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Existing Conditions
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Sewershed by Type
Non-contributing Area
Glenfield Boroug h
A -7
A- 5
A-7 76
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A -7
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Connector Pipe
Mano r Bo ro ugh
White Oak Boroug h
Liberty Boroug h
ALCOSAN
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Jefferson Hills Bo rough
So uth
Vers ailles
Tow nsh ip
April 2012
3-4
276,217
52.3
161,252
30.5
23,203
4.39
20,064
3.80
4,065
0.77
Inverted Siphons
1,993
0.38
469
0.09
487,264
92.3
Cross Connections
(2)
(3)
Includes the Pine Creek (A-68) and Streets Run (M-42) river crossings and part of the Whittaker
Run (M-49) river crossing
(2)Note:
(3)Note:
There are 318 regulator structures that direct and control flow to the ALCOSAN interceptors
including 265 combined sewer system regulators and 53 sanitary sewer system regulators along
the ALCOSAN interceptor system that are operated and maintained by ALCOSAN. Some
regulators share a common overflow outfall pipe
and the ALCOSAN system contains 258
combined sewer overflow (CSO) discharge
outfalls and 52 sanitary sewer overflow (SSO)
discharge outfalls. A simplified map of the
ALCOSAN interceptor system and the location
of the treatment plant is shown in Figure 3-1.
More detailed descriptions of the ALCOSAN
system are provided in the September 1995
System Inventory and Characterization Report and
in the 2009 planning basin Existing Conditions
Reports.
There are over 4,000 miles of municipal collection
system sewers that are tributary to the
ALCOSAN system. Approximately 1,300 miles
(32%) are combined sewers (wastewater and
storm water are conveyed through a common sewer system) and 2,750 miles (68%) are separate
sanitary sewers (wastewater and storm water are each conveyed through their own distinct
sewer systems). These collection systems are owned and operated by the 83 service area
municipalities that comprise the ALCOSAN service area. The municipalities own and operate
134 CSO and 56 SSO regulator structures which control wastewater flow conveyed by their
collection systems.
Figure 3-4: Interior view of an ALCOSAN
regulator structure diverting flow for treatment
3-5
Provide a sufficient hydraulic grade-line slope and flow velocity during dry weather
conditions to keep solid materials suspended in the waste stream
Limit and control the quantity of storm water flow that would be conveyed to and
pumped at the treatment plant
Limit and control electrical power consumption at the main pump station
This surcharged design configuration made it possible to reduce pumping requirements and
produce a satisfactory hydraulic gradient to successfully convey dry weather flow and solids
and permit wet weather control of municipal trunk sewer flows entering the tunnel interceptor
sewer system.
Service Area and Population Overview: ALCOSANs total tributary sewershed drainage area
is approximately 309 square miles, or 40 percent of Allegheny County. Of the entire service
area, approximately 294 square miles is in Allegheny County and approximately 15 square
miles are in Washington and Westmoreland Counties. Approximately 31%, or 96 square miles,
is considered non-contributing, which is defined as either undeveloped and unsewered land,
or lots with on-site sewage treatment that do not contribute to ALCOSAN. The latter comprises
a small fraction of non-contributing area. Of the sewered portion of the ALCOSAN service
area, 161 square miles, or 52% of the sewershed areas are served by separate sanitary and storm
water sewers; the remaining 53 square miles, or 17% of the sewershed areas are served by
combined sewers. The total population
served by the ALCOSAN system is
approximately 823,600 based upon the
2010 block level census data for Allegheny
County. Approximately 42 percent of the
sewer customers are served by separate
sewer systems and 57 percent of the sewer
customers are served by combined sewer
systems. There are approximately 13,000
additional people who reside within the
non-contributing areas.
Treatment Plant Overview: Wastewater
treatment is provided by ALCOSAN at the
Woods Run WWTP located on a 56-acre
parcel along the north shore of the Ohio
River in the City of Pittsburgh. The plant
is authorized to operate and discharge to
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Preliminary Treatment
Primary Treatment
Secondary Treatment
Disinfection
Planning Basin Area Overview: The ALCOSAN service area was divided into seven planning
basin areas to facilitate regional wet weather planning in a manageable manner. The basin
delineations were configured by the ALCOSAN interceptors and their respective tributary
sewershed areas. Tables 3-3 and 3-4A and 3-4B provide summary information for each of the
planning basin areas. See Figure 3-6 for a map of the designated seven planning basins.
Summary information for each of the planning basin areas is provided in Sections 3.2
through 3.8.
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3-8
Areas Served by
Separate Sewers
Total
Basin
Area
(square
miles)
Area
(sq-mi)
Percent of
Planning
Basin Area
Area
(sq-mi)
Percent of
Planning
Basin Area
Area
(sq-mi)
Percent of
Planning
Basin Area
Chartiers Creek
93.7
7.4
8%
40.5
43%
45.8
49%
24
42.1
2.7
6%
24.7
59%
14.6
35%
20
Main Rivers
23.4
20.5
88%
2.2
9%
0.6
3%
19.7
5.2
26%
13.2
67%
1.4
7%
12
57.2
3.0
5%
33.0
58%
21.2
37%
20
42.6
7.4
17%
27.6
65%
7.6
18%
16
30.3
5.5
18%
20.1
66%
4.7
16%
22
309
52.7
17%
161
52%
96
31%
83
Planning Basin
Note
Note
(1)
(2)
Non-Contributing Areas
ALCOSAN serves all or portions of 83 municipalities. Some municipalities are in more than one planning basin.
The Thompson Run Interceptor is municipally owned and operated and maintained by ALCOSAN under a Service Agreement
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Number of
Municipalities
in Planning
Basin(1)
Planning Basin
Total
Population
Service
Population in
Combined
Sewersheds
Percent of
Total
Population
Service
Population in
Separate
Sewersheds
Percent of
Total
Population
Service
Population in
Non-Contributing
Areas
Percent of
Total
Population
Chartiers Creek
154,566
38,341
25%
111,243
72%
4,982
3%
Lower Ohio/
Girtys Run
92,061
18,546
20%
71,554
78%
1,961
2%
Main Rivers
164,070
158,584
97%
5,440
3%
46
0%
106,722
38,802
36%
67,657
63%
262
0%
89,370
15,165
17%
70,763
79%
3,442
4%
Upper Allegheny
River
112,957
46,447
41%
64,851
57%
1,659
1%
Upper
Monongahela
River
116,809
31,789
27%
84,422
72%
599
1%
836,556
347,674
42%
475,930
57%
12,951
2%
Note(1) The Thompson Run Interceptor is municipally owned and operated and maintained by ALCOSAN under a service agreement
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Planning Basin
Miles of
ALCOSAN
Interceptor(2)
Miles of
Municipal
Combined
Sewers
Miles of
Municipal
Separate
Sewers
Number of
ALCOSAN
CSO
Regulators(3)
Number of
Municipal
CSO
Regulators(3)
Number of
ALCOSAN
SSO
Regulators(3)
Number of
Municipal
SSO
Regulators(3)
Chartiers Creek
17
170
744
48
33
18
18
Lower Ohio/
Girtys Run
69
407
15
11
13
12
Main Rivers
16
507
32
105
15
145
301
26
46
12
71
462
21
16
Upper
Allegheny River
13
187
424
20
17
Upper
Monongahela
River
11
147
396
30
20
Total Service
Area
91
1,296
2,767
265
134
53
56
Note(1) The Thompson Run Interceptor is municipally owned and operated and maintained by ALCOSAN under a service agreement
Note(2)
(3)
Note
Miles of interceptor includes total lengths of all pipes and components (i.e. deep tunnel, shallow-cut and inverted siphons) in the system
Some regulators share a common outfall so the number of regulator structures will not be the same as the number of outfalls reported in WWP Section 4
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Municipality
Planning
Basin
Area
Sewershed
Name
Approx.
Drainage
Area
(acres)
Field
Measured
Base Flow
(gpd)
Supplemental
Environmental
Projects
City of Pittsburgh
MR
O-27-00
500
NA
No
No active project
Pine Hollow
Kennedy Twp.,
McKees Rocks
Boro., Stowe
Twp.
CC
C-09-00
360
469,000
Yes
Panther Hollow /
Four Mile Run
City of Pittsburgh
MR
M-29-00
220
35,000
No
Spring Garden
Reserve Twp.,
City of Pittsburgh
MR
A-60-00
520
240,000
No
No active project
Millvale Boro.,
Reserve Twp.,
City of Pittsburgh
LO/GR
A-66-00
70
260,000
No
Orr Street
Stowe Twp.
LO/GR
O-03-00
30
129,000
Yes
Completed
Tassey Hollow
Rankin Boro.
UM
M-51-00
360
24,000
No
Carnegie Park
Carnegie
Borough
CC
C-40-00
C-41-00
100
NA
Yes
Completed in 2012
O'Hara Twp.,
Sharpsburg
Borough
UA
A-69-00
50
150,000
No
Delafield Avenue
Fox Chapel
Boro.,
Aspinwall Boro.
UA
A-78-00
100
18,000
No
No
Sheraden Park
City of Pittsburgh
CC
C-07-0
60
65,000
Implementation Status
Note: An additional direct stream removal project was completed by ALCOSAN in the Jacks Run watershed (O-25 sewershed).
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