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Landforms of Pennsylvania by county (68 C) Bodies of water of Pennsylvania (5 C) A. Allegheny Plateau (6 C, 134 P) C. Canyons and gorges of Pennsylvania (3 P)
In its 2002 Census of Governments, the U.S. Census Bureau listed 1,885 municipal authorities in Pennsylvania. Prominent among them are the Allegheny County Airport Authority, which operates Pittsburgh International Airport and Allegheny County Airport, large sewer authorities in Allegheny and Delaware counties, and parking authorities in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
Local municipalities can be governed by statutes, which are enacted by the Pennsylvania General Assembly, and are specific to the type and class of municipality; by a home rule municipality, under a home rule charter, adopted by the municipality; or by an optional form of government, adopted by the municipality. [3]
Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (also known as ALCOSAN) is a municipal authority in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania that provides wastewater treatment services to 83 communities, including the city of Pittsburgh. [1] Its principal sewage treatment plant is along the Ohio River downstream from Pittsburgh (see satellite photo). (map of service ...
Lincoln is located at (40.291939, −79.851303 It is bounded by Glassport to the northwest, Liberty to the north, Versailles to the northeast, Elizabeth Township and the Youghiogheny River to the east and south, and Jefferson Hills , Clairton , and the Monongahela River to the west.
In November 1968, the sewer authority received $68,000 from the Pennsylvania Department of Health and its Sanitary Water Board to support the operation and maintenance of its sewage treatment facilities as part of a $1,510,843.29 award made to the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority. [14]
Pennsylvania (/ ˌ p ɛ n s ɪ l ˈ v eɪ n i ə / ⓘ PEN-sil-VAY-nee-ə, lit. ' Penn's forest country '), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania [b] (Pennsylvania Dutch: Pennsilfaani), [7] is a U.S. state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.
The term consolidated city-county refers to a consolidated jurisdiction in a state that is otherwise divided into counties. In Louisiana, which is divided into parishes, the equivalent jurisdiction is known as either a city-parish or a consolidated government, depending on the locality. [4]