Aqua Water Privatization News Articles

Acquisition pushes Aqua Pennsylvania’s water and wastewater customer base above milestone of 500,000 customer connections BRYN MAWR, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mar. 4, 2022– Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE: WTRG) today announced that its Aqua Pennsylvania subsidiary has acquired the wastewater system of Lower Makefield Township, which serves approximately 11,000 customer connections in Lower Makefield, Falls and Middletown townships,… Read more »

BRYN MAWR, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Feb. 22, 2022– Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE: WTRG) today announced it has been named to Newsweek’s America’s Most Responsible Companies list for 2022. The prestigious award is presented annually to public corporations for their commitment to corporate social responsibility in the three areas of ESG—environment, social and corporate governance. Essential Utilities, through… Read more »

BRYN MAWR, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Feb. 7, 2022– Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE: WTRG) today announced that its regulated water subsidiary, Aqua Texas, has signed an asset purchase agreement to acquire the water treatment and distribution system of the Southern Oaks Water System in Freestone County, Texas which serves approximately 740 homes. Southern Oaks will be Essential’s second… Read more »

BRYN MAWR, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 21, 2021– Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE: WTRG) announced today that its Pennsylvania wastewater subsidiary has signed an asset purchase agreement with the City of Beaver Falls in Beaver County to acquire the municipality’s wastewater assets for approximately $41.25 million. The pending fair market value transaction is subject to Pennsylvania Public Utility… Read more »

Service provider commits to $9 million in community infrastructure investments BRYN MAWR, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sep. 14, 2021– Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE: WTRG) today announced that its Aqua Illinois subsidiary has acquired the wastewater system of the Village of Bourbonnais, which serves approximately 6,500 customer connections in Kankakee County, Ill., for $32.1 million. “At Essential, we are… Read more »

Water would be priced at about 2 cents per gallon BRYN MAWR, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 20, 2021– Aqua Pennsylvania Inc. filed an application with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) today requesting an increase in water and wastewater rates for its customers. The primary reason for the request is the recovery of $1.1 billion the company… Read more »

BRYN MAWR, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 3, 2021– Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE: WTRG) today announced that its Aqua Texas water utility has acquired the water treatment and distribution system in The Commons of Lake Houston community in Huffman, Texas yesterday. The Commons’ system serves approximately 1,000 homes in the development. The transaction is the first of which… Read more »

BRYN MAWR, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jul. 22, 2021– Aqua Pennsylvania, an Essential Utilities company, today celebrated the official opening of its high-tech environmental laboratory with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The 14,700-square-foot laboratory is more than double the size of the previous lab that served the company for more than 70 years. This investment will help Aqua adapt to… Read more »

BRYN MAWR, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 28, 2021– Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE:WTRG) announced today that its Pennsylvania wastewater subsidiary has signed an asset purchase agreement (APA) with Willistown Township, Chester County to acquire the municipality’s wastewater assets for $17.5 million. The pending transaction is subject to Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission approval. Willistown serves approximately 2,300 customer-equivalents including… Read more »

BRYN MAWR, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 13, 2021– Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE:WTRG) announced today that its Pennsylvania wastewater subsidiary has signed an asset purchase agreement with East Whiteland Township, Chester County to acquire the municipality’s wastewater assets for approximately $55 million. The pending transaction is subject to Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission approval. East Whiteland Township’s wastewater system… Read more »