American Water Works : PENNSYLVANIA AMERICAN WATER AWARDS 2018 ENVIRONMENTAL GRANT TO BERKS COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT

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PENNSYLVANIA AMERICAN WATER AWARDS 2018 ENVIRONMENTAL GRANT TO BERKS COUNTY

CONSERVATION DISTRICT

$6,500 grant to support local watershed protection project

WYOMISSING, Pa. (June 14, 2018) - Pennsylvania American Water announced today that six watershed-related projects across the commonwealth will receive financial support through the company's 2018 Environmental Grant Program, including a stream cleanup and tree planting project by the Berks County Conservation District. The six recipients will receive a share of grant funds totaling nearly $40,000 for their community-based projects that improve, restore or protect watersheds.

A panel of judges selected the grant recipients from nearly 30 applications, which were evaluated on such criteria as environmental need, innovation, community engagement and sustainability.

Pennsylvania American Water presented a $6,500 grant to the Berks County Conservation District to support tree planting and environmental educational signage along the Cacoosing and Wyomissing Streams in Spring and South Heidelberg Townships. Volunteers will also complete stream cleanups along a one-mile area of the streams.

"We received many outstanding applications for projects that focused on protecting watersheds and sustaining our environment," said President Jeffrey L. McIntyre of Pennsylvania American Water. "Partnerships are the key to achieving goals, and we're proud to partner with the Berks County Conservation District to help make a difference for the environment for generations to come."

In addition to the Berks County Conservation District, Pennsylvania American Water awarded its 2018 Environmental Grants to Allegheny Land Trust (Allegheny County); National Audubon Society, John James Audubon Center (Montgomery County); Carnegie Shade Tree Commission (Allegheny County); Lackawanna River Conservation Association (Lackawanna County); and Warren County Conservation District.

Pennsylvania American Water is a subsidiary of American Water, which initiated the Environmental Grant Program in 2005 in Pennsylvania to support projects that protect or restore drinking water sources and surrounding watersheds. Since then, American Water has expanded the annual program to many of its state subsidiaries across the nation. To date, Pennsylvania American Water has funded more than 90 projects at a cost of more than $450,000.

Pennsylvania American Water, a subsidiary of American Water (NYSE: AWK), is the largest investor-owned water utility in the state, providing high-quality and reliable water and/or wastewater services to approximately 2.4 million people. With a history dating back to 1886, American Water is the largest and

most geographically diverse U.S. publicly traded water and wastewater utility company. The company employs more than 6,900 dedicated professionals who provide regulated and market-based drinking water, wastewater and other related services to an estimated 15 million people in 46 states and Ontario, Canada.

American Water provides safe, clean, affordable and reliable water services to our customers to make sure we keep their lives flowing. For more information, visitamwater.com and follow American Water onTwitter,Facebook andLinkedIn.

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