(File Photo: Caption for Photo: African american boy take a drink of cool water from one of the schools water fountains)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Hershey, PA) According to a recent announcement from Pennsylvania American Water, an upgrade of $2.6 million is going to their water system in Allegheny and Washington counties. Water main that totals over one mile is also set to be replaced. Upcoming projects regarding this upgrade will help to improve customer reliability, reduce disruptions for service and increase the flow of water for firefighting.