On Wednesday, March 14, in Raleigh, the Metropolitan Sewerage/Water System Committee, created and chaired by Rep. Tim Moffitt of Buncombe County, will convene its third hearing on the question of whether to strip the city of Asheville of the water system, create a new regional authority that manage the system or cede it to the Metropolitan Sewerage District.
For highlights of Xpress coverage of previous hearings and public forums, click here.
Listen Live to the hearing at http://www.ashevillewater.blogspot.com
And check out Susan Andrews recent articles about the water issue at Carolina Public Press:
http://www.carolinapublicpress.org/?p=8850
http://www.carolinapublicpress.org/8897/pipeline-to-privatization-views-are-mixed-aboutwater-control-debates