East Coventry Supervisors voted to take the first step required to file a lawsuit against the North Coventry Municipal Authority (the Authority) and North Coventry Township in connection with the township’s efforts to sell its sewer system to Pennsylvania American Water for $7 million. At issue is the fact that East Coventry does not own a sewer treatment plant. The sewage it collects in its system is piped to the treatment plant along the Schuylkill River run by the North Coventry Municipal Authority. There it is treated under the terms of an agreement between the authority, East Coventry, and North Coventry Townships. Last August, the East Coventry Township Board of Supervisors voted to sell its sewage collection system to Pennsylvania American Water for $7 million. Chief among the reasons for the supervisors’ decision was that the private utility offered to spread the cost of a $27 million project to bring sewers to the Parker Ford section of town among all its customers—not just those in East Coventry. For the sale to go through an agreement must be reached between the Authority and the two municipalities. Negotiations have not gone well.
Source: Daily Local; 7/28/2024