American Water unit begins water system upgrades in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, has commenced work on water system upgrades to improve water services in Pittsburgh.

As part of the $8.6m upgrade, Pennsylvania American Water will replace about seven miles of aging water main in the Pittsburgh area.

The water system upgrades will provide improved service reliability and fire protection for residents.

The water pipeline improvements are in addition to the company’s $101m upgrade taking place at its Pittsburgh water treatment facilities, which include renovations to the E H Aldrich Station in Elrama.

Pennsylvania American Water field operations for Pittsburgh manager Jasun Stanton said the replacement of aging mains, which are in some cases about 100 years old, will improve reliability for the company’s customers.

"These projects also will improve pressure and fire flow," Stanton added.

Another subsidiary of American Water, Contract Services Group, has secured a contract from CBC Latrobe to manage start-up and operations for the wastewater pre-treatment plant at City Brewery in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.

About 590,000 gallons a day of wastewater from the brewery operations will be pre-treated by the plant before being discharged to the local municipal wastewater plant.

Contract Services Group, through American Water’s Environmental Management Corporation arm, has already been working with City Brewery to provide operational input into the design of the plant.