February 2, 2010 (FinancialWire) — The board of directors of Aqua America, Inc. (NYSE: WTR) has declared a quarterly cash dividend payment of $0.145 per share payable on March 1, 2010, to all shareholders of record on February 16, 2010.

The March dividend payment of $0.145 per share is 7.4 percent higher than the dividend the company paid in March 2009 of $0.135 per share. Aqua has paid a consecutive quarterly dividend for more than 60 years.

Pennsylvania-based Aqua America is a water and wastewater utility holding company with operating subsidiaries serving around three million people in Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina, Illinois, Texas, New Jersey, New York, Florida, Indiana, Virginia, Maine, Missouri, South Carolina and Georgia.

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