For days now, Pittsburghers have been talking about the tons of snow that have to get hauled out of the city, surrounding communities, and neighborhoods.
That also leads to the question of: where does it all go? While it seems like an easy answer, because after all, it’s just frozen water, it’s more complicated than that.
Why can’t we just dump the snow into the river?
Of all the places you would think have the upper hand on snow removal, Pittsburgh has to be near the top of the list, considering the three rivers. A little bit of dumping and it becomes Cincinnati and Louisville’s problem, right?
However, for a few decades now, that has not been allowed, which is why the piles of Pittsburgh snow are growing to incredible proportions…