LANCASTER TWP — A more than $10 million planned upgrade to the Western Butler County Authority’s largest pump station has received the assent of its third member municipality Monday.

The Lancaster Township board of supervisors agreed Monday to request the state Department of Environmental Protection approve the sewer authority’s plans to upgrade the Harmony Pump Station, a project estimated at roughly $10.6 million.

Prior to Lancaster’s approval, Jackson Township and Harmony — two of the other three municipalities — both signed off on the authority’s plan. Only Zelienopl is yet to approve.

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