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14 1 Introduction BACKGROUND The City of Pittsburgh and surrounding counties of southwestern Pennsylvania have long suffered from air and water quality degradation. Until the 1950s, the skies were darkened by soot and smoke from bituminous coal burning by residences, businesses, and railroads, as well as industrial air pollution.
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Introduction 15 FIGURE 1-1 The Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio Rivers (the "Three Rivers") in Allegheny County in southwestern Pennsylvania; shaded areas includes Allegheny County communities serviced by ALCOSAN in addition to the City of Pittsburgh.
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16 Regional Cooperation for Water Quality Improvement in Southwestern Pennsylvania BOX 1-1 Overview of the Clean Water Act The federal Clean Water Act (33 USCA sec. 1251, et seq., referred to as the CWA in this report)
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Introduction 17 the scope of the problem is so broad that a regional approach is needed. This is a conclusion reached in several recent reports, including the April 2002 report by the Steering Committee of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Water and Sewer Infrastructure Project (WSIP)
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18 Regional Cooperation for Water Quality Improvement in Southwestern Pennsylvania BOX 1-2 Study Area There are multiple ways to define southwestern Pennsylvania as a region for a variety of purposes, such as regulation as part of Region 5 (Southwest Region) of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP)
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Introduction 19 REFERENCES Balbus, J., R Parkin, and M
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