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  • LCA provides wastewater collection and treatment service for 381 residential and commercial properties in the New Tripoli area of Lynn Township. Due to the location of this system, this is a stand-alone system and is not connected to our regional system of interceptors.

    A wastewater treatment plant is located on the outskirts of this community and is designed to treat 80,000 gallons of wastewater per day. Treated wastewater must meet water quality standards as required by our permit from the state Department of Environmental Protection, and is discharged directly into a tributary in the Ontelaunee Creek basin.

    LCA’s primary focus for this system is to remove as much rainwater infiltration as possible, to reduce peak flows in the system during rain events. The wastewater treatment plant may need be upgraded in the years ahead, and reducing peak flows will greatly reduce the costs of such upgrades.

  • Township Collection System:

    LCA provides wastewater collection service to 149 residential and commercial properties in the Pointe West development and surrounding areas in Weisenberg Township. The wastewater that is collected through this system of pipes is then discharged into our Western Lehigh Interceptor System and transported downstream to the City of Allentown for treatment at the Kline’s Island Wastewater Treatment Plant.

    Click here to learn more about the Western Lehigh Interceptor System.

    Arcadia West:

    LCA provides wastewater collection and treatment service to 11 commercial customers in the Arcadia West Industrial Park in Weisenberg Township. Our wastewater treatment plant is designed to treat 12,000 gallons per day of wastewater.

  • LCA provides regional wastewater collection service to municipalities in western Lehigh County through a system of large interceptors and relief facilities running from western Lehigh County to the City of Allentown for treatment at the Kline’s Island Wastewater Treatment Plant.

    Click here to view a map of the regional system.

    Municipalities connected to this regional network include:

    Borough of Alburtis
    Borough of Emmaus
    Borough of Macungie
    Lower Macungie Township
    Lowhill Township
    Salisbury Township
    South Whitehall Township
    Upper Macungie Township
    Upper Milford Township*
    Weisenberg Township*

    In most cases, we charge the municipalities for their connection with our interceptor system, and the municipalities run their own sewer network. Municipalities own and operate their own sewer systems and send bills to residents and businesses according to their own municipal rate structures.

    * In Upper Milford and Weisenberg townships, LCA is the designated wastewater service provider. In these townships, we own and operated the sewer network and send bills directly to the residential and commercial customers that are connected to our system.

  • LCA provides wastewater collection service to about 800 residential and commercial properties in Upper Milford Township, including areas surrounding the Borough of Emmaus and the village of Vera Cruz. In the Vera Cruz area of the township, the sewer system is designed as a low-pressure system, and property owners must maintain a grinder pump to pump wastewater into the system from each property.

    The wastewater that is collected through this system of pipes is then discharged into our Western Lehigh Interceptor System and transported downstream to the City of Allentown for treatment at the Kline’s Island Wastewater Treatment Plant.

    Click here to learn more about the Western Lehigh Interceptor System.

  • Heidelberg Heights

    LCA provides wastewater collection and treatment service for 145 residential properties in the Heidelberg Heights development in Heidelberg Township. Due to the location of this residential development, this is a stand-alone system and is not connected to our regional system of interceptors.

    A wastewater treatment plant is located on the outskirts of this community and is designed to treat 60,000 gallons of wastewater per day. Treated wastewater must meet water quality standards as required by our permit from the state Department of Environmental Protection, and is discharged directly into an unnamed tributary in the Jordan and Coplay creek basin.

    Upon request by Heidelberg Heights residents and the township officials, LCA acquired this system in 1998 after it had fallen into disrepair. Since then, we have rebuilt the treatment plant and continue to make repairs to the collection system to enhance the level of service provided in this community.

  • Washington Township

    LCA provides wastewater collection service for about 600 residential and commercial properties in the he villages of Slatedale and Emerald, and other areas surrounding the Borough of Slatington in Washington Township. Due to the location of this system, this is a stand-alone system and is not connected to our regional system of interceptors. However, it is connected to the Borough of Slatington sewer system, and the borough provides treatment services at its wastewater treatment plant.

    This sysem is owed by Washington Township, and LCA is operating the system, including providing billing and customer service, based on a long-term lease agreement with the township. LCA’s services in his community are focused on managing the sewer system in a cost-effective and environmentally responsible manner, and collaborating with the Borough on the treatment services it provides.

  • Wynnewood Terrace:

    LCA provides wastewater collection and treatment service to 217 residential and commercial properties in the Wynnewood Terrace development in North Whitehall Township. Our wastewater treatment plant is designed to treat 60,000 gallons per day of wastewater.

    We acquired this wastewater system in 2003 and, since that time, have reconstructed the plant and made some significant repairs to the collection system, which discharges treated water into the Lehigh River.

    Sand Springs:

    LCA provides wastewater collection and treatment service to 248 residential apartment units and nine commercial customers in the Sand Springs development and surrounding area in North Whitehall Township. Our wastewater treatment plant is designed to treat 35,000 gallons per day of wastewater.

  • LCA’s wastewater system in the City of Allentown is the “central hub” of the regional system that provides wastewater collection service to municipalities in western Lehigh County. The Kline’s Island Wastewater Treatment Plant provides treatment services for more than 150,000 people throughout Lehigh County, treating about 32 million gallons of wastewater each day. Wastewater is treated to the highest possible environmental standards, with treated water discharged to the Lehigh River, immediately before its confluence with the Little Lehigh Creek.

    Click here to view a map of the regional system.

    In Allentown, we provide direct sewer service to more than 33,000 residential and commercial properties, as well as municipal treatment services to many more communities throughout Lehigh County. Municipalities connected to this regional network include:

    Borough of Alburtis
    Borough of Coplay
    Borough of Emmaus
    Borough of Macungie
    Hanover Township
    Lower Macungie Township
    Lowhill Township
    North Whitehall Township
    Salisbury Township
    South Whitehall Township
    Upper Macungie Township
    Upper Milford Township*
    Weisenberg Township*
    Whitehall Township

    In most cases,* we charge the municipalities for their connection with our interceptor system, and the municipalities run their own sewer network. Municipalities own and operate their own sewer systems and send bills to residents and businesses according to their own municipal rate structures.

    * In Upper Milford and Weisenberg townships, LCA is the designated wastewater service provider. In these townships, we own and operated the sewer network and send bills directly to the residential and commercial customers that are connected to our system.