Illinois American Water Awards over $48,000 through 2016 Firefighter Grant Program

Over $48,000 will be awarded to 70 Illinois fire departments through Illinois American
Water’s 2016 Firefighter Grant Program. The program was created in 2010 to provide financial assistance to fire
and emergency organizations serving customers in Illinois American Water’s service area. To date, the program
has resulted in over 350 grants totaling over $342,000 awarded across the state.

“Our teams partner closely with fire departments, testing and operating every fire hydrant across the state and
working hard to ensure reliable water service for fire protection, but we wanted to do more,” said Bruce Hauk,
president of Illinois American Water. “This program enables us to further support our local heroes in the
communities we serve.”

Illinois American Water’s Firefighter Grant Program awards grants to provide personal protective gear,
communications equipment, firefighting tools, water handling equipment, training materials and classroom
programs. Illinois American Water presented grants to the following Illinois fire departments:

Northern Illinois

Des Plaines Fire Department

City of Elmhurst Fire Department

Elgin Fire Department

Homer Township Fire Protection District

Lemont Fire Protection District

Lisle-Woodridge Fire District

Morris Fire Protection & Ambulance District

Mount Prospect Fire Department

Northwest Homer Fire Protection District

Orland Fire Protection District

Oswego Fire Protection District

Plainfield Fire Protection District

Prospect Heights Fire Protection District

Sterling Fire Department

Dana Fire Protection District

Grand Ridge Volunteer Fire Department

Leonore Volunteer Fire Department

Long Point Comm Volunteer Fire Protection District
Reading Volunteer Fire Department

Streator Fire Department

Central Illinois

Arcola Fire Department

Carroll Fire Protection District
Champaign Fire Department

Eastern Prairie Fire Protection District
Edge-Scott Fire Protection District
Pesotum Fire Protection District
Savoy Fire Department

St Joseph-Stanton Fire Department
Tolono Fire Protection District
Tuscola Fire Department

U of I Willard Airport Fire Department
Urbana Fire Department

Lincoln Fire Department

Lincoln Rural Fire Department

City of Pekin Fire Department

North Pekin Fire Department

Bartonville Fire Department

Limestone Township Fire Protection District
Logan Trivoli Fire Protection District

Peoria Fire Department

West Peoria Fire Protection District

Pontiac Fire Department

Saunemin Fire Protection District

Southern Illinois

City of Alton Fire Department
Godfrey Fire Protection District
QEM Fire Protection District

Cairo Fire Department

Belleville Fire Department

Church Road Fire Protection District
Columbia Fire Department

East St. Louis Fire Department
Fairmont City Fire Department
French Village Fire Department
Hamel Volunteer Fire Department
Long Lake Volunteer Fire Department
Madison Fire Department

Mascoutah Fire Department

Midway Fire Protection District

Mitchell Fire Department

Northwest St. Clair County Fire Protection District
O'Fallon Fire Department

Pocahontas - Old Ripley Fire Department
Sauget Fire Department

Signal Hill Fire Department

St. Clair Special Emergency Services
Swansea Fire Department

Venice Fire Department

Villa Hills Fire Department
Washington Park Fire Department
Waterloo Fire Department

About Illinois American Water

Illinois American Water, a subsidiary of American Water (NYSE: AWK), is the largest investor-owned water utility in
the state, providing high-quality and reliable water and/or wastewater services to approximately 1.2 million people.
American Water also operates a customer service center in Alton and a quality control and research laboratory in
Belleville.

Illinois American Water ranked “Highest in Customer Satisfaction with Water Utilities in the Midwest" according to
J.D. Power’s 2016 Water Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction StudySM.

American Water is the largest and most geographically diverse publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility
company. Marking its 130th anniversary this year, the company employs 6,700 dedicated professionals who
provide regulated and market-based drinking water, wastewater and other related services to an estimated 15
million people in 47 states and Ontario, Canada. More information can be found by visiting www.amwater.com.