Aqua America Chairman to Present at Bear Stearns Commodities and Capital Goods Conference

December 1, 2005

BRYN MAWR, Pa., Dec 01, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Aqua America, Inc. (NYSE: WTR) announced today that its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Nicholas DeBenedictis will present at The Bear Stearns First Annual Commodities and Capital Goods Conference on December 8, 2005 at 9:40 a.m. EST at Bear Stearns Headquarters in New York City. Mr. DeBenedictis will present an overview of Aqua America and the water utility industry. The company will host a live audio webcast of DeBenedictis' presentation from the investor relations section of the company's Web site at www.aquaamerica.com.

An archived rebroadcast will be available on the company's Web site for 60 days following the event.

Aqua America, Inc. is the largest U.S.-based publicly-traded water utility, serving more than 2.5 million residents in Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina, Illinois, Texas, Florida, New Jersey, Indiana, Virginia, Maine, Missouri, New York, and South Carolina. Aqua America is listed on both the New York and Philadelphia Stock Exchanges under the ticker symbol WTR.

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SOURCE: Aqua America, Inc.

Aqua America, Inc.
Investor Relations
Cheryl Hansen, 610-645-1084
clhansen@aquaamerica.com
or
Communications
Donna Alston, 610-645-1095
dpalston@aquaamerica.com

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