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Authority to build new 2.4M‑gallon tank; commission grants waivers pending bond documentation
Summary
The Planning Commission approved a recommendation for SP‑5‑25, allowing the Municipal Authority to construct a 2.4‑million‑gallon concrete water storage tank adjacent to an existing 5‑million‑gallon tank, with waivers for landscape plan sealing and amenities bond to be satisfied by a performance bond.
The Murrysville Planning Commission on Sept. 9 recommended approval of SP‑5‑25, a major land development application by the Municipal Authority (MAWC) to construct a 2,400,000‑gallon concrete water storage tank on Lions Run Road, subject to two waivers and receipt of bond documentation.
The new tank would sit adjacent to an existing 5,000,000‑gallon concrete tank on the authority’s roughly 4‑acre property in the RR (rural residential) zone. Authority representatives and the project engineers said the primary purpose is to provide storage while the older tank — constructed around 1980 — is taken out of service for a planned rehabilitation that requires up to three months out of service.
Why it matters: The new tank is intended both to maintain service and fire‑flow capacity when the older tank is offline and to add long‑term storage capacity. Commissioners focused discussion on…
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