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Aqua Pennsylvania: Chester Water Authority Increases Customer Rates with Complete Lack of Transparency
Chester Water Authority (CWA) customers, did you know your water bills are going up? Do you expect better service or improved water quality with those increased rates? On January 20, 2022, CWA quietly approved a customer rate increase during its board meeting with a total lack of transparency. Only one day prior to that meeting,…
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Aqua Pennsylvania Invests $2.1 Million in Infrastructure Improvement Project in Haverford Township
A $2.1 million infrastructure improvement project from Aqua Pennsylvania is underway in Haverford Township to improve service reliability for customers throughout the Main Line. Crews are working to replace 4,849 feet of aging four-, six-, and 16-inch water mains with new six-, eight-, and 16-inch ductile iron water mains on the following streets: Aqua’s work…
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Aqua Pennsylvania Completes $2.6 Million in Infrastructure Improvement Projects in Chester County
Aqua Pennsylvania has completed $2.6 million in infrastructure improvement projects in Westtown, East Goshen, and Pocopson townships. These upgrades will improve reliability for customers throughout Chester County. Crews have completed a $1 million project in Westtown Township to replace about 4,100 feet of aging, eight-inch, non-metallic pipe with new, eight-inch, ductile iron water main on…
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Aqua Teams Up with Cradles to Crayons to Provide Support for Local Children in Need
Aqua, an Essential Utilities Company, teamed up with Cradles to Crayons, renowned for its work in providing clothing and essentials for Philadelphia-area children living in low-income or homeless situations, for an ongoing partnership in support of the nonprofit’s Gear Up for Winter and Ready For Learning initiatives. In addition to signing on as the presenting…
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Aqua Pennsylvania Appoints Alicia Beauchamp to Chief of Organic Chemistry in Environmental Lab
Aqua Pennsylvania has promoted Alicia Beauchamp to the position of chief of organic chemistry within its environmental laboratory. In her new role, Beauchamp supervises a team of chemists who analyze water samples for volatile organic compounds, trihalomethanes, taste and odor compounds, and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). “Ensuring safe water and protecting public health and…
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Aqua Offers Tips to Keep Pipes from Freezing This Winter
As colder weather approaches, Aqua is reminding homeowners that they should take steps now to prevent their household water pipes from freezing this winter. Frozen pipes become a concern when the air temperature drops below freezing for a sustained period. Aqua recommends that customers take the following steps ahead of severe winter weather: Aqua also…
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With Rollout of New Federal Program, Aqua Pennsylvania Urges Customers to Apply for Assistance with Water Bills
Aqua Pennsylvania is promoting the rollout of the 2021 Low Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) with the goal of helping families that are experiencing hardship with their water bills. LIHWAP is a new, temporary emergency water and wastewater assistance program created by the federal government to assist low-income households with their drinking water and…
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Aqua Pennsylvania’s Great Valley Maintenance & Construction Division Adopts a Family for the Holidays
For the past three years, Aqua Pennsylvania’s Great Valley Maintenance & Construction division has been a part of the Domestic Violence Center of Chester County’s Adopt a Family program during Christmas. Previously, Aqua employees raised money to purchase toys and winter clothing as part of its Open Giving program. This year, Aqua expanded its participation…
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Aqua Pennsylvania Appoints Christine Brisbin as Director of New Environmental Laboratory
Aqua Pennsylvania has promoted Christine Brisbin to laboratory director for its William C. Ross Environmental Laboratory in its Bryn Mawr headquarters. In her new role, Brisbin oversees all water quality testing in the laboratory to help ensure the water Aqua delivers to its customers meets federal and state health and environmental requirements. At the new…
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This Holiday Season, Aqua Reminds Customers to Keep Wastewater Lines Clear of Fat, Grease with Proper Disposal
Aqua reminds customers that they play a role in ensuring their local wastewater system operates properly, from the pipes that run from their homes and businesses to the treatment plant itself. This holiday season, Aqua offers customers the following tips for the proper disposal of fat, oil, and grease: Garbage disposals do not keep fat, oil, and grease out of plumbing systems…
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Parent Company of Aqua Pennsylvania Presents $75,000 Check to WCU Resource Pantry
In survey data collected last year, approximately 40 percent of West Chester University students reported experiencing some type of basic-need insecurity, including not having enough food to eat. During this season of thanks and giving, Essential Utilities, the parent company of Aqua Pennsylvania, stepped up in a big way to assist WCU students who depend…
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See How Pennsylvania Ranks Nationally in Crude Oil Production
Pennsylvania ranks seventeenth in the nation based on annual crude oil production, according to a recently released report from Commodity.com. The COVID-19 pandemic made for a troublesome time for oil and other utilities, as well as factoring in the economy. To determine the states that produce the most oil, Commodity.com used U.S. Energy Information Administration…
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Aqua Pennsylvania Completes $1.7 Million in Infrastructure Improvement Projects Throughout Montco
Aqua Pennsylvania has completed $1.7 million in infrastructure improvement projects in Upper Moreland and Whitemarsh townships to improve service reliability for customers throughout Montgomery County. In Upper Moreland Township, crews completed a $1.2 million project that replaced about 5,500 feet of aging six-inch cast iron pipe with new eight-inch ductile iron water main on the…
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Aqua Pennsylvania Completes $2.2 Million in Infrastructure Improvement Projects in Chester County
Aqua Pennsylvania has completed about $2.2 million in infrastructure improvement projects in Westtown Township. These upgrades will improve reliability for customers throughout Chester County. Crews have completed a $1.1 million project to replace about 4,480 feet of aging six-inch cement pipe with new eight-inch ductile iron water main on the following streets: Crews have also…
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Aqua Ends Request for Southeastern Pennsylvania Customers to Conserve Water in Ida’s Aftermath
Aqua Pennsylvania has ended its request that customers reduce nonessential water use to aid the recovery of normal water supply in the utility’s southeastern Pennsylvania service area. On Sept. 10, Aqua announced the recovery of partial operations at its Pickering West water treatment plant, which was heavily damaged by the devastating floods caused by remnants…
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Aqua Announces Partial Recovery of Pickering West Water Treatment Plant
Aqua Pennsylvania has announced the recovery of partial operations at the Pickering West water treatment facility, which was heavily damaged by the devastating floods caused by Tropical Storm Ida last week. This recovery will aid in bringing drinking water supply for Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Bucks counties back to normal operation levels. However, it may…
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Aqua Urges Customers to Save Water and Offers Tips as Utility Continues to Recover from Storm Damage
Aqua Pennsylvania strongly encourages customers throughout its southeastern Pennsylvania service area to continue their efforts to save water until further notice as the utility works to restore normal operations at its largest water treatment plant, which was heavily damaged by the devastating floods caused by Tropical Storm Ida last week. Aqua’s top tips to save…
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Aqua Donates $25,000 to Local Nonprofit That Provides Safe Haven for Victims of Domestic Violence
Essential Utilities and Aqua Pennsylvania contributed $25,000 to Laurel House’s campaign to build a new Safe Haven Center in Lansdale. Laurel House has been a trusted and respected resource in Montgomery County for more than 40 years and offers hope and healing to women, men, and children devastated by domestic abuse. This new location is…
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