Personally I’d prefer my hometown to be in the national news for reasons other then being the next Flint Michigan – PB/TK
PWSA issues boil advisory for thousands of Pittsburgh residents January 31, 2017 10:08 PM By Don Hopey and Adam Smeltz / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority issued a precautionary water advisory Tuesday for about 100,000 residents in the central and eastern sections of the city, warning them to boil their water before ingesting it due to concerns about possible giardia contamination.
The order also prompted the city school district to close 22 schools and two early childhood centers for Wednesday.
Testing by the state Department of Environmental Protection discovered low levels of chlorine in the water at the Highland Park reservoir and distribution facility, and the department ordered the PWSA to inform its customers of the problem and issue the advisory, which affects about half of the authority’s 83,000 customers.
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