(WJET\/WFXP)– More than $13 million is on its way to Erie and Crawford counties to help make sure residents have safe and clean drinking water.<\/p>\n
Elected officials from both counties announced the latest round of PENNVEST funding to replace roughly 1,250 aging water lines in the City of Erie and roughly 7,000 feet of water mains in Linesville, with 17 other counties also receiving funding for water infrastructure projects.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Allegheny National Forest officials plan fall prescribed fires\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Erie’s $10 million in funding comes in the form of a grant to finish phase 6 of the customer-side galvanized service line replacement project that affects thousands of Erie Water Works customers both in and around the city.<\/p>\n “Without this award, households in the project area faced a potential double-digit rate shock,” State Rep. Bob Merski (D) said. “With PENNVEST’s support, we can complete Phase 6 responsibly \u2014 replacing 1,250 connections and handling excavation and restoration \u2014 while keeping water affordable and focusing first on communities below the statewide median income.”<\/p>\n Crawford County received $3,565,200 in grant funding that one state senator said helps avoid water rate increases to replace the aging, undersized waterlines while also installing new service connections and fire hydrants.<\/p>\n