Aqua Wastewater Management Renews Contract to Provide Grease Removal and Septic Service for Wawa Stores
BRYN MAWR, Pa., Aug 08, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Aqua Wastewater Management, Inc. (Aqua) announced today that it has renewed an agreement with Wawa, Inc. to provide grease-removal and septic tank pumping and cleaning services for 172 Wawa stores in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Under the agreement, Aqua cleans and removes septic and grease waste from the contracted stores. Service includes waste removal, power washing the tank, and jetting the inlet and outlet lines. Aqua also provides 24/7 emergency response to Wawa.
"Aqua is proud to serve a regional icon like Wawa," said Aqua Wastewater Management president Anthony J. Donatoni. "We have the resources and expertise Wawa can depend on for wastewater service, and we're gratified that Wawa wants to continue this relationship as much as we do."
"Wawa places a high value on doing things right, and we've been delighted with Aqua's performance," said Larry Harrington, vendor manager at Wawa.
Aqua services Wawa stores in Chester and Delaware counties in Pennsylvania and in Burlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset and Warren counties in New Jersey.
Aqua Wastewater Management is a non-regulated commercial and residential wastewater services subsidiary of Aqua America, Inc. (NYSE:WTR) -- a large, U.S.-based publicly-traded water and wastewater utility serving approximately three million people in Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina, Illinois, Texas, New Jersey, New York, Indiana, Florida, Virginia, Maine, Missouri and South Carolina. Aqua America is listed on the New York and Philadelphia Stock Exchanges under the ticker symbol WTR.
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SOURCE: Aqua Wastewater Management, Inc.
Aqua Wastewater Management, Inc. Gretchen Toner, 610-645-1175 gmtoner@aquaamerica.com
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