Company: AWK
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: S-3ASR
Source: 0001410636-25-000050
Chunk: 20

Company: American Water Works Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: S-3ASR
Chunk 20
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### EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting (which is included in Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting) incorporated in this Prospectus by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

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#### American Water Stock Direct

#### A dividend reinvestment

#### and direct stock purchase

#### plan for American Water

#### common stock
| PROSPECTUS |

#### 4,214,534 shares

#### February 27, 2025

# PART II

### INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

## Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.
The following table lists the estimated expenses to be incurred by the registrant in connection with the offer and sale of securities registered under this registration statement.

| Expense:                     |     |   |        |     |   |
|:-----------------------------|:----|:--|-------:|:----|:--|
| SEC registration fee         |     | $ |      — |     |   |
| Legal fees and expenses      |     |   | 25,000 |     | * |
| Accounting fees and expenses |     |   | 10,000 |     | * |
| Printing fees                |     |   |  5,000 |     | * |
| Miscellaneous                |     |   | 15,000 |     | * |
| Total                        |     | $ | 55,000 |     | * |

* Estimated

## Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Below is a description of the general effect of arrangements under which any director or officer of American Water is insured or indemnified in any manner against liability which he or she may incur in his or her capacity as such. American Water has obtained officers’ and directors’ liability insurance that insures against liabilities that officers and directors of American Water and its subsidiaries may, in such capacities, incur.

Pursuant to the authority conferred by Section 102(b)(7) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), Article VIII of American Water’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Restated Certificate”) provides