Aqua Ohio: We'll buy Youngstown water system

YOUNGSTOWN — With Youngstown about to unveil a study showing how it can use its water system as an economic development tool, Aqua Ohio is offering to purchase the city system.

In a letter to Youngstown Mayor Jay Williams, Walter J. Pishkur, Aqua Ohio’s president, wrote that he estimates the sale of the city’s water system would generate at least $50 million that could be used “to fund key community projects.”

Pishkur also wrote the city could lease the water system or sell or lease its wastewater system.

Williams said the city's water system isn't for sale.

In the next week or two, the city will obtain the results of a $100,000 study of its water system. The study will advise the city how its water distribution system could be a benefit in the formation of Joint Economic Development Districts with surrounding communities.

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