Local Hazardous Site Receives $2M State Grant

Governor Tom Corbett announced that a $2 million grant was awarded to New Hanover Township for the extension of public water to residents with contaminated ground water near the Good Oil site on Layfield and Hoffmansville roads in Perkiomenville.

“This waterline project is being made possible through the cooperation, assistance and partnership of New Hanover Township, Superior Water Company, area legislators and the Department of Environmental Protection,” Corbett said.  “It will provide clean drinking water to a community where wells were polluted and will ensure the public’s safety.”

In April of 2012, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) met with residents to discuss an investigation on contamination in the area; more than 40 drinking wells showed elevated levels of volatile organic compounds, including pesticides, herbicides, oil and gasoline.

The DEP’s investigation into the source of this contamination is ongoing.