Gov. Tom Corbett announced a $65.6 million investment in 19 nonpoint source, drinking water and wastewater projects across 16 counties through the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority, or Pennvest.
Of the $65.6 million, $50.6 million is for low-interest loans and $15 million is offered as grants, Corbett said in an Oct. 22 statement.
The awards range from a $370,050 grant to a volunteer fire company in Huntingdon County to make improvements to its facilities that will reduce nutrient runoff into the Chesapeake Bay, to a $17.3 million loan and grant combination to a Cambria County authority that plans to improve its wastewater treatment plant and collection system in order eliminate the wet weather contamination of a local stream.
The funding comes from a combination of state funds approved by voters, grants to Pennvest from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and recycled loan repayments from previous Pennvest funding awards.
