Authority gets good news from engineer
CONNELLSVILLE – The Connellsville Municipal Authority got some good news from their engineer Tuesday. John Tomaro of Widmer Engineering Co. reported that a recently installed new meter has shown that flow numbers are going down. Tomaro, speaking to the board said for the first three months of this year the numbers have gone down by 500,000 gallons per day.
“Last year’s numbers were at 2.7 mgd (million gallons a day), while this year’s numbers for the first three months are at 2.2 mgd,” said Tomaro.
“This is important because we don’t want to have to undergo an upgrade with Bullskin and Connellsville townships getting ready to coming online.”
Tomaro said the plant could take up to 3.25 mgd a day, so the numbers show that the plant has a long way to go before an upgrade would be necessary.
In other matters, Tomaro reported that a letter he sent to the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has brought the authority results.
DEP officials will meet with Tomaro and board officials today to discuss the best way to proceed with the Davidson-Sycamore relief sewer project.
Davidson-Sycamore residents have been waiting for about two years for the project to begin.
Twenty-five families in the Davidson Avenue area, from Chester Street to Sycamore Street, experienced severe basement flooding during an Aug. 6, 2000 downpour.
The plan calls for a 24-inch line to be installed to collect excess water and convey a straight-line flow to an interceptor on Arch Street. The plan is considered a relief sewer because the line will be located several feet below the basement level of the homes, which is not the case with the present system.
In an unrelated matter the board agreed to allow Sheetz on West Crawford Avenue to clean their lot twice a year.
Tomaro said he received a letter from the Sheetz Corp. stating that the company wants to flood the lot, reclaim the water, treat it and then empty it into a manhole.
Board Chairman George Puskar said he doesn’t have a problem with the plan as long as an authority member can be present to take a sample of the water before it is dumped into the manhole.
Tomaro said he would write Sheetz a letter letting them know the boards’ wishes.