American Water Earns 2023 WaterSense® Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
October 05 2023 - 3:30PM
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American Water (NYSE: AWK), the largest regulated water and
wastewater utility company in the U.S., today announced it earned
the 2023 WaterSense® Excellence from the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (“U.S. EPA”).
“American Water is proud to be recognized by the U.S. EPA with
the 2023 WaterSense® Excellence Award,” said Cheryl Norton,
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, American
Water. "We are committed to promoting water efficiency through
thought leadership and education for our customers and are
delighted to continue our partnership with WaterSense.”
WaterSense, a voluntary partnership program sponsored by the
U.S. EPA, is both a label for water-efficient products, programs,
and homes and a resource for helping consumers learn ways to save
water. More than 2,100 manufacturers, builders, retailers,
utilities, government, and nonprofit organizations partner with
WaterSense to promote water-efficient products, homes, and
programs.
Together with our subsidiaries, American Water was recognized
for our work promoting WaterSense and water efficiency in 2022.
Examples include:
- Promoting WaterSense labeled products through conservation
educational programs across our national footprint.
- Creating a downloadable Water Leak Detection Kit—a helpful
guide for locating indoor and outdoor water leaks.
- California American Water organized a summer drought campaign
to encourage customers to conserve water. The company also hosted
webinars to educate customers on water efficiency.
- Illinois American Water featured a Water Learning Center on its
website to educate residents on finding and fixing leaks and other
types of water conservation.
- New Jersey American Water organized a digital summer
conservation campaign to mitigate heightened demand in the summer
months due to hotter temperatures and an influx of tourism to
coastal communities.
“With extreme weather affecting water supplies and quality,
saving this precious resource is more important than ever,” said
Veronica Blette, Chief, WaterSense Branch. “The 2023 award winners
helped Americans look to WaterSense and save not just water, but
the energy required to heat and treat it, as well as reduce
greenhouse gas emissions associated with energy use.”
American Water was honored as the 2023 WaterSense® Excellence in
Education and Outreach award recipient during a ceremony held today
at the WaterSmart Innovations Conference and Exposition in Las
Vegas, Nev.
For more information about WaterSense, visit
www.epa.gov/watersense.
About American Water
American Water (NYSE: AWK) is the largest regulated water and
wastewater utility company in the United States. With a history
dating back to 1886, We Keep Life Flowing® by providing safe,
clean, reliable and affordable drinking water and wastewater
services to more than 14 million people with regulated operations
in 14 states and on 18 military installations. American Water’s
6,500 talented professionals leverage their significant expertise
and the company’s national size and scale to achieve excellent
outcomes for the benefit of customers, employees, investors and
other stakeholders.
As one of the fastest growing utilities in the U.S., American
Water expects to invest $30 to $34 billion in infrastructure
repairs and replacement, system resiliency and regulated
acquisitions over the next 10 years. The company has a
long-standing history of executing its core operations, aligned
with sustainable best practices, through its commitments to safety,
affordability, customer service, protecting the environment, an
inclusive workforce and strengthening communities.
American Water has been recognized on the 2023 Bloomberg
Gender-Equality Index for the fifth consecutive year, ranked 18th
on Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable U.S. Companies 2023 List, earned
the U.S. Department of Homeland Security SAFETY Act designation and
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s WaterSense® Excellence
Award, among additional state, local and national recognitions.
For more information, visit amwater.com and join American Water
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Media Alicia Barbieri Director, Communications &
External Affairs American Water (856) 676-8103
alicia.barbieri@amwater.com
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