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American Water Services Renews Three Operation and Maintenance Contracts in Pennsylvania - Hazleton, Meadville and Butler Township.


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MARLTON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 30, 2000

This week American Water Services, Inc. renewed three contracts in Pennsylvania.

These include contracts for operation and maintenance of the water treatment facilities for the Hazleton City Authority and the Meadville Area Water Authority, as well as the wastewater facility for the Butler Township Butler Township may refer to:
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 Municipal Authority.

American Water has operated the Hazleton facilities since 1943. Together these facilities service 21,000 customers spanning 15 communities, with a combined contract value of $15 million.

"American Water has been managing this authority water system for 57 years and is the primary reason the Hazleton City Authority (HCA HCA,
n.pr See acid, hydroxycitric.
) is in good financial condition today. Good water management and sound fiscal practices have been employed.

"HCA has grown under American Water's management from an initial system investment of $58,000 to a water utility that is now worth more than $70 million," said Phillip R. Andras, Chairman, Hazleton City Authority.

"We are gratified grat·i·fy  
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2.
 for the opportunity to continue providing water or wastewater services for all of these communities. American Water has been very successful in sustaining long-lasting relationships with the communities we serve, and we thank the City and Municipal Officials and the Authorities' customers for renewing their trust in us," said Jorge Carrasco Jorge Carrasco (born February 1, 1982) is a Chilean footballer, who currently plays defense for Chilean club Colo-Colo. He made the switch to Colo-Colo from Audax Italiano with fellow teammates Rodolfo Moya and Roberto Cereceda. , President, American Water Services.

A wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary

A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock.

Notes:
In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners.
 of American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE NYSE

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:AWK (Aho Weinberger Kernighan) A Unix programming utility developed in 1977 by Alfred Aho, Peter Weinberger and Brian Kernighan. Due to its unique pattern-matching syntax, awk is often used in data retrieval and data transformation. ), American Water Services is the seventh largest contract operations firm in the United States, managing and operating 175 water and wastewater facilities in 7 states, with a significant presence in Pennsylvania.

The company's core services include full contract operations, management of water and wastewater utility systems, long-term leasing, and commercial services for those customers not ready to contract their entire operations.
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