Aqua America Declares June 2011 Dividend

May 2, 2011

BRYN MAWR, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Board of Directors of Aqua America, Inc. (NYSE: WTR) today declared a quarterly cash dividend payment of $0.155 per share payable on June 1, 2011, to all shareholders of record on May 17, 2011.

The June dividend payment of $0.155 per share is 6.9 percent higher than the dividend the company paid in June 2010 of $0.145 per share. Aqua has paid a consecutive quarterly dividend for 65 years.

Aqua America is one of the largest U.S.-based, publicly-traded water utilities serving almost 3 million residents in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Texas, New Jersey, Indiana, Virginia, Florida, North Carolina, Maine, Missouri, New York, and Georgia. Aqua America is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol WTR.

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Aqua America, Inc.
Brian Dingerdissen
Director, Investor Relations
610-645-1191
bjdingerdissen@aquaamerica.com
or
Donna Alston
Director, Communications
610-645-1095
dpalston@aquaamerica.com

Source: Aqua America, Inc.

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