In Brief - Americas

* Aqua America’s share price dropped more than 6% after the company again failed to hit quarterly earnings targets. Aqua’s Q1 revenues were up just 1.4% at USD139.3 million,

while net income for the quarter was down more than 15% to USD14.3 million. Pressure from analysts to revise the company’s growth targets downwards was met with derision by CEO Nick DeBenedictis. “I am confident that our business strategy is intact,” he said.

* Peter Binney has joined Black & Veatch’s global water business as director of sustainable planning ...

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