The Altoona Water Authority Thursday created a new “penalty fee” for theft of hydrant services to deter unauthorized use of fire hydrants instances of which have come to the authority’s attention with increasing frequency. The penalty fee will be $2,500. The fee is not designated as a fine, because fines are the province of […]
The Altoona Water Authority recently saved an estimated $50,000 by having its own employees instead of a contractor replace a sanitary-storm sewer “pinch valv