Both municipalities are vying for grant money.
SANATOGA PA – A borough of Pottstown PA grant application that seeks $5 million from the state to help defray the $7 million cost of upgrading its water treatment plant, which serves many Lower Pottsgrove Township homes and businesses, received the township Board of Commissioners‘ endorsement Thursday (Aug. 19, 2010).
The reason? The more money Pottstown can obtain from the state, the less water rates paid by all users – including township residents – will rise to cover the cost of the required upgrades, Manager Rodney Hawthorne said.
The borough applied for money under the state’s competitive H2O grant program, Hawthorne said, for Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection mandated improvements to its plant’s infrastructure, lagoons, and filtration systems. Pottstown asked for, and by unanimous vote got, a letter of support from commissioners regarding its request. It will be mailed to the state Department of Community Economic Development, which oversees the grant program.
Lower Pottsgrove has at least one H2O grant request of its own in the works, which means it potentially could be racing the borough to a funding finish line. The township would seemingly win in either case.
Related (to the Lower Pottsgrove Board of Commissioners’ Aug. 19 meeting):
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