“The grants and low interest loans provided today by the PENNVEST Board of Directors continues the commonwealth’s commitment to strengthen our economy while also making wise investments in our water resources,” Governor Rendell said. “These projects will put people to work to meet many environmental and public health challenges in scores of communities across the state.
The awards range from a $5,945 grant to reduce storm water runoff in a Susquehanna county community by planting 20 trees along two streets in the downtown area, to a $30.7 million loan to expand the capacity of an existing wastewater treatment plant in Lackawanna county to eliminate or reduce nitrogen and phosphorous discharges into nearby streams, in compliance with the Chesapeake Bay agreement.
