Bethlehem Water Authority
Water purchased from the city of albany comes from the alcove reservoir in the town of coeymans and is treated prior to delivery via the.
Bethlehem water authority. The authority was the first municipal authority incorporated in pennsylvania following the enactment of the pa municipal authority s act of 1935. On this property nearly ten billion gallons of water are contained in two reservoirs that supply clean water to 115 000 people and 1315 businesses within the city of bethlehem two boroughs and seven townships. The city of bethlehem provides drinking water to residents and businesses in the city and all or portions of ten surrounding municipalities and includes 36 000 metered accounts. Penn forest and wild creek reservoirs.
About reservoirs penn forest reservoir. Our service territory. Department of water sewer resources 10 e. As with any machine translation the conversion is not context sensitive and may not fully translate text into its intended meaning.
Javascript is used extensively on the city of bethlehem web site but your browser has disabled javascript or does not support it. 24 hour emergency service 610 865 7077 billing inquiries 610 865 7070 custserv bethlehem pa gov. The total amount of your bill will be automatically and electronically deducted from your designated. Therefore the city of bethlehem does not guarantee the accuracy of the translated text and it should not be relied upon for anything other than informational.
Average consumption equals 15 million gallons per day. The bethlehem authority is a political corporate body incorporated in 1938 pursuant to an ordinance enacted by the city council of the city of bethlehem city and now exists pursuant to the act. Bethlehem water it all starts here. Today the water sewer resources department provides drinking water to 36 000 residential commercial and industrial customers and sanitary sewer collection service for 25 000 customers.
The city s reservoirs in the pocono mountains have a total storage capacity of 10 billion gallons of water. Crystal clear springs like this one feed the creeks and streams that eventually fill the penn forest and wild creek reservoirs the sources of the city of bethlehem s pristine safe and abundant drinking water supply. The bethlehem municipal water authority owns about 23000 acres of watershed property in carbon and monroe counties. You will continue to receive your quarterly water sewer bill indicating your consumption amount owed and due date.
Water from the vly creek reservoir and new scotland wellfield are treated at our new salem water treatment plant in the town of new scotland while water from the selkirk wellfield is treated at our clapper road water treatment plant in the town of bethlehem. Explains in detail the city of bethlehem s municipal authority. Church street bethlehem pa 18018. Bethlehem residents have enjoyed municipal water service for more than 250 years since the moravian founders built america s first public waterworks on the monocacy creek in 1762.