The US Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District hosts a project dedication ceremony marking the completion of the National Pike Water Authority (NPWA) storage tank project in Henry Clay Township in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The project will increase drinking water supplies for residents of four Fayette County communities.
IF: Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at 9:30 am
WHERE: Adjacent to 706 National Pike, Markleysburg, PA 15459.
WHO: The event is not open to the public.
WHAT: Project dedication ceremony to celebrate the completion of the NWPA Section 313 storage tank project in the township of Henry Clay.
WHY: The NWPA owns and operates the water distribution system serving the Fayette County communities of Henry Clay, Markleysburg, Steward and Wharton. Working with the NWPA, the district designed and built an additional 330,000-gallon steel water tank to meet growing water supply needs and increase the supply of potable water to residents of Fayette County.
“This project is a testament to the value that Section 313 programs can bring to communities,” said Jesse Bisnette, Pittsburgh County project manager. “The additional water tank provides a much-needed addition to the county’s residents’ access to safe drinking water.”
In addition to designing and building an additional water tank, the project included the installation of 200 feet of PCV piping, a digital control system and a tank mixer. The $803,300 project split costs at a rate of 75/25 between federal and non-federal sponsors.
BACKGROUND: Section 313 of the Water Resources Development Act 1992, as amended, empowers the Corps of Engineers to assist communities with projects such as sewage treatment and associated facilities; water supply; storage, treatment and distribution facilities; and projection and development of surface water resources in south-central Pennsylvania. The program addresses widespread community problems related to inadequate wastewater treatment, contaminated drinking water sources, inadequate water supply capacity, and degraded surface and groundwater quality.
District background: The 26,000 square miles of the Pittsburgh District includes portions of western Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia, eastern Ohio, western Maryland and southwest New York. Our territory has more than 328 miles of navigable waterways, 23 navigation locks and dams, 16 multipurpose reservoirs, 42 local flood control projects and other projects designed to protect and enhance the country’s water resources, infrastructure and environment.
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