Essential Utilities, Inc. announced that the board of directors of the company declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.2870 per share, payable March 1, 2023 to all shareholders of record on February 10, 2023. The March 2023 dividend payment of $0.2870 per share represents a $0.0188, or 7% increase over the March 2022 dividend payment of $0.2682 per share. Essential Utilities has paid consecutive quarterly cash dividends for 78 years and has increased the dividend 32 times in the last 31 years.