Water Works

The beauty of … bacteria?

  This is a beautiful photo — but what’s even more beautiful is what you can’t see: The water purification process taking place.  The water that’s being sprayed into the air is wastewater, and it’s landing on rocks that are coated with a film of specialized, microscopic organisms. As the wastewater trickles down through the…

That pesky snowfall is actually good for the water supply

As we find ourselves in the middle of a second snowstorm in just a few days, it’s as good a time as any to think about how much of that snow ends up in our drinking water.  Although snow can pile up quickly, an inch of snow and an inch of rain are very different…

Smoke Testing scheduled to start in Allentown sewer system

Beginning on Monday, July 28th, Lehigh County Authority sewer customers in Allentown may notice some unusual activity in their neighborhoods. A sight you don’t often see – smoke rising from the ground, from manhole covers, and even from the rooftops – may cause alarm, but it is part of LCA’s proactive strategy to find leaks…

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