Regional water utility serving 780,000+ people across three states
Aquarion operates water supply and wastewater treatment for 73 municipalities across Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. The tech stack reveals a legacy-heavy operations environment: SAP/S4HANA for enterprise resource planning, SCADA/PLC/DCS for industrial control, and GIS/ArcGIS for infrastructure mapping. Hiring velocity is accelerating with 12 roles posted in the last 30 days, concentrated in operations (heavy equipment/maintenance focus) and engineering, suggesting active investment in automation and capital projects despite no visible AI or cloud-native modernization.
Notable leadership hires: Water Quality Director
Aquarion Water Company supplies water and manages wastewater treatment for more than 780,000 people across 73 cities and towns in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Eversource, Aquarion has operated continuously since 1857 and maintains public utility responsibility across collection, pumping, treatment, and distribution infrastructure. The company employs 201–500 staff, concentrated in operations and field engineering roles. Active capital projects span water main planning, treatment infrastructure upgrades, and meter modernization programs.
Aquarion runs SAP S/4HANA for enterprise systems, SCADA/PLC/DCS for industrial control, GIS/ArcGIS for infrastructure mapping, and Microsoft 365 for collaboration. Field operations use ruggedized Toughbook tablets and GPS.
Active projects include a periodic meter change program, water main planning and design, capital improvements for collection and treatment, automation of returned mail processes, and outage communications systems.
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