On Sept 6, 2022, after growing opposition from residents, community groups, and neighboring townships, the Commissioners of Bucks County in Pennsylvania rejected a $1.1 billion bid by Aqua Pennsylvania to purchase its municipal water and sewer authority (BCWSA). Had the sale gone through, it would have been the largest water and sewer privatization deal in U.S. history. Calling it a huge win for clean water, public input,and democracy itself, Ginny Marcille-Kerslake, eastern Pennsylvania organizer with Food & Water Watch said, “This was a backroom corporate deal from the start, and it only stopped because local residents started to ask questions, voice their concerns, and hold their elected County Commissioners…accountable.”

From the introduction to the ITPI report Water Wars in Pennsylvania: How Corporations Play the Long Game.

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