American Water Works' AmericanAnglian Unit Awarded Contract to Manage Buffalo Water System.VOORHEES Voorhees may mean: Places
See: New York Stock Exchange :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. ) announced Monday Monday: see week. that its AmericanAnglian Environmental Technologies affiliate has been awarded a $50 million, five-year contract by the Buffalo (N.Y.) Water Board to manage the city's water system, which serves a population of 325,000 people. The contract is effective Sept. 1. "AmericanAnglian's relationship with Buffalo will enhance the quality of water service, reduce costs and contribute to the economic development of this vital region," said George George, river, c.345 mi (560 km) long, rising in a lake on the Quebec-Labrador boundary, E Canada. It flows N through Indian Lake (125 sq mi/324 sq km) to Ungava Bay (an arm of Hudson Strait). W. Johnstone, American Water Works Co.'s president and chief executive officer. Bradley E. Taylor, AmericanAnglian's president, said the contract is expected to save the city more than $20 million over the initial five-year period. "We are gratified grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. at this vote of confidence by the City of Buffalo and the four unions representing the workforce. "In return we are committed to being a full and active member of the community -- not just a contractor. We look forward to a long-term Long-term Three or more years. In the context of accounting, more than 1 year. long-term 1. Of or relating to a gain or loss in the value of a security that has been held over a specific length of time. Compare short-term. partnership with the people of Buffalo." Under the contract with AmericanAnglian, existing unionized employees retain their representation. Also, the company will offer comprehensive training programs which will provide employees an opportunity for increased skill levels while enhancing personal opportunity, improving performance and operational safety. The Buffalo water system produces and treats an average of 100 million gallons of water a day and includes more than 785 miles of pipe for transmission and distribution, two pumping stations and more than 40 million gallons of storage facilities. AmericanAnglian, based in Voorhees, N.J., is a joint venture of American Water Works Co. Inc., the largest water utility business in the U.S., and Anglian Water Plc., a British water and wastewater utility. AmericanAnglian provides water and wastewater services to municipalities through operation and management contracts. In March, an AmericanAnglian joint venture was granted a ten-year contract to operate the municipal water system of Evansville, Ind IND Investigational new drug Therapeutics A status assigned by the FDA to a drug before allowing its use in humans, exempting it from premarketing approval requirements so that experimental clinical trials may be conducted. See Phase 1.2, 3 studies, Sponsorship. ., serving 200,000 people. In late June, AmericanAnglian announced an alliance with AGRA Industries Limited of Canada to pursue similar opportunities throughout Canada under the name, "Allied Water." American Water Works Co. through its 22 water utility subsidiaries, serves more than seven million people in over 800 communities in 21 states. Anglian Water provides water and wastewater services to 6 million people in the U.K. and in other parts of the world. CONTACT: American Water Works Co. Inc., Voorhees George W. Johnstone, president/CEO, 609/346-8200 |
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