CONNOQUENESSING TWP — The Connoquenessing Township Sewer Authority reviewed an engineering report Monday that included five scenarios for a proposed public sewage system that would serve up to 1,100 customers, ranging in cost from $51 million to $27 million.

Each scenario in the report, which was developed by the engineering firm Herbert, Rowland, and Grubic (HRG) had a “reduced scope” alternative included, which scaled back both the cost and size of the project and number of residents served.

However, some residents were disappointed that the scenarios would cost more than they expected and still would be installed throughout the township, which some considered invasive.

“You haven’t looked at the invasiveness,” said longtime township resident Bill Long. “That’s what started this group coming is the invasiveness. When that comes, all hell is going to break loose.”

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.

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