Do you want to live green but don’t know where to start? Check out our 7-Day Sustainability Challenge sponsored by Dollar Bank to learn simple ways to save water and energy, reduce waste and emissions, and get involved the climate change discussion. Day 1: Buy a Reusable Water Bottle Billions of disposable, plastic water bottles [...]
The Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (ALCOSAN) is a nonprofit agency that provides wastewater treatment services to 83 communities, including the City of Pittsburgh. Their mission? To provide cost effective, customer oriented and environmentally conscious wastewater treatment that protects public health and enhances the use of our natural resources. Photo by Stephanie Strasburg | Trib Total Media [...]
What does a wastewater treatment facility have to do with Earth Day? Just about everything. The Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (ALCOSAN) provides services to 83 municipalities, and that means its plant on Pittsburgh’s North Side treats as much as 250 million gallons a day and returns it to the Ohio River. When that water splashed [...]
