The Solebury Board of Supervisors saw a ray of hope Wednesday in preventing the proposed sale of Bucks County’s public sewer system, serving 1,000 township customers, to Aqua Pennsylvania, a private for-profit corporation.
The Bucks County Water and Sewer Authority (BCWSA) has voted to give Aqua the exclusive one-year right to negotiate a proposed $1.1 billion sale for the sewage operation.
If approved the BCWSA would serve only the drinking water customers.
All three Bucks County Commissioners, Diane Ellis-Marseglia, Bob Harvie and Gene DiGirolamo on Wednesday opposed the sale.
BCWSA members Dennis Cowley and John Cordisco also oppose the sale but its three remaining members did vote earlier to approve the negotiations.
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