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Yahoo
30-05-2025
- Business
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Lakeshore Towing given Community Pride Award for environmental stewardship
Local business owners on Erie's bayfront were being recognized for their environmental stewardship. Eric and Teresa Guerrein of Lakeshore Towing were awarded a Community Pride Award for the installation and maintenance of litter control devices they allowed to be placed on their property. Erie Water Works, Keep Pa Beautiful unite to release litter control boom These litter control booms help keep trash and debris from the city out of the main portions of Presque Isle Bay. 'It's very difficult to get litter out of the water. It's much easier to keep the litter from going in and using these booms to contain the litter,' Teresa said. DHS Secretary Arkoosh highlights childcare investments during Erie visit 'There's a lot of things we do besides trying to support our business. We like to support the environment and the tourism because it all ties in together,' Eric said. State Representative Pat Harkins, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, and the Erie Port Authority surprised Lakeshore Towing with the award. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Automotive
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Part of Pittsburgh Ave. to close again for repairs
(WJET/WFXP)– Nine blocks of Pittsburgh Avenue will be temporarily closed again this week as crews make some needed repairs to the area. Drivers should plan accordingly for Pittsburgh Avenue to be closed from West 23rd to West 32nd Street on Thursday, May 20, from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. EMTA, EDP announce plans for 14th Fest 2025 Crews from Erie Water Works will be in the area again to make some restorations to the street after recent water main breaks. Drivers should avoid the area if possible until the work is done and expect delays in traffic. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Business
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Crews replacing century-old water mains along State Street
A $1 million project is taking place downtown to update infrastructure. Erie Water Works is replacing two water mains that are over 100 years old around the 300 block of State Street. Erie DMV hosting REAL ID event with deadline now passed Crews are putting in a new pipe to replace the two and will be finished by the end of July. 'Water systems across the united states face infrastructure challenges and aging infrastructure so really thats one of our core challenges is how do we keep that infrastructure new and in shape so that we can support and fuel economic developement within the city of erie and just quality of life for our customers,' said Craig Palmer, CEO of Erie Water Works. Spring into Swing book sale begins at Blasco Library Palmer said they have installed an above-ground temporary water main to keep customers in that area in service. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- General
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Taking trash out: New litter boom to help clean water near Erie Water Works storm outfall
During Drinking Water Week from May 4-10, Erie Water Works and Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful teamed up to take a cleaning initiative and install a 50-foot water litter boom at the Myrtle Street outfall. A litter boom is a large floating barrier designed to prevent litter from continuing downstream. The litter boom was installed May 8 at a storm outfall next to the Erie Water Works station. This storm outfall leads out to Lake Erie and the Presque Isle Bay area. "It's the proximity to our location," Craig Palmer, CEO of Erie Water Works said. "It's on our property and it's important to us that we're being leaders and leading by example, because if we're not doing it, who else is doing it? We need to be more intentional and more thoughtful. We can't just talk the talk, we have to walk the walk." The recently installed litter boom was just beginning to collect some refuse, mostly environmental items such as weeds and algae. Also on May 8, staff at Erie Water Works were out cleaning up the bay area around the Erie Water Works location. Staff members and volunteers dragged multiple pollutants from the bay area, including small mattresses, tires and bags of trash. More: How to take in the view from the 138-foot-high Bicentennial Tower deck in downtown Erie When participating in cleanups around Pennsylvania, Don Benczkowski, program coordinator from Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, says that the most common item they clean up is cigarette butts. "They are all over the place," Benczkowski said, adding that he wished people would keep the cigarette buts in their vehicles or dispose of them properly. "One (cigarette) butt adds up to 60,000, which is what we found during an international clean up." Having a partner with Erie Water Works is something that Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful depends on for the environment. "For Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, we're dependent on volunteers and partnerships like Erie Water Works where they want to take part in making sure our local environment is clean and safe," Benczkowski said. "Erie Water Works is supplying clean drinking water to us, so it's extremely important in this area. ... They supply clean drinking water to over 200,000 people in this area, so if we can catch litter before it goes into the water here and various other locations, that's good for the environment." The litter boom installation was one event that Erie Water Works held to celebrate Drinking Water Week. Palmer said that Erie Water Works has unveiled a new water fountain in their lobby to raise awareness for drinking water and refillable water bottles. "We're going to be branding water fountains throughout the community to get the word out about drinking water," Palmer said. "Many people have doubts about tap water and some people turn to bottle water, thinking it's cleaner. I can assure you that it's not. It's not economical; tap water is less than a penny a gallon and the cheapest bottle of water is over 250 times more expensive." Palmer championed the benefits of tap water, saying it's not only economically smarter but safer for the environment. "When you consider the environmental impacts of the water bottle, 60 million are going out every day and less than 15% are being recycled," Palmer said. More: What issues can GIS mapping help solve? Creating safe walking routes in Erie is one of many Palmer also mentioned that Erie Water Works meets all federal and state drinking standards. "Every drop stands for consumption," Palmer said. Contact Nicholas Sorensen at nsorensen@ This article originally appeared on Erie Times-News: New litter boom installation near Lake Erie to help capture pollution
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Erie Water Works, Keep Pa Beautiful unite to release litter control boom
A new litter control boom was installed Thursday morning to capture floating debris that might be entering Presque Isle Bay. That device was placed at the Myrtle Street outfall near the Erie Water Works, who partnered with Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful. Carry the Load stops in Erie raising awareness for veterans' sacrifices The outfall deposits water from catch basins and roadways north of West 16th Street between Poplar and Sassafras Streets. Anything that enters storm drains in the 336-acre area comes out at the Myrtle Street outfall. 'Clean drinking water doesn't just happen. It starts with the source. Today, we're taking actionable items to prevent debris, trash, and other things from draining and going into our waterways,' said Craig Palmer, CEO of Erie Water Works. Saegertown residents turn trash into treasure for Make-A-Wish 'It's essentially designed to find out what we don't know because we're not sure what's coming into Presque Isle Bay from this location,' said Don Benczkowski, program coordinator for the Lake Erie Region of Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful. It's also Drinking Water Week, and 12 million people rely on Lake Erie for drinking water. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
