The York Water Company (YORW) will raise its quarterly dividend by 4 percent to $0.1666 per share. The new dividend yield for YORW is 1.9%.

The dividend is payable January 16, 2018 to shareholders as of record date December 29, 2017.

This is the 588th consecutive dividend to be paid by The York Water Company and is the twenty-first consecutive year that the Company has increased its dividend.  York Water is the oldest investor-owned utility in the nation, and is believed to have the longest record of consecutive dividends in America, having paid dividends for over 200 years.

The York Water Company is an investor-owned water utility, impounding, purifying and distributing water. The company provides its customers within York and Adams Counties (Pennsylvania) with water, wastewater, and related services. The Company is regulated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission and obtains its water supply from the south branch and east branch of the Codorus Creek. YORW has two reservoirs, Lake Williams and Lake Redman.