Aqua Purchases East Whiteland Sewer Plant For $55M, Officials Say

EAST WHITELAND, PA — Aqua Pennsylvania Wastewater purchased the East East Whiteland Township sewer system for $55 million, township officials announced Thursday.

The system also accepts waste from neighboring Charlestown Township and the Borough of Malvern.

It serves 8,200 residential and commercial customers.

“We look forward to providing excellent service to the East Whiteland community and have already identified the need for $17 million in infrastructure improvements over the next decade including two major sewer extensions,” Marc Lucca, Aqua Pennsylvania president, said in a prepared statement.

Aqua Pennsylvania Wastewater is a subsidiary of Aqua Pennsylvania—a regional water company that provides public drinking water to approximately 1.5 million people throughout 32 counties in Pennsylvania.

A 2016 Pennsylvania law encourages municipalities to sell sewer plants. Aqua also provides water services to East Whiteland.

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

In a letter to customers, Aqua wrote that their wastewater base rates will remain the same upon closing.

The letter said changes will be subject to approval of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.

In nearby Willistown Township, Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate and a township resident petitioned the Commonwealth Court to overturn the Public Utilities Commission’s approval of Aqua Pennsylvania purchasing the township’s sewer plan for $17.5 million.

The Willistown plant services 2,294 customers.