Monongahela River Archives

Group wants stricter permit for U.S. Steel to stop oily releases into Mon River

Reid Frazier·November 14, 2024

The DEP has cited U.S. Steel multiple times for discharging oily pollution into the Monongahela River, a drinking water source for one million people.

Pollution Water

Sam Berman, 6, from the Temple Sinai in Pittsburgh, gets ready for the Tashlich ceremony held during Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. During the service, bread is thrown in the river to symbolize the letting go of sins from the previous year. Photo: Lou Blouin

A Rosh Hashanah by the River

Lou Blouin·September 30, 2016

Down on the urban banks of the Monongahela, a Jewish congregation from Pittsburgh is looking to the river to renew its spirits for Rosh Hashanah.

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