Aqua America (WTR) Updates on Q1 Acquisition, Customer Addition Activity

Aqua America, Inc. (NYSE: WTR) announced today that the company has completed seven acquisitions in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana and North Carolina during the first quarter of 2016, adding 4,722 customer connections.

• Superior Water Company, Inc. is comprised of five water systems that serve 3,868 customer connections (approximately 11,000 people) in parts of Berks, Chester and Montgomery counties in southeastern Pennsylvania
• The Galena wastewater system serves 123 wastewater connections (approximately 400 people) near Greenville in Floyd County, Indiana.
• The Eastwood Manor Water Company and the Nunda Utility Company in McHenry County, Illinois collectively serve 525 customer connections and approximately 1,600 people. Both systems were acquired under the provisions of the Illinois Water Systems Viability Act 98-0213, a law that promotes the acquisition of smaller, often troubled utilities by larger, more efficient utilities.
• The water and wastewater utility assets of Golf Greenwood Gardens Improvement Association each serve 72 customer connections located in unincorporated Cook County, within Aqua Illinois’ existing North Maine Utility’s certificated area.
• The Clear Meadow water system in the Mint Hill area of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina serves 62 customer connections.

“We welcome our new customers in these four states,” said Executive Vice President for Strategy and Corporate Development Dan Schuller. “We look forward to serving these customers and investing in the utility infrastructure necessary to provide them with the quality water and reliable water and wastewater service they deserve, and for which Aqua is known.”

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