{"id":971141,"date":"2026-06-05T12:47:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T16:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/tennessee-american-water-proudly-recognizes-american-water-charitable-foundation-2026-water-and-environment-grantees\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T12:47:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T16:47:57","slug":"tennessee-american-water-proudly-recognizes-american-water-charitable-foundation-2026-water-and-environment-grantees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/tennessee-american-water-proudly-recognizes-american-water-charitable-foundation-2026-water-and-environment-grantees\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee American Water Proudly Recognizes American Water Charitable Foundation 2026 Water and Environment Grantees"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Recipients include three nonprofit organizations\u00a0<\/i>\n <\/p>\n

\n CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.<\/span>, June 5, 2026<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ — The\u00a0American Water Charitable Foundation<\/a>, a philanthropic non-profit organization established by American Water (NYSE: AWK), the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the U.S., and Tennessee American Water, today announced that three organizations received Foundation 2026 Water and Environment grants with a combined total of more than $162,000 to support communities served in the company’s service area.<\/p>\n

“We are grateful to the American Water Charitable Foundation for this investment in UTC and our students,” said Chancellor Lori Mann Bruce, University of Tennessee – Chattanooga. “By supporting our development of a Water Quality Teaching and Research Lab, this grant creates a lasting foundation for hands-on learning and discovery, strengthens our research capacity and deepens our partnerships across the community.”<\/p>\n

The Water and Environment grant is part of the American Water Charitable Foundation’s Keep Communities Flowing Grant Program, focusing on three pillars of giving: Water, People and Communities.<\/p>\n

The grant will be utilized to establish the Water Quality Teaching and Research Lab in the College of Engineering and Computer Science to expand capacity for water monitoring, environmental education and analysis. The lab will provide practical training that prepares students to address evolving challenges facing the watershed and to enable cost-effective, sustainable operational and watershed management decisions.<\/p>\n

“Protecting Tennessee’s water resources is a shared responsibility\u2014and when we work together, we can make a lasting difference for our communities and our environment,” said Grant Evitts, President of Tennessee American Water. “That’s why we’re thankful to the American Water Charitable Foundation for supporting local organizations and projects that advance conservation, strengthen environmental education, and help keep our rivers and streams healthy.”<\/p>\n

Additional grantees include:<\/p>\n