Rwe Aktiengesellschaft/ADR – ‘3’ for 9/16/01 re: American Water Works Co. Inc.

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Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities by an Insider   —   Form 3   —   SEA’34
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                Securities by an Insider -- form3                                

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 3

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES 

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
 Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

(Type or Print Responses)                                                       
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1.   Name and Address of Reporting Person*                                      

RWE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT                                                
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(Last)                            (First)              (Middle)           

Opernplatz 1, D-45128                                                 
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(Street)

Essen, GERMANY                                                        
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(City)                            (State)                (Zip)            

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2.   Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)                         

09/16/01                                                              
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3.   IRS or Social Security of Reporting Person (Voluntary)                     

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4.   Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol                                   

AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC. (NYSE:  AWK)                       
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5.   Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer                                 
(Check all applicable)                                                

[ ]  Director                             [X]  10% Owner              
[ ]  Officer (give title below)           [ ]  Other (specify below)  

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6.   If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)                            

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7.   Individual or Joint/Group Filing  (Check Applicable Line)                  

[ ]  Form filed by One Reporting Person                               

[X]  Form filed by More than One Reporting Person                     

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 Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
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                                                                 3. Ownership Form:                                                 
                                      2. Amount of Securities       Direct (D) or                                                   
1. Title of Security                     Beneficially Owned         Indirect (I)       4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership   
   (Instr. 4)                            (Instr. 4)                 (Instr. 5)            (Instr. 5)                                
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Common Stock, par value $1.25 per      0                          See Explanation of   See Explanation of Responses below           
share ("Common Stock")                                            Responses below                                                   

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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.                         
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).                                                   

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FORM 3 (continued)                                                              

Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

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                                                                                                        5. Owner-                   
                                                    3. Title and Amount of Securities                      ship                     
                                                       Underlying Derivative Security                      Form of                  
                         2. Date Exercisable           (Instr. 4)                                          Derivative               
                            and Expiration Date     ---------------------------------    4. Conver-        Security:                
                            (Month/Day/Year)                               Amount           sion or        Direct      6. Nature of 
                         ----------------------                            or               Exercise       (D) or         Indirect  
                         Date       Expira-                                Number           Price of       Indirect       Beneficial
1. Title of Derivative   Exer-      tion                                   of               Derivative     (I)            Ownership 
   Security (Instr. 4)   cisable    Date            Title                  Shares           Security       (Instr. 5)     (Instr. 5)
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Explanation of Responses:                                                       

(1)  By virtue of the Voting Agreement dated as of September 16, 2001, among    
     Thames Water Aqua Holdings GmbH ("Parent") and the stockholders of American
Water Works Company, Inc. that are parties thereto (the "Voting       
  Agreement"), Parent may be deemed a beneficial owner pursuant to Section
  13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Act"), of
     the 24,186,876 shares of Common Stock subject to the Voting Agreement as of
    September 16, 2001. By virtue of Parent being a wholly-owned subsidiary of
RWE Aktiengesellschaft ("RWE"), RWE may be deemed a beneficial owner  
    pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Act of any shares Parent may be deemed to
beneficially own. Pursuant to Rule 16a-1(a)(4) under the Act, RWE and 
   Parent hereby state that this Initial Statement of Benefical Ownership of
  Securities on Form 3 shall not be deemed an admission that either RWE or
Parent is, for purposes of Section 16 of the Act or otherwise, the    
    beneficial owner of any equity securities of American Water Works Company,
  Inc. Neither RWE nor Parent has any pecuniary interest in such shares of
Common Stock.                                                         

**  Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal 
Violations.                                                             

See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).                             

   /s/ Georg Lambertz                                   September 25, 2001
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Name:  Georg Lambertz                                       Date                
Title: Senior Vice President Finance                                            

   /s/ Georg Muller                                     September 25, 2001
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Name:  Georg Muller                                         Date                
Title: General Counsel                                                          

**Signature of Reporting Person                                       

Note:  File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.    
If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.        

Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained 
in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently   
valid OMB Number.                                                               

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 JOINT FILER INFORMATION

Title of Security:                   Common Stock, par value $1.25 per          
 share

Issuer Name and Ticker Symbol:       American Water Works Company, Inc.         
     (NYSE: AWK)

Designated Filer:                    RWE Aktiengesellschaft                     

Date of Event Requiring Statement:   09/16/01                                   

Other Joint Filer:                   Thames Water Aqua Holdings GmbH            
               Opernplatz 1, D-45128
        Essen, GERMANY

Signature of Reporting Person                                                   

   /s/ Dr. Richard R. Klein                             September 25, 2001
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Name:  Dr. Richard R. Klein                                 Date                
Title: Managing Director                                                        

   /s/ Dr. Klaus Sturany                                September 25, 2001
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Name:  Dr. Klaus Sturany                                    Date                
Title: Managing Director                                                        

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