(Pittsburgh) July 18, 2017 Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner issued the following statement regarding the release of the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority’s (PWSA) lead testing results:“The EPA, the Centers for Disease Control, and the American Academy of Pediatrics all agree that 15 ppb is nowhere near a safe level of lead in drinking water. The City should not seek to spin this dangerous result to justify its lack of action. The PWSA’s sampling included several tests showing many times the Lead Action Level. This sampling round also included significantly fewer tests than last year’s, and we continue to await transparency on how testing sites were selected. “It is clear that any family that gets their water from a lead pipe remains at risk. A five-year timetable to even find all of the lead lines, and the lack of any meaningful discussion of a replacement plan at the City level, remains unacceptable.”