Pennsylvania American Water is completing upgrades costing more than $11 million at its E.H. Aldrich Water Treatment Plant in the Washington County community of Elrama. The company says the upgrades will strengthen “drinking water reliability, efficiency, and safety,” and will affect about ...
Water was flowing freely from taps in Elrama Tuesday after residents of the Mon Valley community were without service for nearly five days following a water main break last week. “It felt really good to take a shower, shave and shampoo this morning,” said Ron Capicotto, who lives at 26 ...
A broken 48-inch water line in Elrama did a catastrophic amount of damage to some of the homes in its path, according to a Union Township supervisor. Michalle Dupree, chair of the township supervisors, said she’s heard that there are some on Elrama Avenue “with six feet of water in their ...
Pennsylvania American Water has lifted a boil water advisory for an estimated 90,000 customers in portions of Washington and Allegheny counties. The advisory was issued after a 48-inch water main break occurred on Friday night, causing significant damage to the building that houses the Elrama ...
The Union Township community, family and friends are rallying to provide support for the family of 19-year-old Sabrina Boyle and her unborn son, whose lives were lost in a Friday morning house fire in Elrama, and for Boyle’s boyfriend and his parents, the homeowners, who were able to ...
A firefighter was injured Friday morning while rescuing a woman from the second story of a burning home. According to Elrama Fire Department Chief Lenny Bailey, firefighters were called at 5 a.m. to 109 Fairview St. The house was engulfed in flames when crews arrived, and three of the four ...
