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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.
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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.
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On today’s program: A University of Pittsburgh researcher is enrolling participants in a study to assess the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccine booster shots, even after the Biden administration approved booster shots to be distributed at the end of September; how housing advocates helped renters in the 48 hours between one eviction moratorium ending and another taking effect; and a look at how the city is improving its storm water capture system.
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Pittsburgh's sewer system was built in the 1800s for a much smaller city, and it's notorious for overflowing. But there's a new way to capture stormwater, hidden beneath the green grass of two new parks.
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The changes mostly increase the responsibility of large developers.
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Nearly 20 years after Pittsburgh was told it needed to do something about combined sewer overflows, the city and Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority are…
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On today's program: Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority is requesting proposals for a stormwater master plan to stop stormwater and sewage overflows in…
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Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority expects to exit crisis mode in the next couple of years. Officials say decades of disinvestment weakened the system,…
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Hundreds of millions of gallons of stormwater flow into Pittsburgh’s sewer system during hard rains, which results in chronic flooding and sewage backups.…
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The Hill District is now home to a green stormwater infrastructure project at the intersection of Centre and Herron avenues. The system will collect water…