If you are a resident of Newtown Township or Newtown Borough, you probably received a NOTICE via email [LINK: ] from the Newtown Bucks County Joint Municipal Authority, aka Newtown Sewer Authority, which states “The Newtown, Bucks County Joint Municipal Authority (Authority) is actively pursuing construction of our own wastewater treatment facility.”
[The REAL shocker, however, is the RATE INCREASE – see below.]
Back in August, 2022, Warren Gormley, the Authority Director, informed Newtown Supervisors that a proposed sale of the Bucks County Water and Sewer Authority (BCWSA)to a private company would not be “a good thing for the rate payers...it will increase rates dramatically." View the video of his remarks: https://youtu.be/IJUiUVpZU6I?t=1542 He urged us to oppose the deal, which ultimately failed.
Not long after that deal fell through the Authority raised rates by 21% from $68 per quarter to $82 per quarter in response to a 16.6% BCWSA rate increase charged to the Authority (read “Your Sewer Rates Are Going Up; Director Of #NewtownPA Sewer Authority Explains Why”; https://sco.lt/9MnDFo
Now, in its email, the Authority informed customers “rates will increase in January from $82 to $120.54 per quarter for the 10,000 gallon minimum.” Thus, our rates will increase by 77% from $68 to $120.54 per quarter! The Authority says “equates to a less than 43 cents per day increase.” It’s like the frog in the slowly heated water pot – just a few degrees per day!
Here’s how the Authority justifies its rate increases and reason for building its own sewage treatment plant...
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“I think it's 'criminal' for the Newtown Sewer Authority to do this without notifying us in advance so we could have organized to defeat this 46% increase. The BCWSA was a much better plan” – email from resident Bill D. [WHAT DO YOU THINK? TAKE MY SURVEY!]
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