American Water releases 2025 Sustainability Report
AWK•American Water outlines 2025 sustainability targets
American Water released its 2025 sustainability report, outlining environmental targets for water efficiency, system resilience, and greenhouse-gas reductions.
- Resilience target was met in 2025, with a 14% increase in the AWWA Utility Resilience Index versus a 2020 baseline.
- Water-use efficiency goal targets a 15% reduction in water delivered per customer by 2035 versus a 2014/2015 average baseline.
- Emissions plan targets a 50% cut in absolute Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 2035 from 2020, with net zero by 2050.
- Report flagged reliance on US grid decarbonization and regulatory cost recovery as key variables for meeting emissions targets.
