Aqua America Declares June 2012 Dividend

May 1, 2012

BRYN MAWR, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Board of Directors of Aqua America, Inc. (NYSE: WTR) today declared a quarterly cash dividend payment of $0.165 per share payable on June 1, 2012, to all shareholders of record on May 17, 2012.

The June dividend payment of $0.165 per share is 6.5 percent higher than the dividend the company paid in June 2011 of $0.155 per share. Aqua has paid a consecutive quarterly dividend for more than 65 years.

Aqua America is one of the largest U.S.-based, publicly-traded water utilities and serves almost 3 million residents in Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina, Illinois, Texas, New Jersey, Indiana, Florida, Virginia, 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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