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JACKSON TWP. — The township will join about 30 other municipalities by entering Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority’s pollution-reduction plan, which is aimed at satisfying a federal mandate to clean up the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

Area communities are required to develop by September a five-year plan to reduce the amount of sediment by 10 percent, phosphorus by 5 percent and nitrogen by 3 percent that is washed into the Susquehanna River and other waterways that feed into the Chesapeake.

Jackson Township Supervisor Al Fox said the sanitary authority’s proposal was a “more cost-effective way” for the township to meet the requirements and deadline.

“Right up front, by signing up with them (WVSA), we had more than a $25,000 savings to our budget,” Fox noted.

The WVSA regional plan is expected to cover more than 30 municipalities and would cost each property owner an estimated $36 to $54 annually.

The Dallas Municipal Authority is also developing its own stormwater plan, but has not submitted a proposal to the township, Fox said.

The $33 million WVSA plan involves work on the Toby Creek impounding basin off Division Street in Pringle to make it more absorbent; stream bank restoration along Solomon Creek on the east side of the river; and enhancements at a Plymouth detention basin, Abrahams Creek near the county recreational complex in Forty Fort, and another water collection area in Hanover Township.

In other news:

• Supervisors rescheduled their 9 a.m. September meeting from Monday, Sept. 4, to Monday, Sept. 11, in the municipal building.

• The next monthly meeting is slated for 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 7, in the township building.

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By Eileen Godin

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Reach Eileen Godin at 570-991-6387 or on Twitter @TLNews.