In 2017, the CWA rejected an unsolicited offer made by Aqua America to purchase its assets. The CWA rejected the offer, in part, because its analysis showed that ratepayers would have seen significant rate increases over time by Aqua. More than 30 townships and boroughs, 10 state senators and state representatives, and at least 10 local interested organizations have written letters opposing any sale of the CWA. The Governor, the DCED, and the DCED’s Receiver for the City of Chester, however, are using all of their efforts to force a sale by claiming that the City of Chester owns the CWA because the City incorporated it, despite the City only constituting approximately one-fifth of the CWA’s service area and the CWA having a governing board in which only one-third of its members represent the City. The CWA is fighting these efforts in court.