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"Investors have given up on the water industry -- the sector has fallen 60% -- but the best firms have hardly missed a beat," says utility sector specialist Roger Conrad.

In Personal Finance, the advisor reviews the outlook for the sector and two of his favorite stocks -- American Water Works (NYSE: AWK) and Aqua America (NYSE: WTR).

"The EPA stimates the US will have to spend $335 billion over the next decade to keep the taps turned on, given aging infrastructure and supply degradation.

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This post is part of a special annual report -- Top Stock Picks '09 -- in which TheStockAdvisors.com asked 75 leading newsletter advisors to select their favorite investment for the new year.

Roger Conrad, the advisory industry's leading authority on the utility sector, looks to American Water Works (NYSE: AWK) as his favorite investment idea for the coming year.

Despite American Water Works' (AWK) poor perfomance to date, Barron's Jack Willoughby sees reason for optimism. American Water Works, North America's largest public water and waste-water service provider, trades at $20 - below the already-discounted $21.50 of its April 22 offering. But political and financial sentiment is starting to shift in its direction, and strict regulatory requirements that have held back revenue growth are loosening.