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In Philly suburbs, sewer systems are for sale, and citizens push back, fearing rate hikes

“The volume of municipal transactions has really started to gallop,” says the CEO of Aqua Pennsylvania’s parent company.

Mo Keys hoses down the weirs of a sewage settlement tank at the Borough of Conshohocken Authority wastewater treatment plant on East Elm Street. The borough council was considering selling the sewer system, but decided to retain it after public opposition mounted.
Mo Keys hoses down the weirs of a sewage settlement tank at the Borough of Conshohocken Authority wastewater treatment plant on East Elm Street. The borough council was considering selling the sewer system, but decided to retain it after public opposition mounted.Read moreTOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer