37 Surveys Received So Far For Beatty Hills Sewer

As of Wednesday, and Marple townships have received 37 surveys so far in regards to the Beatty Hills sanitary sewer project, according to Manager Anthony Hamaday.

Located in the 7th wards of both townships, Beatty Hills residents are encouraged to fill out the project sewer survey for feedback on the , and .

According to Hamaday, out of the 37 surveys received–from both springfield and Marple residents–24 of those were to opt-in to the $1.1 million low-pressure sewer system for both townships, while 13 surveys received were to opt-out of the new system.

Though no hard deadline, Hamaday encourages Beatty Hills residents to fill out the survey as soon as possible. The surveys will be collected up until the townships go out to bid on the grinder pumps.

"As they come in, we'll keep collecting," said Hamaday. "We really want to get a good feel for who want to opt-in."

Specifically, the surveys will help the townships garner an idea of how many grinder pumps to go out to bid with. The more requests, the cheaper the price for residents.

"We really want to get a good price for everybody," said Hamaday. "This is strictly voluntarily for the 92 homes [54 homes in Marple, 38 homes in Springfield] and three lots there. The more people that opt-in, the better the price."

Hamaday also assured that residents who submitted their surveys are not locked in to their choices, just yet.

"If you do change your mind, we don't have that survey against you," said Hamaday. "We could bid up to 95 pumps but we don't have to get those 95, so they [residents] could back out if something happened, at least at this point."

Hamaday anticipates the cost of the grinder pumps to be around $3,500. According to Hamaday, Upper Providence Township, who went out to bid for grinder pumps with their new sanitary sewer system several years ago, was able to get a bid for pumps in the low $3,000 mark.

"Upper Providence bid on a lot of pumps so they [grinder pumps] were in the low $3,000 range. I think we would be getting a good deal if we came to around there. So let's hope that we can get close to that," said Hamaday.

Both townships are expected to advertise to go out to bid on the grinder pumps at the next commissioners' meeting. Springfield's next will be held on March 13 at 8 p.m.