Chesko Receives Award from New Jersey Alliance for Action During Annual “Salute to Women in Construction”
Aqua New Jersey President Natalie Chesko was honored today for her years of work as a leader in the water utility industry. The New Jersey Alliance for Action presented an award to Chesko during the 6th annual Salute to Women in Construction. The event is a celebration of women who drive the construction industry forward through meaningful work and outstanding leadership.
Chesko has more than 20 years of experience in engineering and utilities with a strong emphasis on team leadership and customer care. As President of Aqua New Jersey, she leads water and wastewater operations across the Garden State, including environmental compliance, safety performance, infrastructure improvement projects and customer growth.
“I am grateful to the New Jersey Alliance for Action for this award, but I also want to recognize that my successes are not achieved alone,” said Aqua New Jersey President Natalie Chesko. “Every day, the entire Aqua New Jersey team embraces the profound responsibility of serving 185,000 of our neighbors. We are focused on delivering and safeguarding clean water. We do that by investing in our infrastructure and optimizing our operations to run efficiently and reliably.”
“Natalie Chesko knows the value of construction and its impact on New Jerseyans,” said New Jersey Alliance for Action President Jerry Keenan. “Having grown up in a utility family, she knows the special role utilities bring to the impact of construction work in the Garden State. The New Jersey Alliance for Action is proud to recognize her for her lifetime achievements in making lives better for all of us as a member of our new class of women construction leaders. She’s what our annual ‘Salute to Women in the Construction Industry’ is all about!”
Aqua New Jersey recently celebrated the completion of six PFAS treatment facilities across the state, including Hamilton Well 13, which provides drinking water to thousands of customers in Mercer County. Aqua has been a leader in removal of “forever chemicals” and is progressing with meeting the new EPA standards across the New Jersey service territory. Aqua New Jersey is also working extensively to identify customer-owned service lines that are made of lead or galvanized material. Currently, service line surveys and replacements are underway in Phillipsburg Township, Warren County and Blackwood, Camden County.