A plan to install public sewage in Connoquenessing Township is being revised.

Lambert Rosenbaum, chairman of the Connoquenessing Township Sewer Authority, said the current proposals for the sewer system are too costly or too invasive, and residents have made it clear that they want a smaller project.

“Our current Act 537 plan we got numbers, and it was $51 million-plus — that's just too large of a cost to get funding,” Rosenbaum said. “What we're looking for is to get a reduced-scope project. We talked ideas and alternatives, so we can make some suggestions to supervisors to what they want to consider for a reduced project scope.”

The township proposed a sewer system to comply with Department of Environmental Protection Act 537. Established in 1966, the act requires municipalities to provide public sewer systems.

The engineering firm Herbert, Rowland & Grubic presented five scenarios to the authority at its July meeting, which ranged in cost from $27 million to $51 million and would serve up to 1,100 customers. Conversations about the scenarios and a potential study on the feasibility of the proposals have halted with the resignation of sewer authority board members.

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