by Steven Rodas | Oct 6, 2026 | affordability, bills, Drinking Water, Inflation, News, Privatization, utility rates, Water
Drinking water costs spiked faster than inflation, grocery prices and median household income, researchers at nonprofit Food & Water Watch outlined in a first-of-its-kind report released Tuesday. The average community water system increased household drinking water prices by 62 percent between 2015 and 2025 — with costs in Louisiana, Maryland and New Hampshire having particularly steep rises…
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by Katie Rose Quandt | Jun 7, 2026 | Activism, American Water, Municipal Water Supplies, News, Pennsylvania, public utilities, utility rates, Water, water privatization
In January, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court blocked the corporate takeover of a public water system in Chester, Pennsylvania. After a nine-year battle, the court ruled that Chester, a town of 33,000 outside Philadelphia, does not have the jurisdiction to sell the local municipal water system to Aqua, a massive company that owns water and sewer systems throughout the state. The ruling came in…
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