The board of directors of Essential Utilities Inc. declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.3071 per share, payable December 1, 2023, to all shareholders of record on November 10, 2023. The December 2023 dividend payment of $0.3071 per share represents a $0.0201, or 7% increase over the December 2022 dividend payment of $0.2870 per share. Essential Utilities has paid consecutive quarterly cash dividends for 78 years and has increased the dividend 33 times in the last 32 years.