American Water Receives 29 National Awards for Excellence in Water Quality
June 09 2015 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Company Recognized with Two Presidents
Awards
American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK), the largest
publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company, is proud
to announce the achievement of 29 Partnership for Safe Water
awards. Two plants are receiving a Presidents Award, one plant is
receiving a Phase III Directors Award of Recognition, one plant is
receiving an award for maintaining Phase III certification for five
years, 23 plants are being presented with the Phase III Directors
Award status for 15 years, and two systems are being presented with
Phase III Directors Award for Distribution. The awards were
presented during the 2015 American Water Works Association Annual
Conference in Anaheim, Calif.
Nationally, just over 400 surface water treatment plants are
part of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Partnership for
Safe Water Program, a voluntary effort that is designed to increase
protection against microbial contamination through treatment
optimization. American Water accounts for about 20 percent of the
participating plants nationwide, and has received more Partnership
for Safe Water awards than any other utility nationwide. As a
member of the Partnership for Safe Water, American Water
demonstrates its commitment to improve the quality of drinking
water delivered to customers by optimizing system operations.
“Environmental leadership is one of American Water's core
values, and having 29 of our facilities recognized by the
Partnership for Safe Water is very meaningful for us,” said Susan
Story, President and Chief Executive Officer. “We hold ourselves to
the highest standards in delivering clean, safe, high-quality
drinking water to the people we serve, and this national
recognition is a true testament to our employees’ expertise,
dedication to excellence and commitment to protecting public
health.”
Pennsylvania American Water’s Clarion Water
Treatment Plant and Norristown Water Treatment Plant have received
the elite Presidents Award recognition. Phase IV goals are the
highest possible level of performance that can be achieved in the
four-phase program. The Presidents Award recognizes achieving Phase
IV’s very stringent individual filter performance goals for
turbidity. Pennsylvania American Water’s facilities have been
participating in the Partnership since 1996. Pennsylvania American
Water now has three surface water treatment plants that have
received the Phase IV Presidents Award.
American Water’s Contract Services Group was recognized
with its first Phase III Directors Award of Recognition for its
North Brunswick Water Treatment Plant, N.J. American Water accounts
for approximately 30 percent of the plants receiving the program's
Phase III Director Award.
West Virginia American Water’s Kanawha Valley Water
Treatment Plant was recognized for maintaining the Phase III
Directors Award status for five years. With a total of 64 surface
water treatment plants recognized, American Water accounts for
about one-third of all plants that have received the Five-Year
Phase III award nationwide.
The following American Water treatment plants were recognized
for maintaining the Phase III Directors Award status for 15
years:
Illinois American Water
- Pontiac Water Treatment Plant
- Streator Water Treatment Plant
New Jersey American Water
- Delaware River Regional Water Treatment
Plant
- Raritan-Millstone Water Treatment
Plant
Pennsylvania American Water
- Bangor Water Treatment Plant
- Brownell Water Treatment Plant
- Butler Water Treatment Plant
- Ceasetown Water Treatment Plant
- EH Aldrich Water Treatment Plant
- Ellwood Water Treatment Plant
- Fallbrook Water Treatment Plant
- Forest City Water Treatment Plant
- Gerald C. Smith Water Treatment Plant
(Hershey)
- Hays Mine Water Treatment Plant
- Indiana Water Treatment Plant (Two Lick
Creek)
- Kittanning Water Treatment Plant
- Milton Water Treatment Plant
- Montrose Water Treatment Plant
- Nesbitt Water Treatment Plant
- New Castle Water Treatment Plant
- Philipsburg Water Treatment Plant
- Silver Spring Water Treatment
Plant
Tennessee American Water
- Citico Water Treatment Plant
American Water accounts for approximately 45 percent of the
plants receiving the Fifteen-Year Phase III Award.
American Water’s Military Services Group was recognized
with two Phase III Directors Awards for Distribution for the water
distribution systems it manages for Fort Sill, Okla., and Fort
Hood, Texas.
"We’re tremendously proud of our Fort Hood and Fort Sill teams
for their unwavering efforts to deliver superior quality drinking
water to the servicemen and -women at those bases,” said Military
Services Group President Todd Duerr. “The Partnership for Safe
Water Directors Award is a difficult-to-achieve, well-deserved
honor, and is another example of American Water demonstrating to
the government how safe, compliant and reliable water operations
are implemented through Utilities Privatization."
Founded in 1886, American Water is the largest and most
geographically diverse publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater
utility company. With headquarters in Voorhees, N.J., the company
employs 6,400 dedicated professionals who provide regulated and
market-based drinking water, wastewater and other related services
to an estimated 15 million people in 47 states and Ontario, Canada.
More information can be found at www.amwater.com.
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