Daily Local News (West Chester, PA)
County chamber welcomes new faces
The Chester County Chamber of Business and Industry recently welcomed its newest members.
The Chester County Chamber of Business and Industry, an organization that works to bring business leaders together to strengthen the area economy, welcomed its newest members at a luncheon held at the chamber last week.
The new members were introduced and watched a PowerPoint presentation about upcoming events the county chamber is hosting. The event was catered by Red Robin Burgers in Uwchlan and sponsored by USIAffinity.
For more information, visit www.cccbi.org.
Aqua recounts expansion moves
Aqua America Inc. recently announced it now serves approximately 25,000 more people with water and wastewater service due to expansion.
That equates to 6,558 more water and wastewater connections, which resulted from 19 acquisitions in 2016. Two of nine completed in the fourth quarter were Pennsylvania municipal systems.
The company’s fourth quarter growth activity included the fol-
lowing transactions:
• Aqua Pennsylvania purchased the assets of two municipal systems— the Emlenton Area Municipal Authority’s wastewater system, which serves customers in Venango and Clarion counties and the East Cameron Township water system in Northumberland County— as well as the investorowned Honeycroft Village wastewater system in Londonberry, Chester County.
• Aqua New Jersey acquired the water assets of Cliffside Park Associates, Inc., which serves portions of Mansfield Township, Warren County and Washington Township, Morris County. Aqua New Jersey also purchased the assets of Oakwood Village Sewerage Associates, which provides sewer service to Oakwood Village apartments and the Millbrook Estates at Flanders Housing Development in Mt. Olive Township, Morris County. While Oakwood Village is only counted as 35 connections, it includes one connection that serves more than 1,200 apartment units.
• Aqua Texas acquired the assets of the Brushy Bend Park water system, which serves a subdivision of the same name in Williamson County, Texas.
• Aqua Indiana completed the acquisitions of the wastewater assets of Southeastern Utilities, Inc., which serves customers in Marion County and SaniTech, Inc., which serves customers in Morgan County.
• Aqua Ohio completed the acquisition of the Mentor Ridge Farms in Mentor, Lake County, Ohio.