Verona Officials Discuss Multibillion-Dollar Sewer Project
ALCOSAN must make major improvements by 2026, and Verona officials have begun discussing how it will impact the borough financially.
Verona Council has begun discussing how a $2 billion improvement plan for the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority’s system will impact borough residents financially. In 2008, ALCOSAN became party to a consent decree issued by the Federal Court in Pittsburgh on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the Allegheny County Health Department. Consent decrees have been issued to municipalities across the nation, including Verona and Plum boroughs, to comply with objectives set by the federal Clean Water Act and Combined Sewer Overflow Control Policy. Eighty three municipalities and boroughs in Allegheny County will be affected by the project. The ALCOSAN consent decree was the …
