Pitt Water Collaboratory Report on Drinking Water Quality, Affordability, & Transparency in Allegheny County
The Pittsburgh Water Collaboratory for Water Research, Education, and Outreach released a new report: “Measuring Up: Grading Drinking Water Quality, Affordability, and Transparency Practices in Allegheny County Water Systems.”
With the goal to advance equitable access to clean and affordable drinking water across all Allegheny County’s residents, the Water Collaboratory created standardized metrics to rate the performance of 36 individual water systems with respect to affordability, transparency, and water quality.
Ratings were based on information solicited from Allegheny County water systems and prior data collected in 2020 as part of Women for a Healthy Environment’s “Something’s in the Water Report.”
This new information and data were distilled into report cards for 36 individual community water systems with an environmental justice lens. The Measuring Up report documents the process, findings, and recommendations to help advance water equity in the region.
