Connecticut Water Service adds Bradford Hunter and Ellen Wolf to the Board of Directors

– USA, CT – Shareholders of Connecticut Water Service, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTWS) overwhelmingly reelected two directors, elected two new directors, and ratified the Audit Committee’s selection of Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP as independent auditors for 2015, at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 7, 2015, in Madison, Connecticut.

Reelected to the board were Lisa J. Thibdaue and Carol P. Wallace, our Lead Director. Ms. Thibdaue served as Vice President, Regulatory and Governmental Affairs at Northeast Utilities from 2005 until her retirement on February 1, 2013. Ms. Wallace is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of CooperAtkins Corporation, a manufacturer of temperature acquisition instruments. Ms. Thibdaue’s and Ms. Wallace’s new terms will expire in 2018.

Elected to the board for their first terms were Bradford A. Hunter and Ellen C. Wolf.

Mr. Hunter was Chief Financial Officer of Dead River Company, the largest residential distributor of heating oil and propane in northern New England, from 2007 until his retirement in 2013. Previously, Mr. Hunter spent 26 years in commercial banking where he last served as Chairman and CEO of Bank of America, Maine, and its predecessor, Fleet Bank of Maine.

Ms. Wolf served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of American Water Works Company, Inc., the largest investor owned U.S. water and wastewater company, from 2006 until her retirement in May 2013. Mr. Hunter’s term will expire in 2018 and Ms. Wolf’s term will expire in 2017.

Eric W. Thornburg, Connecticut Water’s Chairman, President and CEO, said “We are pleased that shareholders have elected two new directors, Mr. Hunter and Ms. Wolf, to our Board. Both have excellent qualifications and will add to our Board’s broad experience in regulatory, financial and executive management, and bring additional diversity to the Board’s deliberations. Our shared philosophy is to build shareholder value by hiring and retaining employees who are passionate about delivering high-quality water and world class customer service to families and communities in Connecticut and Maine.”

About Connecticut Water Service

Connecticut Water Service, Inc. is the largest publicly traded water company based in New England. Through its wholly-owned public water utility subsidiaries, The Connecticut Water Company and The Maine Water Company, the Company provides drinking water to nearly 123,000 customers, or about 400,000 people, throughout the states of Connecticut and Maine.

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