After decades without one, Pittsburgh sees second flush-and-boil water advisory in seven months.
But this week, the authority issued its second flush-and-boil advisory in just seven months.
The reservoir was taken offline at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 28, and water from it will not flow into the water system until it is repaired.
"We’re confident that we will provide as confident a water system as we had previously," Weimar said.
"This is a situation we’re going to face time and time again," Mayor Bill Peduto at yesterday’s press conference.
"We have an antiquated system that in certain areas is beyond the failure point.
Now experts say eliminating the city’s high lead levels means eliminating the city’s lead service lines.
It’s going to take at least a decade to solve the problems within PWSA, and it is going to cost billions of dollars.
Those unable to boil water or access a distribution center can call the city’s 311 line to have water delivered to them.
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