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FERGUSON TOWNSHIP — As state utility regulators resume efforts to force the sale of a distressed private water company in rural Centre County, a nearby municipal-run authority remains determined to buy it.

The State College Borough Water Authority has attempted to purchase Rock Spring Water Company multiple times over the years, including as recently as this summer.

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, however, says it can’t orde

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