PWSA Contractors Using Innovative Method To Replace Lead Service Lines

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SQUIRREL HILL (KDKA) – In Squirrel Hill, PWSA contractors replaced a lead service line with a copper one by using an innovative and less disruptive “pulling” method.
Trenches were dug along Phillips Avenue as part of an effort by the PWSA to replace lead service lines with copper ones.
David Kovachick is the superintendent of the lead service line replacement program. The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority says it’s a costly and extens