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                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                         Washington, D.C.  20549

                                FORM 11-K

             (Mark One)

             (X)  ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
                  EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (NO FEE REQUIRED)

For the fiscal year ended                  December 31, 1996
                               --------------------------------------------

                                          OR

             ( )  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE
                  SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (NO FEE REQUIRED)

For the transition period from                     to               
                               -------------------    ---------------------

Commission File Number                             1-3437-2                
                       ----------------------------------------------------

A:  Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from
    that of the issuer named below:

                  SAVINGS PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF AMERICAN WATER WORKS
                  COMPANY, INC. AND ITS DESIGNATED SUBSIDIARIES

B:  Name of issuer of the Securities held pursuant to the plan and the
    address of its principal executive office:

                  AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC.
                  1025 LAUREL OAK ROAD
                  VOORHEES, NEW JERSEY    08043





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                                    INDEX

                                                                            
                                                                       PAGE
Signature                                                                3

Report of Independent Accountants                                   6 to 7 

Audited Plan Financial Statements and Schedules 
  Prepared in Accordance With The Financial Reporting 
  Requirements of ERISA                                            8 to 25

Exhibit Index                                                           26




























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SIGNATURE
- ----------

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the 
Retirement Plan Committee has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


                                    SAVINGS PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF 
                                    AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC.
                                    AND ITS DESIGNATED SUBSIDIARIES






Date June 20, 1997                   \s\ Robert D. Sievers   
- ------------------                   --------------------------------------
                                         Robert D. Sievers
                                         Member, Retirement Plan Committee



















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                         SAVINGS PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF

                      AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC.

                       AND ITS DESIGNATED SUBSIDIARIES

                             Financial Statements
                                     and
                            Additional Information

                               December 31, 1996




























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                          SAVINGS PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF

                        AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC.

                         AND ITS DESIGNATED SUBSIDIARIES 


                                 Table of Contents

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:                                                  PAGE

  Report of Independent Accountants                                    6-7

  Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits, 
    with Fund Information as of December 31, 1996                      8-9

  Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits,                      
    with Fund Information as of December 31, 1995                      10-11
  
  Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for 
    Benefits, with Fund Information for the 
    Year Ended December 31, 1996                                       12-13

  Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for
    Benefits, with Fund Information for the 
    Year Ended December 31, 1995                                       14-15

  Notes to Financial Statements                                        16-22

  Additional Information*

  Schedule I- Schedule of Assets Held for Investment 
  Purposes at December 31, 1996                                         23

  Schedule II - Schedule of Reportable Transactions for 
    the Year Ended December, 31, 1996                                   24-25 

* Other schedules required by Section 2520.103-10 of the Department of
  Labor Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under ERISA have
  been omitted because they are not applicable.
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                        REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


To:  The Participants and Administrator
     of the Savings Plan for Employees of
     American Water Works Company, Inc.
     and Its Designated Subsidiaries


    In our opinion, the accompanying statements of net assets available for
benefits and the related statement of changes in net assets available for
benefits present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available
for benefits of the Savings Plan for Employees of American Water Works
Company, Inc. and Its Designated Subsidiaries (the "Plan") at December 31,
1996 and 1995 and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the
years then ended, in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan's
management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements
in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards which require that
we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether
the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and
disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, and
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that
our audits provide a reasonable basis for the opinion expressed above.

    Our audits were made for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic
financial statements taken as a whole. The additional information included
in Schedules I and II is presented for purposes of additional analysis and
is not a required part of the basic financial statements but is additional
information required by ERISA.  The Fund Information in the statements of
net assets available for benefits and the statements of changes in net
assets available for benefits is presented for purposes of additional
analysis rather than to present the net assets available for plan benefits
and changes in net assets available for benefits of each fund.  Schedules I
and II and the Fund Information 

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have been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the
basic financial statements and, in our opinion, are fairly stated in all
material respects in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a
whole.

PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
June 20, 1997

































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                   SAVINGS PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF                 
                                                                    
                 AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC.

                  AND ITS DESIGNATED SUBSIDIARIES
 
           Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits,
                       with Fund Information
   
                         December 31, 1996
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
        
                            Index         Index        Fixed       Company       Small
                            Equity        Bond         Income      Stock     Capitalization     Loan
                            Fund          Fund         Fund        Fund           Fund          Fund          Total
                         -----------   ----------   ----------   -----------   ----------    ----------   -----------
                                                                                     
ASSETS

Investments,
 at fair value:

  Money market fund      $   --        $      118   $   --       $       152   $   --        $   --       $       270
  Mutual funds            11,544,070    2,786,153       --            --          583,784        --        14,914,007
  Collective
   income fund                --           --        3,599,003        --           --            --         3,599,003
  Common stock                --           --           --        14,157,123       --            --        14,157,123
                         -----------   ----------   ----------    ----------   ----------    ----------   -----------
Total investments         11,544,070    2,786,271    3,599,003    14,157,275      583,784        --        32,670,403
                                                                                                                                   
Receivables:

  Employer's 
   contribution               --           --           --           180,629       --            --           180,629
  Participants'
   contributions             258,433      70,979        88,765       184,901       36,213        --           639,291
  Accrued income             268,233      15,458        --               135       44,950        --           328 776
  Participants' loans         --           --           --             --          --           328,956       328,956




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                            Index        Index        Fixed       Company        Small
                            Equity       Bond         Income       Stock     Capitalization    Loan
                            Fund         Fund         Fund         Fund          Fund          Fund         Total
                         -----------   ----------   ----------   -----------   ----------   ----------   -----------
                                                                                    
Cash and cash 
  equivalents to be
  invested                     8,771        1,989        3,179         8,164          125        --           22,228
                         -----------   ----------   ----------   -----------   ----------   ----------   -----------

Net assets available
  for benefits           $12,079,507   $2,874,697   $3,690,947   $14,531,104   $  665,072   $  328,956   $34,170,283
                         ===========   ==========   ==========   ===========   ==========   ==========   ===========


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

























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                  SAVINGS PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF                  
                                                                    
                AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC.

                 AND ITS DESIGNATED SUBSIDIARIES

          Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits,
                       with Fund Information


                         December 31, 1995
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
         
                            Index         Index        Fixed       Company        Small
                            Equity        Bond         Income      Stock     Capitalization   Loan
                            Fund          Fund         Fund        Fund           Fund        Fund          Total
                         -----------   ----------   ----------   -----------   ----------   ----------   -----------
                                                                                    
ASSETS

Investments, 
  at fair value:      

  Mutual fund            $ 6,702,120   $   --       $   --       $   --        $   --       $    --      $ 6,702,120
  Collective          
   income funds               --        1,785,259    2,211,954       --            --            --        3,997,213
  Common stock                --           --           --         8,305,114       --            --        8,305,114
                         -----------   ----------   ----------   -----------   ----------   ----------   -----------
  Total investments        6,702,120    1,785,259    2,211,954     8,305,114       --            --       19,004,447
                     
Receivables:

  Employer's 
   contribution               --           --           --           116,709       --            --          116,709
  Participants'
   contributions             191,855       63,337       71,472       124,849       --            --          451,513
  Accrued income                  35           10           11            43       --            --               99
  Participants' loans         --           --           --            --           --         103,440        103,440




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                            Index         Index        Fixed       Company       Small     
                            Equity        Bond         Income      Stock     Capitalization     Loan
                            Fund          Fund         Fund        Fund          Fund           Fund         Total
                         -----------   ----------   ----------   -----------   -----------   ----------   -----------
                                                                                     
Cash and cash  
  equivalents to be
  invested                     2,085       47,412          688       33,043         --           --            83,228
                         -----------   ----------   ----------   -----------   -----------   ----------   -----------

Net assets available
  for benefits           $ 6,896,095   $1,896,018   $2,284,125   $8,579,758    $    --       $  103,440   $19,759,436
                         ===========   ==========   ==========   ===========   ===========   ==========   ===========


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.













 











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               SAVINGS PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF                     
                                                                   
             AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC.
                             
              AND ITS DESIGNATED SUBSIDIARIES

   Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits,
                    with Fund Information
                      
             For the Year Ended December 31, 1996
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
         
                             Index        Index        Fixed       Company        Small
                             Equity       Bond         Income      Stock     Capitalization    Loan
                             Fund         Fund         Fund        Fund           Fund         Fund         Total
                         -----------   ----------   ----------   -----------   ----------   ----------   -----------
                                                                                    
Additions to net assets
 attributed to:
  Investment income 
   Interest and
     dividends           $    2,396    $    1,358   $    2,320   $   383,296   $    --      $    --      $   389,370       
   Net appreciation
     in fair value of
     investments           1,945,487      199,840      194,762       757,377       45,650        --        3,143,116
                         -----------   ----------   ----------   -----------   ----------   ----------   -----------
                           1,947,883      201,198      197,082     1,140,673       45,650        --        3,532,486
                         -----------   ----------   ----------   -----------   ----------   ----------   -----------
  Contributions 
   Employer                   --           --           --         2,360,144         --          --        2,360,144
   Participants            3,385,030      837,877    1,352,596     2,591,205      620,027        --        8,786,735
   Rollovers                 171,358        5,002        6,392        99,551        3,408        --          285,711
   Loan repayments 
     from participants        43,322       14,375       20,540        43,266        3,334     (124,837)       --
                         -----------   ----------   ----------   -----------   ----------   ----------   -----------
                           3,599,710      857,254    1,379,528     5,094,166      626,769     (124,837)   11,432,590
                         -----------   ----------   ----------   -----------   ----------   ----------   -----------
Total additions            5,547,593    1,058,452    1,576,610     6,234,839      672,419     (124,837)   14,965,076
                         -----------   ----------   ----------   -----------   ----------   ----------   -----------



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                             Index        Index        Fixed       Company        Small
                             Equity       Bond         Income      Stock     Capitalization    Loan
                             Fund         Fund         Fund        Fund           Fund         Fund         Total
                         -----------   ----------   ----------   -----------   ----------   ----------   -----------
                                                                                    

Deductions from net
 assets attributed to:
  Participants' benefits     215,364       41,769      112,798       180,355        3,158       --           553,444
  Loans to participants      148,817       37,219       56,990       103,138        4,189     (350,353)        --
  Administrative expenses       --            785        --            --           --          --               785
                         -----------   ----------   ----------   -----------   ----------   ----------   -----------

Total deductions             364,181       79,773      169,788       283,493        7,347     (350,353)      554,229
                         -----------   ----------   ----------   -----------   ----------   ----------   -----------
Net increase               5,183,412      978,679    1,406,822     5,951,346      665,072      225,516    14,410,847

Net assets at                  
  beginning of year        6,896,095    1,896,018    2,284,125     8,579,758        --         103,440    19,759,436
                         -----------   ----------   ----------   -----------   ----------   ----------   ----------- 
Net assets at end of    
  year                   $12,079,507   $2,874,697   $3,690,947   $14,531,104   $  665,072   $  328,956   $34,170,283
                         ===========   ==========   ==========   ===========   ==========   ==========   ===========

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
















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                 SAVINGS PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF                   
                                                                   
               AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC.

               AND ITS DESIGNATED SUBSIDIARIES

   Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits,
                    with Fund Information

            For the Year Ended December 31, 1995
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
         
                             Index        Index        Fixed       Company        Small
                             Equity       Bond         Income      Stock     Capitalization    Loan
                             Fund         Fund         Fund        Fund           Fund         Fund         Total
                         -----------   ----------   ----------   ----------   -----------   ----------   -----------
                                                                                    
Additions to net assets
 attributed to:
  Investment income
   Interest and
     dividends           $   127,985   $    3,472   $      486   $  206,064   $    --       $   --       $   338,007
   Net appreciation
     in fair value of
     investments           1,379,760      150,815      101,518    2,238,061        --           --         3,870,154             
                         -----------   ----------   ----------   ----------   -----------   ----------   -----------
                           1,507,745      154,287      102,004    2,444,125        --           --         4,208,161       
                         -----------   ----------   ----------   ----------   -----------   ----------   -----------
  Contributions
   Employer                   --           --           --        1,429,529        --           --         1,429,529            
   Participants            2,283,634      709,134      907,409    1,581,318        --           --         5,481,495            
   Rollovers                  14,847       11,414        5,230       18,749        --           --            50,240  
   Loan repayments
    from participants          9,591        3,005        3,911       26,615        --          (43,122)       --           
                         -----------   ----------   ----------   ----------   -----------   ----------   -----------
                           2,308,072      723,553      916,550    3,056,211        --          (43,122)    6,961,264          
                         -----------   ----------   ----------   ----------   -----------   ----------   -----------
Total additions            3,815,817      877,840    1,018,554    5,500,336        --          (43,122)   11,169,425          
                         -----------   ----------   ----------   ----------   -----------   ----------   -----------


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                            Index         Index        Fixed       Company        Small
                            Equity        Bond         Income      Stock     Capitalization    Loan
                            Fund          Fund         Fund        Fund           Fund         Fund         Total
                         -----------   ----------   ----------   -----------  -----------   ----------   -----------
                                                                                    

Deductions from net assets
 attributed to:
  Participants' benefits     141,500       57,527       74,997       125,714       --          --            399,738
  Loan to participants        44,259       19,684       19,842        53,419                  (137,204)       --
  Administrative expenses         11        2,880            5           292       --          --              3,188
                         -----------   ----------   ----------   -----------  -----------   ----------   -----------

Total deductions             185,770       80,091       94,844       179,425       --         (137,204)      402,926
                         -----------   ----------   ----------   -----------  -----------   ----------   -----------
Net increase               3,630,047      797,749      923,710     5,320,911       --           94,082    10,766,499

Net assets at beginning
  of year                  3,266,048    1,098,269    1,360,415     3,258,847       --            9,358     8,992,937
                         -----------   ----------   ----------   -----------  -----------   ----------   -----------
Net assets at end of
  year                   $ 6,896,095   $1,896,018   $2,284,125   $ 8,579,758  $    --       $  103,440   $19,759,436
                         ===========   ==========   ==========   ===========  ===========   ==========   ===========

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.












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                         SAVINGS PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF

                       AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC.

                        AND ITS DESIGNATED SUBSIDIARIES

                         Notes to Financial Statements

NOTE 1 - DESCRIPTION OF PLAN
- ----------------------------

    The following description of the American Water Works Company, Inc. and
Its Designated Subsidiary Companies (the "Company") Savings Plan for
Employees of American Water Works Company, Inc. and Its Designated
Subsidiaries (the "Plan") provides only general information. Participants
should refer to the Plan agreement for a more complete description of the
Plan's provisions.

General
- -------

    The Plan is a defined contribution 401(k) savings plan covering
substantially all full-time employees of the Company who have completed six
months of service and are age eighteen or older. The Plan is subject to the
provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
("ERISA").

Contributions
- -------------

    Participants may contribute up to 10% of their annual compensation up
to $160,000 for the year ended December 31, 1996 and $150,000 for the year
ended December 31, 1995 as defined in the Plan.  Effective January 1, 1996,
the Company began matching 45% of the first 4% of participant
contributions.  Previously, the Company matched 40% of the first 3% of
participant contributions.  For participant contributions received after
January 1, 1998, the Company will match 50% of the first 4% of participant
contributions.  All matching contributions are invested in Company common
stock. In the event of certain circumstances, the Company may contribute
additional amounts. Forfeitures, if any, are used to reduce the Company's
future contributions to the Plan.

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Participant Accounts
- --------------------

    On January 1, 1996, a fifth investment option, the Vanguard Index
Trust-Small Capitalization Stock Fund, was added for participants'
contributions to the Plan.  With the exception of the Company's
contributions to the Plan, each participant may elect to have their
contributions invested in any combination of five investment options in
multiples of 1%. Each participant's account is credited with their
contributions and an allocation of the Company's contribution and Plan
earnings. Allocations are based on participant contributions or account
balances, as defined in the Plan.

Vesting
- -------

     Participants are immediately vested in their voluntary contributions
plus earnings thereon. Vesting of Company contributions is based on years
of continuous service. A participant is fully vested in Company
contributions and earnings thereon after five years of credited service. 

Payment of Benefits
- -------------------

    Participants may, upon attaining 59 1/2 years of age, elect to withdraw
all or a portion of the value of their account. Upon termination of service
for any reason, participants may elect to withdraw the value of their
account, roll that account value over into a qualified plan or individual
retirement account, or defer this distribution until age 65. In all cases,
unless earlier withdrawn, participants will receive the balance in their
account upon the earlier of attaining age 65 if not then working for the
Company, retirement after reaching age 65, death or total disability. 
Participants may elect to receive a lump sum amount equal to the value of
their account, an annuity, or a combination of both.






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NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES
- ---------------------------------------

Basis and Presentation
- ----------------------

     The financial statements are presented on the accrual basis of
accounting.

Use of Estimates
- ----------------

     The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect amounts reported in the financial statements. 
Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Reclassifications
- -----------------

     Certain reclassifications have been made to conform previously
reported data to the current presentation.

Valuation of Investments
- ------------------------

    Plan investments are stated at fair value. The Company stock is valued
at the closing price on the valuation date. Mutual fund investments are
valued at the closing net asset value on the valuation date 
representing the value at which shares of the fund may be purchased or
redeemed. Collective income funds are valued by the Fund sponsor.

Contributions
- -------------

    Employee contributions are recorded in the period during which the
Company makes payroll deductions from the Plan participants' earnings.
Matching Company contributions are recorded in the same period.


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Benefit Obligations
- -------------------

    Benefit obligations for persons who have withdrawn from participation
in the Plan are $26,143 at December 31, 1996 and $46,908 at December 31,
1995 and are recognized in the Plan financial statements when paid.

NOTE 3 - INVESTMENTS
- --------------------

     The Plan's investments are held in trust by The First National 
Bank of Boston.  The following table presents the Plan's investment at 
December 31, 1996 and 1995.


                                               December 31, 1996             December 31, 1995
                                          ---------------------------   ---------------------------
                                          Shares/units      Value       Shares/units      Value
                                          ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------
                                                                           
Investments at fair value based on 
 quoted market price

    Money market fund:
      Dreyfus Government Cash
        Management Fund                            270   $        270         --       $     --

    Mutual funds:
      Vanguard Index Trust-Small
        Capitalization Stock Fund               28,857        583,784         --             --

      Vanguard Bond Market Portfolio           283,146      2,786,153*        --             --

      Vanguard Institutional Index Fund        167,646     11,544,070*       116,356      6,702,120*

    Collective income funds:
      EB MBA Composite Bond Index                --             --             5,114      1,785,259*

      American Express Trust Income Fund I      84,752      3,599,003*        55,774      2,211,954*

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    Common stock:
      American Water Works Company, Inc.       686,406     14,157,123*       213,636      8,305,114*
                                                          -----------                   -----------
    Total investments                                     $32,670,403                   $19,004,447
                                                          ===========                   ===========

   *Represents those investments in excess of 5% of Plan assets at the      
    beginning of the year.
   


    During 1996 and 1995, the Plan's investments (including investments 
bought, sold and held during the years then ended) appreciated in value by
$3,143,116 and $3,870,154 as follows: 


                                   Year Ended               Year Ended
                               December 31, 1996        December 31, 1995
                               -----------------        -----------------
                                                      
Mutual funds                      $2,190,977                $1,530,575
     
Collective income funds              194,762                   101,518
      
Common stock                         757,377                 2,238,061
                                  ----------                ----------
Net change in fair value          $3,143,116                $3,870,154
                                  ==========                ==========


NOTE 4 - PARTICIPANT LOANS
- --------------------------

    Under the terms of the Plan, participants may borrow from their
accounts a minimum of $1,000 up to a maximum of the lesser of $50,000 or
50% of their contributions to the Plan including earnings thereon. Loans
are generally for a period not to exceed five years payable in equal
monthly installments, secured by the balance in the participant's account,
and bear interest at a rate commensurate with local market rates for
similar loans. If the participant uses the proceeds to acquire their 

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primary personal residence, the loan may be for a period not to exceed
thirty years.  Participant loans withdrawn from the Plan totaled $350,353 
and $137,204 in 1996 and 1995 respectively.  Repayments of loans to the
Plan totaled $124,837 and $43,122 in 1996 and 1995, respectively.

NOTE 5 - HARDSHIP WITHDRAWALS
- -----------------------------

    Participants under age 59 1/2 may withdraw all or part of their
contributions (excluding earnings) only under certain hardship conditions.
A hardship withdrawal can only be requested after withdrawal of all
rollover contributions and any loans available under the Plan have been
obtained. Hardship withdrawals cannot be returned to the Plan and
contributions cannot be made to the Plan for 12 months after a hardship
withdrawal has been made.

NOTE 6 - ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
- --------------------------------

    Although it has no obligation to do so, the Company pays substantially
all administrative expenses of the Plan.

NOTE 7 - ROLLOVER
- -----------------

    During 1996 and 1995, participants transferred account balances
totaling $285,711 and $50,240, respectively, from other qualified plans
into the Plan.

NOTE 8 - PLAN TERMINATION
- -------------------------

     Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the
right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to
terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA.  In the event of
Plan termination, participants will become 100 percent vested in their
accounts.




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NOTE 9 - FEDERAL INCOME TAX STATUS
- -----------------------------------

    The Internal Revenue Service has determined and informed the Company by
a letter dated April 15, 1995, that the Plan and related trusts are
designed in accordance with applicable sections of the Internal Revenue
Code and are, therefore, not subject to tax under present income tax law. 
Management is not aware of any course of action or series of events that
have occurred that might adversely affect the Plan's qualified status.





























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                                  SCHEDULE I
   
                         SAVINGS PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF 

                      AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC.

                        AND ITS DESIGNATED SUBSIDIARIES

                   Item 27a Form 5500 - Schedule of Assets
                         Held for Investment Purposes

                               December 31, 1996 
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

Shares/Units            Issue                        Cost         Value
- ------------          --------                    -----------   -----------
                                                       
             Money market fund:

     270       Dreyfus Government Cash 
                Management Fund                   $       270   $       270

             Mutual funds:

  28,857       Vanguard Index Trust-Small                       
                Capitalization Stock Fund             584,223       583,784

 283,146       Vanguard Bond Market Portfolio       2,827,227     2,786,153

 167,646       Vanguard Institutional Index Fund   10,010,756    11,544,070

             Collective income funds:

               American Express Trust
  84,752        Income Fund I                       3,405,264     3,599,003

             Common stock:

 686,406       American Water Works Company, Inc.  13,402,840    14,157,123
                                                  -----------   -----------
                                                  $30,230,580   $32,670,403
                                                  ===========   ===========
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                             SCHEDULE II                         
                                                                   
                    SAVINGS PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF 
                  AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC.
                   AND ITS DESIGNATED SUBSIDIARIES
                
       Line 27d Form 5500 - Schedule of Reportable Transactions

                For the Year Ended December 31, 1996

 (Individual or series of transactions in one issue aggregating 5% or
      more of the value of Plan assets as of December 31, 1995)                
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------




                           
Identity                                                                      Current Value
of Party                      Number of   Purchase      Sales      Cost of    on Transaction    Net
Involved     Description    Transactions    Price      Proceeds     Assets        Date        Gain/(Loss)
- --------   ---------------  ------------  ----------  ----------  ----------  --------------  -----------
                                                                         

Dreyfus   Dreyfus
 Funds     Government Cash
           Management Fund      106      $ 3,371,085                          $    3,371,085

Dreyfus   Dreyfus
 Funds     Government Cash
           Management Fund       79                   $3,370,815  $3,370,815       3,370,815  $     --

American 
 Water     
 Works    American Water Works                      
 Company   Company, Inc.
 Inc.      Common Stock          68        5,500,571                               5,500,571

The       Vanguard
 Vanguard  Bond Market
 Group     Portfolio             35        3,105,748                               3,105,748



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                                                                    Page 25



Identity                                                                      Current Value
of Party                     Number of    Purchase      Sales      Cost of    on Transaction     Net
Involved     Description    Transactions    Price      Proceeds     Assets         Date       Gain/(Loss)
- --------   ---------------  ------------  ----------  ----------  ----------  --------------  -----------
                                                                         

The        Vanguard
 Vanguard   Institutional
 Group      Index Fund           25        3,988,321                               3,988,321

American 
 Express  
 Trust     American Express
 Company    Trust Income Fund I  18        1,297,363                               1,297,363
                                                         
Mellon     EB MBA Composite
 Bank       Bond Index            1                    1,888,769   1,649,188       1,888,769      239,581






















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                             EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit
Number                                           Description
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  23                                 Consent of Independent Accountants