Description

United Water provides services to more than 7 million people nationwide, making it the second-largest private water service company in the United States. The company, founded in 1869, owns and operates 25 regulated utilities and manages 145 municipal systems through public-private partnerships and contract agreements. This includes two of the nation’s largest water and wastewater contracts. The value of United Water, a subsidiary of French water company Suez, registered at more than $10 billion in 2007. Suez water facilities reportedly treat the water of more than one billion people worldwide and supply 68 million people with drinking water.