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Welcome to Pennsylvania American Water
Pennsylvania American Water, a subsidiary of American Water (NYSE: AWK), is the largest investor owned water utility in the state, providing high-quality and reliable water and/or wastewater services to approximately 2.5 million people. Pennsylvania American Water plans to invest approximately $650 million-$800 million annually to upgrade our water and wastewater systems. These investments are necessary to improve treatment facilities, storage tanks, wells and pumping stations to help ensure that your water and wastewater service meets all regulatory standards. In addition, we proactively replace aging pipes, valves, service lines and other parts of our nearly more than 12,370-mile network of water and sewer main to enhance water quality, service reliability and fire protection for the communities we serve.
With a history dating back to 1886, American Water is the largest and most geographically diverse U.S. publicly traded water and wastewater utility company. American Water employs more than 7,000 dedicated professionals who provide regulated and market-based drinking water, wastewater and other related services to more than 14 million people in 14 states and on 18 military installations. American Water provides safe, clean, affordable and reliable water services to our customers to make sure we keep their lives flowing.
Here in Pennsylvania, we:
- Serve 19% of the commonwealth’s population
- Serve 436 communities in 38 counties
- Provide high quality water service to 696,980 customers
- Provide wastewater service to 117,050 customers
- Employ approximately 1,220 employees
- Operate 40 water treatment plants with an average daily delivery of 195 million gallons
- Operate 29 wastewater treatment plants with a combined daily capacity of 77 million gallons
- Maintain 12,370 miles of water and sewer pipeline
- Maintain 321 water storage facilities
- Maintain 490 water and wastewater pumping stations
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