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Environment / Water Quality

Water Quality

Measuring water quality on a sustained basis is more complicated than air quality because comparisons with other watersheds are not easily accomplished.  Thanks to the work of RAIN, a regional sourced water projects (SWP), we now publish 3 charts with daily readings from 12 monitors in the Allegheny, Monongahela, Youghiogheny and Ohio Rivers.  A second indicator that tracks the percentage of a recreation season lost annually as measured by monitors in the Pittsburgh rivers provides one measure for evaluating Pittsburgh's water quality.

The pH of a body of water can be effected by dissolved solids, chemical spills and runoff.  Hard water is water with a high dissolved mineral count.

Find the water station closest to you: Water Map