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    PENNVEST Announces the Purchase of Up to $4.2 Million in Verified Nutrient and Sediment Reductions Through the PENNVEST Clean Water Procurement Program

    August 14, 2025

    Significant investments through the Clean Water Procurement Program improve water quality in Pennsylvania and help Pennsylvania to meet its obligations under the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load.

     

    Harrisburg, PA – Pennsylvania’s Fiscal Year 2024-2025 budget, Act 54 of 2024, allocated $6 million of non-lapsing funds to the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST) for the purchase of verified nutrient and sediment reductions by PENNVEST through the Clean Water Procurement Program. PENNVEST issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) on November 6, 2024, and on August 5, 2025, PENNVEST issued a Notice to Proceed for the Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Purchase Agreement being awarded to HGS, LLC under the RFP for a multi-farm pollution reduction project in Lancaster County.

    PENNVEST shall purchase up to a maximum of 6,568.63 pounds of verified nitrogen reductions at the price of $645.17 per pound, and the associated 1,155.92 pounds of verified phosphorus and 21,032.28 pounds of sediment reductions annually for 20 years, for a maximum purchase price of $4,237,883.02. This project consists of achieving pollutant reductions through implementing wetland re-establishment, wetland restoration, pasture fencing, and forested buffers on two small farms, Geist Road Farm and Black Road Farm. The Best Management Practices (BMPs) used in this project have an estimated 15-year lifespan.

    “The Clean Water Procurement Program uses a results-based approach to encourage best management practices aimed at reducing nutrient pollution in local waterways and the Chesapeake Bay,” said PENNVEST Executive Director, Robert Boos. “By investing in these practices, PENNVEST adds a complementary tool to its traditional financing programs for advancing clean water projects across the Commonwealth.”