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WEBVTT SHALER.BEAU?REPORTER: YES, WE'RE AT THATRESERVOIR, PWSA'S RESERVOIR HEREIN SHALER TOWNSHIP, WHICH ISSTILL LEAKING AT A RATE OF10,000 GALLONS PER MINUTE, WE'VEBEEN TOLD, WHICH MEANS THATSINCE PWSA FIRST TOLD THE PUBLICABOUT THIS LEAK IT'S LOST UP TO5.5 MILLION GALLONS.SKY 4 WITH ACTION CAM WITH ALOOK AT THE RESERVOIR IN SHALERTOWNSHIP, HEMORRHAGING WATERSINCE EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.AT THE RATE OF 10,000 GALLONSPER MINUTE, WHICH EQUATES TO600,000 PER HOUR, OR14.4 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.>> SO WE ARE TAKING THIS VERYSERIOUSLY.IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING, THISAGAIN FALLS ON A WEEK AND A HALFAFTER WE HAD AN INCIDENT, IN THEOTHER HIGHLAND PARK RESERVOIR.REPORTER: THE WATER AND SEWERAUTHORITY SAYS THEY DON'T KNOWWHAT CAUSED THE LEAK AND STILLDON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE IT IS,ONLY THAT IT'S SOMEWHERE IN THESERVICE AREA.THEY SAY IT CURRENTLY POSES NORISK TO WATER QUALITY OR SUPPLY.THE LEAK INITIALLY CAUSED WATERLEVELS AT THE HIGHLAND PARKNUMBER TWO RESERVOIR TO DROP ASWELL, BUT PWSA SAYS THAT VALVEHAS SINCE BEEN TURNED OFF. THATRESERVOIR HOLDS126 MILLION GALLONS, AND THELANDFER MOLDS 155 MILLION.THE WATER AUTHORITY DID NOTGRANT OUR MULTIPLE REQUESTS FORAN ON CAMERA INTERVIEW TONIGHT.BUT WE DID TALK TO PWSACUSTOMERS, AND THEY SAY THEY ARELOSING EVEN MORE CONFIDENCE INTHE ORGANIZATION.>> IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM LIKETHEY'RE ABLE TO MAKE IT ALLWORK.>> NAY JUST CAN'T KEEPCONTINUALLY GIVING US BROWNWATER, GIVING US NO WATER,GIVING US WATER THAT MAYBE ISINFECTEDDED, AND NOT HAVE ANYFALLOUT FROM THE CITIZENS, FROMTHE CITY OF PITTSBURGH ITSELF.JUST RIDICULOUS.REPORTER: THE LATEST UPDATE ISTHAT THEY ARE MOBILIZINGADDITIONAL PUMPS OVERNIGHT TO

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A leak somewhere in the city is spilling an estimated 10,000 gallons of water a minute, but the Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority has so far been unable to determine the exact location, city officials said Wednesday evening. Despite the gushing leak, the PWSA said there is "currently no risk to water quality or supply." The PWSA said it has "isolated" the leak, which is in the service area of the Lanpher reservoir in Shaler, and it will work throughout the night to find the exact location of the leak. Valves were closed on three water mains that cross the Allegheny River to help PWSA crews determine that the leak is in the Lanpher service area and not that of the Highland #2 reservoir in Highland Park, where water levels have also dropped. "Since the valves were closed this afternoon, water levels are increasing at the Highland 2 reservoir. Tonight, PWSA is filling the Highland 2 reservoir to capacity. The Highland 2 reservoir can provide water service to the Lanpher service area tomorrow, if needed," the PWSA said. Kevin Acklin, Mayor Bill Peduto's Chief of Staff said an audit to be released Thursday will show the failings of PWSA over the years. “We had a chance today to review a draft audit of PWSA, which won’t be surprising. It will talk about a lot of decision that have been made in the past that we’re now paying for today," said Acklin. Some PWSA customers said news of the leak eroded their confidence in the organization even more than prior incidents. “They just can’t keep continually giving us brown water, giving us no water, giving us water that maybe is infected and not have any fallback from the citizens, from the city of Pittsburgh itself. It’s just really ridiculous," said Jennifer Haven.