2018 Rate Hikes Unlikely for Sewer, Water Users

There were plenty of interesting things that happened in the hour-long Pottstown Borough Authority meeting last night.

For example, we learned that street paving from water and sewer pipe replacement projects is continuing apace ....

We learned that despite a policy that calls for re-paving curb to curb, the borough authority projects do not always follow policy ...

And we learned that the $3.2 million project to replace the sludge dryer at the sewer treatment plant is starting to bog down before it starts ....

But let's face it folks, what you really want to know is that neither the water nor sewer budgets for 2018 submitted to the board call for any rate hikes.

The authority or borough council could always add to these budgets, but given the mid-year tax hike for water rates and the threat of a 23 percent property tax hike in the borough, I would put my money on no increase.

And with that, I know, many of you will stop reading.

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For those of you still with us, you might be interested to know that the start of construction on the Spring Valley Farms development at Bleim and Pleasantview roads will finally put into use a water tank built ten years ago but never used.

You might also be interested to know that the Pottstown water system may not be able to supply water to the massive Sanatoga Green commercial/residential development near the Limerick Outlets.

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