Our look at the
MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY OF McKEESPORT

Municipal authorities enjoy the extra revenue created by accepting Marcellus Shale wastewater. If a 4,000 gallon tanker truck pays 5¢ per gallon for wastewater disposal, that amounts to $200.00 per truckload, which adds to a municipal authority's bottom line.

Due to ongoing problems with high-TDS (total dissolved solids) in the Monongahela River, the number of sewage treatment plants allowed to accept natural gas drilling wastewater has declined since the early days of drilling and fracking Marcellus Shale wells.

New limits were imposed by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection at the end of 2008 to only allow treatment plants to accept 1% of daily flow as gas drilling wastewater.

Toward the end of 2009, the Municipal Authority of McKeesport was accepting an average of 80,000 gallons (twenty 4,000 gallon tanker loads) of gas drilling wastewater per day. The water is diluted with treated sewage and dumped into the Monongahela River upstream from Pittsburgh, Pa.

Below are photos of this sewage treatment plant located in McKeesport, Pennsylvania at the confluence of the Youghiogheny River and Monongahela River.

Municipal Authority of McKeesport - Water Pollution Control Center

McKeesport Municipal Authority
100 Atlantic Avenue
McKeesport, PA 15132
Telephone: 412-673-9701

McKeesport Municipal Authority in McKeesport Pa.

McKeesport Municipal Authority
in McKeesport, Pennsylvania

Residual Waste tanker hauling gas drilling wastewater into the McKeesport Municipal Authority

Two 4,000 gallon Residual Waste tankers
entering with gas drilling wastewater

Municipal Authority of McKeesport Water Pollution Control Center

Municipal Authority of McKeesport
Water Pollution Control Facility

Natural gas drilling wastewater tanker in McKeesport, Pa

Brine tanker in the driveway of the
McKeesport Municipal Authority

Municipal Authority of McKeesport
with the Mon River in background

Youghiogheny River by McKeesport Pennsylvania

The municipal authority is situated at the confluence
of the Youghiogheny River (above) and
the Monongahela River

Confluence of the Youghiogheny River and Monongahela River next to the McKeesport Municipal Authority

The Youghiogheny River (right) flows
into the Monongahela River (top)
which flows toward Pittsburgh

Yough River (top) enters the Mon River (below) at McKeesport Pa

The confluence of the Yough River (above) and
Monongahela River looking from the other
side of the Mon River

LINKS

Natural gas drilling flowback

Wastewater tankers

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Our look at the MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY OF McKEESPORT

McKeesport Municipal Authority 100 Atlantic Avenue McKeesport, PA 15132 Telephone: 412-673-9701

Our look at the
MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY OF McKEESPORT

McKeesport Municipal Authority
100 Atlantic Avenue
McKeesport, PA 15132
Telephone: 412-673-9701