Essential Utilities
Essential Utilities is a company that is part of the pulse of the water sector. Here we bring together everything it publishes on Smart Water Magazine: its news, its blogs and the events it takes part in.
Essential Utilities names Alexis Rodriguez Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development.
Rodriguez assumes his new role after five years with the company; he will continue to serve as Chief of Staff.
Essential Utilities names Sadzi Martha Oliva as President of Aqua Indiana
Essential Utilities Inc. has announced the appointment of Sadzi Martha Oliva as the new President of Aqua Indiana. Oliva, most recently Senior Vice President of Government Relations and Community at United Scrap Metal, will lead Aqua Indiana’s water and wastewater operations, overseeing capital investment, regulatory compliance and customer service across the state. Her appointment, effective September 2, 2025, reflects […]
Essential Utilities names Daniel Ramirez-Cisneros as President of Aqua Texas
Essential Utilities Inc. has announced Daniel Ramirez-Cisneros as the new President of Aqua Texas. Ramirez-Cisneros, previously the Director of Operations for Aqua Texas, will oversee Aqua’s water and wastewater operations across the state, guiding capital investment, regulatory compliance, and customer service during a pivotal phase of growth. The appointment is part of the company’s long-term succession plan to […]
Aqua Pennsylvania acquires Greenville Sanitary Authority wastewater system for $18 million
Essential Utilities, Inc. has announced its Aqua Pennsylvania subsidiary finalized its $18 million purchase of the Greenville Sanitary Authority’s wastewater system in Mercer County, PA. The system serves Greenville Borough, Hempfield and West Salem Townships. The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) approved the sale on December 12, 2024. This is the first transaction approved by the Pennsylvania PUC since implementing improvements over the summer to the fair market value […]
Essential Utilities names Natalie Chesko as new President of Aqua New Jersey
Essential Utilities announced Natalie Chesko has been named the new President of Aqua New Jersey. Chesko will oversee Aqua’s water and wastewater operations in New Jersey. “I couldn’t be more elated to welcome Natalie to the Aqua family, and I’m excited to see how her passion and expertise will further Aqua’s mission,” said Aqua President […]
Essential Utilities appoints Brian Gresehover to VP of engineering for water and wastewater
Essential Utilities announced the appointment of Brian Gresehover to vice president, engineering for Aqua, its water and wastewater subsidiary. Gresehover previously served as a senior project engineer for Aqua, where he oversaw a $150 million annual capital budget focused on planning, management, design and renewal of the water distribution system. In his new role, Gresehover […]
Essential announces new vice president production for its largest water and wastewater subsidiary
Essential Utilities said that its largest water and wastewater subsidiary, Aqua Pennsylvania has hired 27-year water utility industry veteran Todd Duerr as vice president, production. Duerr’s career includes executive management, technical and business operations, business development and federal contracting. We are fortunate to have a water professional with Todd’s experience lead our production team at Aqua,” said […]
Essential Utilities appoints John Andrews as vice president of corporate development
Essential Utilities has appointed John Andrews as vice president of corporate development for the organization, replacing William Davis, who retired earlier this year. Andrews brings more than 20 years of investment banking, corporate development, strategy and finance leadership to Essential. Most recently, he worked as a strategic advisory consultant, helping clients across a spectrum of […]
Essential’s Utilities prepared for COVID-19
Essential Utilities Inc. announced that its Aqua water utilities and Peoples natural gas utilities continue to monitor the novel coronavirus “COVID-19” outbreak throughout its combined ten-state footprint, working closely with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local health authorities to continuously address the situation and evaluate operational response plans. “As water, wastewater and natural […]