restoration of the 55,000-gallon elevated storage tank will include repairing of rust holes, sandblasting, relining, and repainting. Crucial water resources will be protected and retained to assure the quantity and quality of drinking water, and the new generators will eliminate disruption of water service in the event of a power outage.

Bedford County

• West St. Clair Township Pleasantville Borough Water Authority – received a $369,078 grant and a $250,922 loan to relocate the watermain affecting a PennDOT road widening project along Quaker Valley Road. This project will include the relocation and installation of approximately 5,300 feet of 8-inch diameter PVC watermain including required valves, fittings, hydrants, and service connections. The benefits of this project will include the reduction of water leakage and service outages within the existing system, better compliance with well water withdrawal allocation limits, and a significant decrease in boil-water notifications.

Berks County

• Mt. Penn Borough Municipal Authority – received a $3,243,000 loan to replace the drinking water storage tank at Spook Lane with an AWWA D-110 tank. The project will also include modifications to allow some of the stored water to flow back into the main pressure zone of the distribution system by using a flow control valve. Upgrades to the existing Grandview Booster Pump Station as well as to the piping and valves at the intersection of Friedensburg Road and Spook Lane will be made to accomplish this portion of the project. The installation of a new tank will ensure that erosion material will not influence the drinking water, which will increase the quality of drinking water. The installation of control valves at the booster station will reduce the time the water is stored in the distribution system.

Bucks County

• ***Telford Borough Authority – received a $9,815,000 grant for the installation of Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) treatment systems as the method of removing per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) contaminants from five well stations that provide water to Telford Borough and portions of Franconia Township, Hilltown Township, West Rockhill Township, and Souderton Borough in Bucks and Montgomery Counties.  Each well station will receive a dual-vessel GAC system operating in a series orientation. The new treatment systems will require a free-standing building or building addition, to house the vessels, controls, and necessary equipment appurtenances, adjacent to the existing well houses. The new buildings at wells 1, 3, and 7 will be 28-feet x 40-feet in size.  At well 5, the building will be 32-feet x 48-feet, and at well 6, the building will be 22-feet x 36-feet in size. Other appurtenances include a cartridge-style pre-filter at each well to remove turbidity, sediment, or other particulates from the well. Piping will be provided to filter-to-waste and backwash the filter vessels. New chlorine facilities are provisioned in the new treatment housing, and existing chlorine equipment at these sites are to be relocated. The proposed treatment systems have been designed to remove PFAS contaminants to  non-detectable limits.

Crawford County

• ***Saegertown Borough – received a $12,678,000 grant for the installation of a Granular Activated Carbon treatment system to remove PFAS contaminants from the drinking water. The proposed project involves constructing a new 5,000 square foot filter building to house a manganese greensand filter system and nine 10-foot diameter by 12-foot-high pressure vessels containing granular activated carbon, arranged in three parallel lead-lag trains with three tanks in each train, 5,000 feet of 16-inch chlorine contact line, 815 feet of 10-inch water line, filter backwash tank and effluent pump, and connections to the existing reservoir. The project will include the replacement of 1,700 feet of 10-inch asbestos cement water line with 12-inch high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe. This project will result in the removal of PFAS and manganese contaminants from the source water and bring the system into PFAS level compliance.

• The City of Titusville – received a $2,000,000 loan under the Advance Funding Program. The initial scope of this project is for the development of test wells and a production well to produce water quality data that will be used as the basis of design for a new water treatment plant. The City of Titusville’s water system was constructed in 1902 and consists of 10 separate wells. During an inspection by the PA DEP in 2023, the inspector noted that the wells for the existing source of supply were not constructed to current requirements. This project will provide data and direction for a new treatment system that will bring the City’s future system into current PA DEP construction compliance.

Franklin County

• *Mercersburg Water Authority – received a $2,061,800 loan for Phase 1 of drinking water system improvements. This phase of the project will include the construction of a Nitrate Removal Water Treatment Plant (WTP), 300,000-gallon storage tank, and booster system for the new well behind Grandview Elementary School. The project will also include the installation of a groundwater filtration system, chemical feed systems, and the repurposing of the existing tankage into a finished water wet well, a backwash water supply tank, and a backwash water storage tank. The project’s improvements will increase the water production capabilities, extend the life of the existing equipment, allow the Borough's fire company to refill at the increased rate of the booster pumps, and address concerns regarding energy efficiency, environmental sustainability and resiliency, and facility and system security.

Lehigh County

• ***Lehigh County Authority – received a $6,337,070 grant and a $5,660,930 loan for a lead service line replacement project within the City of Allentown. The project involves replacement of approximately 1,000 residential private-side service lines that are assumed or known to be lead or galvanized from the curb stop/property line to the house. The residential private-side service lines will be replaced with 1-inch service lines, and the project will include third-party home inspections, material documentation, coordination of service line replacement agreements, and installation of new private-side service lines and appurtenances such as curb stops/boxes, copper service lines from curb boxes to inside the homes, backflow preventers, and expansion tanks. Water quality and reliability will be improved within this Environmental Justice area through the removal of aging and leaded service lines.

Luzerne County

• *Hazleton City Authority – received a $7,500,000 loan to construct a new three-million- gallon finished water storage tank at the high point of the existing finished water transmission main on property already owned by the Hazleton City Authority (HCA). In addition to the tank the project will include installation of a valve house, controls and instrumentation, SCADA communication, and security fencing. The finished water storage tank will create an operational buffer of storage to allow HCA's filtration plant to operate smoothy and handle high water demands more easily, without large fluctuations in pressure and flow, within this industrialized area.

Westmoreland County

• *Municipal Authority of the City of New Kensington – received a $3,856,741 loan for a waterline and wastewater treatment plant filter media replacement project within the City of New Kensington. The waterlines located on Beamer Avenue, Dugan Way, Wills Road, and Fairmont Street have experienced numerous breaks which resulted in periodic service shutdowns and costly emergency repairs. The project includes the replacement of 5,400 feet of 8-inch waterline, 200 feet of 2-inch waterline and appurtenances, new hydrant assemblies, and filter media. This project will increase water quality and flow for fire protection and reduce operational costs by preventing water loss due to line breakage and leakage within the project area. 

Wastewater Projects

Allegheny County

• **The Marshall Township Municipal Sanitary Authority – received a $6,380,565 loan to improve and replace aging equipment related to the solids processing side of the Brush Creek Water Pollution Control Facility that serves most of Cranberry Township, Butler County and portions of Marshall Township, Pine Township, and Bradford Woods Borough in Allegheny County, and a small part of New Sewickley Township in Beaver County. The project will include construction of two new anaerobic digesters, a digester control building, a post digestion sludge storage tank, and a solids processing building; installation of two new centrifuges, two new biogas boilers and biogas flares, and an odor control biofilter; demolition of the existing autothermal thermophilic aerobic digestion (ATAD) system and belt filter presses; and improvements to the auxiliary influent pump station. Several communities will receive treatment for the expanded solids loadings from a recent plant hydraulic expansion project, benefit from new development within the service area, and be able to improve operational efficiency.

• ***Shaler Township – received a $4,300,000 loan for repairs and replacement of infrastructure in the Township’s public sewer system. The project consists of repairs to 30,000 feet of defective sewer lines, the rehabilitation of 177 manholes through direct excavation, in situ lining, and the installation of 29 new manhole structures. Through this project, the Township will comply with an infiltration and inflow Consent Order with the Allegheny County Health Department.

Berks County

• Pennsylvania American Water Company – received a $2,100,000 loan for repairs to reduce infiltration and inflow at the Exeter Wastewater Collection System. The project consists of the replacement of 10 sections of sanitary sewer and associated manholes totaling 1,815 feet and 18 manholes. Implementation of these repairs will reduce infiltration and inflow, improve plant operations, and meet the requirements of a Corrective Action Plan.

Clearfield County

• Woodward Township Sewage and Water Authority – received a $1,751,000 loan to complete upgrades to the general plant and its UV Disinfection System. This project includes the replacement of the existing chlorine disinfection system with a 0.78 million gallons-per-day (MGD) non-contact ultraviolet disinfection system, and the replacement of plant drain station controls, pump station controls, and a 6,600 square foot roof on the main building. These updates will ensure proper functionality of major components that contribute to the overall effectiveness of the collection/conveyance system and the treatment plant and will bring the plant into compliance with current National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) effluent requirements.

Erie County

• The Municipal Authority of the City of Corry – received a $2,000,000 loan through the Advance Funding Program to fund the design phase for a wastewater treatment plant replacement project. The intent of the overall project is to address multiple challenges experienced at the current plant such as structural and treatment deficiencies, site constraints for expansions, and meeting increasingly stringent numerical NPDES permit effluent limits. Within the design phase, the utilization of the existing headworks will be evaluated.

Juniata County

• ***Port Royal Municipal Authority – received a $1,336,925 grant and a $2,359,032 loan for upgrades at the 1st Street Pump Station and to the Bergstresser Wastewater Treatment Plant. Upgrades at the 1st Street Pump Station include the installation of an automatic fine screen to improve solids removal, a 50,000-gallon wet well to provide flow equalization, three new pumps with up to 1.0 MGD capacity, an emergency generator to be protected from flooding, and the rerouting of the existing 3rd Street Pump Station force main to the 1st Street Pump Station wet well. Upgrades to the Bergstresser Wastewater Treatment Plan include the installation of an automatic pinch valve, UV disinfection system, effluent flow meter, 24-hour composite sampler, and updates to new Wi-Fi-enabled technology for the sequencing batch reactor (SBR) controls. The project will resolve an outstanding PA DEP Consent Order and Agreement. In addition, a source of untreated wastewater discharge to the Juniata River will be eliminated, as will an antiquated system that requires 24/7 operator involvement for the Authority’s single operator.

Mifflin County

• ***Bratton Township – received a $5,471,726 grant and a $943,574 loan for upgrades to the wastewater treatment plant and both Kauffman and Mattawana pump stations. The project at the Bratton Township Wastewater Treatment Plant will include the installation of new, pre-cast concrete extended aeration wastewater treatment tanks and two new aeration blowers; the construction of a new climate-controlled headworks building to house influent screening; and the replacement of the existing UV disinfection system equipment. Upgrades to the two pump stations will involve the replacement of the pump mounting beams in the wet well, four existing pumps, and the wet well fiberglass lid at each station. These upgrades will increase treatment efficiency and decrease power consumption and potential sewer backups.

Montgomery County

• Montgomery Township Municipal Sewer Authority – received a $2,050,000 loan to address Equalization Tank (EQ) and electrical damage at the Eureka Wastewater Treatment Plant. The scope of the EQ tank project includes the demolition of the existing floating aerators, mixers, and teacup grit removal system, and the installation of two blowers and 250 feet of ductile iron piping from the blower building to the EQ tank. For the electrical work, installation will include a new circuit breaker, 110 feet of duct bank and electrical conductors from the substation to the blower building’s electrical room, two blower variable-frequency drive (VFD) motors and harmonic filters inside the blower building, and 540 feet of conductors in the existing duct bank that run from the blower building to the influent pump station. Exhaust fans, new light-emitting diode (LED) lighting, and unit heaters will also be installed inside the new blower building.

Snyder County

• Middleburg Municipal Authority – received a $1,200,000 loan for rehabilitation of the sewage collection systems serving Middleburg Borough and Franklin Township. The project includes the replacement of 3,200 feet of 8-inch sanitary sewer main, and 25 sanitary sewer manholes will be replaced or rehabilitated due to infiltration and/or defects in the structures. This project will reduce Infiltration and Inflow (I&I) of groundwater and stormwater that have a negative impact on the current capacity of the wastewater treatment plant.

Venango County

• ***Clintonville Borough Sewer and Water Authority – received a $7,061,880 grant for the construction of a new sewage plant. The project will construct a new headwork with dual auger debris removal system, 100,000 gallons-per-day (GPD) dual tank sequential batch reactor (continuous flow) treatment plant, a combined blower, maintenance, sludge dewatering, wet lab, UV effluent treatment building, 1,100 feet of new treated effluent discharge gravity system, security fencing, and a Supervisory Control Data And Acquisition (SCADA) system. The new plant will incorporate a new electrical service and power distribution center as well as a backup emergency generator capable of powering the entire plant. This project will be the replacement and rehabilitation of the Authority's two pump stations which also include security fencing and backup emergency generators at each of those locations. Upon completion and startup of the new sewage plant, the existing facility will be demolished, and a stormwater rain garden trench will be installed. The new plant will have an additional 20,000 GPD capacity to eliminate hydraulic and organic overloading conditions at the plant.

 Westmoreland County

• Municipal Authority of Allegheny Township – received a $2,851,000 loan for sewage system improvements. The project will include a sewer extension at LaBelle Vue Road, upgrades to Chartiers, Markle, and Westberry pump stations, and the decommissioning of the Melwood pump station. The LaBelle Vue Road sewer extension consists of the installation of approximately 617 feet of 8-inch polyvinyl chloride (PVC) gravity sewer to connect three homes to the sanitary sewer system. Because the proposed sewer connections will link into the sewer owned by Vandergrift Borough, an intermunicipal agreement is being negotiated between the Municipal Authority of Allegheny Township and Vandergrift Borough. The Chartiers pump station plan will reuse the existing wet well and include the installation of new 560 GPM duplex pumps, controls, a generator, and flow meter. The Markle pump station portion will include the construction of a new wet well, the installation of new 575 GPM duplex pumps, controls, a generator, and flow meter. The decommissioning of the Melwood pump station includes the construction of 200 feet of 8-inch PVC gravity sewer to convey flow from Melwood to Markle. The existing generator will be replaced at the Westberry pump station. These upgrades will decrease operation and maintenance costs and eliminate malfunctioning on-lot systems that cause environmental and public health concerns.

• **Franklin Township Municipal Sanitary Authority – received a $7,605,400 loan for rehabilitation of the sewage treatment plant. The project includes the replacement of variable frequency drives (VFDs), media, pumps and motor shafts, actuators, piping, doors, windows, louvers, and sidewalks. In addition, the towers will undergo concrete, brick, and mortar rehabilitation. This project will address structural damage, decrease the potential of permit violations, and decrease utility costs and safety concerns.

•  **Municipal Authority of the City of Lower Burrell – received a $9,550,000 loan to upgrade the Chartiers pump station as part of an Administrative Order of Consent between the Municipal Authority of the City of Lower Burrell, City of Lower Burrell, Municipal Sanitary Authority of New Kensington, City of New Kensington, City of Arnold, Borough of Plum, and the Plum Borough Municipal Authority to develop a Long Term Control Plan (LTCP) that would address the issues with combined sewer overflows and illicit sanitary sewer overflows. Plans to upgrade the Chartiers pump station include the replacement of the station in its entirety, an addition of a one-million-gallon aboveground wastewater equalization tank with blowers, and the rehabilitation of the existing force main. The project will also include the decommissioning and demolishing of the Hillcrest, Indiana, and Widmer pump stations and redirection of the flows to the Chartiers pump station. The upgrades to the pump station will lower operation and maintenance costs and provide positive benefits to Chartiers Creek, a trout stream fishery located alongside the station.

Stormwater Projects

Jefferson County

• Corsica Borough – received a $450,000 grant to rehabilitate approximately 3,200 feet of stormwater drainage piping and stormwater inlet rehabilitation/replacement along School Street, Water Street, and Pine Street within Corsica Borough. The project consists of cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) or folded thermoplastic pipe (FP) lining rehabilitation. Other project components include approximately 1,200 feet of 36-inch pipe lining, 315 feet of 30-inch pipe lining, 900 feet of 24-inch pipe lining, 600 feet of 18-inch pipe lining, 60 feet of 15-inch pipe lining, 75 feet of 12-inch pipe lining, 55 feet of 18-inch stormwater pipe replacement via conventional dig methods and replacement/rehabilitation of 31 stormwater concrete inlet structures. All necessary surface restoration, traffic control, and erosion and sediment controls will also be included. This project will address safety concerns due to sink holes created by the collapsing of failed storm pipe.

• Sykesville Borough – received a $3,661,000 grant to replace deteriorated and/or inadequate storm sewer infrastructure around London Street, Highland Avenue, Grant Street, and Washington Street. The scope of work for this project entails the replacement of 1.5 miles of the existing storm sewer collection system, replacement or addition of up to 75, and installation of one additional outfall and associated appurtenances. The proposed storm sewer replacement consists of ADS N-12 HDPE pipe from 8-inch to 60-inch diameter. Approximately 2,338 feet of 15-inch and 2,704 feet of 18-inch piping will be utilized. The project will alleviate street flooding, property damage, and outlet channel backups during rain events.

Northampton County

• Palmer Township Stormwater Authority – received a $3,793,000 loan for Phase 1 of a three-phase strategy beginning with the Old Nazareth Road drainage improvement project to increase drainage capacity. This project will create separation of the drainage flows below Old Nazareth Road to increase capacity and ensure drainage of the local tributary drainage systems during large rainfall events. It will replace the single receiving culvert with three 60-inch HDPE pipes of approximately 1,600 feet within the drainage easement area between Old Nazareth Road and the Route 248 culvert. Two pipes will carry flow from the main trunkline along Seip Avenue and from two tributary drainage systems. It is anticipated that the third pipe will help drain flow coming from the storm sewer along Old Nazareth Road. The existing 24-inch corrugated metal storm pipes south of Eldridge Street on Old Nazareth Road will be replaced with larger diameter 48-inch storm pipes along with the replacement of existing inlets and cross pipes with new 24-inch storm pipes. Approximately 585 feet of 48-inch pipe and 540 feet of 24-inch pipe will be used. Also included in the project is the relocation of 700 feet of clay sanitary main to be closer to the center of Old Nazareth Road to allow for proper clearance between the larger conveyance system. The project will result in the reduced frequency and severity of flooding, improved public safety, and diminished property damage by increasing the capacity of the storm sewer system in the eastern section of the Township’s largest drainage area.

Non-Point Source Projects

Butler County

• Butler County Conservation District – received a $1,120,000 grant to upgrade the Four Seasons Dairy Farm’s nutrient management operations and stormwater controls in Penn Township. The proposed Best Management Practices (BMPs) include building two new roofed manure composting facilities with stabilized feeding areas, 12-foot by 80-foot round manure tank, concrete unloading/agitation pad, and heavy-use area protection; installing roof runoff controls, underground outlet pipes, fencing, gates and access lanes; and decommissioning the existing manure tank. The project will result in an anticipated reduction of 1,714 pounds per year in nitrogen, 514 pounds per year in phosphorus, and 108,000 pounds per year in sediment that impact an unnamed tributary to Glade Run.   

Centre County

• Centre County Conservation District – received a $1,540,000 grant to upgrade the Hall Farm beef facility’s nutrient management operations and stormwater controls in Union Township. The proposed Best Management Practices (BMPs) include building a 60-foot wide by 280-foot roofed manure stacking building and roofed heavy-use area/feedlot; installing roof runoff controls, underground outlet pipes, fencing, gates, and a gravel reinforced animal trail; and regrading and improving existing access lanes. The leachate (low flow) from the silage bunk will be collected in a septic tank and pumped directly into a manure spreader. The “high flow” runoff from the silage bunks will be piped to a grass vegetated buffer area. The project will result in an anticipated reduction of 3,637 pounds per year in nitrogen, 136 pounds per year in phosphorus, and 21,497 pounds per year in sediment that impact an unnamed tributary to Dicks Run, which is designated as a cold-water fishery.

*Denotes projects that are funded by Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (DWSRF).

**Denotes projects that are funded by Clean Water State Revolving Funds (CWSRF).

***Denotes projects that are funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).

For projects noted above as funded with DWSRF, CWSRF, and IIJA federal funds, the use of the word ‘grant’ within this release is defined as a principal forgiveness loan, which is the functional equivalent of a grant in that it does not require repayment. For those same projects with loan terms extending beyond 20 years, the use of the word ‘loan’ equates to a bond purchase.