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LCA Employees Earn Angel Wings Through Salvation Army Donations

  • Posted on:December 11, 2018
  • Posted in:News & Updates
  • Posted by:Lehigh County Authority
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Every day, LCA employees work hard to deliver reliable, high-quality water services. Last week, they helped deliver something else: presents for 32 local children in need, through The Salvation Army’s Angel Tree program. The Angel Tree program provides new clothing or toys for children of needy families through the support of donors. The gifts are…

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Tags: Angel TreechristmasholidaysLCA employeesSalvation Army

Celebrate National GIS Day with LCA

  • Posted on:November 12, 2018
  • Posted in:News & Updates, Water Works
  • Posted by:Lehigh County Authority
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You probably didn’t know that Wednesday is National GIS Day. In fact, many of you are probably scratching your heads and thinking, “I don’t even know what GIS is!” GIS, or Geographic Information System, is a way to capture, manage, analyze and present geographically referenced data. In short, it’s a type of computerized mapping system….

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Tags: Geographic Information SystemGISmap

Unusually High Water Bill? Here’s What to Do Next

  • Posted on:October 11, 2018
  • Posted in:billing, News & Updates, water usage
  • Posted by:Lehigh County Authority
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Did you receive a water bill that seems much higher than it should be? Does the bill show that your water use increased by a significant amount?   When water passes through the meter and is recorded, customers are billed based on the amount recorded by the meter. A water bill that is suddenly significantly…

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Tags: billinghigh water billleaksplumber

Imagine a Day Without Water

  • Posted on:October 3, 2018
  • Posted in:infrastructure, News & Updates, Sewer System Rehab, Water Supply, Water Works
  • Posted by:Lehigh County Authority
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Can you imagine a day without water? No water to drink, or even to make coffee with. No water to shower, flush the toilet, or do laundry. Hospitals would close. Firefighters couldn’t put out fires, and farmers couldn’t water their crops. A single nationwide day without water service would put $43.5 billion in economic activity…

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Tags: imagine a day without waterinfrastructureWater infrastructure and finance innovation act

Emergency Preparedness: Making A Plan Can Save Lives

  • Posted on:September 12, 2018
  • Posted in:News & Updates, Safety
  • Posted by:Lehigh County Authority
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Hurricane Florence is on the doorstep of the Carolinas, and the National Hurricane Center is calling the massive storm, with its sustained winds of up to 130 mph, “life-threatening.” Though it looks like the South will take the brunt of Florence, it’s not just the coastal states that are at risk. The greater Lehigh Valley…

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Tags: emergency preparednessHurricane Florencestorm plan

The beauty of … bacteria?

  • Posted on:August 13, 2018
  • Posted in:infrastructure, News & Updates, Water Works
  • Posted by:Lehigh County Authority
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  This is a beautiful photo — but what’s even more beautiful is what you can’t see: The water purification process taking place.  The water that’s being sprayed into the air is wastewater, and it’s landing on rocks that are coated with a film of specialized, microscopic organisms. As the wastewater trickles down through the…

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Tags: bacteriaKline's Islandsewer treatmenttrickling filters

Anglers, boaters asked to help stop spread of invasive species found in Little Lehigh

  • Posted on:July 26, 2018
  • Posted in:Green Ideas, Little Lehigh Creek Updates, News & Updates, Water Supply
  • Posted by:Lehigh County Authority
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Tiny New Zealand Mudsnail poses big threat The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) is asking anglers and boaters to help prevent the spread of an invasive species, the New Zealand Mudsnail, by cleaning their gear after leaving one waterway and before entering another. Cleaning fishing gear and boats is always a good practice to…

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Tags: fishinginvasive specieslittle lehighNew Zealand mudsnail

Allentown not alone in need for water infrastructure upgrades

  • Posted on:June 12, 2018
  • Posted in:infrastructure, News & Updates, Safety, Sewer System Rehab, water safety, Water Supply
  • Posted by:Lehigh County Authority
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There’s no getting around the fact that costly upgrades are needed for Allentown’s more than 600 miles of aging water and sewer lines. Over the next 45 years, LCA expects to spend $1.3 billion on infrastructure improvements in the city. But Allentown and LCA aren’t alone in this struggle: Communities across the country face the same…

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Tags: allentowninfrastructureupgradeswifia

Join LCA in Celebrating Earth Day

  • Posted on:April 17, 2018
  • Posted in:Green Ideas, News & Updates
  • Posted by:Lehigh County Authority
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April 22 is Earth Day— and we’ll be celebrating with two events, both on Saturday. From 12-4 at Jordan Park, 1001 N. 6th St., we’ll be joining the City of Allentown Bureau of Recycling for Earth Day in the Park. The event includes live music, giveaways, a raffle, food trucks, face painting, crafts, activities, educational demonstrations…

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Tags: compostearth dayrecyclereducereuse

On Oct. 12, Imagine a Day Without Water

  • Posted on:October 11, 2017
  • Posted in:infrastructure, News & Updates, Water Supply
  • Posted by:Lehigh County Authority
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Can you even begin to imagine a day without water? That’s what we’d like you to do on Oct. 12:  “Imagine a Day Without Water.” Not just your personal use of water – brushing your teeth, flushing your toilet, taking a shower – though those rituals are vital. Water is also essential to a functioning economy….

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Tags: conservationimagine a day without waterinfrastructurewifia
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