By james art 
The reports outline a number of alternative structures, including managing it as a public utility company, regardless of any municipal government, or as a public-private partnership.
The regional approach to operating the system is also on the table – currently Trenton Water Works provides water for over 200,000 people in Trenton, Ewing and parts of Hamilton, Lawrence and Hopwell. Latourette stressed that privatization of the municipal system is not completely excluded.
“We believe that the system can be successfully restructured and thus still maintains its public identity, serve the interests of the city of Trenton, invest in its future and give the communities in the table service area,” Laturet said. “Most importantly, the system can and must be fully modernized and professional to ensure the delivery of reliably safe clean drinking water at affordable prices.”
The mayors, elected in the cities served by the Water Affairs in Trenton, have issued a joint statement to support major overhaul.
“We, the mayors of the cities served by Tww, say a statement published by Jeff Martin from Hamilton, Bert Steinman from Yuing, Patricia Hendricks Farmer from Lawrence, Courtney Peters-Maning from the city of Hopell and W. Reed from Trenton.