ABSTRACT
Sewage management in Pennsylvania faces many problems. Iselin, a small western Pennsylvania village in Young Township, Indiana County, was selected as the project site for the following reasons: the area was considered a typical Pennsylvania small community in the mid-range of 10 to 1000 housing units; community pride was evident, with most families undertaking renovation of homes originally owned by coal companies; a management/operational agency was already in place; and the site was geographically proximal to a research, monitoring, and consulting institution at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. The marsh pond meadow (MPM) system has the potential to meet the sewage needs of many of Pennsylvania’s small communities. To our knowledge, Iselin was the most thoroughly inspected community system in Pennsylvania’s wastewater treatment history. Strict attention was paid to infiltration and inflow considerations because COLDS could be severely affected by any increase in extraneous flows and there was similar concern about the capabilities of the MPM.
