Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano
(Aliquippa, Pa.) Aliquippa Municipal Water Authority Manager Bob Bible, Jr., announced Thursday morning that the authority shut off the water supply and replaced 3 broken main water valves within a few blocks of each other. This occurred in the Plan 12 neighborhood. He said two of the valves were leaking and broke, and in the process , workers found another one that needed to be replaced as they were shutting the water system down. Bible said the water service was restored before 10 p.m. last night..
A $500,000 grant for valve replacement was awarded to the authority for valve replacement , Bible said.