Several Berks County communities are getting a financial boost from the state to ensure a stable and reliable water supply is available for its residents.<\/p>\n
The Womelsdorf-Robesonia Joint Authority \u2014 which serves customers in Womelsdorf and Robesonia as well as in Heidelberg and Marion townships \u2014 has received a nearly $1.2 million low-interest loan for upgrades to the Furnace Creek water tank.<\/p>\n
Gov. Josh Shapiro announced Wednesday the loan was made possible through the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority. PENNVEST awards loans to government agencies to replace lead service lines, rehabilitate aging systems, upgrade treatment capabilities and reduce environmental contaminants.<\/p>\n
\u201cPENNVEST is helping communities across the commonwealth make these critical upgrades so more Pennsylvanians have clean, safe, reliable drinking water when they turn on the tap,\u201d Shapiro said in the announcement.<\/p>\n
The release stated that the Womelsdorf-Robesonia Joint Authority will use the funds to clean and recoat the interior and exterior of the Furnace Creek tank as well as replace the existing roof vent, mesh screen and tank ladders. In addition, new safety cable climb systems and a new shell manway will be installed.<\/p>\n
\u201cRehabilitation of this finished water storage tank will reduce the potential of a health hazard that could result from a leaking storage structure and ensure reliable water service to the area,\u201d the release stated.<\/p>\n
State Sen. Chris Gebhard, a Lebanon County Republican who represents the communities served by the joint authority, applauded the announcement.<\/p>\n
\u201cReliable water service is a critical piece of building strong, vibrant communities,\u201d he said in the release. \u201cEnsuring our infrastructure is operational is a key function of government, and I\u2019m pleased this funding is dedicated to that purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Several Berks County communities are getting a financial boost from the state to ensure a stable and reliable…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[349,182,139,28,128,130,129,706],"class_list":["post-244791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-berks-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-top-stories-reg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}