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American Water Works Company, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides water and wastewater services in the United States and Canada. The company's Regulated Businesses segment offers water and wastewater services to approximately 1,500 communities in 16 states. This segment owns approximately 80 surface water treatment plants; 500 groundwater treatment plants; 1,000 groundwater wells; 100 wastewater treatment facilities; 1,200 treated water storage facilities; 1,300 pumping stations; 90 dams; and 46,000 miles of mains and collection pipes. The Regulated Businesses segment serves residential customers; commercial customers, such as shops and businesses; industrial customers, including manufacturing and production operations; public authorities, which comprise government buildings and other public sector facilities; and other water utilities, as well as supplies water to public fire hydrants for firefighting purposes, and private fire customers for use in fire suppression systems in office buildings and other facilities. Its Market-Based Operations segment undertakes contracts to design, build, operate, and maintain water and wastewater facilities for the United States military, municipalities, and the food and beverage industry and other customers; provides services to homeowners and smaller commercial establishments to protect against the cost of repairing broken or leaking water pipes, and clogged or blocked sewer pipes inside and outside their accommodations; and offers biosolids management, transport, and disposal services to municipal and industrial customers, as well as granular carbon technologies and products for cleansing water and wastewater, and wastewater residuals management services. American Water Works Company, Inc. serves approximately 14 million people with drinking water, wastewater, and other water-related services in approximately 30 states and 2 Canadian provinces. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Voorhees, New Jersey.