The awards from PENNVEST range from a $975,645 loan to facilitate the transfer of operation of, and improvements to, a nonviable drinking water system in Wyoming County, to a $13.8 million loan to upgrade and expand a wastewater treatment plant in Mercer County which is discharging raw sewage into the Shenango River during wet weather.

Governor Edward G Rendell, Governor, Pennsylvania, said: “The funding awarded today by PENNVEST will provide a cleaner environment, greater economic opportunity and improved infrastructure health. As our economy continues to recover, it is important that we do everything that we can to maintain our commitment to improving water and wastewater systems that will benefit residents and businesses.”