(Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of Aqua Pennsylvania)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver Falls, PA) According to a release from Aqua Pennsylvania, that company announced on Thursday that it donated a combined $1.25 million to the Beaver Falls Fire Department and the Carnegie Free Library of Beaver Falls, which is made possible through the company’s Essential Foundation. $1 million went to the Beaver Falls Fire Department and that funding will be used toward purchasing a new aerial fire truck there. An additional $250,000 went to the Carnegie Free Library of Beaver Falls which will go toward upgrades including bathroom renovations, electrical work, window repairs and additional projects there. An event was held on Thursday at the Beaver Falls Fire Department at 11 a.m. with remarks from local officials, Aqua Pennsylvania President Marc Lucca, Beaver Falls Fire Chief Mark Stowe, Vice Chair of Library Board John Sanderbeck, Mayor Kenya Johns, State Senator Elder Vogel, and State Representative Roman Kozak and the presentation of this check from Aqua Pennsylvania to the Beaver Falls Fire Department and Carnegie Free Library of Beaver Falls. Aqua Pennsylvania provides both bulk transmission and treatment service in
seven nearby municipalities including Big Beaver Borough, Eastvale Borough, North Sewickley Township, Patterson Heights Borough, Patterson Township, West Mayfield Borough and White Township. The donation highlights Aqua Pennsylvania’s commitment that is ongoing to support the communities that it serves through philanthropy.