PHOENIXVILLE Phoenixville will get a check for $397,696
from Chester County on Wednesday for a project to prevent the Schuylkill from
flooding the borough's water treatment plant, which would damage equipment and
force the borough to rely on companies to get water to more than 20,000 people.
The project will raise the flood retaining wall at the
facility, which serves Phoenixville, East Pikeland and Schuylkill Townships in
Chester County, and Upper Providence Township in Montgomery County.
The plant has flooded only once, but there have been a
few close calls, including in 2006 when the Schuylkill crested six inches below
the top of the flood wall, according to the borough.
The borough will reinforce the wall and build a new
concrete wall in front of it.
The money comes from the county's Community
Revitalization Program, which has distributed annual grants since 2002.
Five boroughs and the City of Coatesville received grants
totaling $2.9 million this year
Source: Philly.com
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