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As part of their pollution reduction plan, South Hanover Township completed an MS4 project involving a stream restoration for an unnamed tributary to Manada Creek. The site was chosen to undergo a restoration to correct erosion problems that, over time, created steep eroded streambanks throughout portions of the creek. Located just east of the Sand…
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RETTEW performed a stream restoration, which included riparian buffer design and a native meadow along the Cocalico Creek and its associated floodplain. This project is adjacent to the Autumn Hills development, on a 16-acre tract of land owned by Ephrata Township. The Township undertook the project primarily to address the required pollutant reductions for their…
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RETTEW developed a master site plan for South Hanover Township’s Patriot Park on the Township’s newly acquired property. The park is located between the Emergency Services Center and the municipal offices, and sits on top of a closed landfill. The park’s amenities include a paved multi-use trail; nature trails; and an outdoor educational area, which…
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West Hempfield Township was looking to pave the streets in one of its neighborhoods as part of a capital improvement project. The neighborhood was built in the 1970s and the existing stormwater infrastructure was also in need of repair and/or replacement. RETTEW worked with the Township to analyze the existing pavement, curbing, and stormwater facilities…
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RETTEW developed a master site plan for Conewago Township’s community park for an undeveloped tract of approximately 103 acres to include both passive and active recreation facilities. Key facilities included pavilions and restrooms; tot lots; a parking lot; a 60-foot softball and Little League baseball field; two U10 soccer fields; a paved multipurpose/exercise trail; basketball,…
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RETTEW worked with West Hempfield Township to develop a comprehensive, cost-effective strategy to achieve required sediment reduction loads in compliance with their 2018-2023 MS4 Permit requirements. This strategy included a variety of green infrastructure best management practices to reduce stormwater rates and volumes, increase groundwater supplies, filter stormwater pollutants, increase biodiversity and habitat for native…
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As an MS4 Permittee, Manor Township is required to reduce stormwater pollutants to maintain compliance with their MS4 Permit requirements and to improve water quality in local streams and the Chesapeake Bay. The Township owns six dry detention basins that will provide significant pollutant reductions after being retrofitted into bioretention basins. Two of the existing…
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Penbrook Borough’s existing 12-inch vitrified clay pipe (VCP) gravity sewer line was constructed in the 1930s and conveyed sewage flow from both Penbrook Borough and Susquehanna Township to the Capital Region Water sanitary sewer collection and conveyance system, a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)-permitted system. Lack of maintenance and known structural inadequacies of the…
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Sanitary surveys revealed that more than 40 percent of surveyed on-lot disposal systems on North Neshannock Road, North Darby Road, and South Darby Road in the City of Hermitage were classified as suspected or confirmed malfunctions according to Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection regulations. These results suggested untreated sewage was being discharged into “Waters of…
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Rapho Township implemented a detention basin retrofit project on property they own that will reduce their sediment loading rates by 25,537 pounds per year, phosphorus rates by 10 pounds per year, and nitrogen rates by 336 pounds per year. This project achieves a significant portion of the Township’s required pollutant load reductions for their 2018…
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