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The Greater Greensburg Sewage Authority (GGSA) owns and operates the Greater Greensburg Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) and much of its sewage collection system.

The WWTP, designed to treat 6.75 million gallons of wastewater per day, consists of preliminary screening, grit removal, primary sedimentation, combined carbonaceous and nitrogenous BOD5 removal in a conventional activated sludge system, final sedimentation, chlorination, and dechlorination. The solids handling system consists of gravity thickening for primary sludge, mechanical concentrators for waste activated sludge, two-stage anaerobic digestion, and mechanical dewatering. The WWTP discharges into Jacks Run under NPDES Permit No. PA0027456.

The Greater Greensburg WWTP serves approximately 9,800 customers from the City of Greensburg, Borough of Southwest Greensburg, Borough of South Greensburg, and portions of Hempfield Township.

The Greater Greensburg Sewage Authority is now offering Automatic Debiting, or ACH for the payment of your sewer bills. If you enroll, you will receive your regular bill notifying you of the amount due and the date in which it will be debited from you checking account. Click the link below to download the enrollment form.

In accordance with the Pennsylvania Right To Know Law the Greater Greensburg Sewage Authority has adopted a Right-to-Know Policy for Public Records. This policy and a Right-to-Know Request Form may be viewed at the Authority offices or at the links below.

Did you know that property damage resulting from sewage back-up into a home or business is essentially the responsiblity of the property owner and not the Greater Greensburg Sewage Authority. For important infomation on sewer back-up liability and insurance, please see our General Info page.

GGSA now provides online bill payment service. Customers who register with us will have access to their account data and will be able to make online payments with credit or debit cards. To offer this service a $3 convenience fee must be charged for each credit or debit card transaction whether online, over the phone, or in person. For more information on our Online Bill Payment System, click the link below.

For customers with more than one account with GGSA, if you wish to receive one consolidated bill listing all your accounts instead of an individual bill for each account, please contact us and we will palce your separate accounts into groups and will provide you with a single statement each applicable billing cycle.

If you wish to receive your bill vie e-mail, instead of a paper bill, please e-mail your name, account number, sevice address, and e-mail address to info@ggsa.us. You will then receive the e-mail bill the day paper bills are mailed.