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Read the latest news and press releases about Essential and its utilities subsidiaries below.

10 Oct 2013

Aqua America Announces Appointment of New Director

Michael Browne , president and COO of Harleysville Insurance—a Nationwide Insurance Company BRYN MAWR, Pa. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Aqua America, Inc. (NYSE:WTR) announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Michael Browne , president and chief operating officer of Harleysville Insurance , a

09 Oct 2013

Aqua Pennsylvania Receives Management Innovation Award for Electricity Load Response Programs

BRYN MAWR, Pa. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. (Aqua) was awarded the National Association of Water Company's (NAWC) 2013 Management Innovation Award for its pursuit of maximizing performance in electricity load response programs. Aqua competed against eight other water utilities to win

02 Oct 2013

Aqua Pennsylvania and Class of 1963 of Lansdowne-Aldan High School (Now Penn Wood High School) Make Donation to Help School Recover from Recent Vandalism and Theft

Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. : Who: Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. (Aqua) Chairman and President of Lansdowne-Aldan High School (now Penn Wood High School) Class of 1963 Nicholas DeBenedictis; other alumni of the Class of 1963; William Penn School District Superintendent Joseph Bruni, Penn Wood High School

18 Sep 2013

Aqua America CEO Establishes Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans

BRYN MAWR, Pa. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Aqua America (NYSE:WTR) announced today that its Chairman, President and CEO Nicholas DeBenedictis has established Rule 10b5-1 trading plans as part of his personal and family financial planning strategy for asset diversification.

12 Sep 2013

Aqua America Backs Michelle Obama's New "Drink Up" Campaign Encouraging Americans to Drink More Water

BRYN MAWR, Pa. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Aqua America Inc. (Aqua) applauds First Lady Michelle Obama as she kicks off the new "Drink Up" initiative , announced today. Mrs. Obama will join forces with the Partnership for a Healthier America, actress Eva Longoria and more than a dozen organizations to

12 Sep 2013

Sarasota County Agrees to Move Forward With Intent to Purchase Aqua America's Remaining Florida Operations

BRYN MAWR, Pa. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Aqua America, Inc. (NYSE: WTR) announced today that county commissioners in Sarasota County, Florida , voted yesterday to move forward with the purchase of the company's water and wastewater operations in Sarasota . The price of the systems, which serve about

03 Sep 2013

Aqua America 9 Percent Cash Dividend Increase and Five-for-Four Stock Split Effective on September 1

BRYN MAWR, Pa. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Aqua America, Inc. (NYSE: WTR) is reminding shareholders that the 9 percent cash dividend increase and the five-for-four stock split approved by its Board of Directors on May 8, 2013 , was effective on September 1, 2013 , and priced with the market opening on