Spartanburg Water water treatment facility takes top honors for superior quality
March 20, 2017
Spartanburg Water’s Landrum Water Treatment Facility recently received both state and national honors for excellence in water quality. The Partnership for Safe Drinking Water awarded the facility recently with its 10 Year Directors Award. These notable awards are given to facilities that meet rigorous program requirements for five or more consecutive years. Not only will the Landrum Water Treatment Facility be recognized during the June AWWA Annual Conference and Exposition in Philadelphia, but the facility was recognized recently for this accomplishment by the South Carolina Section of the American Water Works Association (AWWA) at the South Carolina Environmental Conference.
Landrum met the requirements of the Directors Award for the tenth consecutive year, maintaining consistent high-quality performance and commitment to optimizing water system operations. The Partnership’s water treatment plant program has a subscriber base of more than 200 utilities with more than 400 plants, but only a small number earn the Director’s Award, with even fewer earning 10 and 15 year designations.
“We are delighted to have received both state recognition and a national award for our Landrum facility,” said Ken Tuck, Spartanburg Water’s Director of Water Treatment.
The award is a comprehensive self-assessment evaluation following the American Water Works Association’s “Self-Assessment Guide for Surface Water Treatment Plant Optimization.” A completion report is submitted by organizations and then reviewed by a team of utility peers. Satisfactory reports result in the plant receiving the Directors Award from the Partnership. In order to renew the award, the facility must supply data that meets the stringent requirements of the program, in addition to a written report that demonstrates that the facility continues to actively support the goals of the program.
“Our long standing participation in the Partnership for Safe Water shows a commitment to continuous improvement and the delivery of superior quality drinking water,” Tuck said.
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 25 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.
ABOUT PARTNERSHIP FOR SAFE WATER: The Partnership for Safe Water is an alliance of six drinking water organizations: American Water Works Association, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Association of State Drinking Water Administrators, the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies, National Association of Water Companies and the Water Research Foundation. The Partnership’s award-winning utilities demonstrate an outstanding commitment to delivering superior quality drinking water to customers, even beyond regulatory requirements. The Partnership celebrates utility accomplishments with awards and recognition that honor efforts in continuously optimizing treatment plant and distribution system operation and performance.
