STORIES OF PROGRESS IN ACHIEVING HEALTHY WATERS
^pR0^° EPA Region 3 Water Protection Division
PA Reaches Infrastructure Milestone
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania • April 17, 2017
With a series of "aye" votes, the Pennsylvania agency that turns
EPA funding and state financing into water infrastructure
projects crossed a key threshold recently - $8 billion in
investment over nearly three decades.
At a board meeting earlier this year, the Pennsylvania
Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVESj) reached the
milestone with the approval of $81.9 million for 16 drinking water,
wastewater and stormwater projects.
Of the $8 billion in assistance provided to Pennsylvania
communities since PENNVEST's inception in 1988, EPA's Clean
Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) and its Drinking Water
State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) together have accounted for
about half of the total.
In addition to the CWSRF (more than $3 billion) and the DWSRF
(nearly $1 billion), PENNVEST has also tapped state funds
approved by voters.
The EPA SRF programs are federal-state partnerships that provide
communities a source of low-cost financing for a wide variety of
water quality infrastructure projects.
Over the years, SRF projects in Pennsylvania have ranged from nationally-recognized green
infrastructure in Philadelphia to a rainwater system that is helping to turn abandoned mine land into a
world-class botanic garden. In 2016, nearly $150 million in CWSRF financing - a record amount for the
region - was allocated for a Reading wastewater treatment plant that serves 200,000 residents.
The most recent batch of projects included $60.7 million in low-interest loans and $21.2 million in
grants. Among the projects benefitting from SRF funding are:
•	New Castle Sanitation Authority, Lawrence County - $11 million loan to construct nearly 42
miles of sewage collection lines and new lift stations at this system serving 23,500 customers.
The project will eliminate discharges of untreated or partially treated sewage into publicly
accessible areas from malfunctioning on-lot septic systems.
•	Western Westmoreland Municipal Authority, Westmoreland County - $17.3 million loan to
construct new lines and other improvements to its sewage collection system to eliminate
sewage overflows into Brush Creek. The project will affect more than 13,000 customers.
•	Edinboro Water Authority, Erie County - $7 million loan to construct a new drinking water
treatment plant and water storage tank for the system's 6,450 customers.
ATA GLANCE
• EPA financing helps Pennsylvania
achieve water infrastructure milestone.
EPA Acting Regional Administrator Cecil Rodrigues
(second from left) joins officials for wastewater plant
groundbreaking ceremony in Reading.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA Region 3 Water Protection Division
Philadelphia, PA
For additional information contact:
Magdalene Cunningham, EPA WPD OIA
cunninqham.maqdalene@epa.gov
Dr. Paul K. Marchetti, PENNVEST
pmarchetti@pa .gov

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