Tag: water
How LCA’s Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Helped Support Chobani’s $1.2 Billion Investment
September 1, 2026Chobani’s $1.2 billion investment in the Lehigh Valley is a major economic development win for our region and for Pennsylvania. This project, the largest private investment in Pennsylvania’s agriculture industry, is expected to create 900 full-time jobs over the next five years and expand opportunities for more than 4,000 dairy farmers across the Commonwealth. A…
Drink Up! It’s National Water Quality Month
August 17, 2026August is one of our favorite months of the year (well, except for the humidity), because it’s National Water Quality Month. That means we get 31 days to celebrate the clean, high-quality tap water our LCA team works so hard to supply. Most of us take water for granted. After all, we turn the tap…
Add “Sprinkler Spruce Up” to Your Spring To-Do List!
April 9, 2026It’s greening up and growing warmer out there, which means it’s time to start thinking about your lawn and garden(s). Many folks rely on automatic irrigation systems to keep their gardens growing and their lawns green. Across the U.S., irrigation systems use 8 billion gallons of water each day! That can be a smart choice…
Celebrating LCA’s Unsung Heroes for Engineers Week
February 26, 2026The next time you wash the dishes, grab a drink from the tap, take a shower, use the toilet, or do your laundry … thank one of LCA’s engineers! Most of us don’t realize it, but if it weren’t for engineers, our water and wastewater couldn’t get from Point A to Point B. That’s why…
Six Simple Ways to Show Water Some Love for Valentine’s Day
February 4, 2026This Valentine’s Day, take time to show some love to one of the most important things in your life: water! Water is crucial to your everyday existence. It makes up between 55 percent and 78 percent of your body weight, and is essential for your organs to function properly. You literally cannot survive much more…
7 Tips to Get Your Garden Growing This Spring
April 7, 2025If you’re anything like us, you’ve been impatiently waiting to get out in the garden and start the growing season — especially since winter seems to have been stubborn about relinquishing its hold this year. But even though the weather is warming, don’t rush off to the garden center and buy every plant you see. Those…
LCA Recognized for Financial Reporting, Water Treatment Optimization
March 7, 2025LCA employees’ hard work is paying off! Two awards have been presented to LCA for excellence in water treatment and financial management — the Area Wide Optimization Program (AWOP) Award and the Excellence in Financial Reporting Award. “Congratulations to our employees on these prestigious awards,” said CEO Liesel Gross. “Your dedication and service is so important…
Today We Celebrate 50 Years of Safe Drinking Water!
December 16, 2024The Safe Drinking Water Act was signed into law in 1974 to authorize enforceable standards for drinking water quality. Today marks an important anniversary for the water coming out of your tap: Fifty years of the Safe Drinking Water Act! Administered through science-based EPA regulations, SDWA sets stringent and clear standards that all water utilities and…
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,…
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…