BRYN MAWR, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Aqua America, Inc. (NYSE: WTR) President and CEO Christopher Franklin
today announced the promotion of Colleen Arnold to the position of
deputy COO from manager of water quality and environmental compliance.
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Colleen Arnold has been promoted to deputy chief operating officer for Aqua America. (Photo: Business Wire)
As deputy COO, Arnold will report directly to Chief Operating Officer
(COO) Rick Fox and assist him in the management of all of the company'
regulated operations including network distribution, production,
engineering water quality and environmental compliance throughout all
eight states.
"Colleen brings a great blend of traditional operations management
experience coupled with an extraordinary background and education in
water quality, which is the primary focus of what we do," said Franklin.
"Whether we are delivering tap water to our customers or returning
treated wastewater to the environment, the bottom line of it all is
quality."
"Colleen has more than 20 years of experience in environmental
engineering and is uniquely qualified for this new role at Aqua. In
addition to her years at Aqua, she also worked as a utility director for
a municipal system and as a consultant with two top-tier firms, always
with a focus on water and wastewater operations," said COO Rick Fox. "On
top of the routine responsibilities of her previous management
positions, Colleen organized and oversaw Aqua's Compliance Assurance
Program, to ensure compliance with environmental regulations, and
permits for all Aqua operations and established an asset management
framework and implementation of a work order management system for the
City of Wilmington's water distribution network. I look forward to her
leadership and expertise in guiding our utility operations."
Arnold joined Aqua first in 2007 as manager of treatment and water
quality at Aqua Pennsylvania following nine years of varied experience
working for consulting firms, for which she provide services to water
and wastewater utilities in New York City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
and Arizona. She left the company in 2009 to accept the position of
assistant director of the City of Wilmington's (Delaware) water
division, and returned to Aqua America in 2013 in her most recent
position of manager of water quality and environmental compliance.
Arnold, a licensed professional engineer in Delaware, earned her B.S. in
civil engineering from the University of Massachusetts and her M.S. in
environmental engineering from Manhattan College. Her professional
memberships include the American Water Works Association for which she
is chairman and trustee for its Distribution and Plant Operations
Division; the American Water Resources Association and the Water
Environment Federation. Her honors include being the 1998 Thomas R. Camp
Scholarship Winner; the 1993 Stearns & Wheeler Environmental Engineering
& Science Award; membership in the Chi Epsilon Civil Engineering
National Honor Society and the Tau Beta Pi Engineering National Honor
Society; and being named Outstanding Women Engineer of the Year 1992 by
the Society of Women Engineers
Aqua America is one of the largest U.S.-based, publicly traded water
utilities and serves nearly 3 million people in Pennsylvania, Ohio,
North Carolina, Illinois, Texas, New Jersey, Indiana and Virginia. Aqua
America is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol
WTR. Visit AquaAmerica.com
for more information.
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Aqua America, Inc.
Donna Alston
O: 610.645.1095
M:
484.368.4720
DPAlston@AquaAmerica.com
or
Gretchen
Toner
O: 610.645.1175
M: 484.368.4816
GMToner@AquaAmerica.com
Source: Aqua America, Inc.
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