EPCOR USA Inc. (EPCOR USA), a wholly owned subsidiary of EPCOR Utilities Inc. (EPCOR) has been approved  by the San Antonio Water System (SAWS) to operate the Vista Ridge Project (Vista Ridge), a 143-mile wholesale water supply pipeline that delivers groundwater to the community of San Antonio, Texas. EPCOR USA will also acquire a minority ownership interest in Vista Ridge, the largest water supply public-private partnership (P3) project in the nation.

Designed to deliver over 44.6 million gallons of water daily, Vista Ridge will supply groundwater from the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer – one of the largest and most prolific aquifer systems in Texas – to residential customers in San Antonio under a long-term contract with SAWS.

EPCOR owns and operates nearly 3,300 miles of water distribution, wholesale water transmission, and sanitary collection mains and transmission pipeline infrastructure across Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. In Canada, the company is responsible for more than 2,420 miles of distribution and transmission water mains in the City of Edmonton, located in Alberta’s capital region and also supplies water for 800,000 people plus bulk water sales to over 65 communities and counties in the Alberta capital region.

EPCOR first entered the Texas market in 2016 with the acquisition of the 130 Pipeline, a 53-mile wholesale water supply pipeline that delivers groundwater to the Austin metropolitan area. EPCOR then expanded its Texas business platform with the 2017 acquisition of a Houston-area natural gas utility. Since 2011, the company has acquired six water and wastewater utilities in Arizona and New Mexico, including the 2012 acquisition of American Water’s Arizona and New Mexico assets and operations.

Today EPCOR is among the largest private utilities in the Southwest, providing water, wastewater and natural gas service to approximately 360,000 customers across 37 communities and 15 counties in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.