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Celebrating 210 Years!

Since 1816, the mission of The York Water Company has been clear: protect our community and deliver safe, reliable water. Founded to prevent fire and supply water to local industry in York (then Yorktowne), York Water now collects, treats, and distributes drinking water to customers across York, Adams, Franklin, and Lancaster Counties.

Thank you for being part of our story and for trusting “that good York water” for more than two centuries.

 

 

The 2025 Water Quality Consumer Confidence Reports are now available.

These extensive reports are published, in accordance with EPA and PA DEP guidelines annually for all our water systems and can be found here.

 

News and Press Releases

616th Consecutive Dividend

THE YORK WATER COMPANY DECLARES 616TH DIVIDEND 

York, Pennsylvania, November 26, 2024: The York Water Company’s (NASDAQ: YORW) President and CEO, JT Hand, announced today that the Board of Directors at their November 25th meeting declared a quarterly dividend of $0.2192 per share, a 4% increase. The dividend is payable January 15, 2025, to shareholders as of record date December 31, 2024.

This is the 616th consecutive dividend to be paid by The York Water Company. JT Hand, President and CEO, stated, “In 2024 The York Water Company received National, Regional and State recognition for our extraordinary accomplishment in completing our Lake Williams Dam Rehabilitation project on time and on budget. This intentional capital investment in the Company’s utility infrastructure defines York Water’s strategy to provide safe, reliable, and  sustainable water and wastewater service to our expanding customer base.  We are proud to say we have now increased our dividends for 28 consecutive years, reinforcing our commitment to creating value for our shareholders.” York Water, which is the oldest publicly traded company in the nation, has never missed a dividend in over 208 years. This is believed to be the longest record of consecutive dividends in America.

This release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to various risks and uncertainties.  A discussion of factors that may cause actual results to differ from management’s projections, forecasts, estimates and expectations is available in the Company filings with the SEC. Those factors may include changes in general economic conditions, increases in costs, changes in regulation and other factors.  The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward looking statements to reflect changes occurring after the date hereof.

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