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Article: United states : Hampton mulls taking over DEP mine drainage treatment plant.
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- November 7, 2009
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Byline: deepak03
Hampton Township in Allegheny County spends $1.7 million a year to satisfy its residential drinking water needs by hauling roughly 725 million gallons of water from other townships.
Now the municipality is eyeing independence by becoming its own water boss. To accomplish this objective, it s mulling taking over a Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection mine drainage treatment plant.
Sam Scarfone, general manager of the Hampton Township Municipal Authority, has been gathering flow data from the abandoned Wildwood Mine, once operated by Butler Consolidated Coal Co., which began to leach iron and other elements into ...