Utilities
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Aqua Donates $450,000 to Share Food Program, Launches Multi-Year Partnership to Fight Hunger
Share Food Program has announced a $450,000 donation through the Essential Foundation, the charitable giving arm of Aqua Pennsylvania, an Essential Utilities Company. The check was presented during an Aqua employee volunteer day and launched a new multi-year partnership to provide hunger relief for Delaware County residents served by both organizations. As Lead Sponsor, Aqua’s…
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Aqua Offers Tips to Keep Systems Clean With Proper Disposal of Greases During the Holidays
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 encourages customers to watch its new video featuring easy tips for the proper disposal of fats, oils, and grease. Recommendations…
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Essential Utilities Appoints Two New Executives to Leadership Team
Essential Utilities Inc. has announced the appointment of two new members to the company’s executive leadership team: Jeanne Russo joins the company as vice president, communications, and Sumit Nair will assume the role of vice president and chief information officer. “I’m thrilled to welcome Jeanne and Sumit to our growing leadership team,” said Essential Chairman…
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Aqua Receives Grant to Add PFAS Treatment to Local Areas
Essential Utilities Inc. has announced that subsidiary Aqua Pennsylvania received approval by the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Authority for a PENNVEST grant to construct a treatment facility for two of its Hatboro well stations in Horsham Township, Montgomery County. The treatment will remove per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) which have found their way into Pennsylvania’s waterways due…
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Aqua Pennsylvania Invests $2.8 Million in Main Replacement Projects in Delaware County
Aqua Pennsylvania announced that $2.8 million in water main replacement projects are underway in Glenolden and Lansdowne boroughs. This investment is part of Aqua’s continuing infrastructure improvement program to improve reliability for customers throughout Delaware County. Crews are working to replace 4,581 feet of aging 6-inch water mains with new 8-inch ductile iron water mains…
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Aqua’s Brian Gresehover Promoted to Vice President of Engineering to Advance Company Excellence Initiatives
Essential Utilities Inc. has appointed Brian Gresehover to Vice President of Engineering at Aqua, its water and wastewater subsidiary. Gresehover, a member of the 2022 Class of VISTA Millennial Superstars, previously served as a senior project engineer for Aqua, where he oversaw a $150 million annual capital budget focused on planning, management, design, and renewal…
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PECO Plan to Replace Trees with Poles Sparks Nether Providence Protest
Wallingford and Swartmore residents are trying to keep PECO from cutting down or trimming a number of trees, some of them 250 years old, writes Jaclyn Lee for 6abc.com. Neighbors say the trees define the neighborhoods and hate the idea of looking out at utility poles instead of beautiful trees on their street. They…
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Aqua Pennsylvania Donates $365,000 to Philadelphia Zoo, Unveils ‘Water Is Life’ Exhibit During Aqua Volunteer Day
Aqua Pennsylvania President Marc Lucca and Essential Utilities Executive Vice President and General Counsel Chris Luning delivered a $365,000 check from the company’s Essential Foundation to the Philadelphia Zoo as the presenting sponsor of the “Water Is Life” exhibit. The donation will enable the zoo to highlight the importance of water for providing shelter, nourishment,…
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Aqua Pennsylvania Begins $1.6 Million Main Replacement Project in Newtown Township
Aqua Pennsylvania has announced a $1.6 million main replacement project is underway in Newtown Township. This investment is part of Aqua’s continuing infrastructure improvement program to improve reliability for customers throughout Delaware County. Crews recently began working to replace 4,670 feet of aging six- and eight-inch water mains with new eight-inch ductile iron water…
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New York Firm Checks Out Chester Site for $6.4B LNG Export Terminal
New York firm Penn LNG is considering a $6.4 billion liquefied natural gas export terminal at a 60-acre warehouse property in Chester, writes Andrew Maykuth for The Philadelphia Inquirer. But Michael Gerace, the owner of the GWSI warehouse at Front and Lloyd streets, site of a former Ford assembly plant, says the property is not…
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Aqua Pennsylvania Donates Funds to Pair of Fire Companies in Delaware County
Demonstrating its commitment to the communities it serves, Aqua Pennsylvania recently donated $1,000 each to a pair of fire companies in Delaware County: Springfield Fire Company and Rose Tree Fire Company. Aqua Pennsylvania provides water service to Springfield Township. Pictured from left to right in the lefthand photo above are: Rob Burston (Aqua Plant Manager),…
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Aqua Pennsylvania Invests $7.1 Million in Infrastructure Improvement Projects in Haverford Township
Aqua Pennsylvania has announced that $7.1 million in infrastructure improvement projects are underway in Haverford Township to improve service reliability for customers throughout the Main Line. Crews are working on a $4.6 million project to replace 10,311 feet of aging six-, eight-, 12-, and 16-inch cast iron water mains with new ductile iron water mains…
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Delaware County Leadership: Marc Lucca, President of Aqua Pennsylvania
Marc Lucca, the President of Aqua Pennsylvania, spoke with DELCO Today about growing up in South Philly; being motivated to work at an early age; bussing tables at restaurants his father managed throughout the city; and the lessons he learned from the many part-time jobs he had when he was younger. Lucca also discussed how…
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Aqua ‘Takes Education to Next Level,’ Joins Conservancy to Launch Floating Classroom Science Program
Aqua Pennsylvania, an Essential Utilities company, recently joined the Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy to celebrate the 2022 launch of the Conservancy’s Floating Classroom Science Program, with a ribbon-cutting at Aqua’s Green Lane Reservoir. Aqua is the main partner of the Floating Classroom Program, which combines environmental education, kayaking, and lab work into one immersive educational experience…
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Whatever Happened to the CWA-24?
For months we have read mistruths about Aqua’s interest in purchasing Chester Water Authority. False claims that Aqua would close the Octoraro Reservoir, claims we wouldn’t extend similar jobs to current CWA employees or that they would be forced to relocate and many other complete fabrications that we’ve proven to be inaccurate. Instead of making…
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PUC OKs PECO Gas Facility in Broomall That Was Rejected by Marple Zoning Board
A proposed “gas reliability station” in residential Broomall for a PECO natural gas pipeline was OK’d by the PUC, which declared the station exempt from local zoning laws, writes Andrew Maykuth for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The station would reduce gas pressure on the pipeline before It is distributed in neighborhoods. Residents near the site complained…
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Aqua Pennsylvania Invests $5.8 Million in Infrastructure Improvement Projects Throughout Delaware County
Aqua Pennsylvania has announced that $5.8 million in infrastructure improvement projects are underway or have recently been completed in Middletown, Springfield, and Marple townships to improve service reliability for customers throughout Delaware County. In Middletown Township, crews are working on a $3.1 million project replacing 5,737 feet of aging six- and eight-inch water mains with…
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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, Chester Water Authority quietly approved a customer rate increase during its board meeting with a total lack of transparency. Only one day prior to…
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