15th Street Project
This project consists of the construction of a pumping station, water storage tank and transmission and distribution mains to serve the West Ward section of the City of Easton and the Boroughs of Wilson and West Easton. The Wood Avenue Pumping Station was constructed to replace the former 15th Street Pumping Station. The new pumping station provides additional pumping capacity (3.0 MGD), better hydraulic operation due to a lower elevation, and an automatically operating emergency power source, which will provide service in the event of a power outage. The new 15th Street water storage tank will replace the existing 15th Street and 20th Street Water Tanks. The new water tank will provide 1.5 million gallons of usable storage (increased from approximately 700,000 gallons) thereby providing additional fire fighting supply and will replace to facilities which are nearing the end of their useful life. The transmission and distribution mains were constructed from the Wood Avenue Pumping Station to the new 15th Street Tank, as well as in other areas to provide better system hydraulics and to increase fire fighting capabilities. The Wood Avenue Pumping Station has been completed and has been in operation since November of 2006. The Transmission and Distribution Mains have being installed and in operation since October of 2006. The new 15th Street Water Tank is scheduled to be completed and in operation in early summer of 2008. The total project cost is approximately $7 million and the project is being financed through a low interest loan from the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (Pennvest).

Morgan Hill Tanks
This project consists of the replacement of 2 one million gallon reservoirs which are located in Williams Township and provide water to the Southside Section of the City of Easton as well as the Borough of Glendon and Williams Township. The two existing concrete reservoirs will be demolished and two steel reservoirs will be constructed in their place. The project will be performed in two phases, where one reservoir will be demolished and a new one constructed in the same location. Once the new steel reservoir is in service, the other concrete reservoir will be demolished and a steel reservoir will be constructed in its place. The project is scheduled to begin in 2008 with completion planned for late 2009. The total project cost is $3.2 million dollars. The Authority will be applying for a low interest loan from the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (Pennvest) in August 2007 to finance the project.

Water Treatment Plant
This project includes 1.)upgrading equipment and treatment processes to comply with the regulations set forth by the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act, 2.)rehabilitation and/or replacement of equipment and treatment processes that were installed in the late 1970’s and 3.) increasing the capability of the water treatment and filtration plant to produce 12 million gallons of water per day to 16 million gallons of water per day. The cost of this project has been estimated at $ 26.9 million dollars; 50% of the cost is attributed to meeting the Federal Regulations, 40% of the cost to replace old equipment and 10% to expand the water plant’s production requirements. The Authority did receive a $ 10 million dollar low interest loan on July 17, 2007 and is presently evaluating the use of either qualified tax-exempt bank loans or a revenue bond issuance to fund the rest of the project.

Palmer Township Improvements
This project includes the replacement of approximately 2 miles of cast iron water main in the northern portion of Palmer Township. The water mains on East Lane, Middle Place, West Lane, Northview Avenue, and Clover Drive will be replaced along with the water mains on portions of Stocker Mill Road, Tatamy Road, Donald Street, Northwood Avenue and Rocky Lane. The existing 6” water mains will be replaced with 8” and 12” water mains, with new and additional fire hydrants being installed on the new water mains. The service laterals will be transferred to the new mains and the existing mains will be abandoned. The estimated cost of this project is $1.8 million. The project should be bid in the fall of 2007 with construction beginning in early 2008.