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Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority company history timeline

1984

1984: Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority [PWSA] was created under the state’s Municipal Authorities Act to refurbish infrastructure across the system but the water department is still run by the city.

1995

October 13, 1995: Executive director Glenn Cannon leaves for a job in Florida, and Greg Tutsock, associate director, is named acting director.

1998

October 12, 1998: John W. Hanna takes over as acting director, replacing Timothy Equels who resigned.

1999

1999: PWSA’s water tests at 2 ppb for lead.

2001

January 2001: Greg Tutsock, previously the associate director and then acting director for a short time, is hired as the permanent executive director.

May of 2001: United States Water LLC comes in to take over management of PWSA.

2002

1 Membrane Filtration Plant went online the summer of 2002 and has the capacity to produce 20 million gallons of water per day.

2007

2007: PWSA enters into a variable rate bond deal that will later cost the agency upwards of $100 million.

2008

May 10, 2008: The authority issues $320 million in additional debt to pay for plant and sewer line repairs and refinance some of its old debt to save money.

2010

2010: Employees at PWSA’s Aspinwall plant start diverting sludge that was supposed to be treated by the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority [ALCOSAN] directly into the river.

2013

July 2013: PWSA’s contract with Veolia is extended.

2016

July 27, 2016: PWSA agrees to hire K. Charles Griffin to be the next executive director.

2017

April 1, 2017: The board decides to table Lindstrom’s contract until the new board is in place.

2018

It also releases a turn-around plan. Its first deadline is June 2018.

October 17, 2018: PWSA secures $49 million in loans from state for lead-line replacements.

2020

January 24, 2020: PWSA’s lead levels test below 15 ppb for the first time since before the crisis.

2021

Sept 2021: Additional assistance for low income customers and a stormwater fee is approved by the PUC.

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