Jun 13, 2018 | Media Coverage, Our Water Campaign
An activist group is petitioning against what it calls a privatization proposal for the municipal Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority. The Our Water Campaign, a coalition affiliated with the Pittsburgh United nonprofit, announced the signature-gathering effort...
May 23, 2018 | Media Coverage, Our Water Campaign
Pittsburgh City Council and a mayoral panel are in disagreement about how best to insulate the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority from political influence. Council recently amended a plan to change how PWSA board members are appointed, but members of a panel created...
May 4, 2018 | Our Water Campaign
The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority on Wednesday posted the locations of lead and other types of water lines feeding more than 20,000 homes and buildings in Pittsburgh on an online “lead map.” PWSA compiled the information from thousands of historical paper...
May 4, 2018 | Our Water Campaign
PWSA has released data for 20,000 homes from old records of what the water lines are made of. You can read more about it...
Mar 28, 2018 | Our Water Campaign
It’s going to be a very busy construction season for the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority. By the end of 2018, the authority must replace 2,100 lead service lines and aims to conduct 15,000 curb box inspections. Read the full article...
Jan 31, 2018 | Our Water Campaign
“The problem with the board of nominators is that there’s no check on their power and no structure that keeps them accountable to the people of Pittsburgh,” she said, before offering a list of possible ways to do that. She suggested adding areas of green...
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