Greater Johnstown Wa Riverside

Greater Johnstown Wa Riverside Drinking Water Report Info
The Greater Johnstown Water Authority was incorporated, under the Municipality Authorities Act, in 1964 by the City of Johnstown and Boroughs of Westmont and Southmont as a joint Municipal Authority to give consumable water to the inhabitants of the Greater Johnstown region. At which time the Greater Johnstown Water Authority obtained the majority of the benefits of the Johnstown Water Company and the Saltlick Water Company. The Johnstown Water Company had given water to the occupants of the Johnstown territory since its creation by an exceptional Act of Assembly in 1866. The water organization had since its inception, a solid connection with the developing steel industry. In 1929 the Bethlehem Steel Co. gained the vast majority of the offers in the water organization transforming it into a backup for every reasonable plan and purposes. The 1964 securing finished 52 years of dealing by public officials to place responsibility for most important nearby asset under the control of the public. The Greater Johnstown Water Authority works three dams, two wells, a 14 million gallon for every day (mgd) water treatment plant at Riverside, a 3 mgd treatment plant at the Saltlick Reservoir and various stockpiling tanks and siphon stations. The Authority presently serves a base of more than 21,000 clients. Normal utilization is around 6.5 mgd with pinnacle utilization in the late spring at 10 mgd. Notwithstanding its supplies the GJWA has a long haul supply contract with the Cambria Somerset Authority to buy water from the Quemahoning repository. The blend of wellsprings of stock gives the GJWA an enormous excess of consumable water accessible for new clients..