LebTown
February 18, 2021 4 min read
The Siegrist Dam, one of the City of Lebanon Authority s surface water sources. (City of Lebanon Authority)
With projected dry conditions this spring and summer for the Lebanon Valley, it’s never too early to take steps to conserve our most precious natural resource.
For now, water levels for the City of Lebanon Authority, which provides water to 20,000 customers in central Lebanon County, from Lickdale to Cornwall and Cleona to East Lebanon at Narrows Drive, are at normal levels, according to Jon Beers, Executive Director, City of Lebanon Authority. The authority has two water sources, the Siegrist Dam in Pine Grove Township, Schuylkill County, and the Swatara Creek Intake in Jonestown.
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PFAS Water Utility Lawsuit Shows An Increasing Trend Wednesday, February 17, 2021
In the latest PFAS water utility lawsuit (PAWC Complaint – PFAS), the Pennsylvania-American Water Co. (“PAWC”) sued numerous PFAS manufacturers over allegations that the companies knowingly or negligently allowed the contamination of the drinking water in the state of Pennsylvania. Now, the PAWC alleges, it will need to spend significant amounts of money to remediate drinking water sources, which many estimate will be alleged to be hundreds of millions in alleged damages sought by the PAWC. While the lawsuit by the water utility is certainly not the first of its kind, it is nevertheless significant due to the fact that the PAWC owns and controls 67 public water systems and over 100 groundwater wells throughout Pennsylvania, which provide drinking water to approximately 2.4 million citizens, making the scope of the impact and potential remediation costs some of the largest to date.
The Pennsylvania-American Water Co. hit DuPont, 3M and many other polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, manufacturers with a lawsuit that was removed to Pennsylvania federal court Thursday, seeking cleanup costs tied to the so-called forever chemicals and accusing DuPont of illegally spinning off its PFAS business to dodge liability.
Lehigh Valley Heart Institute recently announced a partnership with Penn Medicine to coordinate care for patients served by Lehigh Valley Health Network requiring a heart transplant.