Please be advised that the Franklin Township Municipal Sanitary Authority Board will hold their Monthly Meetings on the 3rd Thursday of every month in 2022 at 6:00 PM at the office of the Authority, 3001 Meadowbrook Road., Murrysville Pennsylvania, unless a date has been cancelled and rescheduled for another date. Meeting dates are as follows: Jan 20, 2022 Feb 17, 2022 March 17, 2022 April 21,...Read more

The Franklin Township Municipal Sanitary Authority entered into a Consent Order and Agreement with Delmont Borough, Salem Township, Export Borough, Plum Borough, Monroeville Municipal Authority, and Penn Township on August 29th, 2019. The agreement mandates that certain actions be taken within a 6-year timeframe to identify and correct all sewer line defects to eliminate all sewer system...Read more

As of Friday March 18th, the FTMSA Office will be open to the public. The hours of operation are M-F 8:00AM to 4:00PMRead more

Story courtesy of Harri Leigh , Fox 43 Many wet wipes are marketed as “flushable,” but they’re wreaking havoc on the Carlisle sanitary sewer system. The Carlisle Department of Public Works reports the borough’s system is dealing with multiple blockages due to “flushable” wipes, the problem exacerbated by a recent increase in the use of wet wipes. Read more>>Read more

WASHINGTON (March 30, 2020) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is encouraging all Americans to only flush toilet paper, not disinfecting wipes or other non-flushable items that should be disposed of in the trash. Flushing only toilet paper helps ensure that the toilets, plumbing, sewer systems and septic systems will continue working properly to safely manage our nation’s...Read more

While the State Water Board and other public agencies encourage Californians to follow the Centers for Disease Control recommendations to clean surfaces with disinfecting wipes to reduce the spread of COVID-19, it is important to discard those items in the trash, not the toilet. Flushing wipes, paper towels and similar products down toilets will clog sewers and cause backups and overflows at...Read more

TRY OUR NEW PAYMENT DROP BOX (It’s just outside of the FTMSA gate) Put your payment stub and check into any envelope, or the one provided. Drop your envelope into the Payment Box. It’s just that easy! You won’t even have to get out of your car! The box will be emptied daily Monday thru Friday.Read more

At times, the Authority's sewer system doesn't have the capacity to handle the extra volume of rain water during heavy storms that enters our system through inflow and infiltration (I&I), which leads to sanitary sewer overflows. Railwater leaks into the system through broken piles or manholes and can also drain into the sewer system from sump pumps or downspouts that are connected to the...Read more