Bridgeport utility Aquarion Water Co. has purchased tiny Brookfield Water Co., continuing the pace of consolidation in Connecticut’s water market.
Financial terms of Aquarion’s purchase of the water works with about 200 residential and commercial customers weren’t disclosed.
Aquarion recently acquired 20 water systems in four towns from Rural Water Co. Inc. in Bethel, including 320 customers in Brookfield, and from Black Systems, which serve 119 Brookfield customers.
Altogether, those Brookfield systems serve some 2,000 water drinkers, the utility said.
Aquarion CEO Charles V. Firlotte said the deal not only allows it to address water-quality problems in the Brookfield market, but also matches the utility’s strategy of building its access to an abundant supply of water for its customers.
Before the Brookfield acquisition, Aquarion’s market covered 580,000 customers in 39 cities and towns in Connecticut, as well as Massachusetts and New Hampshire. It is New England’s largest investor-owned water utility.
In April, Clinton water utility Connecticut Water Co. purchased Madison’s Green Springs Water Co., adding 90 customers to its roster of more than 300,000 customers.
