PGH2O in the Community

Celebrating the Reopening of Wightman Park
Community members and project partners participate in the ribbon cutting ceremony at Wightman Park. Community members and project partners participate in the ribbon cutting ceremony at Wightman Park.

On Wednesday, October 28, PWSA joined Councilmember Erika Strassburger, Mayor Bill Peduto, the City of Pittsburgh, ALCOSAN, and other partners at a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Wightman Park Improvement Project in Squirrel Hill. 

In addition to an inclusive playground, picnic pavilion, and ballfield, the park is designed to slow and capture rainwater using a stormwater cascade, a rain garden, permeable pavement, and underground storage. We are proud to celebrate the success of this innovative park project and look forward to our next phase of stormwater improvements in the neighborhood. In 2021, we plan to construct stormwater retrofits along nearby streets to capture and direct rainwater to the newly renovated park. 

Learn more at pgh2o.com/wightman-park and pgh2o.com/wightman-park-2.

A boardwalk over the new rain garden provides a close view of our stormwater infrastructure at work. A boardwalk over the new rain garden provides a close view of our stormwater infrastructure at work.