The agreement is one of many steps in the process of selling the municipal water utility to NJAW. The Village expects the process to be completed later this year.
South Orange Water Utility
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Subject to approval from the NJ Board of Public Utilities, NJ American Water anticipates completing the acquisition of South Orange’s water utility in the second half of 2025.
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Voters will decide on Nov. 5 if South Orange should move forward in negotiating the sale of its water utility to NJ American Water.
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GovernmentSouth Orange
South Orange Council to Host Special Meeting July 29 Considering Referendum for Water System Sale
The virtual meeting is scheduled for July 29 at 7 p.m. The village has received an offered to from NJAW to purchase its water utility for $20M and perform $50M in infrastructure upgrades over the next 10 years.
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GovernmentSouth Orange
South Orange Voters Could Decide Fate of Water Utility: To Sell or Not to Sell?
Village Council votes 4-2 to put the question of the nearly $20-million sale to NJ American Water on the ballot in November. “This is just a starting point,” said Mayor Collum.
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NJ American Water, which already supplies South Orange’s water, has bid $19.7M for the utility. The township council must now vote on an ordnance to put the sale to a referendum.
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GovernmentSouth Orange
South Orange Raises Water Rates, as Leaders Say ‘We’re Not Gonna Kick the Can’ on Infrastructure
“Our water utility will be raising the rate from $7 per 100 cubic feet to $7.28 per 100 cubic feet, which is an average increase of roughly $6 per resident per quarter,” said Village President Sheena Collum.
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GovernmentSouth Orange
As Township Considers Future of Water Utility, South Orange Intro’s Bond for $500K
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