Pennsylvania Communities Are Beating Back a Wave of Water System Privatization

Pennsylvania Communities Are Beating Back a Wave of Water System Privatization

In January, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court blocked the corporate takeover of a public water system in Chester, Pennsylvania. After a nine-year battle, the court ruled that Chester, a town of 33,000 outside Philadelphia, does not have the jurisdiction to sell the local municipal water system to Aqua, a massive company that owns water and sewer systems throughout the state. The ruling came in… Source