The Water Pollution Control Division of the Public Works Department is headed by the Superintendent, assisted by the Assistant Superintendent, and consists of sixteen employees, including a Laboratory Technician and an Environmental Operations Coordinator. It is located at the site of the Water Pollution Control treatment plant, 2133 Broadway Avenue. The WPC Department operates and maintains the sanitary sewage treatment plant and City's sanitary sewage collection system, consisting of main lines, manholes and pump stations which are owned by the Hermitage Municipal Authority and are leased to the City. It is also responsible for the enforcement of local ordinances and state and federal laws and requirements as they relate to waste water collection and treatment, the operation of private on-lot systems, and the general protection of the environment. The WPC Department works very closely with the Planning and Development Department and the Hermitage Municipal Authority.

MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY IN THE NEWS

  April 7, 2011 - Authority OKs Lease to Store Digester Equipment

  March 18, 2011 - City to Inspect Sanitary, Stormwater Problem

  March 3, 2011 - Officials Planning Sewer Work in Pine Hollow Area

  February 4, 2011 - Electrical Service Work Swells Costs

  February 2, 2011 - $32M Treatment Plant Project Underway (Hermitage Newsletter)

  January 6, 2011 - Shale Shelf Will Reduce Costs

  December 23, 2010 - Taxes Won't Rise, But Sewer Rates Will

  November 4, 2010 - Short Sewer Line Extension Sought

  October 7, 2010 - Plant Contracts Ok'd; Authority Waits on DEP

  September 9, 2010 - Authority Wary of Pricey Piles for Digester

  August 26, 2010 - City Ok's Sewer Rate Increases in Stages

  August 26, 2010 - Sewer Plant Expansion Bids are Opened

  July 29, 2010 - Commissioners Formally Move to Raise Sewer Fees

  July 23, 2010 - Flat Rate Wins Out, But It's Going Up

  May 21, 2010 (Sharon-Herald) - Officials Mull Switch to Rate Based on Consumption

  March 24, 2010 (Sharon-Herald) - City Gets State Loan for Sewer Plant Project
 

The Hermitage Municipal Authority (HMA) provides sewerage collection, conveyance and treatment services to the City of Hermitage, the Boroughs of Clark and Wheatland, and the Townships of South Pymatuning, Shenango and Jefferson.

The Hermitage Municipal Authority owns and oversees the construction and management of the sewerage system that serves the City of Hermitage and the interceptor sewers, pump stations, forcemains that convey wastewater from adjoining municipalities to which treatment services are provided at the HMA waste water treatment plant.

Hermitage Municipal Authority - Sewerage Service Map
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The HMA's system, as of 2008, is comprised of approximately 150 miles of collection and interceptor sewers ranging in diameter from eight to 36 inch diameter VCP, PVC, RCP and DIP lines; pressure sewers ranging from 1.5 to two inches in diameter PVC lines; forcemains ranging from two to 16 inches in diameter PVC and DIP lines and 15 pumping stations ranging from 80 GPM to 1,750 GPM.

In 2009, the Daniel Drive and Magargee Run sewerage systems were connected to HMA's sewerage system.  The Magargee Run sewerage system provides sewerage service to Jefferson Township





MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY (SEWER) – 5 Yr. Term – first Wednesday of each month, 7:30 a.m. (WPC Administration Building)

 City of Hermitage Sewer Lateral Inspection Application Form & Instructions

For more information, contact:

Mr. Thomas Darby, Superintendent, Water Pollution Control
2133 Broadway Road
Hermitage, PA 16148
724-347-4941
tdarby@hermitage.net