Shippensburg Boro Water Authority

The water program, owned by the Shippensburg Borough Authority and operated by Shippensburg Borough, is allowed under Pennsylvania A safe drinking water supply Act and is recognized as PWSID No . 7210043. The Authority’s drinking water system serves around 6, 200 clients and an estimated populace of 16, 500 persons in Shippensburg Borough; Shippensburg, Southampton and South Newton Townships in Cumberland County; and Orrstown Borough; Letterkenny, Lurgan and Southampton Townships in Franklin Region. The Authority gives water on a mass sales basis to Shippensburg Mobile Properties, a mobile house park. The Expert also has an interconnection with the Southern Cumberland Water Association to supply water to the Relationship in case of an emergency. The drinking water currently given by Shippensburg comes from a reservoir and 3 wells. Reservoirs are classified as surface area water sources as well as the wells are private as ground drinking water sources. As drinking water travels over the surface area of the land or perhaps through the ground, this dissolves naturally occurring nutrients and radioactive materials and may pick up chemicals resulting from the presence of pets or liveliness. Surface water is usually withdrawn from The Letterkenny area Dam Reservoir with an interconnect with the Franklin County General Expert as of March five, 2007. Well, Number 1 is located southerly of the Village of Cleversburg in Southampton Township, Cumberland Region. Well No . two is located south from the Village of Martinsville in Southampton Township, Franklin County. Good No . 3 is situated southwest of the Town of Cleversburg in Southampton Township, Cumberland County. A springtime source, known as Dykeman Spring, located in the southern portion of Shippensburg Borough, Cumberland Region, is currently out of service. Shippensburg offers several finished drinking water storage facilities, which includes: Orrstown storage container, with a storage capacity of 149, 000 gallons, located in Orrstown Area; Roxbury Reservoir, having a storage capacity of five-hundred, 000 gallons, located near the Gunter Area Water Treatment Grow; Shippensburg (In-Town) Tank, with a storage capacity of just one, 400, 000 gallons, located in the the southern part of portion of Shippensburg Area; Cleversburg Reservoir, having a storage capacity of five-hundred, 000 gallons, located south of the Town of Cleversburg; Martinsville Reservoir, with a memory space of 250, 500 gallons, located southern of the Village of Martinsville; Huckleberry Tank, with a storage capacity of 110, 000 gallons, located on Strohms Hollowed out Road in Southampton Township, Cumberland Region; Timberhill storage container, with a storage capacity of three, 000, 000 gallons, located off of Possum Hollow Road in Southampton Township, Franklin County..

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