On Tuesday, March 25th a public information
meeting was hosted at the Adams County Agricultural Center by the Susquehanna
River Basin Commission (SRBC) and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection (DEP) on the proposed connection between the Gettysburg Municipal
Authority (GMA) and the York Water Company.
This connection would allow GMA to purchase water from York Water
resulting in an interbasin transfer of water from the Susquehanna River basin
to the Potomac River basin, the reason the connection has to be approved by
SRBC and DEP. Presentations were made by
SRBC and DEP describing the procedure for reviewing and approving applications
for water allocations. GMA gave a
presentation describing the process they used to determine the need for the
importation of water from York Water, their evaluation of alternatives and
their projections for water demand in the future. In addition to the presentations by the
hosts, 16 members of the audience spoke during the meeting, voicing varying
views of the proposed interconnection and water purchase. An article appeared in the March 26, 2014
edition of the Gettysburg Times.
