Borough of Macungie

Don't Let Bogus Letter Scare You

Don't be fooled into thinking you have to act on the letter you may get from American Water Resources. You don't.

If you live in the borough of Macungie, and if you receive a letter from a company called American Water Resources, ignore it. The letter may be reminding you about what you "should" be doing to maintain the lines or pipes that bring water into your home, says Macungie Borough Manager Chris Boehm. Any kind of directive like that would come from the borough and would be on borough letterhead, she said. Boehm said at Monday's council meeting that she has had conversations with representatives of American Water Resources and has asked them not to send the letters. However, the company said it would be sending them anyway. American Water Resources is based in Voorhees, N.J. Its website says it provides "drinking water, wastewater and other …

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Shepherd Hills Family Suffers Sewage Backups

It is the township’s responsibility to do something, homeowners say.

Bill Gougoustamos pleaded with the Lower Macungie Commissioners at the Sept. 1 meeting to do something about the sewage backing up into his basement at 1398 Par Causeway in Wescosville. “It is unsanitary and it's a health hazard to me and my family,” he said, as his wife and children -- a 6-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son -- listened in the audience.  “What can the township do?  This needs to be fixed.  I can’t even sell my property—who would want it?” Gougoustamos purchased the 30-year-old house in 2005 unaware of the problem. In the past six years, they have spent more tha $40,000 trying to correct the problem themselves, but, he said, the situation is gradually getting worse. He said a backflow valve was installed, but has not …

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