ALCOSAN: Addressing the Environmental Health of Our Region
Water. It’s our most precious natural resource. At ALCOSAN we believe our mission and our purpose is clear. That’s why we’re working hard everyday to provide you, our customer, with cost-effective, environmentally conscious wastewater treatment that protects the public’s health while enhancing usage of our natural resources.
Visit the ALCOSAN booth at the 52nd Annual Pittsburgh Boat Show, January 26-29, 2012 at the Monroeville Convention Center. Learn more about our Combined Sewer Overflow notification programs and meet the ALCOSAN bass team! For more information, click on the Boat Show logo.
We also look forward to seeing you at the 31st Annual Duquesne Light Home and Garden Show, March 2-11, 2012, at the Pittsburgh Convention Center, Downtown. Stop by the ALCOSAN booth to learn more about the development and status of a Wet Weather Plan to address sewer oveflows in our region. For more information, click on the Home Show logo.
We are now accepting student registrations for our 2012 Summer Science program! For more information on program schedules and activities, please visit our Summer Science page. New for 2012: Begin the registration process online with our electronic enrollment form.
ALCOSAN, in partnership with Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, is offering a FREE Educators Workshop on Saturday, March 24, 2012. Participants can receive credit for five Act 48 hours. Registration is required, and registrants must live or work in the ALCOSAN service area. For more information, including online registration and a printable flyer, please click here.
ALCOSAN would like to thank those of you who attended our latest town hall meetings. Whether you were an active participant or simply came out to learn more about the regional issue of wet weather overflows, we appreciate that you chose to be part of the process and encourage you to remain engaged as plans evolve and proceed. One way to do that is by providing us feedback on the meetings you have attended. Your comments - from simple suggestions for meeting locations to serious dialogue regarding proposed long-range solutions - allow us to integrate your concerns into our presentations and hopefully provide an even more informative experience the next time we are in your community. NOW: If you were unable to attend, you can still down-load our corresponding informational booklet that was distributed at each of the town hall meetings.
ALCOSAN is pleased to announce that our 2011 Open House event has earned the first ever Platinum Certification through Zero Waste Pittsburgh's ZIP program. A project of Pennsylvania Resources Council, Zero Waste developed the ZIP program to encourage organizations to better manage their waste stream and reduce the environmental impact of waste dumping at landfills. Applying the program's standardized guidelines, ALCOSAN achieved better than 90% waste diversion and Platinum certification in just our second year of participation. To learn more about the ZIP program and ALCOSAN's success, please visit Zero Waste Pittsburgh.
We are now on Facebook! To receive news and updates via your registered Facebook account, please click on the logo and choose "like" on the ALCOSAN landing page.