ALCOSAN

Currently, about 9 billion gallons of wastewater are discharged into Pittsburgh’s rivers each year.

Theresa Kail-Smith quit her post on the board in 2013 because she said she felt “blindsided” by actions taken by the authority that she said she wasn’t informed about until after the fact. She and labor leader Darrin Kelly have been nominated to fill vacant seats on the board.

Leaders from PWSA and ALCOSAN celebrated the rehabilitation of a combined sewage overflow outfall near Hazelwood Green. The outfall carries about 400 million gallons of raw sewage and stormwater, one of the biggest in the system.

On today’s episode of The Confluence: A Fox News poll found Democrats John Fetterman and Josh Shapiro are more popular with voters ahead of November’s election; the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority is constructing underground tunnels for stormwater overflow, but the cost and rising sewage bills are giving residents pause; and a definitive list of the best pizza in Pittsburgh. Today’s guests include: Jonathan Tamari, national political reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer; Oliver Morrison, reporter at WESA; and Hal B. Klein, senior food writer and dining critic at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Over the past year, ALCOSAN's advisory committee has become one of the most active forums for providing feedback on ALCOSAN's $2 billion construction project. Members say residents are complaining most about rising sewage bills.

Members of ALCOSAN’s advisory committee say that residents are complaining about increases to their sewage bills. In 2022, the average customer will pay $550, increasing to more than $1,200 by 2036.

ALCOSAN's proposed $2 billion "Clean Water Plan" includes a new pump station and a regional network of underground tunnels that snake through rivers and neighborhoods.

The specimens were collected earlier this month and confirmed to be omicron yesterday and today. Health officials have predicted the variant will mean a COVID-19 surge is on the way.

On Thursday, the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority’s Board of Directors approved a rate increase to take effect over the next five years. Beginning in 2022, the per-gallon rate will increase to almost $10 per 1,000 gallons of water used. The quarterly customer service charge will be more than $20. Rates will continue to rise 7 percent each year through 2026.

McKees Rocks, a long-struggling borough on the Ohio River, sued the county’s wastewater-treatment authority in court on Tuesday, alleging the agency’s…