Fairfield Residents Encouraged To Participate In Aquarion Meetings

FAIRFIELD, CT — Eversource is selling its Aquarion Water Company division, and Fairfield residents are encouraged to participate in one of the public meetings discussing the plan.

The meetings, which can be accessed either in-person or online, are scheduled for 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The in-person meetings will be held at Hotel Marcel, 500 Sargent Drive, in New Haven.

Information on online access can be found here.

"The South-Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority (RWA), a quasi-government agency serving the Greater New Haven Area that was created by the state legislature, has said it will be bidding to acquire Aquarion Water Company," wrote Fairfield First Selectman Bill Gerber in a recent community newsletter.

Aquarion could sell for more than $1.6 billion, but the acquisition could reduce what Fairfield and other communities used to receive from Aquarion in tax revenue.

Gerber said Fairfield receives about $1.8 million in tax revenue annually from Aquarion, and though the new entity would make payments in lieu of taxes, those payments could be less.

For more information on the potential acquisition, click here.