17607_PMAA_Authority_June_2024

municipalauthorities.org | 41 2022 2015 under construction Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week (June 1 - 10, 2024) is a time to celebrate the cultures, history and natural beauty of the nation's largest estuary. In 2016, the Chesapeake Bay Commission worked with their legislative partners to formally designate nine days each June as Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week. This timing was chosen to correspond with two long-running Bay events: Clean the Bay Day in Virginia and the Patuxent River Wade-In in Maryland. Each year, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia pass official proclamations in honor of Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week. C hesapeake B ay A wareness W eek J une 1 - 10, 2024 phosphorus) removal. Compliance with these limits were required beginning in October 2012. In order to meet these requirements during the construction period through 2016, the borough purchased nutrient credits on the open market from other treatment facilities with excess treatment credits, on an interim basis. • Available for beneficial reuse in land application, the borough installed a new biosolids treatment process resulting in an improved final product quality. Land application of biosolids has become one of the most cost-efficient biosolids management strategies available to treatment facilities. An expanded UV disinfection system sized to meet a peak flow of 33.5 mgd was constructed. The borough installed a new UV system in spring 2012. The borough completed the upgrades at a cost of $39.9 million. Construction activities initially began in 2012 with the primary upgrades completed in March 2017. This made the project the largest public works project in Chambersburg’s history. Initially, prior to design, engineers projected the costs to over $50 million with a reduced scope of construction. Our “Municipal Partners” shared all costs, as defined in the Intermunicipal Agreement, including the Greene Township Municipal Authority, the Guilford Township Sewer Authority, and the Hamilton Township Municipal Authority. The partners executed the agreement on September 13, 2010. Chambersburg’s J. Hase Mowrey Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant has been a symbol of intermunicipal cooperation for 40 years. The current upgrades will allow the facility to support the Chambersburg area for decades to come. S