BOARD EXPLORER

Understanding Pittsburgh's unelected power structure

Provides water to 83,000 customers throughout most of the city of Pittsburgh (except the South Hills)

Fourth Friday of most months

https://www.pgh2o.com/

Chair, joined 4/13/2021

Vice Chair, joined 2/4/20

Assistant Secretary/Treasurer, joined 4/16/19

Secretary/Treasurer, joined 9/15/2020

Member, joined 2/14/2023

Member, joined 9/19/2023

Member, joined 12/29/2023

Member, joined 4/13/2021

Served as Member 9/15/2020 - 12/31/2023

Served as Member 9/15/2020 - 1/5/2025

Served as Member 4/13/2021 - 1/4/2026

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February 7, 2018

BOARD EXPLORER

Understanding Pittsburgh's unelected power structure

Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority (PWSA)

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8 members

3 prior members

Stories

Open to the public? Commissions in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County all over the board on transparency

Pipes, maps, responsibilities: Pittsburgh orders property owners to pursue five-figure sewer fixes

New stormwater plan for Greenfield depends on pipes, not green infrastructure

Part 10 – The retirement of an old-school public servant will test the durability of PWSA’s turnaround

Part 12 — A timeline of events that led the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority into and out of crisis

Part 11 — A quick primer on the ups and downs of the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority

Part 9 — PWSA’s turnaround begins: Bob Weimar starts to ‘get shit done’

Part 7 – A coalition of activists helped begin the turnaround at PWSA

Part 6 – The key moment: How three PWSA board members ignited the authority’s turnaround

Part 8 — Privatization pitch: How close PWSA came to being privatized

Part 5 – The lead crisis in retrospect: The main problem wasn’t PWSA’s corporate management

Introduction — The untold story of Pittsburgh’s water crisis and the likely future of $300 water bills

Part 4 – A new board: PWSA’s crisis hit slowly and then all at once

Part 3 — Cronyism: Was PWSA overrun with unqualified political hires?

Part 2 —The Pittsburgh mayor who spent PWSA’s money on development projects and the Pittsburgh mayor who underfunded it

Part 1 — Which crisis? Crumbling infrastructure and failed management nearly led to a catastrophic failure in Pittsburgh’s drinking water

The case for stormwater fees in the Pittsburgh region

PWSA’s stormwater director says Pittsburgh needs to fix flooding problems, even if the likely new mayor is wary of raising rates

Water bill got you underwater? You may be eligible for discounts in Pittsburgh.

How much help do low-income Pittsburghers get on their water bills? Depends on which utility does the helping.

As water bills rise, PWSA ramps up efforts to help low-income customers

Some Pittsburgh environmental groups are trying to undo a legacy of neglect by prioritizing projects in underserved communities

With all eyes on Biden in Pittsburgh, 13 local experts diagnose the region’s biggest infrastructure needs

As PWSA looks past the lead crisis, its new leader faces $1 billion in upgrades and rising water bills

After a years-long crisis, the lead levels in Pittsburgh’s water finally meet federal compliance

Pittsburgh’s drinking water passes ‘major milestone’ as lead levels fall below federal threshold

Key takeaways from our interview with Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority Interim Executive Director Robert Weimar