Four Union Utility Workers from New Jersey American Water Travel to Puerto Rico for Relief Work
October 09 2017 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
Four New Jersey American Water employees joined a team of more
than 300 AFL-CIO volunteers who traveled to Puerto Rico on Oct. 4
to help with Hurricane Maria relief efforts. The employees who
volunteered to join this two-week assignment are Utility Mechanics
Al Archila, Karl Engallena and Jorge Perez and Meter Reader/Field
Service Representative Peter Gualtieri.
Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA) President Mike Langford
contacted local union presidents Mike Esposito, Dasher Zsomboran
and Dave Quattrone to recruit skilled volunteers to join the
delegation of first responders, including nurses, doctors,
firefighters, electricians, pipefitters, equipment operators,
engineers, carpenters and truck drivers.
“I’m proud of our members for stepping up and responding to the
emergency,” said Langford. “This is what we do every day; repair,
repower and rebuild American communities. UWUA members get the job
done!”
“When we learned of the AFL-CIO’s relief initiative and the
opportunity for some of our employees to participate, we jumped at
the chance to help them participate,” said Robert MacLean,
President of New Jersey American Water. “I am always impressed by
how the union and the company can solve problems quickly when we
work together to meet a challenge, and this mission is a terrific
example of that.”
United Airlines donated free transportation aboard a Boeing 777
for the flight from Newark International Airport to San Juan Luis
Munoz Marin International Airport. The plane also carried 35,000
pounds of relief supplies.
Access to drinking water has been restored to 45 percent of
Puerto Rico, but more than half of the U.S. territory of 3.4
million is still going without.
“I know my services are needed,” said Archila. “I have friends
in Puerto Rico and I’m looking forward to helping out. I always
wanted to volunteer and do the disaster relief work that needs to
get done.”
Archila works in the New Jersey American Water’s Plainfield
operations center, Gualtieri is from the Belle Meade operations
center, Engallena works in the company’s Shrewsbury operations
center and Perez is from the Short Hills operations center.
New Jersey American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, is
the largest investor-owned water utility in the state, providing
high quality and reliable water and/or wastewater services to
approximately 2.7 million people. More information can be found at
www.newjerseyamwater.com. With a history dating back to 1886,
American Water (NYSE: AWK) is the largest and most geographically
diverse publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company.
The company employs 6,800 dedicated professionals who provide
regulated and market-based drinking water, wastewater and other
related services to an estimated 15 million people in 47 states and
Ontario, Canada. More information can be found by visiting
www.amwater.com.
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New Jersey American WaterDenise Venuti FreeDirector of
Communications and External
Affairs856-782-2316denise.free@amwater.com
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