Heavy rains flooded roads in Pittsburgh’s East End, the North Hills area and sections of central Westmoreland County as the National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for areas of Pittsburgh, the North Hills, central Westmoreland County and Butler County. Westmoreland County 911 was receiving numerous calls from areas
Unity Township Municipal Authority will charge its sewage customers an additional $3.25 per month to help cover debt service and administrative costs. The new monthly rate, beginning Jan. 1, will be $33. The last time that rate was increased was 2014. Residential customers will continue to pay a monthly sewage
Unity Township Municipal Authority this week filed two civil suits in Westmoreland County — protesting in one of them how an appointee was chosen to represent the township authority on the board of the Latrobe Municipal Authority. In the other suit, the Unity authority (UTMA) is challenging the 199-year length
Unity Township Municipal Authority will pay more for sewage it sends to Latrobe for treatment.
The authority expects it will be able to handle that unanticipated expense this year, but it could affect a rate hike being eyed for Unity customers in 2022.
Like other customers whose sewage is treated by Latrobe Municipal Authority, the Unity authority faces a jump in rates beginning in April.
The Latrobe authority is increasing its usage fee per 1,000 gallons, from $2.50 to $3. A monthly fee to cover administrative and operational expenses also will go up, from $6.50 to $7.
Those rate increases are expected to cost the Unity authority an additional $125,000 this year, according to the authority’s operations manager, Doug Pike.