Walker Township officials will wait until next month to take the next measure before it submits its revised sewage facilities plan to the state Department of Environmental Protection.

While it was anticipated that the township's board of supervisors would adopt an ordinance for its Act 537 plan on Thursday, the board chose not to take any action for the time being.Township engineer Dave Horst said Rettew Associates Inc. sent the resolutions and updates to the plan just before the meeting, meaning neither the board, nor its solicitor, had time to review the updates.As a result, the board said it wanted to take time to review the updates, and that it would not take any action until next month's meeting. The board's next meeting is scheduled to be held at 7:30 p.m. March 2.Last month, officials from both Walker and West Penn townships conducted a joint meeting to review the plan, and to discuss any additional comments before submission to DEP.At that time, Charles Myers, engineer from Rettew Associates Inc. said the next step was for both townships to adopt their ordinances, noting that everything after the submission is based on DEP's approval of the plan.West Penn supervisors meet at 7 p.m. today, at which time they may choose to adopt the ordinance.Myers said the preferred plan is an on-lot disposal system because there are no big infrastructure costs.Horst previously said there were 30 units, 24 in West Penn, and six in Walker, that the plan identifies as potentially needing a community on-lot sewage disposal.He said of the units in West Penn, 12 are in South Tamaqua, six in Andreas, four in Clamtown, and two in Snyders; while the remaining six are in Reynolds in Walker.As part of that plan, the 30 residences would either repair or replace their current system.DEP wants a solution presented in the plan for every user. If there are any users that cannot do on-lot systems, they have to have access to a community system.