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Pittsburgh rivers converge. The Pittsburgh water crisis arose from a substantial increase in the lead concentration of the city's water supply. Although catalyzed by the hiring of cost-cutting water consultancy Veolia in 2012, and an unauthorized change of anti-erosion chemicals in 2014, this spike in lead concentration has roots in decades of lead pipe erosion.
The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority was created in 1984 to oversee a $200 million capital improvement program focused on Pittsburgh's water treatment and distribution system. [5] This capital improvement program was primarily designed to ensure that the water system would meet various new requirements mandated by federal and state laws ...
In 2014, the Pittsburgh water crisis was caused by unauthorized switching of the anti-corrosion agent from soda ash to caustic soda. The city had been using soda ash for decades as a corrosion control chemical. Soda ash's alkalinity helps the metals to be less corrosive.
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The contamination of the water supply led Pittsburgh residents to be told to boil water for fear of a typhoid epidemic. This fear was never realized; whether it was from the boiling of water or just luck is unknown. At least 69 deaths occurred in western Pennsylvania, including 45 in the city. [1]
Jul. 1—With a lifeguard shortage and other issues keeping 10 of Pittsburgh's 18 pools closed this summer, city council members are brainstorming ways to keep youth cool and give them something ...
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Pittsburgh water crisis; R. Romani people in Mitrovica refugee camps; S. St. Croix water crisis; Z. Zamfara State lead poisoning outbreak This page was last edited ...