The Herald, Sharon, Pa.

Local News

February 25, 2008

Possible Shenango-West Middlesex merger not part of sewer plan; sewer authority eyes future needs

By Patrick W. Connelly

SHENANGO TOWNSHIP, WEST MIDDLESEX — Shenango Township’s municipal authority hasn’t looked at how consolidating with West Middlesex might change future plans for its sewer system, the authority’s engineering consultant said.

“It’s a comprehensive project,” Christopher Kogelnik, a consulting engineer for Herbert, Rowland and Grubic Inc., Hermitage, on Monday told West Middlesex council.

The authority is working with engineers to update the township’s sewer plan. The borough pumps its sewage to the township’s Campground Road treatment plant and accounts for just under half the waste treated at the plant, Councilman Raymond Lucich said.

The authority in January sent a letter to the borough asking if council sees growth within its borders over the next 20 years that might require a bigger plant. It also asked if the borough might consider the township authority absorbing its sewer system altogether.

Lucich said the borough is “pretty much deadlocked” from growing because of a lack of land for development and asked Kogelnik how consolidating the communities would affect the plan.

Kogelnik said engineers haven’t discussed it. He said the plan will evaluate existing needs and future growth.

Township supervisors voted in 2006 to end consolidation talk with the borough’s council, but in January the two groups agreed to revive discussion. Their first meeting is set for 7 p.m. on March 5.

Council agreed to respond to the letter, but Lucich said he thinks West Middlesex should have a voice on the authority.

“That’s a stumbling block,” he added.

Mayor David George said the authority has always been “gracious” in his dealings with the group and usually takes his suggestions into consideration.

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