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</div><div>http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/water-solutions/how-felton-ca-achieved-water-independence 2010</div><div>Food & Water Watch has studied the effects of water-system privatization and has helped Felton and other communities turn—or return—to public control. In a 2009 report that examined nearly 5,000 water utilities and 1,900 sewer utilities, the organization found that the private entities—which have a fiduciary obligation to shareholders—charge up to 80 percent more for water and 100 percent more for sewer services. Privately owned utilities cost more to operate, too: </div><div>----</div><div>2014</div><div>Residents of Felton have been paying close attention to a local TV advertisement targeting voters in nearby Monterey. “In 2005, we voted for a public takeover of our water system,” says Felton music teacher Beth Hollenbeck, on screen. Hollenbeck pulls a water bill out of her mailbox: “If I knew then what I know now, I wouldn’t have voted for it.”The ad was paid for by California American Water (also a supporter of KAZU), the corporation that once owned Felton’s waterworks, and which could lose ownership of Monterey’s system too if voters pass <a href="http://ballotpedia.org/Monterey_Peninsula_Water_Management_District%22Water_System_Local_Ownership_and_Cost_Saving_Initiative,%22_Measure_O(June_2014)" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;">Measure O</a> on the June 3rd ballot. In the commercial,  Hollenbeck calls Measure O “a risk we can’t afford.” Off camera, she says the jury’s still out on Felton’s newly public system.<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; border-image-source: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> “Maybe I feel in the long run that Cal Am might be a little more accountable to us,” she explains, “but I don’t know that we are worse off, no, I don’t.American policy debates often hinge on one simple question: public or private? Across the US, cash hungry local governments are increasingly looking to privatize public services to help maintain aging infrastructure. But like people in Felton, some rate payers on the Monterey Peninsula have bridled at ongoing rate increases and alleged mismanagement of their water system under Cal Am.Advocates in Monterey say a public takeover could reduce spending on water in the long run. But Hollenbeck says activists in Felton overstated the cost savings that have come with joining the public <a href="http://www.slvwd.com/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;">San Lorenzo Valley (SLV) Water District</a>. “When I did the commercial,” she says, “what I really wanted to say was ‘guess what?’ It costs money to run a water company, whether you’re private or public.’”Barbara Sprenger, an organizer with <a href="http://www.feltonflow.org/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;">Felton FLOW</a>, the group that led the local campaign for public water, says Cal Am’s message on Felton misleading. “They have been saying that we’re dealing with huge rate increases here, without mentioning that we were dealing with huge, much larger, rate increases regularly from Cal Am,” she says.When she first got involved in 2002, Sprenger was motivated mainly by a desire for more public input on water. She says that much really has changed since the SLV Water District took over. “Everybody who governs it, we see them in the supermarket, we can call them up on the phone. Water’s just too important to have so little control over.”One of those people is Rick Rogers, Director of Operations for the Water District. In the hills of Felton, Rogers unlocks a gate and walks down a narrow set of stairs to the Fall creek fish ladder, a deep pool where a series of concrete steps help migrating salmon swim upstream. This is the source of Felton’s water.“When we took over, this fish ladder and intake was neglected,” Rogers explains. “The maintenance was almost non-existent. It was just patched–sandbags, go plug the hole. We have $200,000 into just saving what was here.”Even after six years of steady repairs, Rogers says much of Felton’s system is no better—it’s littered with defunct equipment, leaky tanks, and pump houses full of exposed wiring.Though San Lorenzo Valley inherited these problems from Cal Am, Rogers acknowledges that Cal Am inherited many of them from the previous owner.According to Heather Cooley, a water researcher with the <a href="http://pacinst.org/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;">Pacific Institute</a>, old water systems around the country have similar maintenance problems. “We have not been investing in these systems to repair them, to replace them.”But Rogers says the Water District had no opportunity to see what shape the system was in before they bought it. Their appraisal valued it at $7.6-million; at one point, Cal Am said it was worth $46-million. “We had a tour, one tour set up,” Rogers says. It was given by You couldn’t tell from the tour what was working and what wasn’t.”The reason for that is simple: Cal Am’s system was never for sale. “It’s not a willing buyer willing seller situation where you open your doors and allow someone to come in and let their due diligence team decide what to do,” says Joe Conner, who represented Cal Am in negotiations with the water district.”As a result, the only way for Felton to buy it was through eminent domain, and any due diligence had to be done by an independent party hired through the courts. “This is an adversarial proceeding. If they’d wanted a more detailed inspection, they could have hired another engineering firm, and they could have asked the court,” Conner says. “It would have cost more money to do that.”With both sides wary of the costs of a trial, they settled out of court. In the end, Felton spent $13.4-million, about 20% more than what residents had voted to spend  by taking out a municipal bond.“Personally I think we paid too much for it,” says John Fasolas, another member of Felton FLOW. “But they knew how much we had, so they were able to work it out to take what we had.”Six years after Cal Am left town, it’s impossible to be certain whether Felton rate payers are actually saving money. Including payments on Felton's 30 year bond, Fasolas’ water bills come out to about $14 more each month than he paid before the takeover. There’s no way to know how much rates would have gone up if Cal Am had stayed on, but Fasolas says he’s gotten something far more important: “water independence.”“For me, it’s a really great feeling knowing that we’re in control, that our environment, and our environmental concerns, are how our district operates. And the monies we spend stay right here in our valley.”</div><div>
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</div><div>5/15</div><div> <a href="http://www.nawc.org/" target="blank" style="text-decoration: none;">National Association of Water Companies</a> (NAWC) has launched a new campaign, <a href="http://truthfromthetap.com/" target="blank" style="text-decoration: none;">truthfromthetap.com</a>, to undermine advocates who want municipal water systems operated and owned by local, democratically elected councils—not by big companies accountable to shareholders.But the truth is, the <a href="http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/water/private-vs-public/corporations/" style="text-decoration: none;">private water operators</a> behind the site have a poor track record when it comes to serving communities. Company executives drive the management decisions, not locally accountable water boards, and they have a financial incentive to <a href="http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/water/private-vs-public/" style="text-decoration: none;">cut service, cut maintenance and cut the workforce</a>. This often results in delayed repairs and slow responses to customer service requests. There is <a href="http://documents.foodandwaterwatch.org/doc/MoneyDownDrain.pdf" style="text-decoration: none;">ample evidence</a> that maintenance backlogs, wasted water, sewage spills and service problems often follow privatization. In fact, poor performance is the primary reason that communities demand their local governments <a href="http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/blogs/protecting-the-human-right-to-water-one-system-at-a-time/" style="text-decoration: none;">reverse the decision to privatize and resume public operation of previously contracted services</a>.For many communities, frequent and massive rate increases are the most pronounced consequence of privatization. On average, private sector companies charge higher water and sewer rates than local government utilities. For example, a <a href="http://www.ipu.msu.edu/research/pdfs/2010%20GLWRS%20Report.pdf" style="text-decoration: none;">2010 survey</a> of the largest water utilities in the Great Lakes region found that privately owned systems charged more than twice as much as municipal systems. The researchers attributed this difference to private companies’ taxes, profits, higher overall service costs, and ratemaking practices.You don’t have to look far to find examples of failed privatization efforts:<ul style="line-height: 25px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li>Within a year of Veolia taking over the water system in <a href="http://documents.foodandwaterwatch.org/doc/Veolia_Water_2013.pdf" style="text-decoration: none;">Indianapolis</a>, thousands of residents experienced billing problems and consumer complaints more than doubled. In 2005, because the company lacked proper safeguards, an error caused a boil-water alert for more than a million people, closing local businesses and canceling school for 40,000 students.</li></ul><ul style="line-height: 25px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li>The privatized system in <a href="http://documents.foodandwaterwatch.org/doc/Veolia_Water_2013.pdf" style="text-decoration: none;">Gladewater, Texas</a> violated federal water quality standards 16 times, and residents described the water as “dark brown” and “foul.” The company failed to perform work required by its contract, and its water plant operators were lacking the necessary certification.</li></ul><ul style="line-height: 25px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li>In <a href="http://documents.foodandwaterwatch.org/doc/United_Water_a_Corporate_Profile.pdf" style="text-decoration: none;">Gary, Indiana</a>, after United Water downsized the workforce, residents experienced numerous service problems. In May 2008, a state inspection found that the district, under United Water’s management, violated discharge limits 84 times from 2005 to 2007.</li></ul><ul style="line-height: 25px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li>The New Jersey State Comptroller’s Office issued a scathing audit of United Water’s <a href="http://documents.foodandwaterwatch.org/doc/United_Water_a_Corporate_Profile.pdf" style="text-decoration: none;">Camden, NJ</a> It found that inadequate contract supervision and the company’s poor performance cost the city millions of dollars.</li></ul><a href="http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/water/private-vs-public/corporations/" style="text-decoration: none;">Read more examples here</a>.Read one of Food & Water Watch's <a href="http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/reports/borrowing-trouble-water-privatization-is-a-false-solution-for-municipal-budget-shortfalls/" style="text-decoration: none;">latest reports on water privatization</a>.Lifting the veil on industry attacks of advocatesIt’s no wonder that communities get wary when they hear their local water system may be considering some form of privatization. To combat this resistance, the water industry’s latest PR campaign asks, “Why are activists meddling with your water?” The strategy appears to be to confuse people by equating the relatively meager resources backing public interest groups to the massive resources of industry.Financial support from our more than 70,000 members keeps us independent of corporate and government influence—enabling us to take uncompromising positions and win strategic fights that threaten industry interests.The growing numbers of <a href="http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/blogs/rick-berman-strikes-again-with-environmental-policy-alliance/" style="text-decoration: none;">industry-backed</a> attacks on Food & Water Watch actually underscore our effectiveness, and are a good example of why some donors do not want their names publicized. It is their right to remain anonymous, and we guard our members’ privacy in order to protect them from harassment. GuideStar, a top source of information about nonprofit transparency and best practices, recently gave us their GuideStar Exchange Seal, demonstrating Food & Water Watch’s commitment to transparency.What’s not so transparent is how the water industry lobbies to secure their interests. Comprised of large U.S. water companies and the U.S. subsidiaries of multinational corporations like Suez, the NAWC has been a member of the controversial <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_American_Legislative_Exchange_Council" style="text-decoration: none;">American Legislative Exchange Council</a> (ALEC), alongside Koch Industries and ExxonMobil. ALEC works to ensure that state legislation is modeled to support its <a href="http://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Exposed" style="text-decoration: none;">industry-friendly policy goals</a>, including deregulation and privatization. One of its bolder resolutions has been one to dissolve the<a href="http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/blogs/alec-targets-epa-and-the-planet/" style="text-decoration: none;">Environmental Protection Agency</a>. ALEC has even <a href="http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/blogs/fifty-years-after-selma-we-still-need-to-organize-to-protect-our-civil-rights-and-environment/" style="text-decoration: none;">backed restrictions on voting.</a>Some companies, such as <a href="http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/blogs/alecs-attack-on-country-of-origin-labels/" style="text-decoration: none;">Amazon, Coca-Cola</a> and more recently, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/23/google-to-cut-ties-with-rightwing-lobby-group-over-climate-change-lies" style="text-decoration: none;">Google</a>, have backed out of ALEC because of its reactionary agenda. But in 2012 NAWC <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/03/nawc-alec-membership_n_1472752.html" style="text-decoration: none;">publicly defended</a> its membership in ALEC, and, as journalist Sarah Pavlus noted, it’s not the industry’s only dubious association: American Water’s Pennsylvania subsidiary and Aqua America have partnered with the oil and gas industry on a <a href="http://www.alternet.org/story/155065/shocking_conflict_of_interest%3A_private_water_companies_partner_with_fracking_lobby" style="text-decoration: none;">lobbying effort</a> to expand fracking (water companies sell the industry water used in fracking operations, and also recognize that the treatment of wastewater from fracking is a lucrative business opportunity.)nstead of promoting private involvement in municipal water systems in the form of public private partnerships, the federal government should adequately fund water infrastructure projects. It’s understandable that communities consider private investment to improve crumbling systems: much of our country’s water infrastructure is nearly a century old, and many community leaders look to lease their water systems out to address budgetary shortfalls.
However, instances of water privatization are still pretty rare in the U.S. As of 2012, only six percent of local governments contract their drinking or wastewater services to private, for-profit entities. Since 2000, major water companies have lost 169 contracts in the United States.
That’s because communities have learned the hard way that they can do better. Part of democracy is asking local and federal leaders to stand up for what’s right when it comes to the things we can’t live without. We cannot live without water.
The real truth from the tap
These brazen water industry attacks underscore that advocates and communities are being effective in their work every day to protect our essential resources. They also present an opportunity to talk about how big companies attempt to sway the debate around important issues like how our water should be managed.</div><div>=
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</div><div><div id="mw-content-text" lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="direction: ltr; line-height: 22.4px;">National Association of Water Companies (NAWC) is a lobbying front group representing "all aspects of the private water service industry." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=National_Association_of_Water_Companies#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a>NAWC performs direct lobbying via the National Association of Water Companies Political Action Committee (NAWC PAC). <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=National_Association_of_Water_Companies#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=National_Association_of_Water_Companies#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[3]</a>
In addition to lobbying, NAWC works to put a positive spin on water privatization by framing member companies as "environmental stewards" who are "responsive to their customers." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=National_Association_of_Water_Companies#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[4]</a> For example, in December 2009, NAWC Executive Director Michael Deane submitted an op-ed piece to the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Huffington Post</a> titled "Recognizing Private Water Companies for Sustainable Solutions."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=National_Association_of_Water_Companies#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[5]</a>. Alleging that the private water industry "rigorously pursue[s] environmental sustainability and water conservation," the article highlighted member company <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/United_Water" title="United Water" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">United Water</a>'s switch to electronic billing. The article failed to mention United Water's long record of exposing customers to environmental and health risks.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=National_Association_of_Water_Companies#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[6]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none;">Membership</h2>NAWC's current industry members are: <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=National_Association_of_Water_Companies#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[7]</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">American Water</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Aqua America</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Aquarion Water</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Artesian Water Company</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Baton Rouge Water Company</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">California Water Service Company</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">CH2M HILL OMI</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Connecticut Water Company</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Golden State Water Company</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Golden State Water Company – Employee Development University</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Middlesex Water Company</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Pennichuck Water Company</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">San Jose Water Company</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Severn Trent Services</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Shorelands Water Company</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">SouthWest Water Company</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">United Water</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Utilities, Inc.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Utility Services of Alaska</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Valencia Water Company</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Veolia Water</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">The York Water Company</li></ul>
<h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none;">Board of Directors</h2><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=National_Association_of_Water_Companies#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[8]</a>President<ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Mr. Charles V. Firlotte, Aquarion Water Company</li></ul>Board Members<ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Mr. Laurent Auguste, Veolia Water Americas, LLC</li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Mr. Donald L. Correll, American Water</li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Mr. Richard M. D'Amato II, CH2M HILL OMI</li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Mr. Nicholas DeBenedictis, Aqua America, Inc.</li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Mr. Dennis W. Doll, Middlesex Water Company</li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Mr. Sherlock S. Gillet, Jr., Peoples Water Service Company</li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Mr. Leonard F. Graziano, Severn Trent Services, Inc.</li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Mr. John Hoy, Utilities Inc.</li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Mr. Robert J. Iacullo, United Water</li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Mr. Palle Jensen, San Jose Water Company</li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Mr. Patrick J. Kerr, Baton Rouge Water Company</li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Mr. Marty Kropelnicki, California Water Service Group</li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Mr. Walter Lynch, American Water</li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Mr. Donald Morrissey, Aquarion Water Company</li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Ms. Lisa Sparrow, Utilities Inc.</li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Mr. Robert J. Sprowls, Golden State Water Company</li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Ms. Susan Suhanovsky, Torrington Water Company</li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Ms. Sandra Sullivan, Veolia Water Americas, LLC</li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Mr. Mark A. Swatek, Southwest Water Company (SWWC)</li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Ms. Dian C. Taylor, Artesian Resources Corporation</li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Mr. Eric W. Thornburg, The Connecticut Water Company</li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Ms. Maureen P. Westbrook, The Connecticut Water Company</li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Mr. Michael L. Whitehead, San Gabriel Valley Water Co.</li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Ms. Ellen C. Wolf, American Water</li></ul>
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background: none;">Energy</a></li></ul></div></div></div><div></div><div>United Water, Inc is the United States' second-largest private water service provider. Headquartered in Harrington Park, New Jersey, United Water, Inc operates in twenty five US states and serves "both as an owner-operator of regulated utilities and as an operator of municipal and industrial systems through public-private partnerships and contract services." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/United_Water_Inc#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a> The water provider has been repeatedly criticized as responsible for some of the nation's worse privatizations.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/United_Water_Inc#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a>Paris-based <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Suez" title="Suez" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Suez</a> Environnement, a global water and waste treatment company, is the parent company of United Water.United Water, Inc is a direct member of the international private water lobbying federation <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/AquaFed" title="AquaFed" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">AquaFed</a>.
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The national consumer advocacy group Food & Water Watch released a report in January 2010 criticizing United Water New York’s proposed desalination facility for the Hudson River. "[The facility] is a classic example of how the interests of private water companies starkly conflict with the needs of the customers to whom they are providing this essential resource,” said Wenonah Hauter, executive director of Food & Water Watch. “Rockland County residents have voiced a preference for conservation and other low-cost, low-impact water-delivery options, but United Water has instead chosen to pursue a high-tech method that would boost its profits.”<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/United_Water_Inc#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[4]</a> In addition to increased water rates and energy use, drawing from the Hudson River could result in drinking water that contains dangerous traces of radioactive chemicals.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/United_Water_Inc#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[5]</a>
<h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Communities Fighting Water Privatization</h2><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">City of Indianapolis, March 2010</h3>On March 10, 2010, City of Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard signed an agreement with Citizens Energy Group (Citizens), a public charitable trust, to manage the City’s water and wastewater utilities. The agreement effectively transfers the City's water services from the United Water to Citizens, which operates like a non-profit for community benefit. “With this agreement, I am rejecting privatization," Mayor Ballard said. "Our water and wastewater utilities will no longer be a political football. Local professional management, lower rates and outstanding service make Citizens the best choice to own and operate our community’s water utilities.” <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/United_Water_Inc#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[6]</a>
<h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Camden New Jersey, January 2010</h3>In December 2009, the City of Camden N.J. sought to recover $29 million from United Water after the N.J. State Comptroller found that the water provider's poor management had wasted taxpayer resources and exposed the population to health risks. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/United_Water_Inc#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[7]</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/United_Water_Inc#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[8]</a> Although Camden was also criticized for mismanaging the United Water contract, the independent audit compared United Water's service to that of developing nations, and said 45 percent of the company's water to the city was lost due to leakage, overflow, meter inaccuracies, and billing errors.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/United_Water_Inc#cite_note-9" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[9]</a> Rather than responding to this criticism by improving services, United Water filed a lawsuit for over $5.7 milllion against the City of Camden, alleging the city had not made required payments for two years. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/United_Water_Inc#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[10]</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/United_Water_Inc#cite_note-11" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[11]</a> United Water contends that, because their contract with Camden had an arbitration clause, the city's lawsuit against them also constitutes a breach-of-contract. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/United_Water_Inc#cite_note-12" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[12]</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/United_Water_Inc#cite_note-13" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[13]</a>
<h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Rockland County New York, January 2010</h3>As discussed above, in the "Criticism" section, Food And Water Watch issued a report criticizing United Water New York's plans for a desalination facility drawing from the Hudson River. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/United_Water_Inc#cite_note-14" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[14]</a>The Rockland Water Coalition comprises groups concerned with the status of Rockland County's water supply, watershed health, rivers, streams and aquifer. For their take on the Haverstraw Water Supply Project, visit [www.sustainablerockland.org] United Water New York provides information about its proposed Hudson River Water Supply Project at [www.haverstrawwatersupplyproject.com]<h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Corporate and Industry Affiliates</h2>"United Water is a member of a global family of water companies"<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.unitedwater.com/corporate-and-industry-affiliates.aspx" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">[2]</a>- <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Suez" title="Suez" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; 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<h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Political Lobbying</h2>United Water, Inc maintains a Political Action Committee (PAC), the UNITED WATER INC FEDERAL PAC (UW PAC). As of February 21st, 2010, OpenSecrets.org reports that the PAC contributed to the following candidates:<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/United_Water_Inc#cite_note-15" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[15]</a>SenateCrapo, Mike (R-ID) $2,500Gillibrand, Kirsten (D-NY) $1,000Menendez, Robert (D-NJ) $1,000
HousePallone, Frank Jr (D-NJ) $2,000Pascrell, Bill Jr (D-NJ) $600Rothman, Steven R (D-NJ) $1,500Sires, Albio (D-NJ) $500
UW PAC contributions to other PACs: <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/United_Water_Inc#cite_note-16" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[16]</a>DNC Services Corp $7,500New Millennium PAC (Affiliate: Robert Menendez (D-NJ)) $5,000National Assn of Water Companies $3,000
<h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">References</h2><ol class="references" style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 3.2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li id="cite_note-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/United_Water_Inc#cite_ref-1" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.unitedwater.com/localutility.aspx" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">United Water "about us" page</a>, accessed January 2010</li><li id="cite_note-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/United_Water_Inc#cite_ref-2" style="text-decoration: none; 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background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/12/nj_audit_says_camden_contract.html" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">N.J. audit says Camden contract with water company cost taxpayers millions</a>, New Jersey Star Ledger, December 16 2009.</li><li id="cite_note-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/United_Water_Inc#cite_ref-8" style="text-decoration: none; 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background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/press/releases/proposed-rockland-county-desalination-plant-a-boon-for-united-water-new-york-a-bust-for-area-water-customers20100112" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Proposed Rockland County Desalination Plant a Boon for United Water New York a Bust for Area Water Customers</a>, Food & Water Watch Press Release, accessed January 2010</li><li id="cite_note-15" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/United_Water_Inc#cite_ref-15" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://fecwatch.org/pacs/pacgot.php?cycle=2010&cmte=C00280156" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">United Water Contributions to Federal Candidates</a>, OpenSecrets.org, accessed February 2010</li><li id="cite_note-16" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/United_Water_Inc#cite_ref-16" style="text-decoration: none; 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margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">External Links</h2>United Water, Inc <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.unitedwater.com/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">website</a><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/water/private-vs-public/united-water-a-corporate-profile/?searchterm=united%20water" style="text-decoration: none; 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line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">merican Water Works Company, Inc., known as American Water, is a publicly traded (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/finance?cid=728868" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">NYSE: AWK</a>) water utilities and sewage treatment company headquartered in Voorhees, New Jersey. It is the largest for-profit provider of water and wastewater services in the United States where 86 percent of consumers receive their water services from publicly owned water systems.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a> According to American Water's 2012 Annual Report, it supplies "an estimated 14 million people with drinking water, wastewater and other water-related services in over 30 states and two Canadian provinces" and employs approximately 6,700 as of 2012.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-2012_10-K-2" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a> American Water has been a major force behind the privatization of water services and has come under fire from communities across the country for charging high rates and providing poor services.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-FWWprofile-3" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[3]</a> In 2013, American Water generated $2.9 billion in total operating revenue.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-bloomberg_profile-4" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[4]</a> Former CEO Jeffrey Sterba, who retired in 2014, made over $12 million in just four years as head of the company.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-proxy_statements-5" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[5]</a>In 2011, Citigroup economist Willem Buiter predicted that "water as an asset class will, in my view, become eventually the single most important physical-commodity based asset class, dwarfing oil, copper, agricultural commodities and precious metals."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[6]</a> But some American cities are fighting this commodification of precious water resources and have engaged in successful campaign to take back or "municipalize" public water utilities, see below for details.<div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; display: table; zoom: 1; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; display: inline; line-height: 1.3; background: none;">Contents</h2>  [<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">hide</a>] </div><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#Profits" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">1 Profits</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#Corporate_Structure" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">2 Corporate Structure</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#Founding" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">3 Founding</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#Controversies" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">4 Controversies</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#Municipalities.2C_Unhappy_with_American_Water_Subsidiaries.2C_Attempt_to_Take_Back_Control_of_Their_Water" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">4.1 Municipalities, Unhappy with American Water Subsidiaries, Attempt to Take Back Control of Their Water</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#Municipalities_Succeed_in_Taking_Back_Control_of_Their_Water" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">4.2 Municipalities Succeed in Taking Back Control of Their Water</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#Complaints_of_Excessive_Rates.2C_Poor_Customer_Service.2C_and_Failure_to_Properly_Maintain_Infrastructure" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">4.3 Complaints of Excessive Rates, Poor Customer Service, and Failure to Properly Maintain Infrastructure</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#Lawsuits" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">4.4 Lawsuits</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#Environmental_and_Water_Quality_Issues" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">4.5 Environmental and Water Quality Issues</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#Corporate_Subsidies" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">5 Corporate Subsidies</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#Political_Activity" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">6 Political Activity</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#Political_Contributions" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">6.1 Political Contributions</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#Lobbying" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">6.2 Lobbying</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#.22Risk_Factors.22_in_SEC_filings" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">6.3 "Risk Factors" in SEC filings</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-15" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#History" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">7 History</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#Brief_Ownership_By_Germany.27s_RWE" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">7.1 Brief Ownership By Germany's RWE</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#Public_Relations" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">7.2 Public Relations</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-18" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#Personnel" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">8 Personnel</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-19" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#Chief_Executive_Officer" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">8.1 Chief Executive Officer</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-20" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#Former_CEO_Jeffry_Sterba.28Retired_2014.29" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">8.1.1 Former CEO Jeffry Sterba (Retired 2014)</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-21" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#Management" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">8.2 Management</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-22" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#Board_of_Directors" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">8.3 Board of Directors</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-23" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#Contact_Information" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">9 Contact Information</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-24" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#Resources_and_Articles" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">10 Resources and Articles</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-25" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#Related_SourceWatch_Articles" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">10.1 Related SourceWatch Articles</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-26" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#PRWatch_Articles" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">10.2 PRWatch Articles</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-27" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#External_Articles.26_Reports" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">10.3 External Articles & Reports</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-28" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#Online_Resources" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">10.4 Online Resources</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-29" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#References" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">10.5 References</a></li></ul></li></ul></div><div class="floatright" style="clear: right; float: right; position: relative; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em 0.5em; border: 0px;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/File:American_water_revenue.jpg" class="image" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><img alt="American water revenue.jpg" src="http://www.sourcewatch.org/images/thumb/c/cf/American_water_revenue.jpg/350px-American_water_revenue.jpg" width="350" height="223" srcset="/images/thumb/c/cf/American_water_revenue.jpg/525px-American_water_revenue.jpg 1.5x, /images/thumb/c/cf/American_water_revenue.jpg/700px-American_water_revenue.jpg 2x" style="border: none; vertical-align: middle;" /></a></div><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none;">Profits</h2>In 2012, American Water generated $2.9 billion in total operating revenue.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-2012_10-K-2" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a> It had a net income of $358.1 million in 2012.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-2012_10-K-2" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none;">Corporate Structure</h2>American Water Co. currently operates as a holding company that conducts most of its business through subsidiaries incorporated in various states.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-SECArchive-7" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[7]</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-2012_10-K-2" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a> The company has a total of 15 state-based subsidiaries that own and/or operate water utilities in California, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[8]</a> In addition to these state-level divisions, American Water has 47 other subsidiaries throughout the United States and Canada, according to the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Securities_and_Exchange_Commission" title="Securities and Exchange Commission" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Securities and Exchange Commission</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/images/8/83/AM_water_subsidiaries.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 16px; background: url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif") 100% 50% no-repeat;">(SEC) data</a>.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-SECArchive-7" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[7]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none;">Founding</h2>American Water Co. was founded in New Jersey as American Water Works & Guarantee Company in 1886 by a small group of businessmen involved in local water utilities during the post-civil war era, eventually evolving into American Water Works Company, Inc.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-history-9" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[9]</a> In 2003, German energy and water service provider <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/RWE" title="RWE" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">RWE</a> purchased American Water only to sell it a few years later and completely divest in 2009.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-FWWprofile-3" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[3]</a> According to the non-profit organization, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Food%26_Water_Watch" title="Food & Water Watch" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Food & Water Watch</a>'s website, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/images/f/f3/Rwe-boardminutes.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 16px; background: url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Leaked minutes from a RWE board meeting</a> revealed that American Water had failed to meet any of its targets and that 'considerable political resistance to privatization of the water sector' was a major factor in its failure to thrive."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-FWWprofile-3" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[3]</a> Based on an analysis of Environmental Protection Agency data in 2012, Food & Water Watch reported that privately owned water systems fell by 16% between 2007 and 2011 while public water services rose by 8%.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[10]</a><div class="center" style="width: 1358px; text-align: center;"><div class="floatnone" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/File:2013-03-AmericanWaterMap.jpg" class="image" title="Source:Food & Water Watch" style="text-decoration: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; background: none;"><img alt="Source:Food & Water Watch" src="http://www.sourcewatch.org/images/thumb/5/57/2013-03-AmericanWaterMap.jpg/600px-2013-03-AmericanWaterMap.jpg" width="600" height="464" srcset="/images/thumb/5/57/2013-03-AmericanWaterMap.jpg/900px-2013-03-AmericanWaterMap.jpg 1.5x, /images/thumb/5/57/2013-03-AmericanWaterMap.jpg/1200px-2013-03-AmericanWaterMap.jpg 2x" style="border: none; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></a></div></div><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none;">Controversies</h2><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none;">Municipalities, Unhappy with American Water Subsidiaries, Attempt to Take Back Control of Their Water</h3>As reported by the non-profit organization, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Food & Water Watch</a>, when cities sell or contract out their water and/or sewer systems to private companies, they have often experienced problems such as increased costs, a decline in service, increased environmental impact, lost jobs and a reduction in pay and/or benefits for workers. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-PubPrivPart-11" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[11]</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-waterprivthreat-12" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[12]</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-BorrowTroub-13" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[13]</a> Many U.S. cities have attempted to regain control of their municipal water systems, a process called "municipalizations." If the private water company refuses to sell back the utility, some cities have used <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/eminent+domain" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">eminent domain</a> powers, which require compensation at fair market value, to secure public ownership of the public's water.<ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Ongoing Fight for Public Water in Monterey, CA - Aggravated by inadequate service and high rates, community members in the Monterey Peninsula have been fighting for local public control of their water system from California American Water for over a decade.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-Monterey-14" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[14]</a><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-15" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[15]</a> In the early 2000s, Monterey FLOW (Friends of Locally Owned Water) and Citizens for Public Water formed to mobilize behind a public buyout and "Measure W", which appeared on the ballot in November 2005. "Measure W" would have allowed for funding of a study to assess the process for a community buy-out of the water utility.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-Monterey-14" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[14]</a></li></ul><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">To defeat the measure, California American Water outspent the community groups 10-1. The company spent $300,000, making the campaign the most expensive in Monterey history. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=BNA_Communications&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="BNA Communications (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">BNA Communications</a>partnered with California American Water to develop a strategy aimed at defeating the measure by studying other failed bids at public takeovers of privately run utilities across the country. BNA Communications then used targeted direct mail, field communications, and television, radio, and newspaper advertisements to defeat Measure W.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-16" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[16]</a> The Monterey County Herald reported on November 20, 2006 that a judge allowed California American to pass the costs of its “public outreach” — $1,353,831 — on to its customers through new surcharges beginning in January 2007.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-Monterey-14" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[14]</a> Measure W was defeated with 62.63% (19,296 voters) voting no and 37.37% (11,514 voters) voting yes.</dd></dl><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">In 2010, amid ongoing controversy about a proposed desalination plan, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.waterplusmonterey.com/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">WaterPlus</a> formed to advocate on behalf of California American ratepayers and support a public purchase of the water system. WaterPlus members are also involved in the newly formed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.publicwaternow.org/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,PD94bWwgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4wIiBlbmNvZGluZz0iVVRGLTgiPz48c3ZnIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyIgd2lkdGg9IjEwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjEwIj48ZyB0cmFuc2Zvcm09InRyYW5zbGF0ZSgtODI2LjQyOSAtNjk4Ljc5MSkiPjxyZWN0IHdpZHRoPSI1Ljk4MiIgaGVpZ2h0PSI1Ljk4MiIgeD0iODI2LjkyOSIgeT0iNzAyLjMwOSIgZmlsbD0iI2ZmZiIgc3Ryb2tlPSIjMDZjIi8+PGc+PHBhdGggZD0iTTgzMS4xOTQgNjk4Ljc5MWg1LjIzNHY1LjM5MWwtMS41NzEgMS41NDUtMS4zMS0xLjMxLTIuNzI1IDIuNzI1LTIuNjg5LTIuNjg5IDIuODA4LTIuODA4LTEuMzExLTEuMzExeiIgZmlsbD0iIzA2ZiIvPjxwYXRoIGQ9Ik04MzUuNDI0IDY5OS43OTVsLjAyMiA0Ljg4NS0xLjgxNy0xLjgxNy0yLjg4MSAyLjg4MS0xLjIyOC0xLjIyOCAyLjg4MS0yLjg4MS0xLjg1MS0xLjg1MXoiIGZpbGw9IiNmZmYiLz48L2c+PC9nPjwvc3ZnPg") 100% 50%;">Public Water Now</a>, which residents formed in May 2013 to continue the fight for public water. The organization launched a campaign to put the question of a public buyout on the June 2014 ballot.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-Monterey-14" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[14]</a></dd></dl><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">In 2011, a group named WaterPlus, led an effort to convince the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District Board of Directors to vote in favor of creating an ad-hoc committee to investigate the feasibility of a public takeover. The effort was opposed by California American Water, the California Water Association (a consortium of private water companies) and their lawyers at <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Baker,Donelson,Bearman,Caldwell%26_Berkowitz,PC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC</a>. The Board of Directors voted against creating the ad-hoc committee.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-17" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[17]</a></dd></dl><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">In 2014, California American Water spent $2.4 Million fighting a local ballot initiative that would have required "the water management district to establish a policy that all water systems in the district's boundaries be publicly owned," according to the Monterey Herald. Outspending its opponents 24 to 1, California American was "essentially the lone financial backer for the anti-Measure O campaign," which included mailers, print ads, and television ads.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-18" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[18]</a> The measure was defeated on June 3, with 56 percent of voters opposing it.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-19" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[19]</a></dd></dl><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Public Water Now, an NGO run by former businessman Ron Cohen, is currently leading the fight for a public takeover of California American Water assets in Monterey. Cohen has united several likeminded groups, secured non-profit status and created an initiative petition that would require the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District to pursue a public purchase of Cal Am's local assets. The Monterey Herald says “It is arguably the most progress any public ownership effort has made.”<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-20" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[20]</a> Among Public Water Now's complaints is that California American Water has failed to find a new source of water since they had been ordered to do so in 1995, subsequently driving up rates.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-21" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[21]</a> Public Water Now is attempting to gather the 7,000 signatures to create a ballot initiative which will allow Monterey voters to decide on the takeover. California American Water representative Catherine Bowie stated that any public takeover will result in an eminent domain proceeding because California American Water's assets are "not for sale." She warned that any eminent domain proceeding would be lengthy, contentious and costly.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-22" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[22]</a></dd></dl><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Town of Mooresville Sues Indiana-American Water Co., Inc. to Reacquire Water Utility - In December, 2012, the town of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mooresville.org/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Mooresville, Indiana</a> sued Indiana American Water Company to take back control of their municipal water utility, which, according to the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/images/8/86/Mooresville_v_Am_Water.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 16px; background: url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif") 100% 50% no-repeat;">legal complaint</a> the town owned and operated until 2002. The complaint also states that the town attempted to negotiate the purchase of the utility at the independently appraised value of $6.2 million but the company refused to sell. Significant rate increases are reported as the reason for the city's decision to attempt a takeover.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-23" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[23]</a></li></ul><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">A PR campaign has been launched on the company’s behalf which includes billboards, a Facebook page, lawn signs, and a website: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mooresvillewaterfacts.com/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">mooresvillewaterfacts.com</a>. The website says the city's attempts to reacquire their water resources is a "hostile government takeover." It also includes graphs from what it says is a "survey conducted by a professional research firm" which demonstrates opposition to the takeover and displeasure with Mooresville City Council. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-24" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[24]</a> When researching who is behind the website, it leads only to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.domainsbyproxy.com/Default.aspx" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Domains BY PROXY</a>, which is a service that allows people (or organizations) to set up websites while keeping their identities secret, but many suspect American Water Co. is behind the spin.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-25" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[25]</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-26" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[26]</a><div class="center" style="width: 1335.609375px; text-align: center;"><div class="floatnone" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/File:Mooresville_Water_Facebook.PNG" class="image" style="text-decoration: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; background: none;"><img alt="Mooresville Water Facebook.PNG" src="http://www.sourcewatch.org/images/thumb/6/65/Mooresville_Water_Facebook.PNG/600px-Mooresville_Water_Facebook.PNG" width="600" height="220" srcset="/images/thumb/6/65/Mooresville_Water_Facebook.PNG/900px-Mooresville_Water_Facebook.PNG 1.5x, /images/thumb/6/65/Mooresville_Water_Facebook.PNG/1200px-Mooresville_Water_Facebook.PNG 2x" style="border: none; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></a></div></div></dd></dl><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Southwest Chicago Suburbs Sue for Control of the Lake Michigan Water Pipeline - The suburbs of Bolingbrook, Romeoville, Woodridge, Lemont, and Homer Glen, Illinois joined together in suing American Water subsidiary, American Lake Water Co., to seize control of the Lake Michigan water pipeline.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-27" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[27]</a> Significant rate increases and additional costs are cited as the reason the cities want to regain control of their water utilities and the Lake Michigan pipeline.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-28" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[28]</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-29" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[29]</a></li></ul><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">The website <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://chicagometrowaterfacts.com/www" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,PD94bWwgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4wIiBlbmNvZGluZz0iVVRGLTgiPz48c3ZnIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyIgd2lkdGg9IjEwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjEwIj48ZyB0cmFuc2Zvcm09InRyYW5zbGF0ZSgtODI2LjQyOSAtNjk4Ljc5MSkiPjxyZWN0IHdpZHRoPSI1Ljk4MiIgaGVpZ2h0PSI1Ljk4MiIgeD0iODI2LjkyOSIgeT0iNzAyLjMwOSIgZmlsbD0iI2ZmZiIgc3Ryb2tlPSIjMDZjIi8+PGc+PHBhdGggZD0iTTgzMS4xOTQgNjk4Ljc5MWg1LjIzNHY1LjM5MWwtMS41NzEgMS41NDUtMS4zMS0xLjMxLTIuNzI1IDIuNzI1LTIuNjg5LTIuNjg5IDIuODA4LTIuODA4LTEuMzExLTEuMzExeiIgZmlsbD0iIzA2ZiIvPjxwYXRoIGQ9Ik04MzUuNDI0IDY5OS43OTVsLjAyMiA0Ljg4NS0xLjgxNy0xLjgxNy0yLjg4MSAyLjg4MS0xLjIyOC0xLjIyOCAyLjg4MS0yLjg4MS0xLjg1MS0xLjg1MXoiIGZpbGw9IiNmZmYiLz48L2c+PC9nPjwvc3ZnPg") 100% 50%;">Chicagometrowaterfacts.com</a> PR campaign is run by American Water and is registered to an American Water technical contact according to a website domain search.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-30" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[30]</a></dd></dl><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Bolingbrook Sues Illinois American Water for Breach of Contract, Excessive Rate Hikes - On November 2, 2010, the Village of Bolingbrook filed a lawsuit against Illinois American Water for breach of contract. Bolingbrook sought contractual damages from the company for improperly overcharging customers from 2003 to 2008 as well as court-ordered relief to properly enforce the contract.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-31" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[31]</a> The Village also alleged that the company charged Bolingbrook residents higher rates than the neighboring Village of Plainfield and also breached its contract when it failed to consult with the Village before increasing rates.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-32" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[32]</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-33" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[33]</a></li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Ongoing Fight for Public Water in Urbana, IL - Food & Water Watch reported on the various problems experienced by Urbana, Illinois residents after their water system was sold to American Water in 2003. The problems included “boil-water notices, instructing customers to boil their water before use because the treatment system had temporarily failed. Customers complained of declining service when American Water centralized its customer service call center. Fire hydrants malfunctioned; a fire destroyed a maintenance building after two hydrants failed.” <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-urbana-34" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[34]</a> In addition to poor service, Urbana residents saw their rates jump significantly. A household using 5,000 gallons a month paid $421, while a household using 5,000 gallons a month in an average municipality with public water administration only paid $241.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-35" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[35]</a></li></ul><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Urbana Mayor, Laurel Prussing, traveled to Germany to speak to shareholders of American Water Co.'s parent company, RWE, in 2006. Prussing was met with applause from the shareholders, but little action from corporate executives, who continued to insist that individual systems were not for sale to communities interested in making a fair offer. Two years later, however, RWE sold American Water Co. citing controversy and push-back.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-urbana-34" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[34]</a></dd></dl><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Urbana Mayor Laurel Prussing visited American Water controlling company executives and shareholders RWE in Germany to discuss Urbana’s problems. However, no action was taken and RWE sold American Water in 2008.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-urbana-34" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[34]</a></dd></dl><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none;">Municipalities Succeed in Taking Back Control of Their Water</h3><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">O'Fallon, MO - In 2007 the city of O'Fallon was considering selling its public water system to American Water but delayed after hearing community members' testimony at a city council meeting. The city formed a task force to further study the issue, and it found several disadvantages to a sale: “loss of control and representation,” “possible loss of jobs,” and “loss of future revenues.” After the task force’s presentation, the city council decided not to pursue a sale of the water system in the upcoming election. In 2009, after more than two decades of contracting with private companies to run the systems, the city opted for complete public provision of water. It saved 15 percent by operating the systems with public workers instead of private contractors.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-36" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[36]</a></li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Cave Creek, AZ - Unsatisfied with the private management of their local water utility, citizens in the town of Cave Creek, AZ took control of their water system in 2008, which had always been privately owned and operated. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-FwwAZ-37" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[37]</a> With facilities falling apart, the water utility was performing so badly that Cave Creek experienced three system-wide water outages during the summer of 2007.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-FwwAZ-37" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[37]</a></li></ul><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">In 2008 Cave Creek was able to purchase the water utility with financial assistance from the Water Infrastructure Financing Authority (State agency responsible for distributing federal SRF loans) in the form of a low-interest loan to pay for necessary improvement. While the town initially retained Arizona American Water as a private operator for half of the operation for a year, it opted not to renew its contract with the subsidiary, citing its desire to regain local control.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-FwwAZ-37" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[37]</a> Residents had been unsatisfied with customer service they received via an 800 number outside the state, as remote personnel often did not know what was happening in Cave Creek.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-FwwAZ-37" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[37]</a></dd></dl><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Felton, CA - In 2001, American Water purchased Felton’s water system, which had been privately owned since the late 1800s.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-FWWFelton-38" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[38]</a> According to a Food & Water Watch report, in November 2002, California American Water greatly angered the Felton community with a 74 percent rate hike. In response, residents formed an action group, Friends of Locally Owned Water (FLOW), which advocated against the steep rate hike and petitioned Santa Cruz County to establish a public agency to exercise control over the water system. FLOW also opposed the company’s plan to merge the Felton and Monterey water districts.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-FWWFelton-38" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[38]</a></li></ul><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">In 2004, the German utility company <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/RWE" title="RWE" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">RWE</a> -- then the owner of American Water -- "enlisted a public-relations firm to send letters and make telephone calls against" the public takeover ballot initiative in Felton, California. The American Water subsidiary also "acknowledges giving tens of thousands of dollars to a local property owners' association that filed a legal challenge against the referendum."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-Esterl-39" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[39]</a></dd></dl><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Despite California American Water's deep-pocketed opposition, the push for public water in Felton had its first success with the passage of Measure W in July 2005. Felton residents voted 3-to-1 in favor of an issuing of $11 million in bonds and raising taxes in order to allow the SLV Water District to buy their water system.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-FWWFelton-38" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[38]</a></dd></dl><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">The district offered California American Water $7.6 million, its appraised value, but the company refused. Company officials stated that the system was not for sale at any price and said they would oppose all public acquisition efforts. The community's only recourse was an eminent domain proceeding. California American responded by "doing all it could to make the system seem more expensive," according to Food & Water Watch.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-FWWFelton-38" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[38]</a> California American's appraisal totaled approximately $25 million, leaving a large discrepancy with the independent appraisal.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-PIF-40" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[40]</a></dd></dl><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Further legal tactics by California American in the eminent domain proceedings caused delays and increased expenses for the SLV Water District. Less than a week before trial was scheduled to start, the company settled the case and turned over the water system for $10.5 million.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-PIF-40" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[40]</a> In total it took six years for the people of Felton to gain public control of their water utility from American Water.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-FWWFelton-38" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[38]</a></dd></dl><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Montara, CA - According to a study from Food & Water Watch, Montara, a small town near San Francisco, succeeded in regaining public control of their water system after suffering for years from high rates, poor service, and neglect under private ownership.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-FWWMontara-41" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[41]</a> The 1999 sale of the water system to American Water served as a catalyst mobilizing residents to bring the system under local public control.</li></ul><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">After a campaign which involved community meetings, a door-to-door operation, and a televised debate, residents voted in 2001 by a 4-to-1 margin in favor of a public takeover. The community borrowed $19 million to buy the system from California American Water. At first, the company refused to sell, but the California Public Utilities Commission and Montara Water & Sanitary jointly purchased the system from California American Water in August 2003. A local voter-elected board has been given control over the water system's administration and has succeeded in improving the system and saving public money. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-FWWMontara-41" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[41]</a></dd></dl><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none;">Complaints of Excessive Rates, Poor Customer Service, and Failure to Properly Maintain Infrastructure</h3><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Pennsylvania American Water Attempts to Charge "Unjust" and "Unreasonable" Rates - On May 8, 2013, the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oca.state.pa.us/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,PD94bWwgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4wIiBlbmNvZGluZz0iVVRGLTgiPz48c3ZnIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyIgd2lkdGg9IjEwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjEwIj48ZyB0cmFuc2Zvcm09InRyYW5zbGF0ZSgtODI2LjQyOSAtNjk4Ljc5MSkiPjxyZWN0IHdpZHRoPSI1Ljk4MiIgaGVpZ2h0PSI1Ljk4MiIgeD0iODI2LjkyOSIgeT0iNzAyLjMwOSIgZmlsbD0iI2ZmZiIgc3Ryb2tlPSIjMDZjIi8+PGc+PHBhdGggZD0iTTgzMS4xOTQgNjk4Ljc5MWg1LjIzNHY1LjM5MWwtMS41NzEgMS41NDUtMS4zMS0xLjMxLTIuNzI1IDIuNzI1LTIuNjg5LTIuNjg5IDIuODA4LTIuODA4LTEuMzExLTEuMzExeiIgZmlsbD0iIzA2ZiIvPjxwYXRoIGQ9Ik04MzUuNDI0IDY5OS43OTVsLjAyMiA0Ljg4NS0xLjgxNy0xLjgxNy0yLjg4MSAyLjg4MS0xLjIyOC0xLjIyOCAyLjg4MS0yLjg4MS0xLjg1MS0xLjg1MXoiIGZpbGw9IiNmZmYiLz48L2c+PC9nPjwvc3ZnPg") 100% 50%;">Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate</a> filed a <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/images/f/f5/PA_Formal_Complaint.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 16px; background: url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Formal Complaint</a> with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission against Pennsylvania American Water alleging that the company's proposed rate changes were “unjust, unreasonable and in violation of law... [and] will allow the Company to recover an excessive rate of return...”<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-42" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[42]</a></li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Kentucky Public Service Commission Steps in to Prevent Excessive Rate Hikes - The KYPSC squarely rejected the company's proposed rate increase and said that it would have to refund the amount it had over-collected, plus interest, to customers. According to its news release, the PSC also ordered Kentucky-American to immediately cease its practice of "disconnecting customers who fail to pay storm water or garbage fees, which the water company collects, along with sewer fees, on behalf of LFUCG [Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government]. State law permits disconnection of water service for failure to pay sewer fees, but not for other services unrelated to water service."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-43" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[43]</a></li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">West Virginia American Water Co. Sends Customer $5,000 Bill Due to the Company's Malfunctioning Meter, Demands Payment - A West Virginia man filed a lawsuit against West Virginia American Water Co. after he allegedly received a $5,136.91 water bill which was much higher than his typical $20-30 water bills. The issue allegedly stemmed from a faulty meter, which the company owned and was responsible for. However, even though this faulty meter was American Water's responsibility, the customer alleges that the company still demanded payment of the more than $5,000 bill, and when he did not pay the full amount demanded, they added late fees/penalties onto his account.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-44" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[44]</a></li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Fines Pennsylvania American Water for Multiple Service Issues - Pennsylvania American was fined for failing to maintain and repair its facilities and properly discontinue service to a vacant rental building. The excess water caused damage to the unit. The company also allegedly knew about the extraordinary water flows but failed to investigate this extraordinary loss of water from its reserves.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-45" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[45]</a></li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">New Jersey American Water Failed to Properly Maintain Bridge Prior to Collapse, Resulting in Countywide Water Emergency - After Hurricane Irene in 2011, New Jersey American Water (NJAW) failed to respond adequately to prevent the subsequent collapse on June 29, 2012 of a bridge over the Swimming River in Lincroft, New Jersey adjacent to a NJAW water treatment facility, according to a report by another large privatization company, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/CH2M_Hill" title="CH2M Hill" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">CH2M Hill</a>. The bridge had been flooded over during Hurricane Irene, causing damage to the infrastructure. The company identified the damages, but didn't address them quickly enough, according to the report. As a result of the bridge collapse, nearly 285,000 people in the county were subject to water usage restrictions and a boil water advisory during a mid-summer heat wave.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-46" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[46]</a></li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">NJAW Shuts Off Water on New Jersey Family Short 84 Cents on Bill - The Pezzano family in Middletown, New Jersey had their water shut off in July 2012 -- without any warning or notification -- because there was a balance of 84 cents on their bill. "They don't come to the door. They just shut it off and walk away," Joe Pezzano told the local Asbury Park Press.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-47" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[47]</a></li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">California Consumers See Unexpectedly High Bills, Some Caused by California American Water Accounting Error - In 2012, California American Water asked California's Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to allow it to make Monterey Peninsula customers pay for $6 million in discounted bills it said were due to water leaks between 2007 and 2011. PUC denied the request,<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-48" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[48]</a> and California American eventually dropped its request, although it said "it is still interested in recouping any future losses it incurs when voluntarily reducing customers' large water bills on a one-time basis."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-49" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[49]</a> But in May 2013, the company admitted that it was at fault in at least some of the cases of high water bills, due to accounting and meter register errors. And some of the causes for the inordinately high bills were never discovered. For example, according to The Herald News, "Toni Ray, whose Cal Am bill of nearly $10,000 was eventually reduced to about $2,300, said she has paid the final amount in full but the cause of her sudden spike was never determined, even though a plumber checked her house for leaks and found none. Her bills since the spike have been about $40 a month, she said."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-50" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[50]</a></li></ul><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none;">Lawsuits</h3><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Anthem, Arizona Homeowners File Class Action Lawsuit for Hiding Costs of Water Infrastructure then Raising Water Rates to Pay for It - In 2008, homeowners filed a <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/images/7/73/Anthem_AZ_Complaint.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 16px; background: url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif") 100% 50% no-repeat;">class action lawsuit</a> alleging that the homebuilders and water company failed to disclose that the cost of the water and wastewater infrastructure needed to serve the community was not included in their home’s purchase price in order to keep prices artificially low. Then, after the homes were sold, Arizona American wanted to significantly increase their rates in order to pay for the infrastructure. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-51" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[51]</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-52" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[52]</a> The Court held in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/images/4/48/Anthem_AZ_order_2010.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 16px; background: url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif") 100% 50% no-repeat;">its order on August 30, 2010</a>, that the home developer did have “a duty under the Subdivision Reporting Act to disclose that homebuyers would bear the costs of improvements and facilities through future rate increases.”<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-53" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[53]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.amwater.com/arizona/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Arizona American Water</a> was bought out in 2011 by <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=EPCOR&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="EPCOR (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">EPCOR</a><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-54" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[54]</a></li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Chesterton, Indiana Sues Over Collapsed Sanitary Sewer Main - In November 2012, the town of Chesterton, Indiana filed a lawsuit seeking more than $25,000 from Indiana-American Water Company (IAWC). The Chesterton Tribune reported that according to the suit, "IAWC crews, in the course of working on a water line in 2011, damaged a sanitary sewer main, resulting not only in the expense of repairing the sewer main but of compensating a homeowner for damage done when the main backed up into his basement."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-55" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[55]</a></li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Kentucky Public Service Commission Fines Kentucky American Water $10,000 for Violating Restrictions on Dividend Payments to Its Parent Company - The Kentucky PSC fined Kentucky American Water for violating a previous order issued in 2002 in which Kentucky American Water was required to obtain prior approval before paying dividends to its parent entities during any calendar year if the payments exceeded five percent of the company’s retained earnings from the previous year. According to the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/images/2/2a/KY_PSC_May_2010.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 16px; background: url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif") 100% 50% no-repeat;">order from May 2010</a>, which rejected the company's offer to settle and pay a small penalty of between $25 and $2,500, the purpose of the 2002 order was “to guard against any drain on KAWC’s financial resources through excessive dividend payments.” The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/images/f/f4/KY_PSC_Aug_2010.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 16px; background: url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif") 100% 50% no-repeat;">final order</a> issued in August 2010 accepted the company's revised offer, stating, "Given the seriousness of the violations and KAWC’s prior history of non-compliance with the Commission’s Order of December 20, 2002, a penalty payment of $10,000 is appropriate."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-56" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[56]</a></li></ul><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none;">Environmental and Water Quality Issues</h3><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Fines Pennsylvania American Water Co. $25,000 for Fluoride Spill - According to the department's press release, an operator at a Pennsylvania American Water plant "intentionally propped open a valve that led to the release of more than 300 gallons of fluoride inside the treatment building." Also, the "Do Not Consume" warnings were not issued in a timely manner or issued adequately and frequently enough to properly warn residents of the danger. The company must pay the $25,000 and take corrective actions.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-57" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[57]</a></li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Arsenic and Trichloroethylene Contamination in Arizona - The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/images/2/2c/Tubac_arsenic_order.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 16px; background: url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) found</a> that Arizona American Water distributed drinking water contaminated with excessive levels of arsenic at its Tubac Valley public water system in Santa Cruz County during February 2009.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-arsenic-58" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[58]</a> Test results submitted by Arizona American to ADEQ from February 9, 2009 showed arsenic up to three times the "maximum contaminant level" under state and federal regulations. In July 2009, the company signed a consent order with ADEQ agreeing to install a treatment system for Tubac Valley to reduce arsenic levels below the permissible limit.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-arsenic-58" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[58]</a></li></ul><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">The previous year, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/images/e/e9/Scottsdale_TCE_order.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 16px; background: url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif") 100% 50% no-repeat;">ADEQ found</a> that Arizona American distributed drinking water contaminated with trichloroethylene (TCE) to customers in Scottsdale and Paradise Valley. Tests showed that TCE levels were up to four times the legal limit, due to an equipment malfunction at a treatment plant operated by the company, which had allowed groundwater contaminated with TCE to be pumped into the drinking water system for up to 16 hours on January 15-16, 2008.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-arsenic-58" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[58]</a></dd></dl><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">The contamination resulted in Arizona American warning its nearly 5,000 customers in Scottsdale and Paradise Valley not to drink or cook with the tap water for three days, until TCE levels were reduced to below the permissible limit. This, in addition to the previous incident in 2007 where "incomplete remediation" of TCE-contaminated groundwater occurred, led ADEQ to impose a $69,000 fine against the American Water. ADEQ's director strongly criticized Arizona American's conduct in the case: "The company delivered contaminated drinking water to its customers, failed to maintain and operate its facilities to deliver safe drinking water, and failed to implement an adequate emergency plan. This is simply unacceptable."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-arsenic-58" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[58]</a></dd></dl><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">EPA Finds Uranium Exceeds Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) at Texas-American Water Company's Greenwood Village Water System - Pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water Act, the EPA's<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/images/7/7e/6ENW.Texas-American_Water-Greenwood_Village_WS.12.17.12.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 16px; background: url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Administrative Order</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.amwater.com/files/TX-GreenwoodVillage_Uranium-letter_v1-NEW.PDF" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 16px; background: url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif") 100% 50% no-repeat;">letter</a> requires Texas-American Water Company to submit a detailed plan to meet the uranium MCL, a cost analysis of the proposed plan, and a construction schedule to the EPA.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-59" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[59]</a></li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Kentucky American Water Agrees to $10,000 Fine for Damaging Creek - The company reached an agreement with state environmental officials to pay a $10,000 fine and spend $20,000 on environmental programs after allegedly damaging 1,000 feet of Buck Run Creek in Franklin County while laying a pipeline. The company did not confirm or deny the allegations in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/images/d/d8/KY_violation_NOV_2-12_2010.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 16px; background: url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif") 100% 50% no-repeat;">the agreement</a>.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-60" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[60]</a></li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Involvement in the Toxic Sludge Industry and Fines From Ontario Ministry of the Environment - According to American Water’s SEC filings, part of the company’s operations also includes a “biosolids management group,” called Terratec, which is located in Canada.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-2012_10-K-2" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a> Terratec “provides environmentally sustainable management and disposal of biosolids and wastewater byproducts."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-2012_10-K-2" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a> “<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Biosolids" title="Biosolids" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Biosolids</a>” is an Orwellian PR euphemism for toxic <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Sewage_sludge" title="Sewage sludge" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">sewage sludge</a>, which can <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Sludge_contaminants" title="Sludge contaminants" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">contain contaminants</a> such as endocrine disruptors, pharmaceutical residues, phthalates, industrial solvents, resistant pathogens, and perfluorinated compounds. The company’s website states that Terratec’s “Beneficial Reuse programs” include agriculture and nursery programs.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-61" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[61]</a> "Beneficial reuse" is another misleading PR phrase often used by the sewage sludge industry for spreading sewage sludge on soil used to grow food, and other activities.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-62" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[62]</a></li></ul><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Terratec transports treated sewage sludge from wastewater treatment plants throughout Ontario and distributes it onto farm fields.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-sludge-63" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[63]</a> This violates clauses in the company’s operating permit requires it to inject biosolids beneath the soil to help control odors and potential runoff. During an inspection at a site in Southwest Middlesex on May 7, 2008, however, Ontario Ministry of the Environment staff “found that the company had continued to spread, even though the equipment was not placing the biosolids beneath the soil surface."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-sludge-63" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[63]</a> On March 29, 2010, Terratec pleaded guilty in a Canadian court for improperly spreading “biosolids” and was fined CDN $10,000 plus a “victim fine surcharge.”<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-sludge-63" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[63]</a></dd></dl><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Terratec also has a checkered past in the transportation of biosolids. According to American Water Alert, "in November and December 2008, the company was fined a total of CDN $300,000, plus a 25% victim fine surcharge in three different court decisions involving biosolid spills on Ontario roads during 2006." In two of the three cases, the spill was approximately 500 to 1,000 pounds of biosolids and in the other it was one to three tons.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-sludge-63" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[63]</a></dd></dl><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">American Water and Fracking Conflicts of Interest - American Water has engaged in a "massive lobbying effort to expand controversial shale gas drilling," in what many watchdog groups see as a major conflict of interest.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-frack-64" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[64]</a></li></ul><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">American Water (through its Pennsylvania subsidiary, Pennsylvania American Water) and another private water utilities corporation, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Aqua_America&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aqua America (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Aqua America</a>, are the leading suppliers of drinking water in Pennsylvania where drilling is a booming business. Both companies sell water to gas companies and are members of the gas industry's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Marcellus_Shale_Coalition" title="Marcellus Shale Coalition" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Marcellus Shale Coalition</a>, which is led by major gas producers. The coalitions seek to bolster the region's economy through the "responsible development of natural gas."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-frack-64" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[64]</a> At the same time, American Water and Aqua America have "expressed interest in treating drilling wastewater, a potentially lucrative opportunity."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-frack-64" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[64]</a></dd></dl><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Shale gas drillers use a combination of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” to extract natural gas from shale rock like the Marcellus formation in Pennsylvania. This heavy industrial activity forces millions of gallons of water mixed with sand and chemicals into the ground to crack the shale rock and release gas, a process that has the potential to put drinking water resources at risk as it produces large amounts of toxic wastewater that can be difficult to dispose of safely.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-frack-64" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[64]</a></dd></dl><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none;">Corporate Subsidies</h2>According to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/subsidy-tracker" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Subsidy Tracker</a>, a project of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Good Jobs First</a>, several of American Water's subsidiaries have benefitted from government subsidies in the form of grants, tax credits/rebates and reimbursement.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-65" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[65]</a>According to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/subsidy-tracker" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Subsidy Tracker</a>, American Water Works Co. and its subsidiaries have received the following government subsidies (this is not an exhaustive list):<ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">American Water Services Company Inc. received nearly $1 million in grants and tax credits from the state of Florida for work on their customer service regime in Escambia County. In 2004 it received a $660,000 tax credit for "Customer Care Centers" and in 2005 it received $200,000 for "Management Services."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-66" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[66]</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-67" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[67]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">California American Water received reimbursements worth $131,508 in 2006 and $34,592 in 2011 from the state of California for employment training in multiple counties.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-68" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[68]</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-69" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[69]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">In 2011, Pennsylvania Water received a $6,286 research and development tax credit from the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-70" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[70]</a></li></ul><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none;">Political Activity</h2><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none;">Political Contributions</h3>American Water has spent nearly $1.3 million in political contributions to individuals, PACs, and third parties from 2000 to 2012, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-OpenSecrets-71" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[71]</a> Direct spending on elections between 1990 and 2014 (as of April 2014) totaled $876,254, with 81 percent of contributions going to Republicans and 18 percent to Democrats.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-OpenSecrets-71" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[71]</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">California American Water Spent $2.4 Million Opposing a Local Initiative in Monterey, California in 2014 that would have required "the water management district to establish a policy that all water systems in the district's boundaries be publicly owned," according to the Monterey Herald. Outspending its opponents 24 to 1, California American was "is essentially the lone financial backer for the anti-Measure O campaign," which included mailers, print ads, and television ads.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-72" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[72]</a> The measure was defeated on June 3, with 56 percent of voters opposing it.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-73" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[73]</a></li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">California American Water Spent $300,000 on a Local Ballot Initiative in Monterey, California that would have authorized a study on the public takeover of the corporately owned utility, outspending opposition ten to one.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-74" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[74]</a> A judge then allowed the company to pass the costs of its "public outreach" -- $1,353,831 -- on to its customers through new surcharges beginning in January 2007 (see "Ongoing Fight for Public Water in Monterey, CA" under "<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#Municipalities.2C_Unhappy_with_American_Water_Subsidiaries.2C_Attempt_to_Take_Back_Control_of_their_Water" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Municipalities, Unhappy with American Water Subsidiaries, Attempt to Take Back Control of their Water</a>" for more).<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-75" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[75]</a></li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">New Jersey American Water Spent More Than $1 Million on Its Failed Effort to Take over Part of Trenton’s Water System.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-76" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[76]</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-77" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[77]</a> That was 34 times as much as spent by the local Stop the Sale campaign.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-78" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[78]</a></li></ul><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none;">Lobbying</h3>American Water spent $180,000 on lobbying in 2012, $210,000 in 2013, and $30,000 from January through April 2014.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-79" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[79]</a>The company lobbies extensively at the state level, it has 26 lobbyists in 4 states according to the National Institute for Money in State Politics.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-80" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[80]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none;">"Risk Factors" in SEC filings</h3>In its SEC filings, American Water cites several market and regulatory aspects of the water utilities sector as “risk factors” that may affect its business and future prospects. These risk factors often show the incentives the company has to influence public policy and the direction their advocacy would take. Among these are changes in environmental laws and economic regulation that could "materially and adversely affect our business, financial position, results of operations or cash flows and liquidity,"<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-2012_10-K-2" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a> specifically, water quality and health and safety laws. The company states in its annual report:<dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Environmental, health and safety and water quality regulations are complex and change frequently. The overall trend has been that they have become more stringent over time. As newer or stricter standards are introduced, our capital and operating costs could increase.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-2012_10-K-2" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a></dd></dl>It also claims that labor relations, economic regulation and decisions by state PUCs (Public Utilities Commissions) and other regulatory agencies can significantly affect their business. American Water's annual report states, "Failure of the PUCs to recognize reasonable and prudent operating and capital costs can result in the inability of the utility to earn the allowed return and can have a significant impact on the operations and earnings of our Regulated Businesses."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-2012_10-K-2" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a> In other words, if the local utilities commissions are not on board with price increases and utility workers fight wage decreases after privatization, it's bad for business.<h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none;">History</h2><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none;">Brief Ownership By Germany's RWE</h3>American Water was founded in 1886 as the American Water Works & Guarantee Company, and in 1947 was reorganized and renamed the American Water Works Company. In January 2003, the German utility company <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/RWE" title="RWE" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">RWE</a> acquired the company for $8.6 billion and renamed it American Water.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-81" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[81]</a>In November 2005, RWE announced plans to sell American Water and its water services division, RWE Thames Water. The sale was part of RWE's plan to focus on "selling electricity, natural gas and water in European markets," reported the Philadelphia Inquirer.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-82" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[82]</a>The Associated Press reported that RWE never saw the "heady profits" it anticipated from its "international water empire that cost more than $10 billion to assemble and spanned more than 40 countries at its height.... Water turns out to be less like electricity than RWE hoped. It's heavy and hard to transport, making it difficult for a big company to build economies of scale. Regulation is never predictable. In the US, RWE found itself fighting in town referendums and state legislatures across the country, winning many battles but losing the war.... 'People are just kind of weird with water,' says Catherine Bowie, a community-relations manager for RWE's subsidiary in California."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-Esterl-39" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[39]</a>In April 2008, American Water shares began trading on the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_York_Stock_Exchange" title="New York Stock Exchange" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">New York Stock Exchange</a> at $21.50 per share, in its initial public offering of 58 million shares of common stock. The "selling stockholder" was RWE, with net proceeds from the offering going to RWE. "After the initial public offering, and assuming no exercise of the underwriters' option, the selling stockholder is expected to own approximately 64 percent of American Water's shares," according to an April 2008 American Water press release.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-83" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[83]</a>In December 2008, American Water announced its intention for a "follow-on public offering" of the company's common stock. "The proposed offering would include a $300 million (and up to an additional $90 million in connection with the underwriters' option to purchase additional shares) secondary offering by the selling stockholder, a subsidiary of RWE AG, with proceeds going to RWE and concurrently, a $300 million primary offering by American Water Works Company, Inc will occur with proceeds used to redeem short-term debt," according to a company press release.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-84" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[84]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none;">Public Relations</h3>Marketing and advertising director, MaryBeth Vrees, and senior vice-president of corporate communications, Laura Monica, started "working on a rebranding and repositioning of American Water, which includes environmental stewardship, and innovative use of technology," reported PR Week in April 2009. Part of those efforts was the company's first "interactive online annual report," launched in March 2009, meant as both a cost-savings measure (relative to traditional, printed annual reports) and a "brand awareness push." The online report also allowed American Water "to learn what has caught visitors' interest and to determine what to expand upon in the future." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-PRWeek-85" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[85]</a>In January 2009, American Water retained the public relations firm <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/MWW_Group" title="MWW Group" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">MWW Group</a>.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-PRWeek-85" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[85]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none;">Personnel</h2><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none;">Chief Executive Officer</h3><div class="thumb tleft" style="float: left; clear: left; margin: 0.5em 1.4em 1.3em 0px; width: auto; background-color: transparent;"><div class="thumbinner" style="min-width: 100px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 3px; text-align: center; overflow: hidden; width: 177px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/File:Susan_Story_AmWaterCEO.jpg" class="image" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><img alt="" src="http://www.sourcewatch.org/images/thumb/7/7d/Susan_Story_AmWaterCEO.jpg/175px-Susan_Story_AmWaterCEO.jpg" width="175" height="131" class="thumbimage" srcset="/images/7/7d/Susan_Story_AmWaterCEO.jpg 1.5x, /images/7/7d/Susan_Story_AmWaterCEO.jpg 2x" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); vertical-align: middle;" /></a><div class="thumbcaption" style="border: none; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><div class="magnify" style="float: right; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 0px;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/File:Susan_Story_AmWaterCEO.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge" style="text-decoration: none; display: block; text-indent: 15px; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; width: 15px; height: 11px; user-select: none; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAA8AAAALCAAAAACFLIiAAAAAAnRSTlMA/1uRIrUAAAACYktHRAD/h4/MvwAAAAlwSFlzAAAK8AAACvABQqw0mAAAAAd0SU1FB9UEAhIREfdlPYsAAABPSURBVAjXY/j///+5vXDwjAHIr26ZAgXZe8H8a/+hoIcw/9nevdVL9+79DuPvzQYZFPUezu8BMZLXgkExnD8HAu6hqv//n+HZVjD4DuUDAKlChD3fj6aPAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 50% 50% no-repeat;" /></div><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/File:Susan_Story_AmWaterCEO.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge" style="text-decoration: none; display: block; text-indent: 15px; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; width: 15px; height: 11px; user-select: none; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAA8AAAALCAAAAACFLIiAAAAAAnRSTlMA/1uRIrUAAAACYktHRAD/h4/MvwAAAAlwSFlzAAAK8AAACvABQqw0mAAAAAd0SU1FB9UEAhIREfdlPYsAAABPSURBVAjXY/j///+5vXDwjAHIr26ZAgXZe8H8a/+hoIcw/9nevdVL9+79DuPvzQYZFPUezu8BMZLXgkExnD8HAu6hqv//n+HZVjD4DuUDAKlChD3fj6aPAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 50% 50% no-repeat;">American Water CEO, Susan N. Story
(Source:</a><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.amwater.com/corporate-responsibility/report-2011-12/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">American Water</a>)</div></div></div>Susan N. Story became president and CEO of American Water Works Company, Inc. in May 2014. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-ceo_retires-86" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[86]</a> Story was formerly Chief Financial Officer at American Water, where she began working in April 2013.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-87" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[87]</a> Prior to joining American Water, Story had worked at the electricity generator Southern Company, serving as executive vice president, and had held various positions within the company and its subsidiaries: president and CEO of Southern Company Services; president and CEO of Gulf Power Company; and executive vice president of Engineering and Construction Services of Southern Company.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-88" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[88]</a>Story has been affiliated with the Bipartisan Policy Center Board of Directors, the Moffitt Cancer Center Board of Advisors, the Center for Energy Workforce Development, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the Alliance to Save Energy, the Florida Board of Education, the Federal Judicial Nominating Commission, chair of Florida's economic development public-private partnership, and a member of Florida's Tax and Budget Reform Commission. She is also on the board of directors of Raymond James Financial<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-ceo_retires-86" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[86]</a>Story's salary as CFO in 2013 was $3,299,959.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-89" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[89]</a><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none;">Former CEO Jeffry Sterba (Retired 2014)</h4><div class="thumb tright" style="clear: right; float: right; margin: 0.5em 0px 1.3em 1.4em; width: auto; background-color: transparent;"><div class="thumbinner" style="min-width: 100px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 3px; text-align: center; overflow: hidden; width: 112px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/File:Jeffry_Sterba_AmWaterCEO.jpg" class="image" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><img alt="" src="http://www.sourcewatch.org/images/f/fe/Jeffry_Sterba_AmWaterCEO.jpg" width="110" height="128" class="thumbimage" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); vertical-align: middle;" /></a><div class="thumbcaption" style="border: none; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><div class="magnify" style="float: right; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 0px;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/File:Jeffry_Sterba_AmWaterCEO.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge" style="text-decoration: none; display: block; text-indent: 15px; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; width: 15px; height: 11px; user-select: none; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAA8AAAALCAAAAACFLIiAAAAAAnRSTlMA/1uRIrUAAAACYktHRAD/h4/MvwAAAAlwSFlzAAAK8AAACvABQqw0mAAAAAd0SU1FB9UEAhIREfdlPYsAAABPSURBVAjXY/j///+5vXDwjAHIr26ZAgXZe8H8a/+hoIcw/9nevdVL9+79DuPvzQYZFPUezu8BMZLXgkExnD8HAu6hqv//n+HZVjD4DuUDAKlChD3fj6aPAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 50% 50% no-repeat;" /></div><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/File:Jeffry_Sterba_AmWaterCEO.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge" style="text-decoration: none; display: block; text-indent: 15px; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; width: 15px; height: 11px; user-select: none; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAA8AAAALCAAAAACFLIiAAAAAAnRSTlMA/1uRIrUAAAACYktHRAD/h4/MvwAAAAlwSFlzAAAK8AAACvABQqw0mAAAAAd0SU1FB9UEAhIREfdlPYsAAABPSURBVAjXY/j///+5vXDwjAHIr26ZAgXZe8H8a/+hoIcw/9nevdVL9+79DuPvzQYZFPUezu8BMZLXgkExnD8HAu6hqv//n+HZVjD4DuUDAKlChD3fj6aPAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 50% 50% no-repeat;">Former CEO, Jeffry Sterba
(Source:</a><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ir.amwater.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=215126&p=irol-govBio&ID=199061" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">American Water</a>)</div></div></div>Jeffry Sterba was president and CEO of American Water Works Company, Inc. from August 2010 to May 2014.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-proxy2013-90" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[90]</a><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-ceo_retires-86" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[86]</a> In 2012, Sterba's annual salary was $732,695. He also received $1,874,990 in stock awards and options, as well as $1,180,030 in other compensation, resulting in total compensation of $3,787,715.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-proxy2013-90" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[90]</a>Sterba made $12,008,064 in just four years as a top executive at the company.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-proxy_statements-5" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[5]</a>  <dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">2010            $1,413,072
</dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">2011            $3,111,138
</dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">2012            $3,787,715
</dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">2013            $3,696,139
</dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Total            $12,008,064
</dd></dl>Previously, Sterba worked in senior executive positions at PNM Resources (March 2000-March 2010),<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-91" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[91]</a><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-92" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[92]</a> an energy holding company based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Sterba's career at the company spanned over 30 years. He began as an intern in 1997.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-93" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[93]</a>While Sterba was chairman, president, and CEO of PNM, the company was involved in litigation concerning the manipulation of energy prices during the 2001 energy crisis in California. California attorney general Bill Lockyer filed suit in 2005 against PNM and a Canadian company for alleged price fixing that cost Californians over $1 billion.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-94" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[94]</a> Lockyer alleged that "Enron-devised trading schemes used to inflate prices" constituted collusion.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-95" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[95]</a>The case never went to trial in California courts because in 2006 federal courts ruled that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) held jurisdiction over electricity prices.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-96" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[96]</a> In 2005, PNM agreed to pay $1 million to end a federal investigation of its practices during the California energy crisis.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-97" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[97]</a>In June 2006, Sterba was elected first vice chairman of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Edison_Electric_Institute" title="Edison Electric Institute" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Edison Electric Institute</a>, the energy industry's largest trade group.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-edison-98" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[98]</a> Sterba also chaired EEI's CEO Climate Change Task Force.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-edison-98" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[98]</a> The following year, EEI set up a website<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-99" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[99]</a> for the "Water Advocacy Coalition" to oppose the Clean Water Restoration Act in 2007, which was introduced by Senator Russ Feingold to clarify which bodies of water are subject to federal regulation. In 2007, while Sterba was at the organization, EEI spent $10.2 million in federal lobbying<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-100" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[100]</a> and opposed even the Bush administration's hesitant efforts to improve air quality standards.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-101" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[101]</a>In April 2011, when the West Virginia Public Service Commission refused to permit ratepayers to pay for any portion of incentive bonuses and stock awards for American Water executives, holding that "current economic conditions do not justify ratepayers bearing this expense," Sterba attacked the PSC's decision at American Water's annual meeting the following month, declaring that it was inappropriate for "shareholders to subsidize customers" and threatening to leave the state.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-102" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[102]</a>Two weeks after the annual meeting, American Water announced it was laying off nearly 10 percent of the company's workforce in West Virginia. This prompted a Change.org petition campaign by the Utility Workers Union of America Local 537 demanding that Sterba stop the "union busting."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-103" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[103]</a> After a protest to the PSC, the commission blocked the layoffs in December.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-104" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[104]</a> That year (2011), Sterba pulled down $3,111,138 in compensation from American Water, more than doubling his compensation from the previous year.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-105" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[105]</a>Under Sterba's leadership, American Water's labor relations sharply deteriorated. In January 2012, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a complaint accusing American Water of illegally cutting healthcare, retiree health, and disability benefits for 3,500 workers in fifteen states across the United States.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-106" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[106]</a> In October 2012, an administrative law judge issued a decision holding American Water responsible for the cutbacks and ordering the company to pay back pay.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-107" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[107]</a> In June 2013, the NLRB found that Pennsylvania American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, violated the National Labor Relations Act by threatening employees in two bargaining units for their legitimate refusal to cross union picket lines at its facilities.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-108" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[108]</a><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-109" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[109]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none;">Management</h3>From 2008 to 2012, American Water's key executives made $32,232,667. This surely casts some new light on their argument that they need rate hikes from PUCs to improve water infrastructure.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-proxy_statements-5" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[5]</a>  <dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">2008            $4,342,485
</dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">2009            $2,769,443
</dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">2010            $6,713,501
</dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">2011            $8,719,013
</dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">2012            $9,688,225
</dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">2013            $11,069,329
</dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Total        $43,301,996
</dd></dl>As of July 2014, American Water's executives include:<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-110" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[110]</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Susan N. Story, President and Chief Executive Officer</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Walter Lynch, President and Chief Operating Officer of Regulated Operations</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Linda G. Sullivan, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Office</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Kellye Walker, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) and General Counsel</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Mark Strauss, Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Business Development</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">John R. Bigelow, Senior Vice President, Business Services</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Loyd “Aldie” Warnock, Senior Vice President of External Affairs, Communications and Public Policy</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Sharon C. Cameron, President - American Water Resources, Inc.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Mark S. Smith, Vice President and Chief Information Officer</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Edward D. Vallejo, Vice President - Investor Relations</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Maureen Duffy, Vice President, Corporate Communications and External Affairs</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">William Rogers, Vice President and Treasurer</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Kathy L. Pape, Senior Vice President - Mid-Atlantic Division and President - Pennsylvania American Water</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Mark Chesla, Vice President and Controller</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Bill Varley, President, New Jersey American Water and New York American Water Senior Vice President, Northeast Division</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Nick O. Rowe, Senior Vice President - Central Division</li></ul><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none;">Board of Directors</h3>As of July 2014:<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_note-111" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[111]</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">George MacKenzie, Non-Executive Chairman of the Board</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Richard R. Grigg</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Julie A. Dobson</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Julia L. Johnson</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Paul J. Evanson</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">William J. Marrazzo</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Martha Clark Goss</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Susan N. Story</li></ul><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none;">Contact Information</h2><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">American Water Corporate Headquarters
</dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">1025 Laurel Oak Road
</dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Voorhees, NJ 08043
</dd></dl><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Phone: 1-856-346-8200
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SDWIS/FED - Public Water System Inventory. October 2012.</li><li id="cite_note-2012_10-K-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">↑ <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-2012_10-K_2-0" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up to:2.0</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-2012_10-K_2-1" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">2.1</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-2012_10-K_2-2" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">2.2</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-2012_10-K_2-3" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">2.3</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-2012_10-K_2-4" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">2.4</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-2012_10-K_2-5" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">2.5</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-2012_10-K_2-6" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">2.6</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-2012_10-K_2-7" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">2.7</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-2012_10-K_2-8" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">2.8</a> American Water Works, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CDcQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fphx.corporate-ir.net%2FExternal.File%3Fitem%3DUGFyZW50SUQ9NTAwNTg3fENoaWxkSUQ9NTQwNjA5fFR5cGU9MQ%3D%3D%26t%3D1&ei=-c5WUvDZNLLJ4APDgIHYDQ&usg=AFQjCNHqc7bPaC4f8vC0c4KBP__WYNwe1Q&sig2=ioOFUqRyy6C_aJbgHGxoZg" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Annual Report 2012</a>.</li><li id="cite_note-FWWprofile-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">↑ <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-FWWprofile_3-0" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up to:3.0</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-FWWprofile_3-1" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">3.1</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-FWWprofile_3-2" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">3.2</a> Food & Water Watch, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/profiles/american-water/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">"American Water"</a>, corporate profile, November 4, 2009.</li><li id="cite_note-bloomberg_profile-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-bloomberg_profile_4-0" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/financials/financials.asp?ticker=AWK" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">American Water Works Company</a>, Bloomberg, company profile, accessed July 22, 2014.</li><li id="cite_note-proxy_statements-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">↑ <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-proxy_statements_5-0" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up to:5.0</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-proxy_statements_5-1" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">5.1</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-proxy_statements_5-2" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">5.2</a> American Water Works, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ir.amwater.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=215126&p=proxy" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Proxy Statements</a>, SEC filings, accessed October 21, 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-6" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Tracy Alloway, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2011/07/21/629881/willem-buiter-thinks-water-will-be-bigger-than-oil/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Willem Buiter Thinks Water Will Be Bigger than Oil</a>, Financial Times "Alphaville" blog, July 21, 2011, referenced on Citigroup site <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blog.citigroup.com/2011/07/in-the-ft-citis-view-on-the-market-for-water.shtml" style="text-decoration: none; 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clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up to:7.0</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-SECArchive_7-1" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">7.1</a> SEC Archive, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1410636/000119312513085812/d444550dex211.htm" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">American Water Works Company, Inc.’s Subsidiaries As of February 21, 2013</a>, SEC.gov, Accessed July 12, 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-8" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> American Water, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.amwater.com/about-us/our-subsidiaries.html" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">"Our Subsidiaries"</a>, organizational website, accessed July 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-history-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-history_9-0" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> American Water, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.amwater.com/about-us/corporate-information/company-history.html" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">"Company History"</a>, organizational website, accessed July 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-10" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> William Harless, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323455104579015413267372616.html?KEYWORDS=water+private" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Towns Try to Take Back Water Systems</a>, The Wall Street Journal, August 19, 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-PubPrivPart-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-PubPrivPart_11-0" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Briefing Paper, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://documents.foodandwaterwatch.org/doc/p3s.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 16px; background: url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Pubic-Private Partnerships - Issues and Difficulties with Private Water Service</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://foodandwaterwatch.org/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Food & Water Watch</a>, April, 2010.</li><li id="cite_note-waterprivthreat-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-waterprivthreat_12-0" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Report, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://documents.foodandwaterwatch.org/doc/unionJobsFinal-web.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 16px; background: url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Water Privatization Threatens Workers, Consumers and Local Economies</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://foodandwaterwatch.org/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Food & Water Watch</a>, May, 2009.</li><li id="cite_note-BorrowTroub-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-BorrowTroub_13-0" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Report, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://documents.foodandwaterwatch.org/doc/BorrowingTrouble.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 16px; background: url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Borrowing Trouble - Water Privatization Is a False Solution for Municipal Budget Shortfalls</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://foodandwaterwatch.org/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Food & Water Watch</a>, April, 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-Monterey-14" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">↑ <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-Monterey_14-0" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up to:14.0</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-Monterey_14-1" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">14.1</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-Monterey_14-2" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">14.2</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-Monterey_14-3" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">14.3</a> Food & Water Watch, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/studies/monterey-ca/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,PD94bWwgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4wIiBlbmNvZGluZz0iVVRGLTgiPz48c3ZnIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyIgd2lkdGg9IjEwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjEwIj48ZyB0cmFuc2Zvcm09InRyYW5zbGF0ZSgtODI2LjQyOSAtNjk4Ljc5MSkiPjxyZWN0IHdpZHRoPSI1Ljk4MiIgaGVpZ2h0PSI1Ljk4MiIgeD0iODI2LjkyOSIgeT0iNzAyLjMwOSIgZmlsbD0iI2ZmZiIgc3Ryb2tlPSIjMDZjIi8+PGc+PHBhdGggZD0iTTgzMS4xOTQgNjk4Ljc5MWg1LjIzNHY1LjM5MWwtMS41NzEgMS41NDUtMS4zMS0xLjMxLTIuNzI1IDIuNzI1LTIuNjg5LTIuNjg5IDIuODA4LTIuODA4LTEuMzExLTEuMzExeiIgZmlsbD0iIzA2ZiIvPjxwYXRoIGQ9Ik04MzUuNDI0IDY5OS43OTVsLjAyMiA0Ljg4NS0xLjgxNy0xLjgxNy0yLjg4MSAyLjg4MS0xLjIyOC0xLjIyOCAyLjg4MS0yLjg4MS0xLjg1MS0xLjg1MXoiIGZpbGw9IiNmZmYiLz48L2c+PC9nPjwvc3ZnPg") 100% 50%;">"Monterey, CA"</a>, accessed July 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-15" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-15" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Mary Bottari, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/10/12281/monterey-peninsula-fights-profit-american-water-public-control" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Monterey Peninsula Fights For-Profit American Water for Public Control</a>," Center for Media and Democracy, PRWatch, October 21, 2013. Accessed July 22, 2014.</li><li id="cite_note-16" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-16" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> BNA Communications, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bnassociates.com/monterey-no-on-w-campaign" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Monterey No on W Campaign</a>, 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-17" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-17" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> California Water Association, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.calwaterassn.com/2011/september-2011/member-spotlight-8/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">http://www.calwaterassn.com/2011/september-2011/member-spotlight-8/</a> The Facts Behind Eminent Domain Often Affirm Private Utility Ownership], September, 2011.</li><li id="cite_note-18" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-18" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Jim Johnson, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.montereyherald.com/news/ci_25872553/cal-am-pumps-up-anti-measure-o-war" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Cal Am pumps up anti-Measure O war chest to $2.4 million</a>," Monterey Herald, May 31, 2014. Accessed July 22, 2014.</li><li id="cite_note-19" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-19" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Amy Larson, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ksbw.com/news/central-california/monterey/monterey-peninsula-voters-drown-measure-o/26319292#!bjYNPw" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Monterey Peninsula voters drown Measure O</a>," KSBW, June 4, 2014. Accessed July 22, 2014.</li><li id="cite_note-20" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-20" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Jim Johnson, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.montereyherald.com/news/ci_24096870/public-water-nows-ron-cohen-brings-focus-cal" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Public Water Now's Ron Cohen brings focus to Cal Am takeover effort</a>, The Monterey Herald, September 13, 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-21" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-21" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Will Houston, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.montereyherald.com/water/ci_24270450/public-water-now-makes-pitch-cal-am-takeover" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,PD94bWwgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4wIiBlbmNvZGluZz0iVVRGLTgiPz48c3ZnIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyIgd2lkdGg9IjEwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjEwIj48ZyB0cmFuc2Zvcm09InRyYW5zbGF0ZSgtODI2LjQyOSAtNjk4Ljc5MSkiPjxyZWN0IHdpZHRoPSI1Ljk4MiIgaGVpZ2h0PSI1Ljk4MiIgeD0iODI2LjkyOSIgeT0iNzAyLjMwOSIgZmlsbD0iI2ZmZiIgc3Ryb2tlPSIjMDZjIi8+PGc+PHBhdGggZD0iTTgzMS4xOTQgNjk4Ljc5MWg1LjIzNHY1LjM5MWwtMS41NzEgMS41NDUtMS4zMS0xLjMxLTIuNzI1IDIuNzI1LTIuNjg5LTIuNjg5IDIuODA4LTIuODA4LTEuMzExLTEuMzExeiIgZmlsbD0iIzA2ZiIvPjxwYXRoIGQ9Ik04MzUuNDI0IDY5OS43OTVsLjAyMiA0Ljg4NS0xLjgxNy0xLjgxNy0yLjg4MSAyLjg4MS0xLjIyOC0xLjIyOCAyLjg4MS0yLjg4MS0xLjg1MS0xLjg1MXoiIGZpbGw9IiNmZmYiLz48L2c+PC9nPjwvc3ZnPg") 100% 50%;">Public Water Now makes pitch for Cal Am takeover</a>, The Monterey Herald, October 7, 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-22" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-22" style="text-decoration: none; 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background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Geoff Ziezulewicz, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-06-14/news/ct-met-water-pipeline-eminent-domain-20130614_1_daniel-formeller-water-agency-american-lake-water-co" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Southwest suburbs brace for a long fight against private water company</a>, Chicago Tribune, June 14, 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-28" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-28" style="text-decoration: none; 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background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/images/e/e9/Village_of_bolingbrook_v.american_water.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 16px; background: url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Vill. of Bolingbrook v. Illinois-Am. Water Co., 2012 IL App (3d) 120023-U</a> , Illinois Appellate Court Order.</li><li id="cite_note-32" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-32" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Brian Feldt, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bolingbrook.patch.com/groups/business-news/p/bolingbrook-files-suit-against-illinois-american-wate23ff8af7fd" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,PD94bWwgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4wIiBlbmNvZGluZz0iVVRGLTgiPz48c3ZnIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyIgd2lkdGg9IjEwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjEwIj48ZyB0cmFuc2Zvcm09InRyYW5zbGF0ZSgtODI2LjQyOSAtNjk4Ljc5MSkiPjxyZWN0IHdpZHRoPSI1Ljk4MiIgaGVpZ2h0PSI1Ljk4MiIgeD0iODI2LjkyOSIgeT0iNzAyLjMwOSIgZmlsbD0iI2ZmZiIgc3Ryb2tlPSIjMDZjIi8+PGc+PHBhdGggZD0iTTgzMS4xOTQgNjk4Ljc5MWg1LjIzNHY1LjM5MWwtMS41NzEgMS41NDUtMS4zMS0xLjMxLTIuNzI1IDIuNzI1LTIuNjg5LTIuNjg5IDIuODA4LTIuODA4LTEuMzExLTEuMzExeiIgZmlsbD0iIzA2ZiIvPjxwYXRoIGQ9Ik04MzUuNDI0IDY5OS43OTVsLjAyMiA0Ljg4NS0xLjgxNy0xLjgxNy0yLjg4MSAyLjg4MS0xLjIyOC0xLjIyOCAyLjg4MS0yLjg4MS0xLjg1MS0xLjg1MXoiIGZpbGw9IiNmZmYiLz48L2c+PC9nPjwvc3ZnPg") 100% 50%;">Bolingbrook Files Suit Against Illinois American Water, Says Company Overcharged Village</a>, Bolingbrook Patch, November 4, 2010.</li><li id="cite_note-33" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-33" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Linda Ozbolt, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bolingbrook.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/village-continues-to-pursue-municipal-joint-water-agency" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Village Continues to Pursue Municipal Joint Water Agency</a>, Bolingbrook Patch, December 14, 2011.</li><li id="cite_note-urbana-34" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">↑ <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-urbana_34-0" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up to:34.0</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-urbana_34-1" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">34.1</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-urbana_34-2" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">34.2</a> Food & Water Watch, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/studies/urbana-il/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">"Urbana, IL"</a>, accessed July 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-35" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-35" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Food & Water Watch, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/15060069/The-Top-Five-Reasons-to-Keep-Illinois-Water-in-Public-Hands" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">The Top Five Reasons to Keep Illinois’ Water in Public Hands</a>, May, 2009.</li><li id="cite_note-36" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-36" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Food & Water Watch, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/studies/ofallon-mo/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">"O'Fallon, MO"</a>, case study, November 4, 2009.</li><li id="cite_note-FwwAZ-37" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">↑ <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-FwwAZ_37-0" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up to:37.0</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-FwwAZ_37-1" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">37.1</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-FwwAZ_37-2" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">37.2</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-FwwAZ_37-3" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">37.3</a> Food & Water Watch, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/studies/cave-creek-az/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Cave Creek, AZ</a>, case study, November 4, 2009.</li><li id="cite_note-FWWFelton-38" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">↑ <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-FWWFelton_38-0" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up to:38.0</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-FWWFelton_38-1" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">38.1</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-FWWFelton_38-2" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">38.2</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-FWWFelton_38-3" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">38.3</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-FWWFelton_38-4" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">38.4</a> Food & Water Watch, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/studies/felton-ca/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">"The Fight for Public Water in Felton, California"</a>, case study, November 4, 2009.</li><li id="cite_note-Esterl-39" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">↑ <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-Esterl_39-0" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up to:39.0</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-Esterl_39-1" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">39.1</a> Mike Esterl, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0626-07.htm" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">U.S. water privatizations fail to pan out</a>," Associated Press, June 26, 2006.</li><li id="cite_note-PIF-40" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">↑ <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-PIF_40-0" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up to:40.0</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-PIF_40-1" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">40.1</a> In the Public Interest, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.inthepublicinterest.org/case/felton-water-system" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,PD94bWwgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4wIiBlbmNvZGluZz0iVVRGLTgiPz48c3ZnIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyIgd2lkdGg9IjEwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjEwIj48ZyB0cmFuc2Zvcm09InRyYW5zbGF0ZSgtODI2LjQyOSAtNjk4Ljc5MSkiPjxyZWN0IHdpZHRoPSI1Ljk4MiIgaGVpZ2h0PSI1Ljk4MiIgeD0iODI2LjkyOSIgeT0iNzAyLjMwOSIgZmlsbD0iI2ZmZiIgc3Ryb2tlPSIjMDZjIi8+PGc+PHBhdGggZD0iTTgzMS4xOTQgNjk4Ljc5MWg1LjIzNHY1LjM5MWwtMS41NzEgMS41NDUtMS4zMS0xLjMxLTIuNzI1IDIuNzI1LTIuNjg5LTIuNjg5IDIuODA4LTIuODA4LTEuMzExLTEuMzExeiIgZmlsbD0iIzA2ZiIvPjxwYXRoIGQ9Ik04MzUuNDI0IDY5OS43OTVsLjAyMiA0Ljg4NS0xLjgxNy0xLjgxNy0yLjg4MSAyLjg4MS0xLjIyOC0xLjIyOCAyLjg4MS0yLjg4MS0xLjg1MS0xLjg1MXoiIGZpbGw9IiNmZmYiLz48L2c+PC9nPjwvc3ZnPg") 100% 50%;">Felton Water System</a>, 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-FWWMontara-41" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">↑ <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-FWWMontara_41-0" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up to:41.0</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-FWWMontara_41-1" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">41.1</a> Food & Water Watch, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/studies/montara-ca/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">"Montara, CA</a>, case study, November 4, 2009.</li><li id="cite_note-42" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-42" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Press Release, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pahouse.com/pr/113052609a.asp" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,PD94bWwgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4wIiBlbmNvZGluZz0iVVRGLTgiPz48c3ZnIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyIgd2lkdGg9IjEwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjEwIj48ZyB0cmFuc2Zvcm09InRyYW5zbGF0ZSgtODI2LjQyOSAtNjk4Ljc5MSkiPjxyZWN0IHdpZHRoPSI1Ljk4MiIgaGVpZ2h0PSI1Ljk4MiIgeD0iODI2LjkyOSIgeT0iNzAyLjMwOSIgZmlsbD0iI2ZmZiIgc3Ryb2tlPSIjMDZjIi8+PGc+PHBhdGggZD0iTTgzMS4xOTQgNjk4Ljc5MWg1LjIzNHY1LjM5MWwtMS41NzEgMS41NDUtMS4zMS0xLjMxLTIuNzI1IDIuNzI1LTIuNjg5LTIuNjg5IDIuODA4LTIuODA4LTEuMzExLTEuMzExeiIgZmlsbD0iIzA2ZiIvPjxwYXRoIGQ9Ik04MzUuNDI0IDY5OS43OTVsLjAyMiA0Ljg4NS0xLjgxNy0xLjgxNy0yLjg4MSAyLjg4MS0xLjIyOC0xLjIyOCAyLjg4MS0yLjg4MS0xLjg1MS0xLjg1MXoiIGZpbGw9IiNmZmYiLz48L2c+PC9nPjwvc3ZnPg") 100% 50%;">Complaint filed against Pa.-American Water Co. rate increase</a>, Website of State Rep. Kevin Murphy, May 26, 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-43" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-43" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Kentucky Public Service Commission, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://eec.ky.gov/Lists/News%20Releases%202/PSC%20reduces%20Kentucky%20American%20Water%20rate%20increase.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 16px; background: url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif") 100% 50% no-repeat;">PSC Reduces Kentucky-American Water Rate Increase - Company receives $7 million less than requested</a>, press release, December 14, 2010.</li><li id="cite_note-44" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-44" style="text-decoration: none; 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background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Staff Reports, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cumberlink.com/news/local/pennsylvania-american-water-fined-by-puc/article_2760e7d8-0968-11e0-b8cd-001cc4c03286.html" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,PD94bWwgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4wIiBlbmNvZGluZz0iVVRGLTgiPz48c3ZnIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyIgd2lkdGg9IjEwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjEwIj48ZyB0cmFuc2Zvcm09InRyYW5zbGF0ZSgtODI2LjQyOSAtNjk4Ljc5MSkiPjxyZWN0IHdpZHRoPSI1Ljk4MiIgaGVpZ2h0PSI1Ljk4MiIgeD0iODI2LjkyOSIgeT0iNzAyLjMwOSIgZmlsbD0iI2ZmZiIgc3Ryb2tlPSIjMDZjIi8+PGc+PHBhdGggZD0iTTgzMS4xOTQgNjk4Ljc5MWg1LjIzNHY1LjM5MWwtMS41NzEgMS41NDUtMS4zMS0xLjMxLTIuNzI1IDIuNzI1LTIuNjg5LTIuNjg5IDIuODA4LTIuODA4LTEuMzExLTEuMzExeiIgZmlsbD0iIzA2ZiIvPjxwYXRoIGQ9Ik04MzUuNDI0IDY5OS43OTVsLjAyMiA0Ljg4NS0xLjgxNy0xLjgxNy0yLjg4MSAyLjg4MS0xLjIyOC0xLjIyOCAyLjg4MS0yLjg4MS0xLjg1MS0xLjg1MXoiIGZpbGw9IiNmZmYiLz48L2c+PC9nPjwvc3ZnPg") 100% 50%;">Pennsylvania American Water fined by PUC</a>, The Sentinel, December 16, 2010.</li><li id="cite_note-46" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-46" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Keith Heumiller, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://atl.gmnews.com/news/2013-03-14/Front_Page/Report_NJ_American_should_have_acted_sooner.html" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Report: N.J. American should have acted sooner: Water utility says main bridge was not properly monitored prior to collapse</a>, Atlanticville, March 14, 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-47" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-47" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> David P. Willis, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.app.com/article/20120725/NJNEWS/307250103/Water-company-error-leaves-family-high-and-dry" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,PD94bWwgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4wIiBlbmNvZGluZz0iVVRGLTgiPz48c3ZnIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyIgd2lkdGg9IjEwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjEwIj48ZyB0cmFuc2Zvcm09InRyYW5zbGF0ZSgtODI2LjQyOSAtNjk4Ljc5MSkiPjxyZWN0IHdpZHRoPSI1Ljk4MiIgaGVpZ2h0PSI1Ljk4MiIgeD0iODI2LjkyOSIgeT0iNzAyLjMwOSIgZmlsbD0iI2ZmZiIgc3Ryb2tlPSIjMDZjIi8+PGc+PHBhdGggZD0iTTgzMS4xOTQgNjk4Ljc5MWg1LjIzNHY1LjM5MWwtMS41NzEgMS41NDUtMS4zMS0xLjMxLTIuNzI1IDIuNzI1LTIuNjg5LTIuNjg5IDIuODA4LTIuODA4LTEuMzExLTEuMzExeiIgZmlsbD0iIzA2ZiIvPjxwYXRoIGQ9Ik04MzUuNDI0IDY5OS43OTVsLjAyMiA0Ljg4NS0xLjgxNy0xLjgxNy0yLjg4MSAyLjg4MS0xLjIyOC0xLjIyOCAyLjg4MS0yLjg4MS0xLjg1MS0xLjg1MXoiIGZpbGw9IiNmZmYiLz48L2c+PC9nPjwvc3ZnPg") 100% 50%;">Water company error leaves family high and dry</a>, Asbury Park Press, July 26, 2012.</li><li id="cite_note-48" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-48" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Julia Reynolds, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.montereyherald.com/news/ci_22030242/puc-denies-now-cal-am-request-bill-water" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,PD94bWwgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4wIiBlbmNvZGluZz0iVVRGLTgiPz48c3ZnIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyIgd2lkdGg9IjEwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjEwIj48ZyB0cmFuc2Zvcm09InRyYW5zbGF0ZSgtODI2LjQyOSAtNjk4Ljc5MSkiPjxyZWN0IHdpZHRoPSI1Ljk4MiIgaGVpZ2h0PSI1Ljk4MiIgeD0iODI2LjkyOSIgeT0iNzAyLjMwOSIgZmlsbD0iI2ZmZiIgc3Ryb2tlPSIjMDZjIi8+PGc+PHBhdGggZD0iTTgzMS4xOTQgNjk4Ljc5MWg1LjIzNHY1LjM5MWwtMS41NzEgMS41NDUtMS4zMS0xLjMxLTIuNzI1IDIuNzI1LTIuNjg5LTIuNjg5IDIuODA4LTIuODA4LTEuMzExLTEuMzExeiIgZmlsbD0iIzA2ZiIvPjxwYXRoIGQ9Ik04MzUuNDI0IDY5OS43OTVsLjAyMiA0Ljg4NS0xLjgxNy0xLjgxNy0yLjg4MSAyLjg4MS0xLjIyOC0xLjIyOCAyLjg4MS0yLjg4MS0xLjg1MS0xLjg1MXoiIGZpbGw9IiNmZmYiLz48L2c+PC9nPjwvc3ZnPg") 100% 50%;">PUC denies, for now, Cal Am request to bill for water leak discounts</a>, The Herald News, November 19, 2012.</li><li id="cite_note-49" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-49" style="text-decoration: none; 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background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Newsletter, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kasdansimonds.com/about/newsletter01.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 16px; background: url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Anthem Water Class Action Suit</a>, KASDAN SIMONDS RILEY & VAUGHAN LLP, Accessed July 9, 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-52" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-52" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; 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background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Todd C. Wiley, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.fclaw.com/newsletter/newsletter.cfm?id=1048" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Federal District Court Order Expands Developer Disclosure Obligations Relating to Utility Service</a>, Fennemore Craig Newsletter, Accessed July 9, 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-54" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-54" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> EPCOR<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://corp.epcor.com/about/Pages/history.aspx" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">History</a>, Organizational Website, Accessed July 9, 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-55" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-55" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Kevin Nevers, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chestertontribune.com/Town%20of%20Chesterton/town_sues_water_company_over_col.htm" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Town sues water company over collapsed sanitary sewer main</a>, Chesterton Tribune, November 23, 2012.</li><li id="cite_note-56" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-56" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Kentucky Public Service Commission, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://psc.ky.gov/order_vault/orders_2010/200900359_08112010.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 16px; background: url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif") 100% 50% no-repeat;">CASE NO. 2009-00359 ORDER Against Kentucky-American Water Company</a>, August 11, 2010.</li><li id="cite_note-57" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-57" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Press Release, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/newsroom/14287?id=6283&typeid=2" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Pennsylvania American Water to Implement Corrective Actions, Pay $25,000 Fine for December Fluoride Spill</a>, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, March 31, 2006.</li><li id="cite_note-arsenic-58" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">↑ <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-arsenic_58-0" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up to:58.0</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-arsenic_58-1" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">58.1</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-arsenic_58-2" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">58.2</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-arsenic_58-3" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">58.3</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.americanwateralert.net/arsenic-and-trichloroethylene-contamination-cited-in-arizona.html" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">"Arsenic and Trichloroethylene Contamination Cited at Arizona American Water"</a>, AmericanWaterAlert.net</li><li id="cite_note-59" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-59" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://yosemite.epa.gov/r6/r6w3c2.nsf/6af8fbbde3dd7e2086257896005c2c0b/13488cb780d5f0bc86257b0a00598e9c?opendocument" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Safe Drinking Water Act Administrative Order Docket No. SDWA-06-2013-1205</a>, Accessed July 12, 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-60" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-60" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Andy Mead, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kentucky.com/2010/11/19/1531014/ky-american-agrees-to-pay-for.html#storylink=cpy" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Ky. American agrees to pay for damaging creek</a>, Lexington Herald-Leader, November 19, 2010.</li><li id="cite_note-61" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-61" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> American Water, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.amwater.com/products-and-services/Commercial-Services/Residuals-Management/residuals-beneficial-reuse.html" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">“Beneficial Reuse”</a>, organizational website, accessed July 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-62" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-62" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Patrick Trahey, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://inthesetimes.com/article/5863/sewage_sludge_everlasting/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,PD94bWwgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4wIiBlbmNvZGluZz0iVVRGLTgiPz48c3ZnIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyIgd2lkdGg9IjEwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjEwIj48ZyB0cmFuc2Zvcm09InRyYW5zbGF0ZSgtODI2LjQyOSAtNjk4Ljc5MSkiPjxyZWN0IHdpZHRoPSI1Ljk4MiIgaGVpZ2h0PSI1Ljk4MiIgeD0iODI2LjkyOSIgeT0iNzAyLjMwOSIgZmlsbD0iI2ZmZiIgc3Ryb2tlPSIjMDZjIi8+PGc+PHBhdGggZD0iTTgzMS4xOTQgNjk4Ljc5MWg1LjIzNHY1LjM5MWwtMS41NzEgMS41NDUtMS4zMS0xLjMxLTIuNzI1IDIuNzI1LTIuNjg5LTIuNjg5IDIuODA4LTIuODA4LTEuMzExLTEuMzExeiIgZmlsbD0iIzA2ZiIvPjxwYXRoIGQ9Ik04MzUuNDI0IDY5OS43OTVsLjAyMiA0Ljg4NS0xLjgxNy0xLjgxNy0yLjg4MSAyLjg4MS0xLjIyOC0xLjIyOCAyLjg4MS0yLjg4MS0xLjg1MS0xLjg1MXoiIGZpbGw9IiNmZmYiLz48L2c+PC9nPjwvc3ZnPg") 100% 50%;">Sewage Sludge Everlasting</a>, In These Times, April 19, 2010.</li><li id="cite_note-sludge-63" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">↑ <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-sludge_63-0" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up to:63.0</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-sludge_63-1" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">63.1</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-sludge_63-2" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">63.2</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-sludge_63-3" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">63.3</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.americanwateralert.net/american-water-fined-over-canadian-sewage-sludge.html" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">"American Water Subsidiary Fined for Canadian Sewage Sludge Violations"</a>, AmericanWaterAlert.net</li><li id="cite_note-frack-64" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">↑ <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-frack_64-0" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up to:64.0</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-frack_64-1" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">64.1</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-frack_64-2" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">64.2</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-frack_64-3" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">64.3</a> Sarah Pavlus, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://americanindependent.com/215391/private-water-companies-partner-with-fracking-lobby" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,PD94bWwgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4wIiBlbmNvZGluZz0iVVRGLTgiPz48c3ZnIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyIgd2lkdGg9IjEwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjEwIj48ZyB0cmFuc2Zvcm09InRyYW5zbGF0ZSgtODI2LjQyOSAtNjk4Ljc5MSkiPjxyZWN0IHdpZHRoPSI1Ljk4MiIgaGVpZ2h0PSI1Ljk4MiIgeD0iODI2LjkyOSIgeT0iNzAyLjMwOSIgZmlsbD0iI2ZmZiIgc3Ryb2tlPSIjMDZjIi8+PGc+PHBhdGggZD0iTTgzMS4xOTQgNjk4Ljc5MWg1LjIzNHY1LjM5MWwtMS41NzEgMS41NDUtMS4zMS0xLjMxLTIuNzI1IDIuNzI1LTIuNjg5LTIuNjg5IDIuODA4LTIuODA4LTEuMzExLTEuMzExeiIgZmlsbD0iIzA2ZiIvPjxwYXRoIGQ9Ik04MzUuNDI0IDY5OS43OTVsLjAyMiA0Ljg4NS0xLjgxNy0xLjgxNy0yLjg4MSAyLjg4MS0xLjIyOC0xLjIyOCAyLjg4MS0yLjg4MS0xLjg1MS0xLjg1MXoiIGZpbGw9IiNmZmYiLz48L2c+PC9nPjwvc3ZnPg") 100% 50%;">"Private water companies partner with fracking lobby"</a>, The American Independent, April 20, 2012.</li><li id="cite_note-65" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-65" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Good Jobs First, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/subsidy-tracker/search-results?field_subsidy_company_value_op=allwords&field_subsidy_company_value=American+Water&field_subsidy_value_new_value_op=%3E&field_subsidy_value_new_value%5Bvalue%5D=&field_subsidy_type_value_many_to_one=All&date_filter%5Bvalue%5D%5Byear%5D=&field_subsidy_state_value_many_to_one=All&field_subsidy_program_value=&field_subsidy_agency_value=&field_subsidy_city_value=&field_subsidy_county_value=" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,PD94bWwgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4wIiBlbmNvZGluZz0iVVRGLTgiPz48c3ZnIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyIgd2lkdGg9IjEwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjEwIj48ZyB0cmFuc2Zvcm09InRyYW5zbGF0ZSgtODI2LjQyOSAtNjk4Ljc5MSkiPjxyZWN0IHdpZHRoPSI1Ljk4MiIgaGVpZ2h0PSI1Ljk4MiIgeD0iODI2LjkyOSIgeT0iNzAyLjMwOSIgZmlsbD0iI2ZmZiIgc3Ryb2tlPSIjMDZjIi8+PGc+PHBhdGggZD0iTTgzMS4xOTQgNjk4Ljc5MWg1LjIzNHY1LjM5MWwtMS41NzEgMS41NDUtMS4zMS0xLjMxLTIuNzI1IDIuNzI1LTIuNjg5LTIuNjg5IDIuODA4LTIuODA4LTEuMzExLTEuMzExeiIgZmlsbD0iIzA2ZiIvPjxwYXRoIGQ9Ik04MzUuNDI0IDY5OS43OTVsLjAyMiA0Ljg4NS0xLjgxNy0xLjgxNy0yLjg4MSAyLjg4MS0xLjIyOC0xLjIyOCAyLjg4MS0yLjg4MS0xLjg1MS0xLjg1MXoiIGZpbGw9IiNmZmYiLz48L2c+PC9nPjwvc3ZnPg") 100% 50%;">American Water</a>, Subsidy Tracker, accessed July 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-66" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-66" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Good Jobs First, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/subsidy-tracker/fl-american-water-services-company-inc" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">American Water Services Company Inc., 2004</a>, Subsidy Tracker, accessed July 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-67" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-67" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Good Jobs First, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/subsidy-tracker/fl-american-water-services-company-inc-0" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">American Water Services Company Inc., 2005</a>, Subsidy Tracker, accessed July 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-68" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-68" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Good Jobs First, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/subsidy-tracker/ca-california-american-water-company" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,PD94bWwgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4wIiBlbmNvZGluZz0iVVRGLTgiPz48c3ZnIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyIgd2lkdGg9IjEwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjEwIj48ZyB0cmFuc2Zvcm09InRyYW5zbGF0ZSgtODI2LjQyOSAtNjk4Ljc5MSkiPjxyZWN0IHdpZHRoPSI1Ljk4MiIgaGVpZ2h0PSI1Ljk4MiIgeD0iODI2LjkyOSIgeT0iNzAyLjMwOSIgZmlsbD0iI2ZmZiIgc3Ryb2tlPSIjMDZjIi8+PGc+PHBhdGggZD0iTTgzMS4xOTQgNjk4Ljc5MWg1LjIzNHY1LjM5MWwtMS41NzEgMS41NDUtMS4zMS0xLjMxLTIuNzI1IDIuNzI1LTIuNjg5LTIuNjg5IDIuODA4LTIuODA4LTEuMzExLTEuMzExeiIgZmlsbD0iIzA2ZiIvPjxwYXRoIGQ9Ik04MzUuNDI0IDY5OS43OTVsLjAyMiA0Ljg4NS0xLjgxNy0xLjgxNy0yLjg4MSAyLjg4MS0xLjIyOC0xLjIyOCAyLjg4MS0yLjg4MS0xLjg1MS0xLjg1MXoiIGZpbGw9IiNmZmYiLz48L2c+PC9nPjwvc3ZnPg") 100% 50%;">California American Water Company, 2006</a>, Subsidy Tracker, accessed July 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-69" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-69" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Good Jobs First, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/subsidy-tracker/ca-california-american-water" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">California American Water, 2011</a>, Subsidy Tracker, accessed July 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-70" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-70" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Good Jobs First, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/subsidy-tracker/pa-pennsylvania-american-water-company" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Pennsylvania American Water Company, 2011</a>, Subsidy Tracker, accessed July 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-OpenSecrets-71" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">↑ <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-OpenSecrets_71-0" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up to:71.0</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-OpenSecrets_71-1" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">71.1</a> Center for Responsive Politics, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000031514&cycle=A" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Organization Profiles: American Water</a>, OpenSecrets federal political influence database, accessed July 22, 2014.</li><li id="cite_note-72" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-72" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Jim Johnson, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.montereyherald.com/news/ci_25872553/cal-am-pumps-up-anti-measure-o-war" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Cal Am pumps up anti-Measure O war chest to $2.4 million</a>," Monterey Herald, May 31, 2014. Accessed July 22, 2014.</li><li id="cite_note-73" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-73" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Amy Larson, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ksbw.com/news/central-california/monterey/monterey-peninsula-voters-drown-measure-o/26319292#!bjYNPw" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Monterey Peninsula voters drown Measure O</a>," KSBW, June 4, 2014. Accessed July 22, 2014.</li><li id="cite_note-74" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-74" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Virginia Hennessey, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://w3.nexis.com/new/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=4HHW-FYH0-TWX3-V1VM&csi=313959&oc=00240&perma=true" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Measure W sets record in spending; Cal Am's campaign drives total to nearly $300,000</a> (sub. req'd.), Monterey County Herald, November 4, 2005.</li><li id="cite_note-75" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-75" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Kevin Howe, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://w3.nexis.com/new/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=4MCV-H8S0-TWX3-V3C1&csi=313959&oc=00240&perma=true" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Judge favors increase; Cal Am's third ruling ready for PUC hearing</a> (sub. req'd.), Monterey County Herald, November 20, 2006.</li><li id="cite_note-76" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-76" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Committee for Trenton Yes, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.elec.state.nj.us/FnOpenClient/FnJavaView.aspx?Library=DefaultIMS:ELEC_ONLINE:FILENET&Id=2377610&ObjType=2&Op=View" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Form R-1</a>, New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission filing, October 15, 2010.</li><li id="cite_note-77" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-77" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://w3.nexis.com/new/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=802C-BW51-2RP1-B0SC&csi=320035&oc=00240&perma=true" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">NJAW SPENT $1 MILLION</a> (sub. req'd.), The Times of Trenton, July 27, 2010.</li><li id="cite_note-78" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-78" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Stop the Sale, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.elec.state.nj.us/FnOpenClient/FnJavaView.aspx?Library=DefaultIMS:ELEC_ONLINE:FILENET&Id=2320401&ObjType=2&Op=View" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Form R-1</a>, New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission filing, July 6, 2010.</li><li id="cite_note-79" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-79" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Center for Responsive Politics, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000031514&cycle=A" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">American Water</a>, spending profile, accessed July 22, 2014.</li><li id="cite_note-80" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-80" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> National Institute on Money in State Politics, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://followthemoney.org/database/lobbyistclient.phtml?lc=101500&y=0" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Lobbyist Link: AMERICAN WATER</a>, FollowTheMoney.org state lobbying database, accessed August 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-81" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-81" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-155400494.html" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">American Water to Pour $500M into Private Market</a>," Private Placement Letter, December 4, 2006.</li><li id="cite_note-82" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-82" style="text-decoration: none; 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Story</a>, organizational biography, accessed July 23, 2014.</li><li id="cite_note-88" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-88" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/american-water-president-chief-executive-210500971.html" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">American Water President and Chief Executive Officer Jeff Sterba Plans May 2014 Retirement; Chief Financial Officer Susan N. Story to Become CEO May 2014</a>," Business Wire, Yahoo News, December 12, 2013. Accessed July 23, 2014.</li><li id="cite_note-89" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-89" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=653067&ticker=SO" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Susan N. 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Jeff Sterba and David Ratcliffe to Serve as Vice-Chairmen</a>, trade group press release, June 21, 2006.</li><li id="cite_note-99" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-99" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://reports.internic.net/cgi/whois?whois_nic=protectmywater.org&type=domain" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">WhoIs information found</a>, October 24, 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-100" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-100" style="text-decoration: none; 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background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.change.org/petitions/american-water-ceo-stop-your-attacks-on-working-families" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Jeff Sterba: Stop Your Attacks on Working Families!</a>," Change.org petition website, accessed October 24, 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-104" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-104" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Utility Workers Union of America, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://uwua.net/oct-nov-dec-2011/west-virginia-psc-blocks-american-water-cutbacks.html" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">West Virginia PSC Blocks American Water Cutbacks</a>, The Utility Worker, October/November/December 2011.</li><li id="cite_note-105" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-105" style="text-decoration: none; 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background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Utility Workers Union of America, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.americanwateralert.net/american-water-labor-relations-in-the-tank.html" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">American Water Labor Relations in the Tank</a>, news and research website, accessed October 24, 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-107" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-107" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Utility Workers Union of America, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.americanwateralert.net/nlrb-judge-finds-american-water-illegally-slashes-benefits.html" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">National Labor Relations Board ALJ Holds American Water Illegally Cut Employee Benefits</a>," news and research website, accessed October 24, 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-108" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-108" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> UWUA, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.local537.com/News-Alerts/7.3.2013_Alert.html" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">Summary of NLRB Decisions for Week of June 24-28, 2013</a>," news alert, July 3, 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-109" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-109" style="text-decoration: none; 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background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> American Water, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ir.amwater.com/od.aspx?iid=4004387" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">"Management"</a>, organizational website, accessed July 23, 2014.</li><li id="cite_note-111" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water_Works_Company,Inc.#cite_ref-111" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> American Water, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ir.amwater.com/od.aspx?iid=4004387" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">"Board of Directors"</a>, organizational website, accessed July 23, 2014.</li></ol></div><div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); 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</div><div>National Association of Water Companies bs</div><div>http://truthfromthetap.com/water-industry-facts/  attack public cit</div><div>=</div></div><div>The MWW Group is a public relations firm headquartered in East Rutherford, New Jersey.MWW describes itself as a top firm "consumer marketing, corporate communications, investor/financial relations, public affairs, issues management, government advocacy, business-to-business marketing, crisis/issues management, social marketing and health care." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.mwwpr.com/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">[1]</a><div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; display: table; zoom: 1; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; display: inline; line-height: 1.3; background: none;">Contents</h2>  [<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/MWW_Group#" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">hide</a>] </div><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/MWW_Group#Employee_and_income_totals" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">1 Employee and income totals</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/MWW_Group#Clients" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">2 Clients</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/MWW_Group#Personnel" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">3 Personnel</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/MWW_Group#Former_personnel" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">3.1 Former personnel</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/MWW_Group#Contact_details" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">4 Contact details</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/MWW_Group#Articles_and_resources" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">5 Articles and resources</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/MWW_Group#Related_SourceWatch_articles" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">5.1 Related SourceWatch articles</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/MWW_Group#References" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">5.2 References</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/MWW_Group#External_resources" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">5.3 External resources</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/MWW_Group#External_articles" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">5.4 External articles</a></li></ul></li></ul></div><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Employee and income totals</h2><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=PR_Week&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="PR Week (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">PR Week</a> ranked the MWW Group as the number five PR agency in the United States in 2008, with 2007 revenue of $48,293,935, a 13% increase from the previous year's total revenue of $42,653,055. The ranking also notes its staff total of 268 (2006 total: 241), with $180,201 in revenue per employee.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/MWW_Group#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Clients</h2>MWW Group publishes a client list as a pdf <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mwwpr.com/pages/popup/ourclients/OurClients.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 16px; background: url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif") 100% 50% no-repeat;">here</a>In January 2009, MWW began working for the U.S. water and wastewater utility company <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water" title="American Water" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">American Water</a>. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/MWW_Group#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Personnel</h2>MWW employs over 150 staff and has seven offices throughout the US.<ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII="); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Michael_W.Kempner&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Michael W. Kempner (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Michael W. Kempner</a>, President and Chief Executive Officer</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Alissa_J.Blate&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alissa J. Blate (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Alissa J. Blate</a>, Executive Vice President, Director of Consumer Marketing</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bob_Silver&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bob Silver (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Bob Silver</a>, Senior Vice President, General Manager</li></ul><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Former personnel</h3><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII="); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_G.Sommer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert G. Sommer (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Robert G. Sommer</a>, Executive Vice President, Director of Public Affairs</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=William_J.Morley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William J. Morley (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">William J. Morley</a>, Senior Vice President, General Manager</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_Digles&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Digles (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">John Digles</a>, Group Vice President, General Manager</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=David_A._Herbst&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="David A. Herbst (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">David A. Herbst</a>, Senior Vice President, General Manager</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Sal_Anderton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sal Anderton (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Sal Anderton</a>, Vice President / General Manager</li></ul><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Contact details</h2>MWW Group
One Meadowlands Plaza
East Rutherford, NJ 07073
Phone: 201-507-9500
Web: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.mww.com/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background-image: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent), url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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"); background-color: initial; background-position: 100% 50%, 100% 50%;">http://www.mww.com</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Articles and resources</h2><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Related SourceWatch articles</h3><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII="); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Water" title="American Water" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">American Water</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Public_relations_firms" title="Public relations firms" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Public relations firms</a></li></ul><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">References</h3><ol class="references" style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 3.2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li id="cite_note-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/MWW_Group#cite_ref-1" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> "2008 Agency Rankings," PR Week, 28 April 2008.</li><li id="cite_note-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/MWW_Group#cite_ref-2" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Tonya Garcia, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prweekus.com/American-Water-finds-comms-value-in-online-annual-report/article/130388/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">American Water finds comms value in online annual report</a>," PR Week, April 8, 2009.</li></ol></div><div></div></div></div></div></div>