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This is a list of Superfund sites in Pennsylvania designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law.The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
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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 ...
The plant has a capacity of processing 3,240,000 gallons of wastewater per day. Wastewater from the areas of Connellsville Township bordering the city limits as well as the South Connellsville Municipal Authority and the Bullskin Township/Connellsville Township Joint Sewerage Authority is treated at this facility.
Construction of the Mill Creek Sewer in West Philadelphia, ca. 1883. The Philadelphia Water Department has been providing water to citizens since 1801, when, in the aftermath of a series of devastating yellow fever epidemics that killed thousands of people, the City decided a source of water was needed to cleanse the streets, fight fires, and perform household chores.
The quantity of wastewater and the unpreparedness of sewage plants to treat wastewater, is an issue in Pennsylvania. [ 81 ] [ 82 ] The Associated Press has reported that starting in 2011, the DEP strongly resisted providing the AP and other news organizations with information about complaints related to drilling. [ 83 ]
The Pennsylvania Mine Map Atlas is a joint project of PASDA and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. [14] This Mine Map Atlas provides access to thousands of scanned, georeferenced underground mine maps in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. [14] It allows users to view their homes and see if any mines are beneath those homes ...
Pennsylvania's Office of the Governor also approved an additional $81,600 to enable the sewage authority to install new sewers at Zeller's Run. [ 28 ] In 1989, the sanitary sewer rate charged to customers by the Greater Greensburg Sewer Authority was one hundred and sixty percent of each customer's total water usage, whether that water entered ...