In accordance with the PADEP permit number 6513521 dated May 2016, the Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County (MAWC) is notifying the Monroeville Municipal Authority (MMA) that MAWC will be switching the disinfectant residual being supplied to the Authority to chlorine beginning mid-July, 2017. MAWC is required to provide 90 days' notice to the MMA prior to switching to chlorination. MAWC has...Read more

Insight Pipe Contracting, LLC will be cleaning, televising, and relining approximately 8,500 linear feet of 8 to 15-inch diameter sanitary sewer line within the MMA service area. Partial funding for this project is being provided through a PA Small Water and Sewer Grant in the amount of $92,000. Work should be completed by the beginning of December.Read more

Maintenance of Sewers- Garden City Area Line Replacement Projects- Williamsburg Drive & Tilbrook RoadRead more

The Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County has the best tasting drinking water in Pennsylvania, according to the American Water Works Association. The authority, with provides water to customers in Westmoreland, Allegheny, Fayette, Armstrong and Indiana counties, was given the People's Choice Award for water at last month's convention in Hershey. Water from Beaver Run Reservoir and treated at...Read more

The Allegheny County Sanitary Authority has created the Clean Water Assistance Fund to help families pay their sewage treatement bills. This program serves low-income residential customers in the 83 municipalities that ALCOSAN serves. It is administered by Dollar Energy Funds. click for detailsRead more

The Monroeville Municipal Authority wishes to inform its customers of a sewer rate increase for 2017. As a part of the Clean Water Act, the EPA is requiring cities to upgrade their sewer systems and reduce the environmental impact from sewer overflows into the regions waterways. The subsequent upgrades have necessitated an increase in sewer treatment charges from ALCOSAN of 11% on January 9, 2017...Read more

The public utility that provides water to more than 400,000 residents in Western Pennsylvania said Wednesday that its system is virtually lead-free. Officials with the Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County said water samples collected last month revealed no traces of lead in more than 90 percent of tests performed throughout the system. “These tests show our corrosion-control practices are...Read more

Beginning June 1, 2016, and continuing through October 2016, the MMA’s finished water supplier will be providing MMA customers with drinking water disinfected with chloramines instead of chlorine. The annual change is necessary to maintain the proper bacteriological quality of our drinking water. Chloramine is more stable in warmer water temperatures than chlorine and is more effective at...Read more