Aqua America Chief Financial Officer to Present at Bear Stearns Commodities & Capital Goods Conference

November 16, 2006

BRYN MAWR, Pa., Nov 16, 2006 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Aqua America, Inc. (NYSE:WTR) announced today that its Chief Financial Officer David Smeltzer will present at the Bear Stearns Commodities & Capital Goods Conference on November 30th at 3:20 p.m. Eastern Standard Time in New York City. Smeltzer will present an overview of the state of the water utility industry and the company.

The company will host a live audio webcast of Smeltzer's presentation from the investor relations section of the company's Web site at www.aquaamerica.com. An archived rebroadcast will be available on the company's Web site for 60 days following the event.

Aqua America, Inc. is the largest U.S.-based publicly-traded water and wastewater company, serving more than 2.5 million residents in Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina, Illinois, Texas, Florida, New Jersey, Indiana, Virginia, Maine, Missouri, New York, and South Carolina. Aqua America is listed on both the New York and Philadelphia Stock Exchanges under the ticker symbol WTR.

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SOURCE: Aqua America, Inc.

Aqua America, Inc.
Christopher Purtill, 610-645-1020
cjpurtill@aquaamerica.com
or
Donna Alston, 610-645-1095
dpalston@aquaamerica.com

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