{"id":311749,"date":"2026-10-22T09:30:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T09:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/311749\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T09:30:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T09:30:48","slug":"10-million-grant-awarded-for-erie-water-line-replacements-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/311749\/","title":{"rendered":"$10 Million Grant Awarded for Erie Water Line Replacements | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of Erie residents will benefit from major water infrastructure upgrades thanks to a new state grant announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Water Running\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Senator Dan Laughlin announced that the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST) has awarded $10 million to the Erie City Water Authority to replace approximately 1,250 aging water service connections throughout the city. The funding is a grant and does not have to be repaid.<\/p>\n<p>The money will support the sixth phase of the authority&#8217;s customer-side galvanized service line replacement program. The project will focus on replacing private-side galvanized service lines that were once connected to water mains containing lead goosenecks or other lead components.<\/p>\n<p>While public-side lead components have already been removed, the remaining galvanized lines still pose concerns because of potential lead exposure and deterioration.<\/p>\n<p>Around 1,138 of the affected connections serve residential customers, while the rest serve commercial and industrial properties. The project will also include excavation, backfilling and restoration work.<\/p>\n<p>Laughlin said the investment will help improve public health, strengthen water service reliability and reduce the financial burden on customers who would otherwise face the cost of replacing aging infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Construction is expected to begin in April 2027 and continue through November 2029.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thousands of Erie residents will benefit from major water infrastructure upgrades thanks to a new state grant announced&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137,146,20029,2850,127514],"class_list":["post-311749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-grant","tag-lead-pipes","tag-pennvest","tag-water-line-replacement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311749","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=311749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}