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Partnership for Safe Water Awards Ceremony
0AWWA Annual Conference
Denver, CO, June 12, 2000 
A special recognition ceremony was held at the American Water Works
Association Annual Conference and Exhibition to honor water utilities which
completed Phase III of the Partnership for Safe Water during the preceding
year. Rob Renner, Deputy Executive Director AWWA, Jim Westrick, EPA/Office of
Ground Water and Drinking Water and Ron Schwarzwalder, President Elect AWWA
(pictured left to right with Bob Johnson, Dallas Water Utilities, holding
plaque) presented plaques to representatives of these utilities recognizing
their accomplishments.
- Central Utah Water Conservancy District, UT; Ashley Valley Water Treatment
Plant, Duchesne Valley Water Treatment Plant, Utah Valley Water Treatment
Plant
- City of Anaheim Public Utilities Department, CA; Lenain Water Treatment
Plant
- City of Austin, TX; Albert R. Davis Water Treatment Plant, Thomas C. Green
Water Treatment Plant
- City of Billings Public Utilities Department, MT; Gerald D. Underwood Water
Treatment Plant
- City of Detroit, MI; Lake Huron Water Treatment Plant, Northeast Water
Plant
- City of Fort Collins Utilities, CO; City of Fort Collins Water Treatment
Facility
- City of Fort Wayne, IN; Three Rivers Filtration Plant
- City of Houston, TX; East Water Purification Plant #1
- Columbus Water Works, GA; North Columbus Water Resource Facility
- Dallas Water Utilities, TX; Bachman Water Treatment Plant, East Side Water
Treatment Plant
- East Bay MUD, CA; Orinda Water Treatment Plant
- Elizabethtown Water Company, NJ; Raritan-Millstone Water Treatment
Plant
- Grand Strand Water & Sewer Authority, SC; Bull Creek Regional Surface
Water Treatment Plant
- Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District, UT; Jordan Valley Water Treatment
Plant, Southeast Regional Water Treatment Plant
- Knoxville Utilities Board, TN; Mark B. Whitaker Water Plant
- Louisville Water Company, KY; B. E. Payne Water Treatment Plant, Crescent
Hill Filtration Plant
- Marin Municipal Water District, CA; Bon Tempe Water Treatment Plant, San
Geronimo Water Treatment Plant
- Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake, UT; Little Cottonwood Water
Treatment Plant
- Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, CA; F. E. Weymouth
Water Treatment Plant, Henry J. Mills Water Treatment Plant, Joseph Jensen
Water Treatment Plant, Robert B. Diemer Water Treatment Plant
- NJ-American Water Company, NJ; Delaware River Water Treatment Plant
- Northern Illinois Water Corporation, IL; Pontiac Water Treatment Plant,
Streator Water Treatment Plant
- Paducah Water Works, KY; Paducah Water Works Water Treatment Plant
- Pennsylvania-American Water Company, PA; Aldrich Water Treatment Plant,
Bangor Treatment Plant, Brownell Treatment Plant, Ceasetown Treatment Plant,
Chinchilla Treatment Plant, Clarion Treatment Plant, Ellwood Treatment Plant,
Fallbrook Treatment Plant, Forest City Treatment Plant, Gerald C. Smith
Treatment Plant, Hayes Mine Water Treatment Plant, Kittanning Water Treatment
Plant, Milton Water Treatment Plant, Montrose Treatment Plant, Nesbitt
Treatment Plant, New Castle Water Treatment Plant, Oneida Valley Treatment
Plant, Philipsburg Operations, Silver Springs Treatment Plant, Two Lick Creek
Treatment Plant (IN)
- Salt Lake City Dept. of Public Utilities, UT; Big Cottonwood Water
Treatment Plant, City Creek Water Treatment Plant, Parley's Water Treatment
Plant
- Tennessee-American Water Company, TN; Citico Treatment Plant
- Weber Basin Water Conservancy District, UT; Treatment Plant #2, Treatment
Plant #3, Treatment Plant #4
The objective of the Partnership for Safe Water is to encourage water
suppliers to minimize the risk to their consumers of exposure to pathogenic
microorganisms in drinking water through continuous improvement in surface
water treatment plant performance. The Partnership has developed tools to
facilitate improved performance, including the core of the program - a self
assessment procedure. This procedure is based on a proven technique developed
by EPA which results in the systematic analysis, identification and correction
of factors which could limit the performance of the treatment system. The
self-assessment process requires that the utility honestly and openly examine
it's water treatment plant operation, including the physical plant and
operations and administration practices, to identify areas of potential
performance improvement. The water system then establishes an action plan and
begins to work on improvements identified by the self-assessment. The results
of the self-assessment are reported to the Partnership and a team of utility
peers evaluates the report to determine if the water plant is progressing
toward treatment optimization sufficiently to warrant the awarding of the
Director's Award.
The utilities recognized at the ceremony have worked through the arduous and
difficult self-assessment process, identifying factors which may have been
limiting the performance of the treatment plants and taking steps to address
those factors. By aggressively pursuing the objectives of the Partnership, the
water plants listed above have demonstrated a commitment to continuous
improvement in the performance of their treatment facilities to help protect
the health of their customers.
For a complete list of utilities that have completed Phase III, see AWWA's
Award Winning Utilities
page. 
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