Aqua New Jersey, Inc. (Aqua) is a regulated public utility that provides drinking water and wastewater services to 150,000 residents in 18 municipalities in Warren, Hunterdon, Mercer, Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean, Camden, Gloucester and Sussex counties. The company also provides operations and management contract services to other water and wastewater operators.

Company History

Aqua New Jersey was created through the merger of several individual water companies that were previously owned by the former Consumers Water Company of Portland, Maine in the early 1960s. In 1969, Consumers merged The Peoples Water Company of Phillipsburg, the Hamilton Square Water Company and the Blackwood Water Company to create the Garden State Water Company. In 1995, after having acquired several other local water companies, Garden State changed its name to Consumers New Jersey Water Company (CNJ).

In 1999, CNJ purchased and merged with the Woolwich Water Company and Woolwich Sewer Company. In March 1999, CNJ’s parent company, Consumers Water Company, merged with Philadelphia Suburban Corporation (PSC). In January 2004, PSC changed its name to Aqua America, Inc. and changed the name of CNJ to Aqua. Several small system acquisitions were made during this time, expanding Aqua’s expertise into Sussex and Monmouth counties.

In November 2005, Aqua acquired the assets of the Berkeley Water Company, the company’s first venture into Ocean County.