Aquarion Water Company is among the ten largest investor-owned water utility companies in the United States and the largest in New England, serving nearly 580,000 people in 39 communities throughout Connecticut. GBPR has worked with Aquarion on a number of important projects in both their Connecticut and Massachusetts service areas, including media outreach campaigns, public opinion surveys, collateral material design and the development of public affairs outreach plans. Recent efforts include providing strategic communications support for rate adjustment applications before Connecticut and Massachusetts utility regulators, launching community and philanthropic initiatives and working to defeat an eminent domain action targeting one of the company’s Massachusetts systems.