Middlesex Water Company Partners with EPA’s WaterSense® Program

Middlesex Water Company Partners with EPA’s WaterSense® Program

ISELIN, NJ, April 20, 2009 Middlesex Water Company (NASDAQ:MSEX) a provider of water, wastewater and related services in New Jersey and Delaware, today announced it has teamed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) WaterSense® Program to help consumers save water for future generations and reduce costs on their utility bills.

WaterSense aims to decrease indoor and outdoor water use through water-efficient products and simple water-saving practices. The program encourages consumers to look for WaterSense labeled products, which have been independently certified for efficiency and performance, and promotes water-saving techniques that reduce stress on water systems and the environment.

“Middlesex Water Company is proud to be a WaterSense partner and to be promoting efficiency in water consumption and the availability of WaterSense labeled products through our website,” said Dennis W. Doll, President and CEO. “As we celebrate Earth Day later this week, a day designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for our environment, becoming a WaterSense partner takes on added significance as we realize that actions taken today have an impact on our natural resources for generations to come. Together, we can help ensure the availability of clean, safe drinking water for these future generations,” added Doll.

The average home, retrofitted with water-efficient fixtures, can save 30,000 gallons per year. If one out of every 10 homes in the United States upgraded to water-efficient fixtures, more than 300 billion gallons per year could be saved at an annual cost of nearly $2 billion. WaterSense labeled products must meet EPA’s criteria for efficiency and performance. Independently tested and certified products may bear the WaterSense label, which makes it easy for consumers to identify and select a variety of quality, water-efficient products and services for their homes and lawns.

Middlesex Water Company, organized in 1897, is a water utility serving customers in central and southern New Jersey. The Company also serves customers in Delaware through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Tidewater Utilities, Inc. For information about the WaterSense program visit www.middlesexwater.com or call (732) 634-1500.

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Bernadette Sohler, Vice President – Corporate Affairs
Middlesex Water Company
(732) 638-7549
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Water Stocks Sector Close –Up, Water Stocks up with General Markets

Water Stocks Sector Close –Up, Water Stocks up with General Markets

Watts Water Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: WTS) up over 6%

POINT ROBERTS, WA and DELTA, BC –April 9, 2009 www.Water-Stocks.com, an investor and industry portal for the water sector within Investorideas.com, presents a sector close-up on water stocks trading April 9, 2009.


Sector close- up mid-day trading April 9, 2009

American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK) trading down 0.16 (0.87%) 12:03pm ET
ITT Corporation (NYSE:ITT) trading at $ 39.92, up $1.23 (3.18%) 12:15PM ET
Northwest Pipe (NasdaqGS: NWPX) trading at $ 31.4, up $2.35 (8.08%) 12:02pm ET
Pentair, Inc. (NYSE: PNR) trading at $ 23.64, up $ 0.68 (2.96%) 12:16PM ET
Watts Water Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: WTS ) trading at $21.24, gains of $1.23 (6.15%) 12:16pm ET
Wescorp Energy Inc. (OTCBB: WSCE ) trading unchanged at $0.34
PFW Water Fund (PFWAX) is trading up 0.27 (1.38%).
PowerShares Water Resource Portfolio (NYSEArca: PHO) up 4.49% 12:15pm ET
Claymore S&P Global Water (NYSEArca: CGW) up 3.19% 11:04am ET


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Wescorp Energy Inc. (OTCBB: WSCE) is an Oil and Gas solutions provider focused on deploying its water remediation and environmental technologies that overcome tough operational challenges facing oil and gas operators today on a global basis. Virtually anywhere in the world oil is produced contaminated water is produced, this includes associated formation water in conventional oil and gas production and potable water used in unconventional oil production such as the massive Oil Sands development in Alberta Canada.
Using conventional oil/water/solids separation technology, between 0.05% - 5% (500 ppm - 50,000 ppm) residual oil content remains in the water, Wescorp's patented, proven and highly scalable H2Omaxx microscopic aeration technology addresses this crisis by being able to increase the recovery of oil and reduce the amount of hydrocarbons in the contaminated water to less than 0.001% or 10 ppm. Wescorp's H2Omaxx is extremely economical and environmentally friendly eliminating the use of chemicals, filtration systems, high temperature systems and high pressure vessels.
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Vermont Pure Holdings, Ltd. Announces the Acquisition of Blue Hills Spring Water Company, Inc.

Vermont Pure Holdings, Ltd. Announces the Acquisition of Blue Hills Spring Water Company, Inc.

Monday April 6, 2009, Vermont Pure Holdings Ltd. WATERTOWN, Conn., April 6 2009 -- Vermont Pure Holdings, Ltd. (NYSE Alternext: VPS) announced that it has acquired the assets of Blue Hills Spring Water Company, Inc. of Quincy, Massachusetts. Blue Hills is better known by its popular brand Monadnock Mountain Spring Water.

The assets purchased include trucks, dispensing equipment, bottles, and customer lists. Blue Hills' customers will be merged into Vermont Pure's local existing operation creating more density in the Boston market for the Company.


"Blue Hills, through Monadnock, has been a recognized leader in the Boston bottled water market for many years and the acquisition of their customer base puts us in position to be a major player in the largest metro area in New England," said Peter Baker, CEO of Vermont Pure Holdings, Ltd. "We are excited to supply Vermont Pure Natural spring water, as well as our other home and office refreshment products, to Blue Hills' customers," he concluded.
Approximately 5,000 customers were acquired in the transaction. "The transition to Vermont Pure is an obvious one for us. They have a long history of providing superior customer service and an extensive selection of quality products including their flagship brands, Vermont Pure® and Crystal Rock®," said Mike Verrochi CEO of Blue Hills.

Vermont Pure Holdings, Ltd. (NYSE Alternext: VPS), the largest independent home and office distributor of its kind in the United States, markets water, coffee and other home and office refreshment products throughout the Northeast through its subsidiary Crystal Rock LLC. The Company bottles and distributes natural spring water under the Vermont Pure® brand and purified water with minerals added under the Crystal Rock® label. The majority of its sales are derived from a route distribution system that delivers water in 3- to 5-gallon reusable and recyclable bottles. The Company continues to set high standards in the bottled water industry through its technical innovation, commitment to the environment and by integrating its family roots into relationships with employees and customers. More information is available at http://www.crystalrock.com.


Note: This press release contains forward looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward looking statements, including the effects of the pending restatement of our consolidated financial statements, integration of acquisitions, ability to sustain and manage growth, changing market conditions, and other risks detailed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.



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Investor Ideas Water Stocks Directory Update- New Addition of IBM and its Smart Water Services

Investor Ideas Water Stocks Directory Update- New Addition of IBM and its Smart Water Services

DELTA, BC –March 26, 2009 - Investorideas.com and its Water-stocks.com portal update the current directory of publicly traded water stocks for investors looking for global water investment opportunities. The directory also includes publicly traded stocks and ETF’s.

The recent entry of IBM into its smart water services shows a critical direction in the industry towards management and metering.

International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) (NYSE: IBM) IBM and Smarter Water -Water is a critical resource. On March 16 2009- IBM unveiled its first portfolio of smart water services and technologies, and a scientific breakthrough – a more energy efficient membrane that quickly and reliably filters out salts and deadly toxins, such as arsenic. Countries, cities, companies, utilities, farmers and people are wrestling with how to manage and make the most of it. The issues around water can be better understood and managed by collecting and analyzing of data. IBM is applying its expertise in smart systems and data analysis to help companies and governments effectively deal with these issues. More info on IBM and water - http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/presskit/26906.wss

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Water Stocks - IBM Unveils Global Innovation Outlook on Water

Water Stocks - IBM Unveils Global Innovation Outlook on Water

Unprecedented Opportunity Exists to Tap Technology and Collaborative Approaches for Intelligent Water Management

ARMONK, NY - IBM (NYSE:IBM) On March 16th revealed the findings from its Global Innovation Outlook (GIO) on Water -- a series of brainstorming sessions around the world, that brought together hundreds of the world’s leading water management experts—scientists, academics, businesses and governments—to share knowledge and discuss strategies for improving the efficiency of the world’s water systems. The sessions revealed that society and business are facing some complex challenges when it comes to understanding and managing water resources on this planet. A lack of viable and actionable data was identified as a key inhibitor to effective water management.

xSimilarly, a new IBM study underscored a growing gap within businesses and organizations around acknowledging water issues and managing increasingly complex water processes. A majority of companies ranked water management as a top priority, but lacked necessary processes and systems for administration and control. For example, 77 percent of those surveyed felt that water management was extremely critical to their businesses, but 51 percent lacked formal guidelines for implementation. In addition, 63 percent of executives lacked access to integrated water management systems and decision support systems.

"Regardless of industry or geography, smarter water management is an issue faced by every business and government on the planet," said Sharon Nunes, Vice President for Big Green Innovations at IBM. "Without sufficient insight into near- and long-term factors affecting your water supply and usage -- complex issues such as access, quality, cost and re-use -- you increasingly run the risk of failure."

Key GIO Water Findings:

· You cannot manage what you cannot measure. Water is poorly understood and widely mismanaged. More data is needed to fully understand how water is used by industry, agriculture, and individuals. Water use must be monitored and metered to locate inefficiencies. And both the data and the analyses that result should be shared between governments, academics, and industry.

· Water is an integral part of nearly every other system on the planet, including commerce, food, and energy production. Water is used to make everything from electricity to automobiles. As such, the complex interactions between these systems must be modeled and better understood in order to inform political and economic decisions.

· Despite being the most valuable natural resource on the planet, water is often free or very cheap, unlike food or energy. This leads to waste and misuse. But there are viable models that combine human rights to water and pricing structures that would reduce waste.

· Not all data on water is expensive to collect. In fact, much of it already exists, in bits and pieces, all over the world. It just needs to be collected, coordinated and shared.

· An example of a successful collaboration that promotes the useful collection of data across public and private sectors is the SmartBay Galway project in Ireland. The project will collect streams of real-time data on water quality, sea and coastal conditions, chemical content, and provide more support to local industries and the maritime environment and economy of Ireland.

· Technology will play an important role in supplying water to the billions of future urban dwellers. Smart infrastructure -- including real-time metering, pipe sensors and automatic repair -- will provide solutions to address urbanization.

Quotes

“Any water management strategy of any company should be based on detailed knowledge of both its own water use, as well the local water situation. The strategy should be driven by both a need to maximize water efficiency, reduce the energy used to manage water and minimize costs within the company, as well as a desire to reach local sustainable water management targets.” – Neil C. Hawkins, Vice President Sustainability, The Dow Chemical Company.

“Governments, industry and society need to work together to start to address these systems – water, energy and agriculture – in a more strategic and integrated way. We need to use a broader perspective.” – Joppe Cramwinckel, Sustainable Development Lead at Royal Dutch Shell.

"Together with IBM, The Nature Conservancy is developing computer tools that will enable companies to gain a better understanding of the environmental and social consequences of their water use. By fostering sustainable water management practices, companies and municipalities will be able to make better decisions to the benefit of both local communities and nature."

– Brian Richterb, Director of The Nature Conservancy's Global Freshwater Team.

“You can’t manage what you can’t measure. We need all kinds of data collection, including real-time, because it is a lack of credible, available and viable data that is holding us back.” – Doug Miell, Water Resource Management Expert, Miell Consulting.

Additional Multi-Media Materials

• For more information about IBM and water

please visit:

www.ibm.com/press/us/en/presskit/26906.wss • To read the GIO Water report online, please visit:

http://www.ibm.com/ibm/gio/media/pdf/ibm_gio_water_report.pdf

• To order hard copies of the GIO Water report (at no charge):

http://www.ibm.com/gio/order

• To watch themed videos of the GIO Water participants, please visit:

www.youtube.com/watch

• For regular updates on the progress of the GIO, please visit the GIO blog at:

http://gio.typepad.com

Contact(s) information Jennifer McTighe IBM Media Relations 1-914-945-1016 galitz@us.ibm.com




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Water Stocks Sector Close –Up on Publicly Traded Water Stocks, ETF’s and Water Indices

Water Stocks Sector Close –Up on Publicly Traded Water Stocks, ETF’s and Water Indices

Northwest Pipe (NasdaqGS: NWPX) up $1.86 (7.10%)


POINT ROBERTS, WA and DELTA, BC –March 25, 2009 http://www.water-stocks.com/, an investor and industry portal for the water sector within Investorideas.com, presents a sector close up on water stocks ETF’s and Indices as of the close March 25th, 2009 .

The water stocks sector attracted global attention following World Water Day, March 22, 2009.

According to the Janney Water Indexes, “ The most widely used estimate of the size of the global water market over the last two years has been in the range of $360 billion, with an annual growth rate of 4-5%, suggesting the market is currently in the range of $375 billion.” http://janney.snetglobalindexes.com/industry.php

Sector close- up as of close March 25, 2009
Water Stocks, Funds, ETF’s, Index

American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK) had gains of $0.29 (1.60%).
Aqua Americans (NYSE: WTR) was up $0.04 (0.21%).
California Water Service Group (NYSE: CWT) moved up $0. 29 (0.72%).
ITT Corporation (NYSE:ITT) was down $0.02 (0.05%).
Northwest Pipe (NasdaqGS: NWPX) was up $1.86 (7.10%).
Pentair, Inc. (NYSE: PNR) closed unchanged on volume of 1,204,299.
Watts Water Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: WTS ) had gains of $ 0.64 (3.40%).
Wescorp Energy Inc. (OTCBB: WSCE ) closed up at $0.37, up (2.78%).
PFW Water Fund (PFWAX) closed down 2.29%.
PowerShares Water Resource Portfolio (NYSEArca: PHO) closed down $03 (0.24%).
Indices:
Claymore S&P Global Water (NYSEArca: CGW) closed up 0.17 (1.39%).
First Trust ISE Water (NYSEArca: FIW ) closed up 0.04 (0.29%).

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New Jersey American Water Showcases Innovative Solutions to Industry Challenges

New Jersey American Water engineers introduce technological advances for water utility industry at state conference for waterworks professionals

CHERRY HILL, N.J., March 24 2009 -- From detecting leaks before a water main breaks to using GPS-like technology for more timely repairs, engineers from New Jersey American Water (NYSE: AWK) will present exciting new breakthroughs for the water utility industry at the American Water Works Association - New Jersey Section (NJAWWA) Annual Conference in Atlantic City from March 31 to April 3.

New Jersey American Water, a wholly owned subsidiary of American Water, is one of the only water utility companies in the nation with a research and development unit staffed by experienced scientists and engineers dedicated to finding solutions to challenges in the industry.

Highlights from the New Jersey American Water presentations include:

Russell Titus, operations supervisor: "Meter Reading and Leak Detection: A New Synergy." Titus will explain how Advanced Meter Infrastructure (AMI) can better measure water consumption and acoustically monitor leaks in pipes before they break. Dana Wright, senior engineering project manager: "Bypass Surgery on PCCP Transmission Mains." Wright and Michal Altland, from Hatch Mott MacDonald, will detail how utilities can work on a line by shutting it down, while using a bypass so as not to disrupt service to customers.Mark Khodash, planning engineer: "Distribution Maps from a GIS: Collaborative Feedback." Khodash will illustrate how GPS technology will enable New Jersey American Water to shorten repair time when a pipe leak occurs.

"New Jersey American Water employs some of the most creative and talented professionals in the industry who are engaged in important research and advancements that will improve the ways in which we deliver reliable water service," said John Bigelow, president, New Jersey American Water. "The NJAWWA conference allows us to share our findings and exchange knowledge with our colleagues to put that knowledge into action for our customers."

Now in its 70th year, the New Jersey Conference is the American Water Works Association's largest yearly event and presents opportunities for education, technology transfer, networking, and socializing.

New Jersey American Water, a wholly owned subsidiary of American Water (NYSE: AWK - News), is the largest investor-owned water utility in the state, providing high-quality and reliable water and/or wastewater services to approximately 2.5 million people. Founded in 1886, American Water is the largest investor-owned U.S. water and wastewater utility company. With headquarters in Voorhees, N.J., the company employs more than 7,000 dedicated professionals who provide drinking water, wastewater and other related services to approximately 15 million people in 32 states and Ontario, Canada.


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