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Lawsuit against Ridgewood Water to be decided by Superior Court judge

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JULY 15, 2015, 2:19 PM    LAST UPDATED: WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2015, 2:23 PM
BY CHRIS HARRIS
STAFF WRITER |
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Years-long litigation against Ridgewood Water must be decided by a Superior Court judge, a state appeals court ruled on Wednesday.

The Appellate Division of New Jersey’s Superior Court reversed a trial judge’s 2014 decision transferring the suit to the Board of Public Utilities for resolution.

In a 25-page ruling, the Superior Court Appellate Division remanded the matter back to the trial court, noting “this is not a case requiring the particular expertise associated with the jurisdiction of the BPU.”

Ridgewood Mayor Paul Aronsohn declined to comment Wednesday, citing the ongoing nature of the litigation.

The class action lawsuit was filed against Ridgewood Water in Superior Court by Wyckoff officials in 2010, with the municipalities of Glen Rock and Midland Park joining the action as plaintiffs a year later.

The lawsuit alleges the water utility raised its rates in 2010 by 21 percent and that rates further rose 5 percent in 2011 and 2012.

The suit contends the rate hikes were approved in an ordinance adopted by the village council, and characterizes the increases as “arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable and, accordingly, should be declared invalid and unenforceable.”

https://www.northjersey.com/news/lawsuit-against-ridgewood-water-to-be-decided-by-superior-court-judge-1.1374549

 

9 thoughts on “Lawsuit against Ridgewood Water to be decided by Superior Court judge

  1. I wonder how much the prior village managers create accounting will cost the village

  2. 1) Ridgewood water is terrible. For $400 a year I get to pay another $500 for a softener so I don’t have to replace my faucets every 5 years. Whoo!

    2) PJ you look like the warden in the Shawshank Redemption, and somebody needs a photoshop timeout.

  3. $400 a year? I pay that every quarter, and I don’t have a pool. I guess someone has to fund the lifestyles of the people that administrate the company.

    As for a softener, yes, you cannot exist without one in Ridgewood. If you aren’t using a softener, then you will pay a whole lot more in the long run replacing washing machines, dishwashers, faucets, shower-heads, icemakers, etc.

  4. Talk , talk talk, everyone is an expert except me. My washing machine, a Whirlpool, dates from the 1990s, my dishwasher, a kitchen Aid , dates from the 1980s All items chosen as rated by Consumer Reports. Not expensive models. I raised a family with those machines , so used frequently

    I don’t have a water softener. I don’t trust machines mucking with my water. Chemicals in machines could break down into the water.

    Now clothes dryers are another story. Could hard water be the cause of their breakdown, you all experts?

  5. 11:06am: I have serious doubts about your claims. Ask any local plumber about the quality of Ridgewood Water. It’s highly calcified, and unfiltered or un-softened, will clog up appliances and faucets. The appliances have zero connection to any rating provided by Consumer Reports. CR rates the quality of the actual appliance, not the quality of the water that flows through it. Try and keep up.

  6. Come to my house and see for yourself. Identify yourself on this blog with your name and phone number and address and I will call you and invite you over.

  7. Seriously, any plumber or person who wants to drop by and see my old appliances, just identify yourself.

    I actually have the old manuals too.

    There is a lot of misinformation out there that convinces people to buy stuff they don’t need and to do dangerous medical tests and taking of drugs they don’t need. Would love to show my house, my lifestyle and converse.

    Seriously.

  8. Good appliances are made with good valves that are less likely to clog up.

    My Utica Steam Boiler, for example, needs maintenance every year or two to clean out the valve to the sight glass..

    My plumber, Breitenbach plumbing, said many of the steam boilers are not made with good valve clearance anymore.

    My last steam boiler, a Kenmore didn’t need as freaquent maintenance. It was purchased in the `1970s.

    1:27 I’ll bet you make your living as a salesman of some sort , using salesman in the broadest definition vs a teacher, artist or academic.

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