Essential Utilities (WTRG) 8-K/A Other Events

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration StatementNo. 333-223306 andNo. 333-219545 on FormS-3 of Essential Utilities, Inc. of our report dated April 1, 2020, related to the consolidated financial statements of LDC Funding LLC and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2019 appearing in this Current Report on Form8-K/A of Essential Utilities, Inc.

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

April 13, 2020