Pennsylvania American Water Helps Protect the Source to Provide High Quality Water
September 30 2024 - 2:33PM
Business Wire
Commonwealth’s largest water and wastewater
utility company utilizes communications campaign to help provide
reliable, quality drinking water for communities during Source
Water Protection Week
To help our communities in protecting and preserving our world’s
most precious natural resource – water, Pennsylvania American Water
is celebrating Source Water Protection Week (Sept. 29 to Oct. 5,
2024) by highlighting its commitment to providing customers with
safe, clean, reliable water and by offering the public resources
and information focused on helping them do their part.
“Though we’ve come a long way in terms of our water treatments
and services, there’s still a lot of challenges to overcome – the
hardest of those being that water is often taken for granted,” said
Kristi English, Pennsylvania American Water’s source water
protection program manager. “Every day, people turn on their taps
to bathe; brush their teeth; and get water for drinking, cooking
and cleaning. Unfortunately, unless they notice something unusual,
water quality and availability are not considered. That’s where
this campaign comes in – we want to increase awareness of the value
of water and the importance of caring for our water resources.”
Throughout the week, Pennsylvania American Water’s is
emphasizing the importance of protecting our water sources as a
crucial first step of the drinking water treatment process, with
the goal of generating awareness about the need to maintain quality
and conserve the supply of the world’s drinking water.
Pennsylvania American Water is also encouraging the public to
learn more about how source water is treated and protected from
contaminants by watching educational video content:
- Take a behind the scenes look at the water treatment process
via a virtual plant tour.
- Learn about how a new technology is keeping algal blooms at bay
in Pennsylvania American Water reservoirs.
- Find out what it’s like to be inside a 1-million-gallon water
storage tank.
“The key to making source water protection efforts successful is
for our dedication to trickle down to those individuals, businesses
and communities we serve,” added English. “Everyone lives in a
watershed and has a role in protecting it.”
To commemorate Source Water Protection Week, Pennsylvania
American Water is also asking its customers – and the community at
large – to take the following actions this week and consider
putting them into action as year-round practice:
- Be conscious of daily water use and take steps in the home to
be water smart and help preserve this precious natural resource,
which can also have an impact on reducing monthly bills.
- Be sure that leaking pipes and faucets – indoors and outdoors –
are repaired.
- Take care in the use of garden, lawn, garage and other home
treatment or cleaning products and ensure that they do not
inadvertently find their way into water sources.
- Dispose of chemicals, unused medicines or other potentially
harmful products properly, and do not put them directly into home
drains, the sewer, street drains or the lawn.
For more ideas on how to help protect our source water
resources, view this short tip video or visit Pennsylvania American
Water’s Watershed Protection and Wise Water Use webpages.
To learn more about Pennsylvania American Water and its work to
provide the highest quality water, visit
www.pennsylvaniaamwater.com.
About American Water
American Water (NYSE: AWK) is the largest regulated water and
wastewater utility company in the United States. With a history
dating back to 1886, We Keep Life Flowing® by providing safe,
clean, reliable and affordable drinking water and wastewater
services to more than 14 million people with regulated operations
in 14 states and on 18 military installations. American Water’s
6,500 talented professionals leverage their significant expertise
and the company’s national size and scale to achieve excellent
outcomes for the benefit of customers, employees, investors and
other stakeholders.
For more information, visit amwater.com and join American Water
on LinkedIn, Facebook, X and Instagram.
About Pennsylvania American Water
Pennsylvania American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, is
the largest regulated water utility in the state, providing
high-quality and reliable water and wastewater services to
approximately 2.3 million people.
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David Misner Senior Manager, External Communications
717-262-7525 david.misner@amwater.com
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