300 Protest Willistown Sale Of Plant To Aqua

WILLISTOWN, PA— About 300 residents stormed the township meeting Monday night to express outrage over the township’s plan to sell its sewer plant to Aqua Pennsylvania for $17.5 million.

During the three-hour meeting, residents expressed concerns that the sewage rates will rise dramatically with the sale of the plan.

The current average sewer bill of a Willistown resident is $63.30 per month

“Many of us are working people with mortgages and we are worried about paying our mortgages,” Caroline Bradley, a Willistown resident, said Tuesday after the meeting at the General Wayne Elementary School, 20 Devon Road, Malvern.

The sale has not yet been finalized as the case is tied up in court.

Signs saying “Clean Up Sewer Mess” have been placed on lawns throughout the 18.2 square-mile township.

Aqua is based in Bryn Mawr and has 20,000 wastewater connections and 11 treatment plants in Pennsylvania.

East Whiteland Township sold its sewer plan in August to Aqua for $55M. Bucks County recently withdrew plans to sell its sewer system to Aqua.

Supervisor Molly Perrin said she is committed to stopping the sale of the system until all legal avenues have been exhausted.