UPDATE: Moorestown Council Approves Design, Engineering Expenses for Water Treatment Plant

Moorestown Council paved the way for work on water treatment plant on Kings Highway Monday night.

Council approved an ordinance on final reading to set aside $710,000 and to borrow $675.600 for preliminary design and engineering concerning the complete rehabilitation of the water treatment plant on Kings Highway Monday night.

The vote was 4-0. Councilwoman Stacey Jordan was absent.

There will be six months of engineering work before the overall project goes out to bid, Township Manager Scott Carew said Monday night.

Not included in this ordinance is the North Church Street plant, where two water wells were closed in October.

Work on the plant on Hartford Road also was not included in this ordinance.

One well was reactivated last month. The other will be the subject of a pilot program for possibly the next two years after members of the public voiced concerns about the discovery of high levels of the unregulated contaminant Trichloropropane (TCP 1,2,3) in the water.

Once the pilot program is finished, a more permanent treatment plan will be drafted, according to Carew.

Both wells were tested for the first time on Friday, July 24. The township is awaiting the results of those tests.

Council also approved an ordinance on final reading that sets aside $725,000 and authorizes the borrowing of $502,550 for the milling and paving of Pleasant Valley Avenue.

That measure was also approved with a 4-0 vote.