Leechburg is taking a step toward improving pollution mitigation in the borough.<\/p>\n
According to council Vice President Chuck Pascal, the borough will be installing two new stormceptors in the borough, which help separate and remove pollutants in stormwater.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was identified as a weakness in our system, so we have to replace them,\u201d Pascal said.<\/p>\n
He said that while sewage and stormwater pipes are separated, runoff water from the street was carrying in sediment including salt, stones, metals and oils. The updated stormceptors are intended to separate these things from the water that flows into the river.<\/p>\n
The work is expected to begin in the summer as the borough\u2019s pollution reduction plan, said Leechburg Mayor Doreen Smeal. She said the borough\u2019s engineer has been working with council for years to acquire grants for the project.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s got to be three or four years at this point,\u201d Smeal said.<\/p>\n
The work will be completed using a $100,000 Small Water and Sewer grant from the state. The borough is required to contribute $15,000, or 15% of the grant.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe did not think we were going to get (the grant),\u201d Smeal said. \u201cNow we\u2019re planning next steps.\u201d<\/p>\n
Once started, the project is supposed to take a few weeks to complete, Pascal said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt shouldn\u2019t affect residents because (the stormceptors) are underground and closer to the river,\u201d Pascal said.<\/p>\n
Councilman DJ Zelczak said the borough\u2019s diversion chambers are being replaced by stormceptors.<\/p>\n
According to Nathan Gunthrum of LSSE Engineering, the borough\u2019s diversion chambers are located at the intersections of Second Street and River Avenue, and Third Street and River Avenue.<\/p>\n
The work at Second and River will not disturb the street, but the work at Third and River will require the street to be dug up, Gunthrum said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leechburg is taking a step toward improving pollution mitigation in the borough. According to council Vice President Chuck…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428698,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":["post-428697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}