BRYN MAWR, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
While tremors from today's East Coast earthquake were felt throughout
Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc.'s (Aqua's) service territory, Aqua's preliminary
review has found its facilities and water service intact. Aqua will
continue to check treatment plants, well stations, booster stations,
tanks and other key infrastructure to confirm their integrity and
operating condition.
According to Aqua President Karl M. Kyriss, the company's capital
program has concentrated on replacing aging water mains, and newer and
stronger pipe materials can often better withstand stress. Aqua replaces
more than 100 miles of water main a year in Pennsylvania.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Drinking Water
Infrastructure Needs Survey and Assessment estimates a 20-year capital
investment need of $334.8 billion for public water systems. A January
2009 news release issued by the American Society of Civil Engineers
(ASCE) titled Failing Infrastructure Cannot Support A Healthy
Economy graded the nation's drinking water and wastewater
systems a D- and estimated an annual shortfall of at least $11 billion
to replace aging facilities, which are near the end of their useful
life, and to comply with existing and future federal water regulations.
Aqua provides water and wastewater services to approximately 1.4 million
people throughout Pennsylvania, including 1.3 million people in Chester,
Delaware, Montgomery, Bucks and Berks counties.
WTRG
Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc.
Gretchen Toner
Manager, Strategic
Communications
610-645-1175
gmtoner@aquaamerica.com
Source: Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc.
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