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Residents push township to renegotiate mandatory water‑hookup policy after surprise notices
Summary
Residents told to connect to a new public water line raised affordability and transparency concerns at a Springettsbury Township meeting, citing a $1,500 tap fee, a $14.75 application charge and an ordinance that requires homes within 150 feet to connect; supervisors agreed to meet York Water Company and consider extending the application deadline.
Several residents told the Springettsbury Township Board of Supervisors on a recent evening that a Sept. 4 notice requiring connection to a newly completed public water main has come as an unexpected financial burden and was communicated poorly by the water supplier.
"We now have to shell out $1,500 for a service that we didn't want, that we don't need," said Jeff Herman of 3429 Druck Valley Road, who urged the board to amend ordinance 3‑19 to add an exemption for properties with safe on‑site water. Herman said York Water Company had earlier told residents they would not be forced to hook up.
Stephanie Herman, also of Druck Valley Road, read the township…
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