Planned Water Main Replacement

In summer of 2021, PWSA will begin efforts to replace 6.2 miles of water mains throughout the city as part of the annual Small Diameter Water Main Replacement Program. These mains were selected due to their age, size, or the number of leaks on the pipe in recent years. 

• Bigelow Boulevard (Forbes Avenue – Fifth Avenue)
• Morewood Avenue (Fifth Avenue – Ellsworth Avenue)
• Castleman Street (Morewood Avenue – Amberson Avenue)
• Bellerock Street (Wilkins Avenue – Woodmont Street)
• Bellerock Place

The stormwater cascade collects rainfall from the street and directs it into the stormwater infrastructure constructed in the park.

Stormwater Investments

Similar to other Council Districts in Pittsburgh, there is a significant focus to better manage stormwater in District 8. In 2020, we completed the first phase of the Wightman Park Stormwater Project in Squirrel Hill. This project was a partnership with the District 8 Council Office, City of Pittsburgh, and the Squirrel Hill neighborhood.

The project improved the park’s safety, accessibility and includes new stormwater infrastructure that promotes better drainage and captures stormwater runoff in a raingarden and underground storage system constructed beneath the baseball diamond. 

This spring, construction will begin on the second phase of the Wightman Park Stormwater Project. New stormwater improvements will direct stormwater runoff from portions of Wightman Street, Solway Street, Woodmont Street, Negley Avenue, Solway Street, and Murray Avenue to capture and direct stormwater to the new infrastructure within Wightman Park.

Later this year, we will also construct the first phase of the Maryland Avenue Stormwater Project in Shadyside. This highly-anticipated project will focus on improvements along Howe Street and Kentucky Avenue between South Negley Avenue and College Street to reduce basement backups, neighborhood flooding, and combined sewer overflows that commonly occur during heavy rains.

Sewer Rehabilitation

This spring, crews have begun sewer rehababilitation throughout District 8. Sewer rehabilitation is a minimally-invasive effort to prolong the life of existing sewers using sewer lining technology. Crews insert and cure liners inside sewers via manholes to create a protective barrier. Streets where sewer will be rehabilitated include: 

• Chesterfield Road
• Lytton Avenue
• Ruskin Avenue
• Bellefield Avenue
• S. Neville Street
• 4600 and 5200 block Forbes Avenue
• Ivy Street

For more information about these and other construction projects, please visit pgh2o.com/projects-maintenance.