The Municipal Authority of the Township of Robinson
 
4192 Campbells Run Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15205
(412) 923-2411 - FAX (412) 923-2347
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Mailing Address: 
 PO Box 15539
Pittsburgh, PA 15244-0539

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Robinson Township has a population of roughly 14,000 as of the 2005 U.S. Census. The Township is located in roughly a 16-square-mile area in Allegheny County, about 10 miles west of Pittsburgh and 10 miles south of the Ohio River. Due to its proximity to Pittsburgh and location along the "airport corridor," Robinson Township is one of the three fastest growing communities in Pennsylvania.

The Municipal Authority of the Township of Robinson (MATR) provides water and sewer services to more than 4,500 residential customers and roughly 695 commercial customers. The Authority provides water under a wholesale contract to Findlay Township Municipal Authority, which serves the Pittsburgh International Airport.

The existing water distribution system includes about 84.25 miles of water lines ranging in size up to thirty inches, and related facilities including a 1.0 million gallon and a 1.5 million gallon elevated storage tank, a 250,000 gallon and a 500,000 gallon standpipe. Additionally, the Authority maintains three metered connections with the Pennsylvania-American Water Company, three booster pumping stations to pump water from the Pennsylvania-American Water System, a metered connection with Moon Township Municipal Authority, two metered connections with the Western Allegheny Municipal Authority and a connection with the Borough of Coraopolis Water System.

MATR’s water treatment plant is located in Groveton, 1,400 feet south of its supply source, the back channel of the Ohio River. The plant has an output capacity of 6.0 million gallons per day (“m.g.d.”). This capacity is more than sufficient to meet the current average and peak daily requirements of our customers, which are approximately 3.0 m.g.d. and 4.25 m.g.d. respectively. Projected growth from development in Robinson and Findlay, such as Settler’s Ridge, a large upscale mall of shops and restaurants scheduled to open in mid-2009 and the proposed expansion of the corporate headquarters of Dick’s Sporting Goods, will likely require the expansion of water treatment facilities in the future.

Robinson's sewer system, which services the watersheds of Montour Run, Campbells Run, Moon Run and Chartiers Creek is adequate for current treatment requirements. However, significant projects are being considered to upgrade and expand the sewer system to meet long-term goals (2007-2010).

• The upgrade of the Moon Run Sewage Treatment Plant's capacity to 0.60 mgd from 0.25 mgd;
• The addition of a wet weather storage tank, sludge pumps, backup power generator, and untraviolet disinfection to the Covi/Douglas Sewage Treatment Plant;
• The Campbells Run Sewage Treatment Plan will be retrofitted with new metering facilities and equipment replacement;
• The Campbells Run sewerage basin will be repaired through replacement/repair/rehabilitation of existing sanitary sewer lines;
• The Petrie Road Pump Station will be upgraded to include larger dry pit submersible pumps to transfer larger wet weather flows; and
• The Groveton Pump Station will be completely replaced with a new dry pit submersible pump station.