{"id":16504,"date":"2021-08-13T09:43:36","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T13:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paawwa.org\/?p=16504"},"modified":"2021-08-13T10:04:14","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T14:04:14","slug":"remembering-the-founding-father-of-the-north-penn-water-authority-harry-borchers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/remembering-the-founding-father-of-the-north-penn-water-authority-harry-borchers\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering the Founding Father of the North Penn Water Authority, Harry Borchers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Special tribute to Harry from Tony Bellitto, Executive Director of North Penn Water Authority<\/strong><\/p>\n

I regret to inform you that Harry Borchers has passed away at the age of 93 after an extended battle with kidney cancer. Harry was the former Executive Director of the North Penn Water Authority, serving in that role for 26 years from 1965 until his retirement in 1991.<\/p>\n

Harry is considered the \u201cFounding Father\u201d of the North Penn Water Authority, as he was in charge of managing all aspects of the water system\u2019s operations, from the first day of its inception in 1965 with only a small handful of employees. His leadership was instrumental in dealing with significant challenges in the 1970\u2019s and 1980\u2019s related to a limited water supply from groundwater wells that had difficulty keeping up with the growth occurring in our area. His vision of developing an abundant alternative supply of water came to fruition with the construction of the Point Pleasant Pumping Station and the Forest Park Water Treatment Plant, which treats surface water from Lake Galena. Our entire region in Montgomery and Bucks Counties have been able to grow and flourish over the past 30 years, in large part because of the combined efforts of Harry, and his counterpart Pete Lukens, at the North Wales Water Authority, who partnered their organizations together to complete these vitally important projects that have ensured a high quality, safe, and abundant water supply for the residences and businesses in our area. We all owe a great deal of gratitude to Harry for his service and visionary leadership in our community. He will be greatly missed.<\/p>\n

The obituary is attached with all the details about the funeral service, which will be held on Sat., Aug. 14.<\/p>\n

Harry Borchers Obituary<\/span><\/a>-Lansdale Reporter 8\/8\/21<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Thanks.<\/p>\n

Tony Bellitto<\/p>\n

Executive Director<\/p>\n

North Penn Water Authority<\/p>\n

300 Forty Foot Road<\/p>\n

Lansdale, PA 19446<\/p>\n

Phone 215-855-3617<\/p>\n

Fax 215-855-2756<\/p>\n

Cell 215-783-2946<\/p>\n

Email:\u00a0abellitto@northpennwater.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Website:\u00a0www.northpennwater.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Additional details about the arrangements for Harry Borchers\u2019 funeral service on Sat., Aug. 14 are as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n

3:00 to 4:00 pm \u2013 Reception of guests<\/strong><\/p>\n

4:00 to 4:45 pm \u2013 Funeral service<\/strong><\/p>\n

Followed immediately by an open invitation to all attendees to stay for a reception on the Church grounds, where there will be light refreshments offered and an opportunity for anyone to speak any words of remembrance at a microphone and podium that will be set up. Feel free to stay for this part of the service, as I\u2019m sure there will be many heartfelt stories and touching tributes expressed by family and friends about Harry.<\/p>\n

Location is the Sanctuary United Methodist Church, located at 1346 E. Prospect Ave., North Wales.<\/p>\n

Thanks.<\/p>\n

Tony Bellitto<\/p>\n

Executive Director<\/p>\n

North Penn Water Authority<\/p>\n

300 Forty Foot Road<\/p>\n

Lansdale, PA 19446<\/p>\n

Phone 215-855-3617<\/p>\n

Fax 215-855-2756<\/p>\n

Cell 215-783-2946<\/p>\n

Email:\u00a0abellitto@northpennwater.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Website:\u00a0www.northpennwater.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Special tribute to Harry from Tony Bellitto, Executive Director of North Penn Water Authority I regret to inform you that Harry Borchers has passed away at the age of 93 after an extended battle with kidney cancer. Harry was the former Executive Director of the North Penn Water Authority, serving in that role for 26 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6,14,7,5,11,10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16504"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16504"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16510,"href":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16504\/revisions\/16510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}