Severe consequences may await Drumore Township residents who have failed to meet the deadline to have their septic tanks pumped and inspected. Those with on-lot sewage systems were supposed to submit inspection reports to the township by Jan. 31. Originally, township engineer and zoning......

Strasburg Township supervisors Dec. 5 discussed possible options for a new wastewater management plan. The township must adopt a sewage plan in order to comply with the state's Department of Environmental Protection facilities act. The act requires municipalities to have a system in place th......

Drumore residents with on-lot sewage systems must have their septic tanks pumped and inspected by Dec. 31. There are about 750 properties with on-lot sewage systems, township engineer Mark Deimler said Thursday. The township is waiting on inspection reports for 350 of those properties. ......

Quarryville Borough has received approval from the state Department of Environmental Protection of its Act 537 plan update, clearing the way for the borough to begin an $11 million sewage facilities upgrade. Also, at council's Nov. 7 meeting, an ordinance regulating geothermal energy systems......

The Conestoga Township supervisors are planning to hire a certified wastewater treatment officer by the end of the year to continue the testing required at the Colemanville Sewer facility.
Supervisor Craig Eshleman said that the township's sewage enforcement officer is resigni......

The Brecknock Township Board of Supervisors on Tuesday agreed to have an outside consultant seek alternatives to the municipal sewer authority's proposal to construct a new sewage plant that is expected to cost about $6 million. Northern Lancaster County Authority has received nine bids sub......

Bart Township Supervisors Wednesday adopted several resolutions to enhance their new On Lot Sewage Disposal ordinance. The ordinance requires that homeowners with septic systems have them pumped at least once every three years. When the pumping is done, the systems must also be checked to e......

  Lancaster's sewage sludge gives off a pungent odor. It looks like lumpy, grayish mud. But it's taken on a new luster for Public Works Director Charlotte Katzenmoyer. That's because the city now has a cheaper outlet for it. Sludge will no longer be transported to the ......

The Strasburg Township supervisors have created a committee of five local volunteers to address the issue of sewer failures in the municipality. The purpose of the Refton Sewer Committee is to create an Act 537 plan that would bring the township into compliance with the Pennsylvania Sewage F......

Lancaster city might have found a small answer — or many small answers — to a very large problem. Whenever the city experiences a heavy rain, stormwater runs into the sewer systems and overwhelms the capacity of its wastewater treatment plant, causing raw sewage to overflow in......

City sewage treatment plant workers for years have been hauling out junk flushed by inmates at the Lancaster County Prison. Junk such as sheets, towels, clothing and shoes, to name a few items, which can clog motors, pumps and sewer lines. And for years, that junk has put the coun......

Inmates at Lancaster County Prison apparently have been causing problems for operators of the city's sewage treatment plant.And now county taxpayers will pay up to $225,000 to provide a remedy.The county commissioners on Wednesday authorized the facilities management department ......

"Don't get on the boat," warned the old man on the wharf. "There's sharks in the water." He was joking. But plenty of sinister agents do lurk in the cloudy depths of the Chesapeake Bay. Jenny Engle and her League of Women Voters friends traveled to Balti......

Ninety-six times last year, during summer rains or snowmelts, raw sewage and industrial wastewater from in and around the city were piped directly into the Conestoga River without being treated. Some 943 million gallons of combined sewage and rainwater were discharged into the river and even......

Suburban East Hempfield has more than 400 on-lot sewage disposal systems within the township, most in the rural area north of Route 283. And often, because the systems are underground — which means no one sees them — problems with the systems can be hidden. So the township is c......

If you pay a sewage bill, Pennsylvania's new budget may spell relief from big rates hikes that have been anticipated. Many customers served by 17 regional sewage plants in Lancaster County have been told to expect steep increases in their bills because of state and federal clean-water manda......

Everyone agrees that fixing the failing septic systems in two older Manor Township neighborhoods is going to cost money. But is there a solution — either extending public sewer lines or building two "decentralized" systems — that's less costly to the 260 homeowners in the two areas?......

A group of Hand Avenue residents got a raw deal Tuesday night — raw sewage that is. And after dealing with backed-up sewage in their basements, they're learning they've got another problem — their damages will not be covered, a city official said today. Raw sewage started co......

The roller-coaster saga over whether a Lebanon County township can build a sewage treatment plant and discharge wastewater into trout streams flowing through northern Lancaster County has taken yet another dramatic plot twist. After facing strong opposition 20 years ago, Heidelberg Township was......

At least two municipal groups from Lancaster County are among the dozens that have sued the state government over the cost to upgrade wastewater plants as part of a strategy to clean up the Chesapeake Bay.The lawsuit, filed in Commonwealth Court Friday by Capital Region Council of Governme......

Lawmakers in Harrisburg will try to figure out this week how to keep municipalities from being bankrupted by the cost of cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay.Under a federal mandate, municipalities in the bay's watershed, which includes the Susquehanna River and its tributaries, have just tw......

Wastewater leaking from a pharmaceutical firm that manufactures mouthwash in Lititz caused the "minty" taste or odor in the borough's water during the week of Jan. 7, forcing the shutdown of four borough wells, a state official said Monday.Water samples identified the presenc......

Following more than three years of work, Paradise Township officials announced Tuesday that Phase 1 of the sewage system project in Kinzers has been connected."The sewage is flowing in Kinzers," Paradise Township supervisor Dennis Groff said."This is just such an important issue whe......

A controversial deal Drumore Township supervisors signed with the developer of a proposed megashopping hub at Buck will go before a Lancaster County judge this fall, a township attorney said.If the judge rejects the deal, the matter could go to Commonwealth Court in Harrisburg, Drumore Tow......

After much debate, a Strasburg Township family may be able to get a permit to replace its septic system.Carol Pfenninger and her son, Steve, of Village Road, agreed during an Aug. 6 township meeting to remove a second kitchen from their home. The move will return the house to a single-fami......

Millersville Borough Council voted July 24 to refinance debt associated with its borough building and sewer projects.The move will make debt payments more "stable and consistent," business manager Ed Arnold said. Also, it may have an unexpected bonus for residents, at least in the short te......

Penn Township residents voiced disappointment over a restaurant's new alcohol policy at the meeting of township supervisors Monday.Two Cousins Family Restaurant, 171 Doe Run, does not serve alcohol on the premises, but now allows patrons to bring their own.Patrons can bring alco......

Because of a number of failing on-lot septic systems, area officials want to extend sewer lines into Manor Township's Letort Manor and Perth Hills developments. But the officials want to make something else clear. Paving the way for expanded development in that part of Manor "is the furthest th......

After testing several Refton area sites, Strasburg Township may have found a tract suitable to serve Refton's future sewage needs. Consultant Tom Whitehill, during Monday's supervisors meeting, said soil on one of the sites has tested as being suitable for a community system. If......

A malfunctioning valve sent thousands of gallons of untreated sewage flowing onto six homeowners' lawns Tuesday night along Route 999 in Manor Township. Sewage from a Lancaster Area Sewer Authority manhole escaped to the surface for about 4 ½ hours, LASA said. Escaping sewage f......

Penn Township is starting to receive responses to letters it sent out to the community in late April, notifying the residents of plans for pumping on-lot septic systems. The township adjoining Manheim is implementing a three-year cycle for the mandatory pumping of on-lot septic systems....

The pond then will be filled with fresh water pumped from the creek that runs through the park along Harrisburg Pike.

Katzenmoyer said it will take about three or four days to repair the pipe and drain and refill the pond.

City workers began studying the pond at Long's Park last week w...

The leak didn't cause any damage, and the spill area was cleaned by evening, library officials said.

The building at 125 N. Duke St. is expected to open at 9 this morning, library director JoAnne Foss said.

Joseph McIlhenney, the library's district consultant, said library ......