| American Water Works Company, Inc. (American Water) is a water and wastewater utility company. American Water provides drinking water, wastewater and other water related services to an estimated 15 million people in more than 30 states and in two Canadian provinces. The Company operates in two segments: the Regulated Businesses and the Market-Based Operations. In January 2012, the Company announced the sale of operations in Arizona and New Mexico to EPCOR USA. On June 27, 2012, American Water acquired water system from the Town of New Whiteland in central Indiana. In October 2012, its subsidiary, Pennsylvania American Water, acquired the assets of two water systems in southwestern Pennsylvania. In January 2013, the Company's Pennsylvania American Water announced that it closed a pair of water systems acquisitions in northeast Pennsylvania. In March 2013, the Company announced the acquisition of two water systems in northeast Pennsylvania. |
