Aquarion Water Company Employees Are Dedicated Community Volunteers

Individuals Devote More Than 16,000 Hours a Year to Help Others.

BRIDGEPORT, CT (PRWEB) October 19, 2006 -- Aquarion Water Company commends its employees who have donated more than 16,000 volunteer hours to community-service activities over the past year. The company will recognize these exceptional volunteer efforts at its annual Laurel Award Celebration on October 27th.

Aquarion Water Company encourages and supports employees who contribute their time and energy to charities and non-profit community service organizations. The company is a committed corporate citizen, striving to strengthen and improve local communities by supporting many educational, environmental and humanitarian organizations. During the past year, Aquarion employees dedicated more than 4,000 hours to volunteer fire and emergency rescue activities, 235 hours for environmental organizations, and more than 3,600 hours to enhance education and youth programs.

"Aquarion Water Company has a long tradition of community service, and we applaud all of our employee volunteers who are making a real difference in our communities," said Charles V. Firlotte, Aquarion Water Company President and Chief Executive Officer. "No matter how different these activities are, whether its mentoring at-risk students in our inner-cities or serving on a fire and rescue squad, these efforts are decisive expressions of our commitment to the communities that we serve.”

Aquarion Company's principal business is public water supply. Through its Aquarion Water Company subsidiaries, it is one of the 10 largest investor-owned water utilities in the U.S., serving 221,000 homes and businesses, or more than 714,000 people, in 53 Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts and New Hampshire communities. Aquarion Water Company of Connecticut provides high-quality water to 176,000 homes and businesses, or approximately 600,000 people, in 36 cities and towns.

For more information, please visit www.aquarionwater.com.

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