Talk:American Water Works

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Water is literally undrinkable

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]

Yes, and most of Wikipedia is still opinion, whether it has citations or not. There are plenty of actual facts such as famous inhabitants of towns, etc. that are purposely kept out of Wikipedia, despite being well-known and witnessed, simply because no one codified into a written form or the media is no longer available to people currently alive. Does that mean that it didn't exist? According to Wikipedia and its restricted rules, it does. Does that mean that much of Wikipedia is incomplete information? Yes, it does. Stevenmitchell (talk) 21:58, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Citation needed on "most of Wikipedia is still opinion." 😅 Flavor cannot really be a fact, as it is subjective and experiential, and without documented corroboration, your experience is not really a source. To be clear, I'm not arguing that your experience is inaccurate or that the water isn't awful, just that we need a better source in order for it to be included in the article.Okto8 (talk) 20:52, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Okto8 Yes, and many of its articles about businesses are written by affiliates of the corporations themselves, such as this one, which primarily use source materials supplied by the corporation itself as references. Is that really encyclopedic? Stevenmitchell (talk) 16:22, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

request edit COI

Part of an edit requested by an editor with a conflict of interest has been implemented. Some or all of the changes weren't supported by neutral, independent, reliable sources. Consider re-submitting with content based on media, books and scholarly works.

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History section is outdated (references 5 and 6 are broken links).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]

References

Request to consolidate and redirect New Jersey American Water and Pennsylvania-American Water Company onto American Water Works' page

This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered.

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]

Looks like New Jersey American Water has been merged & redirected to this page. For Pennsylvania-American Water Company, the formal process would be WP:MERGEINIT, but given that's a two-sentence stub of a subsidiary I am comfortable merging it into this article without that. Honestly it might be less of a merge than a delete, this page doesn't cover any of the other state divisions either and I don't think they should. I've proposed that page for deletion, we'll see if anyone removes the tag. Rusalkii (talk) 18:38, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Rusalkii Why is this article so biased in favor of American Water Works? it's like reading a corporate press release. Stevenmitchell (talk) 16:28, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[Took a wiki break about a month ago, responding to old notifications now]. My only involvement with this article was what you see above, I am not responsible for any of the content of this article at all. Rusalkii (talk) 00:23, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Chimmychu Since you don't contribute to Wikipedia for any other articles other than American Water Works, what would be your motivation to delete the other 2 articles without receiving any compensation, other than your prior affiliation with the subject of the article? Why did you delete your own user account and its history? Don't you actually work for them? Stevenmitchell (talk) 16:50, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Chimmychu Why did you delete all of the information from the NJ American Water Works article when you allegedly merged the articles? There's no longer any mention at all of NJ American Water Works in the article. How much were you paid? Why did you turn this into a company press release? Do you still work for American Water Works, People like you are dangerous on Wikipedia. Stevenmitchell (talk) 16:37, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttps://www.fool.com/slideshow/15-utility-stocks-that-make-great-long-term-investments/?slide=4

[2] ttps://www.waterworld.com/water-utility-management/article/14275187/more-than-a-water-provider

[3] ttps://www.amwater.com/corp/About-Us/Corporate-Info/</ref

[4] ttps://dividendhike.com/news/2021/04/28/AWK-american-water-works-dividend-increase-2021/

[5] ttps://www.amwater.com/corp/About-Us/Corporate-Info/

[6] ttps://www.nyse.com/quote/XNYS:AWK

[7] ttps://www.amwater.com/corp/About-Us/our-states-subsidaries

[8] ttps://www.amwater.com/corp/Products-Services/Military-Services/site-locations

[9] ttps://www.amwater.com/press-room/press-releases/corporate/american-water-announces-completion-of-sale-of-its-regulated-operations-in-new-york-to-liberty

[10] ttps://www.fool.com/investing/2022/04/18/awk-stock-awk-earnings-q1-date/

[11] ttps://www.amwater.com/press-room/press-releases/corporate/american-water-announces-completion-of-sale-of-homeowner-services-group-to-funds-advised-by-apax-partners

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