Spartanburg Water Lab Services Section Manager honored with industry award

March 20, 2017

Spartanburg Water Lab Services Section Manager Syndee Poteat was honored this week at the 2017 South Carolina Environmental Conference (SCEC) with its Crystal Crucible Award “for significant contributions that promote professionalism, pride and high ideals among those working in water and wastewater analysis.” The award also recognizes individuals for significant contributions that promote education, training, certification, management, and promoting innovative laboratory operations.

“This award recognizes the professionalism and dedication Syndee Poteat has shown in her long career at Spartanburg Water,” said Angie Price, P.E., Utility Asset Engineering and Laboratory Manager.Poteat is active in promoting the professional recognition of the water/wastewater laboratory field and participation in the Water Environment Association of South Carolina. This includes writing papers and articles accepted by

Poteat is active in promoting the professional recognition of the water/wastewater laboratory field and participation in the Water Environment Association of South Carolina. This includes writing papers and articles accepted by state, regional and national publications, and technical presentations at professional conferences.

ABOUT SPARTANBURG WATER: Spartanburg Water, an award-winning utility, is comprised of Spartanburg Water System and Spartanburg Sanitary Sewer District. It serves a population of more than 180,000 within Spartanburg County, as well as others in parts of Greenville, Union and Cherokee counties. With the help of its dedicated team of more than 250 employees, each day it produces an average of 30 million gallons of drinking water and cleans 12 million gallons of reclaimed water for its customers and community. For more information on Spartanburg Water’s water quality efforts, visit us at spartanburgwater.org.