FOR THOSE FOLLOWING THE THEFT OF SUSSEX'S UTILITY

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING LETTER TO THE EDITORY OF THE NJ HERALD FROM AN AQUA CUSTOMER

 

Sale of Lake Rutherford a scary scenario

Updated: Saturday, November 1 2014 9:09 PM EDT2014-11-02 01:09:29 GMTNov 01, 2014 9:09 PM EDTNov 01, 2014 9:09 PM EDT

Editor: I urge concerned citizens to vote against the sale of the Sussex Borough municipal water system and its reservoir, Lake Rutherford, in the coming election. Aqua Water Co., a private, for-profit company, states that it operates for the primary purpose of enriching its stockholders.

Editor: I urge concerned citizens to vote against the sale of the Sussex Borough municipal water system and its reservoir, Lake Rutherford, in the coming election. Aqua Water Co., a private, for-profit company, states that it operates for the primary purpose of enriching its stockholders.

Editor:

I urge concerned citizens to vote against the sale of the Sussex Borough municipal water system and its reservoir, Lake Rutherford, in the coming election. Aqua Water Co., a private, for-profit company, states that it operates for the primary purpose of enriching its stockholders. They have a long, well-documented history of raising public water rates and selling natural resources for their own gain.

You will be paying that $11.3 million (purchase price) back to Aqua over the years, in addition to water and sewer charges which will be raised. As a citizen of a town in Pennsylvania (Berwyn) who has had Aqua as a provider of water services, I can attest to that. This is a for-profit company that expects to recover their investment and to realize a substantial gain in profit.

The truly scary scenario, however, is the sale of Lake Rutherford. Aqua wants to actually own Lake Rutherford, a canny purchase at a time when continued severe drought plagues large swaths of the country and reports evidence extreme drops in underground water levels and supplies all along the East Coast. Water is an extremely valuable resource, one that Aqua would completely control.

Please vote against the sale of the Sussex water system and Lake Rutherford to Aqua in the coming referendum. It would be a crime to sell our children's future and their rights to clean, natural water in their own back yards.

Rev. Paula Everitt

Berwyn, Pa