The board of directors of Connecticut Water Service Inc. elected Judith E. Wallingford to fill a temporary vacancy in Class III on the company's board of directors. The board has determined that, upon the recommendation of the board's corporate governance committee and consistent with Connecticut law, Ms. Wallingford's term will expire on the date of the company's annual meeting of shareholders to be held in May of 2013. The vacancy on the Board was created on May 10, 2012, when Donald B. Wilbur, a former Class III Director and Board member since 1993, retired from director service at the end of his Class III term on the Board, in accordance with the age limitation rule set forth in the company's amended and restated bylaws.

Ms. Wallingford, age 56, currently serves as an officer of the company (Division President The Maine Water company) and has served as President of the company's wholly-owned Maine subsidiary, The Maine Water Company (and its predecessor companies) since 1993. Ms. Wallingford held numerous positions within the corporate office of Consumers Water Company from 1980 to 1993, with the final position as Vice President and Treasurer.