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

09 Aug 2012

Aqua America CEO To Present at Goldman Sachs 11th Annual Power and Utility Conference

BRYN MAWR, Pa. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Aqua America, Inc. (NYSE: WTR) announced today that its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Nicholas DeBenedictis will participate on a panel at the Goldman Sachs 11th Annual Power and Utility Conference to be held on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at approximately

02 Aug 2012

Aqua America Announces a 6.1 Percent Cash Dividend Increase Payable December 1, 2012

22nd cash dividend increase in 21 years BRYN MAWR, Pa. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Aqua America's (NYSE: WTR) Board of Directors today declared a dividend increase of $0.01 per share from $0.165 per share to $0.175 per share for the December 1, 2012 quarterly dividend, to all shareholders of record on

30 Jul 2012

Aqua America Reports Record Earnings for Second Quarter

Net income increases 10 percent on strong revenue growth Major Ohio acquisition successfully integrated BRYN MAWR, Pa. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Aqua America, Inc. (NYSE: WTR) today reported results for the quarter ending June 30, 2012 . Diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $0.30 , compared to

20 Jul 2012

Aqua Pennsylvania's Southeastern Pennsylvania Reservoirs Remain Near Full While Western Counties Enter Drought Watch

BRYN MAWR, Pa. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. (Aqua) reported today that the 10-billion-gallon reservoir system in southeastern Pennsylvania where it serves about 1 million people is at 98 percent of capacity. Company President Steve Tagert said, "We are fortunate that Southeastern

11 Jul 2012

Aqua America to Report Earnings for Second Quarter 2012

BRYN MAWR, Pa. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Aqua America, Inc. (NYSE: WTR) expects to report earnings for the quarter ending June 30, 2012 on July 31, 2012 . The company's conference call with financial analysts will take place on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at 11 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time .

20 Jun 2012

Aqua America Increases Investment in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Ohio to Address Water-Energy Nexus

BRYN MAWR, Pa. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Aqua America, Inc. (NYSE: WTR) Chairman and CEO Nicholas DeBenedictis detailed Aqua's sustainability initiatives with respect to its growing water-energy nexus at the Citi Global Water and Renewables Investment Conference held today in New York City .

31 May 2012

Aqua America to Transition Fleet to Compressed Natural Gas

CEO: Natural gas is Pennsylvania's biggest economic driver since coal and steel BRYN MAWR, Pa. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Aqua America, Inc. (NYSE: WTR) Chairman and CEO Nicholas DeBenedictis announced today that the company is going to transition portions of its larger vehicle fleet to compressed natural