City of Yonkers: AWR & Yonkers Celebrate Over $1.5 Million in Savings for Yonkers Residents Through Service Line Protection Program - Fri., 9/13 @ 12:30PM.

AWR and City of Yonkers Celebrate Over $1.5 Million in Savings for Yonkers Residents Through Service Line Protection Program.

American Water Resources and The City of Yonkers partnership offers Yonkers residents water and sewer line protection from repairs.

Yonkers N.Y.  – American Water Resources (AWR), a subsidiary of American Water, will hold a press conference on Friday, September 13^th at 166 Minerva Drive in Yonkers, NY to celebrate saving customers over $1.5 million in avoided repair costs within the first two years of the partnership with the City of Yonkers. The partnership provides Yonkers homeowners with optional water and sewer line protection services.

The program allows 24,000 eligible homeowners served by the City of Yonkers access to protection plans that extend from city water and sewer mains to a homeowner’s residence and are designed to protect city residents from the staggering costs of water and sewer line repairs that are not typically covered by homeowner’s insurance.

At present, 1 in 3 eligible Yonkers homeowners have signed up for protection from the unexpected costs of service line repairs.

DATE/TIME:

Friday, September 13, 2019

Press Conference: 12:30pm

LOCATION:

Home of: Henry Ramirez
166 Minerva Drive

Yonkers, NY 10710

SPEAKERS AND ATTENDEES:

·        Mike Spano, Mayor, City of Yonkers
·        Paul Summerfield, City Engineer, City of Yonkers
·        Doug Brand, Vice President, American Water Resources
·        Henry Ramirez, American Water Resources Customer
·        Additional AWR customers will be in attendance

Partnership Facts

•                     YTD Customer Satisfaction Rating = 98%

•                     Penetration of eligible Yonkers homeowners = 1 in 3

•                     Estimated Partnership Savings = Over 1.5 million

•                     Partnership launched June 2017

About American Water Resources

American Water Resources, a market-based subsidiary of American Water, offers service line protection programs to homeowners in 43 states and Washington, D.C., and currently services nearly 2 million contracts. The company has been providing protection programs for more than 18 years. More than nine out of 10 customers are satisfied, and the company holds an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau. American Water Resources also provides its Protection Programs to homeowners through municipal partnerships with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Orlando Utilities Commission, Nashville Metro Water Services and others.