---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001410636-24-000174"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AWK"
cik: "0001410636"
company_name: "American Water Works Company, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-09-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T01:06:43.713453+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# PA court dismisses appeals, clearing American Water's $230M wastewater asset acquisition

## Summary
- Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court dismissed appeals by Center and Summit Townships opposing PaPUC's Nov 2023 approval.
- Purchase price $230M for Butler Area Sewer Authority's wastewater assets serving ~15,000 customer connections.
- Company moving forward to close expeditiously; order remains subject to possible further challenges.
- Acquisition by Pennsylvania-American Water, a subsidiary of American Water Works (AWK).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001410636-24-000174
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AWK
- cik: 0001410636
- company_name: American Water Works Company, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-09-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1410636/000141063624000174/0001410636-24-000174-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1410636/000141063624000174/awk-20240926.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001410636-24-000174.txt

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