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19 Jun 2013

Aqua America Commends North Carolina for Enacting New Rate Mechanism to Recover Cost of Water and Sewer Improvements

BRYN MAWR, Pa. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Aqua America, Inc. (NYSE: WTR) Chairman and CEO Nicholas DeBenedictis today commended the North Carolina General Assembly and Gov. Pat McCrory on the enactment of House Bill 710. The new law creates a water and sewer infrastructure improvement charge (WSIC)

06 Jun 2013

Aqua America CEO Exercises Stock Options

BRYN MAWR, Pa. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Aqua America (NYSE: WTR) announced today that Chairman, President and CEO Nicholas DeBenedictis has exercised vested stock options that had been awarded to him between 2004 and 2010, and sold the shares of common stock acquired.

24 May 2013

Aqua Pennsylvania's Reservoirs Are Full for Memorial Day Weekend

Capacity indicates benefits of reservoirs overall BRYN MAWR, Pa. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. (Aqua) reported today that its 10-billion-gallon reservoir storage in southeastern Pennsylvania is full and ready to support the increased usage period that traditionally begins around the

09 May 2013

Aqua Announces 9 Percent Cash Dividend Increase and Stock Split

Dividend increase will be the second in 9 months; twenty-third cash dividend increase in 22 years Seventh stock split in 17 years BRYN MAWR, Pa. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Aqua America (NYSE: WTR) Board of Directors has declared a 9 percent increase to its quarterly cash dividend from the current

01 May 2013

Aqua America Reports First Quarter 2013 Earnings

Net income Grows 23 Percent BRYN MAWR, Pa. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Aqua America, Inc. (NYSE: WTR) today reported results for the quarter ending March 31, 2013 . Revenues for the quarter were $180 million compared to $164 million for the same period of 2012, an increase of 10 percent.

01 May 2013

Aqua America Declares June 2013 Dividend

BRYN MAWR, Pa. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Board of Directors of Aqua America, Inc. (NYSE: WTR) today declared a quarterly cash dividend payment of $0.175 per share payable on June 1, 2013 , to all shareholders of record on May 17, 2013 . The June dividend payment of $0.175 per share is 6.1 percent

24 Apr 2013

Aqua Pennsylvania President Receives Special Award from the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Water Works Association

BRYN MAWR, Pa. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. (Aqua) President Steve Tagert was surprised today with a "Special Recognition" Award from the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Water Works Association (PA AWWA) at its annual meeting luncheon in Hershey,