Talk:American Water Works

I do not know what toilet water tastes like, but in Central New Jersey, the tap water provided by American Water is absolutely undrinkable. Toilet water probably tastes better. There needs to be some reference in this article about how many chemicals are in their water (I believe it is supposed to be about 20) and how horrible the water is to taste. It is one of the key gruesome features of this water company... Stevenmitchell (talk) 00:26, 14 November 2020 (UTC)Reply

If you can cite a source, include it in the article. If it is a personal opinion or experience, it never belongs in a Wikipedia article.

WP isn’t a forum for grievances; it’s a free encyclopedia. Okto8 (talk) 22:09, 19 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

• What I think should be changed (include citations):

History section is outdated (references 5 and 6 are broken links). All current references are cited back to the amwater.com page but those pages no longer exist on the website. Below is updated copy and references:

American Water (NYSE:AWK) is the country's largest publicly traded water and wastewater services provider, with a history dating back to 1886.^[1] The company employs more than 6,400 dedicated professionals who provide regulated and regulated-like water and wastewater services to more than 14 million people in 24 states.^{[2] [3]} American Water provides safe, clean, affordable and reliable water services to our customers to make sure we keep their lives flowing. Our teams are committed to customer service, operational excellence and delivering high-quality, reliable drinking water and other water-related management services. Our primary business involves the ownership of water and wastewater utilities that provide water and wastewater services to residential, commercial and industrial customers, treating and delivering more than 1 billion gallons of water per day.^{[4] [5]}

American Water shares are traded on the NYSE under the ticker AWK.^[6]

Division (right-hand side of page): California American Water Hawaii American Water Illinois American Water Indiana American Water Iowa American Water Kentucky American Water Maryland American Water Missouri American Water New Jersey American Water Pennsylvania American Water Tennessee American Water Virginia American Water West Virginia American Water American Water Military Services Group ^{[7] [8]}

• Why it should be changed:

American Water recently completed the sale of several subsidiaries.^{[9] [10] [11]} Ambarbieri (talk) 21:21, 23 May 2022 (UTC)Reply

  Partly done The first paragraph would be a copyright violation of this page if we were to incorporate it into the article as-is, since the company claims copyright of the materials on that page and the suggested edit is to copy it almost entirely verbatim. It's also not based upon independent sources, such as news reports, books from reliable publishers, and scholarly works. I've made the edits to the infobox to remove the divisions that no longer exist. The ticker was left as-is, since there does not appear to be any change to the text. — Ⓜ️hawk10 (talk) 23:33, 23 May 2022 (UTC)Reply

Hi, is it possible to consolidate and redirect both New Jersey American Water and Pennsylvania-American Water Company onto American Water Works' page? These pages are subsidiaries of American Water. However, the New Jersey American Water page has multiple issues and may not meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines for companies and organizations, while the Pennsylvania-American Water page is too short. Please advise. Thank you.~~~~ Chimmychu (talk) 14:15, 10 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

How are you related to the subject of the article? Just asking so I can be sure I add the right connected contributor template. Shadow311 (talk) 14:43, 10 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

I used to do some writing for them, and they reached out to me about this question. I agreed to help them by requesting the update on their behalf, but there was no money involved. Chimmychu (talk) 14:08, 13 May 2024 (UTC)Reply