Aqua America, Inc. (NYSE: WTR) announced today that its New Jersey subsidiary, Aqua New Jersey, acquired the assets of the Spartan Village water and wastewater systems from Spartan Village, Inc. for $1, with plans to invest approximately $375,000 for upgrades to distribution pipes, meters and the wastewater plant. The systems serve approximately 650 people in North Hanover Township and Wrightstown Borough, both in Burlington County where Aqua New Jersey currently serves three other communities.

The transactions bring the number of regulated acquisitions Aqua America subsidiaries have completed this year to 13.

Aqua America is one of the largest U.S.-based, publicly traded water utilities and serves nearly 3 million people in Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina, Illinois, Texas, New Jersey, Indiana and Virginia. Aqua America is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol WTR. Visit AquaAmerica.com for more information.

This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. There are important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements including: general economic business conditions; housing and customer growth trends; the success of growth initiatives; the successful integration of the acquisition into the Company; the successful upgrade to distribution pipes, meters and plants, and other factors discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, which is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. For more information regarding risks and uncertainties associated with Aqua America’s business, please refer to Aqua America’s annual, quarterly and other SEC filings. Aqua America is not under any obligation — and expressly disclaims any such obligation — to update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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