The Borough of Hopewell has been awarded a supplemental PENNVEST $1.5 million grant and a $44,110 low-interest loan to replace its existing wastewater treatment plant with an extended aeration process. In addition to $2 million in CDBG funding, the $3.57 million project is funded almost entirely by grants.
Maggie Weitzel, Gwin, Dobson & Foreman’s consulting project engineer, said, “It’s the best case scenario for the borough. We’ve been working hard to get this money.” The project will resolve current violations of effluent quality and will eliminate discharge violations that negatively impact water quality in the Raystown Branch of the Juniata River.
Once Hopewell officials and the Bedford County Commissioners formally accept the funding package, Weitzel said the project is “ready to go.”