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ALCOSAN COMMUNITIES
Like many older regions of the country, particularly in the northeastern
United States, Allegheny County relies on an aging and deteriorated
sewer system, portions of which are more than a century old.
For decades, municipalities have grappled with the most effective
way to manage the sewage overflows that occur during wet weather,
primarily due to excess stormwater getting into their deteriorated
municipal collection systems.
3 Rivers Wet Weather was created specifically to help 83 Allegheny
County municipalities, including the City of Pittsburgh, develop
a long-term, regional solution to the wet weather problem. The sewage
collection systems, consisting of nearly 4,000 miles of pipes, in
these communities flow into one wastewater treatment plant—the
Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (ALCOSAN).
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