Exhibit 32.1



                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350


In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended
September 30, 2005 of Aqua America, Inc. (the "Company") as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I,
Nicholas DeBenedictis, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant
to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:


(1)  The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d)
     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. Section 78m(a) or Section
     78o(d)); and

(2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
     respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.




         NICHOLAS DEBENEDICTIS
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Nicholas DeBenedictis
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
November 9, 2005