PWSA, state Attorney General’s Office reach settlement in lead contamination case

From:

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Originally Published:

July 16, 2020

Excerpt:

The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority will pay $500,000 to settle charges it negligently exposed its customers to high levels of lead in drinking water during water line replacement work in 2016.

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