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    Water authority repairing Kittanning Run outlet pipe | News, Sports, Jobs

    Mirror photo by William Kibler / Workers from Allison Park Contractors in Gibsonia, along with Altoona Water Authority employees, repair the leaky outlet pipe at the Kittanning Point Reservoir on Friday morning. A contractor for the Altoona Water Authority is fixing a leaky outlet pipe that allowed contaminated Kittanning Run to leak into the Kittanning Point Reservoir near Horseshoe Curve. Normally, the contaminated water bypasses Kittanning Point and two reservoirs downstream. To address the problem until repairs could be made, authority workers lowered the reservoir to create “holding” capacity, authority General Manager Mark Perry said. This prevented the acid mine drainage water from flowing immediately out…

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