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Latest News & Updates from the Scranton Sewer Authority

Updated Deliquent Account Policy - 05/8/12

Lackawanna River Corridor Association
P.O. Box 368, Scranton, PA 18501-0368
(570) 347-6311 s www.lrca.org

MEDIA CONTACT:
Bernard McGurl, Executive Director
(570) 347-6311
director@lrca.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


The Lackawanna River Corridor Association will conduct a Downspout Disconnection Workshop for residents in the Plot Neighborhood on Saturday, May 12, 2012

Scranton, PA (May 7, 2012) - The Lackawanna River Corridor Association (LRCA) will conduct a “Neighborhood Downspout Disconnection Workshop” on Saturday, May 12th from 10 A.M. to 12 P.M. at 2416 North Main Avenue in Scranton. This workshop will demonstrate the process that homeowners can use to disconnect their rain gutters and downspouts from the perimeter drains around residential foundations that are connected to the sanitary sewer system.

This workshop is intended primarily for Plot and North Scranton Neighborhood homeowners. Homeowners from throughout Scranton and Dunmore are welcome to attend, those driving from other neighborhoods may wish to park on Dean Street or Heerman’s Avenue as parking is limited in the 2400 Block of North Main Avenue.

This workshop is part of a program that the LRCA is conducting with the Scranton Sewer Authority (SSA) to encourage residents of Scranton and Dunmore to help reduce the flows or stormwater into the sanitary sewer system that cause what are known as Combined Sewer Overflows or CSO’s into the Lackawanna River and its tributary streams during and after rain and snow storms.

In older neighborhoods in Scranton and Dunmore many residential rain gutter downspouts are connected to perimeter drains around home foundations that are tied into the homes sewer collection lateral. During heavy rainstorms excess rainwater flowing quickly into the sanitary sewers contributes to CSO events. By disconnecting residential downspouts from these drains and directing the flow of stormwater into lawns, shrubbery and flower beds, homeowners can help reduce the peak discharge of stormwater reaching the river during storm events. This stormwater can in many cases soak into the earth and help restore natural groundwater levels instead of contributing to stormwater pollution.

The workshop will demonstrate the procedures, tools and materials needed to disconnect the typical residential downspout or rain leader from a cast iron or terra cotta drain pipe adjacent to a foundation and redirect that flow to a lawn and groundcover bed. The materials are available from local hardware and building supply stores. Most disconnections can be accomplished using materials that cost less than $50.00 and tools that most homeowners have available. Basic knowledge in the use of tools such as measuring tape, hack saw, tin snips, electric drill and screw driver is also needed.

There are several easy to follow instruction booklets that are available from the LRCA and Scranton Sewer Authority that can aid the homeowner interested in disconnecting their own downspouts installing rain barrels, rain gardens or soakage trenches. These booklets are part of a series titled “A better way to manage stormwater” and are available for free from www.lrca.org or www.scrantonsewer.org. Hard copies of the downspout disconnect booklet are available by calling the LRCA at 570-347-6311 or the Scranton Sewer Authority at 570-438-5330.

For more information, please contact Bernard McGurl, LRCA Executive Director, at (570) 347-6311 or director@lrca.org.

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Updated Deliquent Account Policy - 08/31/10

The Scranton Sewer Authority recently adopted a policy whereby, in the event of a water shut off, delinquent customers must pay their entire outstanding balance in full in order for water service to be restored to the property. Once the water is shut off, partial payments will no longer be accepted to restore service. Pennsylvania American Water will not be instructed to turn water service back on unless the SSA is in receipt of payment in full of the outstanding balance.

 

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Stormwater Community Outreach Program - 06/08/10

"Thinking Globally and Acting Locally"

Through a public education partnership, the Scranton Sewer Authority and the Lackawanna River Corridor Association are providing information and technical support for homeowners to better manage stormwater on their properties. This partnership is part of an effort to update the Authority’s Long Term Control Plan to meet Federal Clean Water Act requirements associated with discharges from its Combined sewer System.

To learn more about this important program please visit this link: Lackawanna River Corridor Association

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Long Term Control Plan Update - 05/27/10

The Scranton Sewer Authority (Authority) has recently launched an effort to update its Long Term Control Plan to meet Federal Clean Water Act requirements associated with discharges from its Combined Sewer System. The Authority’s existing Long Term Control Plan was adopted in 2000 and is now outdated.  A Long Term Control Plan establishes the approach selected by the Authority for the control of Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) to ultimately comply with federal and state water quality standards.

A CSO (or Combined Sewer Overflow), also known as a regulator is used primarily in sewer systems that not only take in waterwater but also take in storm water from basins in the street. These types of system are known as combined systems. In a heavy rain event a combined system can become surcharged. To reduce the excess flow in a rain event, regulators are designed to open at a predetermined level of flow and discharge the excess flow to a river or stream.