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devilspeaksintongues t1_ixzxwpx wrote

Kind of unrelated, but on the topic of water.. I'm frustrated that York water barely passes as being fit for drinking, its disgusting so much so that I have to go buy purified water at target, I have no idea where they have water filling stations that arent home depot plastic water containers.

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AbsentEmpire t1_iy04902 wrote

Sounds like a system that's ripe for being sold off soon.

Perhaps look into a whole house water filtration system in the meantime.

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dherrmann t1_iy07nxl wrote

Check out https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.inquirer.com/business/pennsylvania-american-york-sewer-system-privatization-rates-puc-20220414.html%3FoutputType%3Damp

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CurrySoSpicy t1_iy14zom wrote

That’s not York water, thats the City of York. Two separate systems.

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dherrmann t1_iy18tjs wrote

Agree 💯. Just illustrating that the privatization movement is expanding

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CurrySoSpicy t1_iy19o9d wrote

Gotcha. Fun fact: York Water is oldest publicly traded water company in the US. It was founded in 1816.

But our rates will go up, The City of York WWTP who was bought out by PA American was extremely neglected by the city. PA American is going to have to dump tens of millions into the place to get it running correctly again. This WWTP is also considered a regional plant, as in it takes flow from several municipalities.

I don’t personally live within the confines of the city but I live in an abutting township who sells a portion of our flow to the city. So we will see the trickle down effects of these major repairs. That being said, these privatized companies can be great and also a curse. Something eventually would have had to happen at York. They were threatened several times via the EPA and DEP. I worked for the city at the WWTP as an automation and controls contractor for about 13 years. So I’ve seen the neglect and attitudes first hand. Either way, be it by private or public hand, the people get screwed.

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CurrySoSpicy t1_iy15fjn wrote

Where in York are you located? York Water has some of the best water quality in the nation. I personally serviced the machines and measurement instrumentation that insures the water quality is top quality.

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devilspeaksintongues t1_iy17qs8 wrote

East. The water is nasty! I cant drink it. I've lived in many large cities around the world, and this water is amongst the worst I've had.

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CurrySoSpicy t1_iy17zow wrote

Hmm, I’m not there with you on the quality. I live in East York as well. What is bad quality about it? I can assure it’s safe to drink, I’ve been drinking it for 30 years and I can tell you the York Water staff is absolutely passionate about making the drinking water safe and good quality. You can read their 2021 drinking water report, it’s on their homepage.

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