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EPA's Clean Water Act Recognition Awards
CLEAN WATER
Recognition Awards
» Compilation of all previous national winners 1986-2007 (PDF) (43 pp, 150K)
Overview
The Clean Water Act (CWA) Recognition Awards program, sponsored by EPA's Office of Wastewater Management, recognizes municipalities and industries for demonstrating outstanding technological achievements, innovative processes, methods or devices in their waste treatment and pollution abatement programs. The program educates the public about the contributions that publicly-owned wastewater treatment facilities make to clean water and recognize communities that go far beyond the minimum needed to meet Clean Water Act regulatory requirements.
The awards have been presented for five different categories: outstanding operations and maintenance (O&M) at publicly-owned wastewater treatment facilities, exemplary biosolids management, pretreatment program excellence, stormwater management excellence, and combined sewer overflow (CSO) control program excellence.
Suspension of the 2009 CWA Recognition Awards Program
EPA is considering a significant redesign of the Clean Water Act Awards program. Our primary goal is to improve its value to EPA by aligning the program more closely with our Sustainable Infrastructure goals and to the water industry through broader applicability. The current program has served us well since it began in 1985, and we believe an effective revision can both reinvigorate interest and also move the water industry toward sustainability.
As we work to develop this new program, EPA is suspending the CWA Awards for one year (calendar year 2009). This will allow us to focus on completing the new design and launch the revised program in fall 2009 for awards in 2010. Please do not submit CWA Award application materials in 2009 to either your State or EPA Regional office.
Check back to this website in the coming months for more information about the exciting new changes to the awards program.
What Can I Find On This Web Site?
Click on the links below to find out more information about EPA's Clean Water Act Recognition Awards.
Stickney Water Treatment Plant. Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago - 2008 CWA Awards Winner
- History of the CWA Recognition Awards
- 2008 CWA Awards Recipients and the
2008 Federal Register Notice Announcement of 2008 National Awards Winners in Chicago, IL during the WEFTEC conference on October 20, 2008. - Compilation of all previous national winners 1986-2007 (PDF) (43 pp, 150K)
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