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Homeowners Get Help Paying For New Sewage Lines

NIPPENOSE TOWNSHIP — Some homeowners in Lycoming County are getting help to pay for connecting to a new public sewer system. A sewage plant opened near Je...

NIPPENOSE TOWNSHIP -- Some homeowners in Lycoming County are getting help to pay for connecting to a new public sewer system.

A sewage plant opened near Jersey Shore back in March and folks who live close to sewer lines were required to connect. The county has now received half a million federal dollars to help low income families connect to the new system. It's work that began this week.

Elijah Evans Excavating, a construction company from Danville installed a new sewer line in front of a home in Nippenose Township near Jersey Shore.

"They are putting in that sewer system which I think is going to be great for everybody," said Anna Krape from Nippenose Township.

Anna Krape has lived in Nippenose Township for over 60 years. She's always used an on-lot sewage system.

“Well when we built our house, we put our own in. I think everyone did," said Krape.

Back in March a waste water treatment plant at the Regional Tiadaghton Valley Municipal Authority opened. It collects waste from homes in Jersey Shore and parts of Porter Township.

"We built a built a new plant in Nippenose Township added the collection to the residents of Nippenose Township," said Shawn Lorson, Executive Director

New customers were told they would have to pay for new pipeline to connect to the new sewage plant. Some folks just didn't have the money to do it.

"Just have to borrow money or do what you can," said Krape.

Krape won't have to pay a thing to meet the requirement to connect to the public sewage system. That's because Lycoming County received federal money from Housing and Urban Development to pay to connect 20 lower to moderate income homes.

"This is going to be great, won't need to pump it out it will go out and we'll take care of it," said Krape.

A family of four making forty- five thousand or less qualifies for the free hook ups.

"They saved approximately twenty-five hundred to three thousand dollars out of pocket expenses, “ said Lorson.

Once the sewer lines are hooked up, homeowners will have to pay a sewer bill of forty five dollars and fivety cents a month.

“Just another bill I guess. You know?" said Krape.

Officials hope to have all  20 homes hooked up by the end of the year.

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