Waterworks Blog
For Fire Prevention Week, We’re Serving Up Some Safety Tips
October 8, 2023October is fire prevention month, and this is fire prevention week (Oct. 8-14). That means it’s a great time to test all the smoke alarms in your home, check (or purchase) fire extinguishers, look for — and correct — fire hazards, and make it a habit to practice fire safety in the kitchen. In 1922,…
This Fall, Go Easy on the Lawn and Garden Cleanup
September 19, 2023Are you getting ready to tuck your garden beds away for the fall? This year, try taking a more light-handed approach to “garden sanitation”—your back will get a break, and so will Mother Nature. The long-accepted approach to fall lawn and garden care has been to rake every leaf and prune, chop or pull just…
LCA’s Bug Busters Send Pests Packin’
August 30, 2023Of Mice and Men It all started when Lester’s boss, Tom Williams, mentioned a mouse problem at an LCA garage. “I can help with that,” Lester told him. A few days and a few full mouse traps later, and Tom was convinced. It turns out that before starting at LCA two years ago, Lester was…
It’s Time to Celebrate National Water Quality Month!
August 14, 2023It’s National Water Quality Month, a time to recognize and celebrate the vital role that clean, high-quality water plays in all of our lives. National Water Quality Month, which occurs every August, can be traced back to two Congressional acts passed in the early 1970s in an effort to protect our water sources. In 1972,…
LCA’s GIS Team Creates Digital Maps to Track Water Infrastructure
August 8, 2023With more than 1,065 miles of water and sewer lines to manage, it’s a good thing LCA can rely on technology like our geographic information system (GIS) to help us map and track our infrastructure. It’s also a good thing we have awesome professionals like Dan Stevens (seated in photo), our asset management technology manager, and James Luma,…
Do You Have a Weather Emergency Plan? Here’s How to Be Prepared
July 17, 2023The weather is getting more unpredictable, and life-threatening storms are happening with increasing frequency. In the past few weeks, heavy rain, flash flooding, high winds and downed trees seemed to be the norm, rather than the exception. That’s why it’s more important than ever to have a weather emergency plan for severe weather. You and…
See You Later, Alligator!
June 26, 2023You may recall that back in April, two of our crew members rescued a baby alligator that found its way onto the pre-treatment screens at our Kline’s Island Wastewater Treatment Plant. The pint-sized reptile, which measures just a little over a foot long, has been relocated to its new home, Clyde Peeling’s Reptiland in Allenwood,…
LCA Honored With Two Awards
June 22, 2023LCA is thrilled to announce two recent awards! George Warren Fuller Award Our CEO, Liesel Gross, was recognized in May with the prestigious George Warren Fuller Award at The Pennsylvania Section of the American Water Works Association’s spring conference. The Fuller Award is presented annually in each AWWA section to a member selected for distinguished…
Enjoy The Water—But Make Safety Your First Priority
June 1, 2023Memorial Day weekend marked the traditional, unofficial start of summer—and swimming season. But before you or your children take to the region’s pools and waterways to cool off, we hope you’ll take a few minutes to review some water safety tips that can spare a lifetime of heartache. There are about 11 drowning deaths each day…
Drinking Water Week is Here!
May 6, 2023It’s Drinking Water Week — the American Water Works Association’s annual celebration of the vital and often under-appreciated role that drinking water plays in our daily lives! Clean, safe water is essential to protecting public health and our environment. We literally need clean water to survive—so much so that the Mayo Clinic says the age-old…