The Butler Area Sewer Authority facility in Butler Township main office and treatment facility on Sept. 13. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

People who live in a township or borough where Butler Area Sewer Authority provides public sewer service have an opportunity to submit a written comment on the sale of the authority to Pennsylvania American Water.

The sale has been approved by Butler and Butler Township, which own the authority, as well as the authority’s board of directors.

As part of state requirements in such a sale, residents of Butler and East Butler, as well as Butler, Oakland, Summit, Connoquenessing and Center townships have until March 2 to view the sale plan and submit a written comment.

The plan, known as the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act, or Act 537, can be viewed during business hours in the city, township or borough offices of those seven municipalities.