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# Water Authorities

A water authority in Pennsylvania is a type of [municipal authority](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipal_authority_(Pennsylvania)).

## Pennsylvania Water Authorities

[How PA municipal water authorities work • Spotlight PA](https://www.spotlightpa.org/statecollege/2025/01/pennsylvania-water-wastewater-municipal-public-utility-commission/) - What to do if you have an issue with your municipal water or wastewater authority by Marley Parish of Spotlight PA State College

## North Penn Water Authority

The NPWA Board of Directors consists of [ten volunteer members](https://npwa.org/board-of-directors-and-management/), each appointed by their respective municipality. The Board is responsible for setting the policies, rules, and rates under which NPWA operates. 

The NPWA Management Team is responsible for directing and overseeing the daily operations of the Authority. It consists of the following offices:

- Executive Director
- Director of Asset Management and Strategic Initiatives
- Director of Finance and Human Resources
- Director of Information Technology
- Director of Operations and Field Services
- Manager of Administration & Public Relations
- Manager of Meters, Customer Service, and Systems Control
- Water Quality & Environmental Compliance Manager

## Board of Directors

```mermaid
mindmap
  root(NPWA)
    witmayer["George E. Witmayer"]
      franconia["Franconia Township<br/>5 supervisors"]
    cummings["Amy Cummings-Leight"]
      souderton["Souderton Borough<br/>9 council members"]
    mast["Richard C. Mast"]
      lower_salford["Lower Salford Township<br/>5 supervisors"]
    bustard["Art C. Bustard"]
      worcester["Worcester Township<br/>3 supervisors"]
    farrall["Kenneth V. Farrall"]
      hatfield_borough["Hatfield Borough<br/>5 council members"]
    dingman["William K. Dingman"]
      towamencin["Towamencin Township<br/>5 supervisors"]
    mccarney["Robert C. McCarney"]
      hatfield_township["Hatfield Township<br/>5 commissioners"]
    dangelo["Franco D'Angelo"]
      skippack["Skippack Township<br/>5 supervisors"]
    simcox["Jeffrey H. Simcox"]
      lansdale["Lansdale Borough<br/>9 council members"]
    filiatrault["Michael Filiatrault"]
      new_britain["New Britain Township<br/>5 supervisors"]
```

Each branch in the diagram above first shows the name of an NPWA board appointee, followed by the municipality that appointed them and the number and type of elected officials serving on that municipality’s governing body. Source: [Board of Directors and Management - North Penn Water Authority](https://npwa.org/board-of-directors-and-management/) downloaded August 6, 2026.

## When Districts Fail

- [PA regulators say they can’t force Rock Spring to sell to State College • Spotlight PA](https://www.spotlightpa.org/statecollege/2025/08/rock-spring-water-company-puc-pennsylvania-state-college-rural-issues/)

## Price Increases

- [Regulators to investigate local water company’s proposed rate hike - North Penn Now](https://northpennnow.com/news/2025/dec/11/regulators-to-investigate-local-water-companys-proposed-rate-hike/)

### Quality Reports

- [Main-2026-Printable.pdf](https://npwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Main-2026-Printable.pdf)
- [2025 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report - Main - North Penn Water Authority](https://npwa.org/2025-annual-drinking-wqr-main/)


## Cybersecurity

- [Hackers and Industry Mobilize to Defend U.S. Water Systems](https://defconfranklin.com/water_cybersec.html)

## Data Center Drains

- [Pa. water supply at risk from data centers, experts warn | WITF](https://www.witf.org/2025/08/12/pa-water-supply-could-be-strained-by-new-data-centers-freshwater-overseers-warn/)
- [Drought is quietly pushing American cities toward a fiscal cliff | Grist](https://grist.org/cities/drought-is-quietly-pushing-american-cities-toward-a-fiscal-cliff/)