Mirabito announces $7.5 million in grants for Lycoming County water projects

HARRISBURG – State Rep. Rick Mirabito, D-Lycoming, today announced the Commonwealth Financing Authority has awarded $7.5 million in three grants for water projects in Lycoming County.

The projects receiving approval today are:
•    Loyalsock Township Supervisors, $3.14 million grant for a sewer rehabilitation project.
•    Williamsport Sanitary Authority for two projects.
•    A $4 million grant for a regional wet weather improvement project.
•    A $346,666 grant for the regional Chesapeake Bay NPDES compliance.

"The quality of life in our communities depends so much on the condition of their infrastructure," Mirabito said. "By providing funding at the state level, we can help local communities provide necessary services at reasonable rates and protect our environment."

The Loyalsock project includes an upgrade to the existing collection system to reduce system backups and overflows.

The Williamsport Sanitary Authority's projects include upgrades to the plant to address the nutrient removal and combined sewer overflow regulations and work associated with reducing effluent nitrogen loads to the Chesapeake Bay.

The grants are awarded through the CFA's H2O PA Program. H2O PA provides single-year or multi-year grants to independent agencies, municipalities or municipal authorities for the construction of drinking water, sanitary sewer and storm sewer projects or to help repair, rehabilitate or remove high-hazard unsafe dams.
 
CFA administers and finances projects included in the H2O program. CFA also oversees the state's Building PA program, Business in Our Sites program, PennWorks, New PA Venture Capital Investment, New Pennsylvania Venture Guarantees, Tax Increment Financing Guarantee and Second Stage Loan programs. Each of these programs is aimed at using targeted state investment to attract private capital for economic development in all regions of the state and for all types of industries.