WECOSVILLE, Pa. (AP) - Residents in eastern Pennsylvania
will get a briefing Monday on a proposed $200 million-plus upgrade to the
regional sewage system to eliminate sewage overflows during wet weather.
The (Allentown) Morning Call (http://bit.ly/29BbqXA )
reports that the Lehigh County Authority and 14 municipalities served by the
system have spent about $25 million since 2009 responding to a federal order on
the problem.
Over the past decade, millions of gallons of raw sewage
have been discharged into the Little Lehigh Creek.
The federal Environmental Protection Agency ordered the
authority and its municipal signatories to end the sewer overflows, and they
now have until the end of next year to implement a master rehabilitation plan.
The authority holds a special meeting Monday night in
Wescoville on the next phase of the project.
Source: Philly.com
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