Case Name: READING AREA WATER AUTHORITY v. The SCHUYLKILL RIVER GREENWAY ASSOCIATION, Bern Township, Intervenor, Petition of: The Schuylkill River Greenway Association and Bern Township
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2013-08-28
Citations: 74 A.3d 119
Docket Number: 
Parties: READING AREA WATER AUTHORITY v. The SCHUYLKILL RIVER GREENWAY ASSOCIATION, Bern Township, Intervenor, Petition of: The Schuylkill River Greenway Association and Bern Township.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 74
Pages: 119–119

Head Matter:
READING AREA WATER AUTHORITY v. The SCHUYLKILL RIVER GREENWAY ASSOCIATION, Bern Township, Intervenor, Petition of: The Schuylkill River Greenway Association and Bern Township.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Aug. 28, 2013.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 28th day of August, 2013, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues, as stated by Petitioner, are:
a. Whether Commonwealth Court erred in its determination that a municipal water authority has the power, to condemn a permanent easement of dimensions sufficient to enable a private developer to install and permanently maintain privately owned and operated wastewater facilities and privately owned and operated storm water management facilities in a portion of the easement separate and apart and for a distinct purpose from the publicly owned water facilities?
b. Whether Commonwealth Court erred in its determinations that "fa-cilitatfing] the construction of . storm water management facilities" to enable development of private land and "providing . storm water management" constitute public purposes to justify taking of private land?