Vera Cruz Sewer System (Upper Milford Township) – LCA will be extending its existing sewer system in Upper Milford Township to the village of Vera Cruz.  Fourteen commerical properties and 262 residential properties will be connected to this low-pressure sewer system that will be installed by Spring 2012. Various alternatives for this project were considered and the choice to use a low pressure system with grinder pumps was selected because it was the most cost effective as well as an environmentally friendly option.  The almost 25,000 feet of sewer main will be installed using directional drilling. Affected property owners have been contacted directly with detailed instructions for their connection to the system. For questions or more information, contact Lance Babbitt, project manager.

 Capacity Assurance & Rehabilitation Plan (SCARP) – LCA and the seven municipalities that use LCA’s regional sewer inteceptors to transport wastewater to the City of Allentown for treatment are partnering together on a program to rehabilitate sewer systems throughout Western Lehigh County. This rehab is required to reduce the peak flows in the sewer system caused by rain water entering the system through infiltration and inflow. These peak flows are a substantial problem for the regional sewer system, resulting in sewer system overflows and basement backups during rain events. Fixing the problem will be costly, time-consuming and must be done on a community-wide basis to meet state and federal Clean Water laws. During 2010, partners in this project will be working on additional details and agreements on how the investigation and rehabilitation will be conducted. Partnering municipalities include: Lower Macungie Township, Upper Macungie Township, Alburtis Borough, Macungie Borough, Upper Milford Township, Weisenberg Township and Lowhill Township. Please contact us or your municipal representatives with any questions about this program, or you may download the full program outline.

Flow Equalization Basin - A 3 million gallon FEB was completed in 2010 at LCA’s Wastewater Treatment Plant (WTP) along Route 100.  The WTP receives a waste stream that is highly variable in strength and the FEB is designed to provide storage when the flow is arriving too rapidly for the plant to handle, such as during wet-weather events.  Currently, work is being completed determine how to optimize the use of all wet-weather facilities such as this FEB, pump stations and relief facilities in order to regulate flows and minimize the risk of sewer system overflows during storm events.