BRYN MAWR — Aqua America Inc. is in the process of acquiring Peoples in an all-cash transaction totaling $4.275 billion. The transaction includes the assumption of about $1.3 billion of debt.

Aqua America and its subsidiaries provide water and/or wastewater service to about 3 million customers in Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina, Illinois, Texas, New Jersey, Indiana and Virginia ...

The subsector’s neglected status was apparent when Aqua America, a water and wastewater utility serving more than three million people in eight US states, agreed to buy gas distributor Peoples for ...