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In this newsletter: As Pittsburgh’s sewage infrastructure ages, homeowners have been ordered to repair pipes they didn’t realize were theirs. A group of Regent Square homeowners believes the burden should be shared ([link removed]) .

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** Flushed? When the city orders homeowners to pursue five-figure sewer fixes, questions mount about pipes, maps and responsibilities ([link removed])
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In December, Regent Square homeowner Rob Kennedy got a letter in the mail from the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority [PWSA]. “Dear customer,” it began, and notified Kennedy that his private sewer lateral was broken, a risk to public health and safety, and needed to be repaired.

That can’t be right, Kennedy thought. PWSA had sent him the same letter a year prior, and he had already doled out $8,400 for repairs.
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