Aqua Pennsylvania

Aqua Pennsylvania serves 1.5 million people in 32 counties across the Commonwealth.

Aqua Pennsylvania delivers quality water and wastewater services by hiring the best people and innovating and replacing aging infrastructure. In fact, Aqua Pennsylvania’s mission is protecting and providing earth’s most essential resource.

Today, we are committed to bringing our customers not only water, but the safest, most up-to-date technology and infrastructure and the most caring customer service possible.  

Pennsylvania Water Systems

Aqua delivers reliable service to cities and towns, meeting all federal and state regulations.

• Quality drinking water – Aqua Pennsylvania delivers safe drinking water to customers throughout the state. Aqua performs routine tests to all drinking water to ensure that it is safe for customers.
• Improving infrastructure – Aqua Pennsylvania regularly repairs and replaces old water mains, pipes and wells, to provide reliable service and quality water.
• Rates – Aqua’s rates are based on true cost of service. As a regulated utility, Aqua Pennsylvania’s water and wastewater rates are set and approved by the Public Utility Commission.

Pennsylvania Wastewater Systems

Aqua Pennsylvania has the technical expertise to offer superior wastewater services, surpassing all local, regional and national environmental quality and public health standards.

• Improving wastewater quality — Aqua Pennsylvania improves the quality of water dispersed from wastewater treatment plants back into the environment. 
• An environmental approach – Aqua Pennsylvania is constantly revolutionizing wastewater treatment, ensuring our methods are respectful of the environment and adhere to current and future Pennsylvania Environmental Protection Agency regulations.
• Safe for the environment – Aqua Pennsylvania treats all wastewater to remove harmful bacteria, and all wastewater that leaves Aqua’s plants is safe for all people, plants and animals.

Benefits of Working with Aqua

Most Americans have utility services, including gas and electricity, provided by an investor-owned company. Water and wastewater service, however, is typically supplied by municipal or authority-owned systems.

Many municipalities struggle to balance budgets that include a long list of priorities, from water and wastewater infrastructure needs, to schools, police and fire departments, roadways and bridges. For municipalities or authorities, Aqua Pennsylvania can be a partner by integrating water or wastewater systems into Aqua’s existing operations. This gives the municipality an influx of cash to put toward other priorities and alleviates the burden of maintaining their own water and wastewater systems.

In addition, recent fair market valuation legislation in Pennsylvania allows companies like Aqua to pay a fair market amount for municipal water and wastewater systems. This benefits local governments, customers and the environment. Before the passage of this legislation, utilities were often limited to including only the original depreciated cost into their rate base, which became a regulatory barrier to a sale.