private companies buying water and sewer

In 2016 Pennsylvania passed a law that allows the dollar value of water systems to include not just pipes and plants but market factors such as their worth to the community, allowing them to be sold at much higher prices. This led to private water companies buying local governmental waste water systems. As a result, rates for Pennsylvanias have spiked.

Route Fifty | Sewer rates soar as private companies buy up local water systems