American Water Earns 2023 WaterSense® Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- American Water is recognized with the 2023 WaterSense Excellence Award by the U.S. EPA for promoting water efficiency.
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“American Water is proud to be recognized by the
WaterSense, a voluntary partnership program sponsored by the
Together with our subsidiaries, American Water was recognized for our work promoting WaterSense and water efficiency in 2022. Examples include:
- Promoting WaterSense labeled products through conservation educational programs across our national footprint.
- Creating a downloadable Water Leak Detection Kit—a helpful guide for locating indoor and outdoor water leaks.
- California American Water organized a summer drought campaign to encourage customers to conserve water. The company also hosted webinars to educate customers on water efficiency.
- Illinois American Water featured a Water Learning Center on its website to educate residents on finding and fixing leaks and other types of water conservation.
- New Jersey American Water organized a digital summer conservation campaign to mitigate heightened demand in the summer months due to hotter temperatures and an influx of tourism to coastal communities.
“With extreme weather affecting water supplies and quality, saving this precious resource is more important than ever,” said Veronica Blette, Chief, WaterSense Branch. “The 2023 award winners helped Americans look to WaterSense and save not just water, but the energy required to heat and treat it, as well as reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with energy use.”
American Water was honored as the 2023 WaterSense® Excellence in Education and Outreach award recipient during a ceremony held today at the WaterSmart Innovations Conference and Exposition in
For more information about WaterSense, visit www.epa.gov/watersense.
About American Water
American Water (NYSE: AWK) is the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in
As one of the fastest growing utilities in the
American Water has been recognized on the 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index for the fifth consecutive year, ranked 18th on Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable
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Alicia Barbieri
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American Water
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