The shutoffs started this month.
“Distressing accounts have emerged from desperate city residents who are now grappling with the devastating consequences of water shutoffs,” Salem City resident and activist Janice Roots said in a news release. “The concept of using vulnerable tenants as ‘ransom payments’ contradicts the principles of justice and fairness.”
“Tough decisions were made,” Ben Angeli, the city’s business administrator, told NJ Advance Media. “It was the right thing to do financially”to New Jersey American Water. A referendum on the sale will be put to voters this fall. Angeli said officials are trying trying to make necessary upgrades, but are under the supervision of the state and don’t have the funds to repair some of the utility’s infrastructure, which date to the early 1900s. Salem City is one of New Jersey’s poorest communities, with a median household income of $26,667, which is less than a third of the statewide median, according to Food & Water Watch.
Officials put warnings on doors of properties facing an imminent water shutoff, Angeli said, adding when a property owner gets a verification number for an application for assistance, the city will restore water service.
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