The Connoquenessing Township Sewer Authority voted Monday to examine the feasibility of different scenarios relating to a proposed public sewage system in the township.

The township, which does not have a public sewer system, has been preparing for years to install a sewer system to comply with the Department of Environmental Protection Act 537. Established in 1966, the act requires municipalities to provide public sewer systems. Sewer authority chairman Brendan Linton said the DEP began pressuring the township to implement a plan in the 1990s.

The engineering firm Herbert, Rowland, and Grubic (HRG) presented five scenarios to the authority at July’s meeting, which ranged in cost from $27 million to $51 million and would serve up to 1,100 customers at most. Some of the scenarios involved connecting the lines to the Saxonburg Area Authority or the Evans City Water & Sewer Authority; and those scenarios would be the focus of the study, according to the Connoquenessing Sewer Authority solicitor Andrew Menchyk.

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