A water crisis swept through Pittsburgh five years ago: This is the fullest account of what happened.

A crisis in Pittsburgh’s drinking water that had been brewing for decades erupted in 2016. While the crisis is over and fundamental change is underway, Pittsburgh’s water supply is still vulnerable — as much due to politics as old infrastructure.

Introduction — The untold story of Pittsburgh’s water crisis and the likely future of $300 water bills

Part 1 — Which crisis? Crumbling infrastructure and failed management nearly led to a catastrophic failure in Pittsburgh’s drinking water

Part 2 —The Pittsburgh mayor who spent PWSA’s money on development projects and the Pittsburgh mayor who underfunded it

Part 3 — Cronyism: Was PWSA overrun with unqualified political hires?

Part 4 – A new board: PWSA’s crisis hit slowly and then all at once

Part 5 – The lead crisis in retrospect: The main problem wasn’t PWSA’s corporate management

Part 6 – The key moment: How three PWSA board members ignited the authority’s turnaround

Part 7 – A coalition of activists helped begin the turnaround at PWSA

Part 8 — Privatization pitch: How close PWSA came to being privatized

Part 9 — PWSA’s turnaround begins: Bob Weimar starts to ‘get shit done’

Part 10 – The retirement of an old-school public servant will test the durability of PWSA’s turnaround

Part 11 — A quick primer on the ups and downs of the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority

Part 12 — A timeline of events that led the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority into and out of crisis

First person — Academia, activism and Pittsburgh’s water: My scholarship cannot be neutral.