Kiski sewage authority wants additional time to consider modifying special service area in Murrysville
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Before a Murrysville property owner can connect to nearby Washington Township sewage lines, officials at the facility where that sewage will end up would like a little more information.
As part of a yearslong process, a group of 39 properties near Pucketa Creek in northern Murrysville along Route 366 were able to connect to nearby Washington Township sewage lines, which already had been outfitted with “Y” connectors in several spots.
The issue was spurred by homeowners who were battling failing septic systems and not legally able to fix them because of state regulations regarding Pucketa Creek and other waterways.
Murrysville, along with Municipal Authority of Washington Township, Washington Township and the Kiski Valley Water Pollution Control Authority, ultimately signed off on an updated sewage logistics plan, termed an Act 537 plan by the state. It created a special sewage service area.
Earlier in September, a Murrysville resident adjacent to the special service area asked to tap in, also because of a failed septic system.
Before the intermunicipal agreement, one of the groups involved, the Municipal Authority of Allegheny Township, objected because the new sewage would flow into one of its lines, which officials said was over capacity.
Now that a new property owner is requesting access to Washington Township’s lines, officials at the Kiski Valley Water Pollution Control Authority would like a little more time to run the numbers.
Kiski authority officials released a statement saying they are “committed to an evaluation of this matter and this request, and will study not only the request, but the impact of expansion on the member communities of the (authority).”
Kiski authority plant manager Dennis Duryea said the authority board did not reject the proposal outright but rather wanted to learn more about its potential impact.
“We wanted to get a total evaluation,” Duryea said.
All of the parties involved must sign off on the request to bring a new property into the special service area.