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WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND POLLUTION ABATEMENT PROGRAMS AWARDED
Release Date: 09/21/2000
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FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2000
WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND POLLUTION
ABATEMENT PROGRAMS AWARDED
EPA is giving annual excellence awards to altogether 39 municipalities, industries and others for outstanding and innovative technological achievements in wastewater treatment and pollution abatement programs. The agency is recognizing projects or programs in operations and maintenance, beneficial use of biosolids, pretreatment, storm water management and combined sewer overflow controls. The National Wastewater Management Excellence Awards program is authorized under the Clean Water Act. The awards program provides national recognition and encourages public support of programs aimed at protecting public health and safety and the nation’s water quality. State water pollution control agencies and EPA regional offices make recommendations to headquarters for the national awards. Programs being recognized are in compliance with applicable water quality requirements and have a satisfactory record with respect to environmental quality. The first place winners for EPA’s 2000 National Wastewater Management Excellence Awards program are: Operations and Maintenance: San Jose/Santa Clara WWTP in San Jose, Calif.; Plum Creek Wastewater Authority, Plant No. 1, Castle Rock, Colo.; Village of Sherman WWTP, Sherman, N.Y.; Lowell Regional Wastewater Utility, City of Lowell, Mass.; Cape May Regional WWTF, Cape May Point, N.J.; Dodge City WWTF, City of Dodge City, Kansas; Vienna Land Application Systems, Vienna, Ga.; City of Waldo WWTF, Waldo, Fla. Beneficial Use of Biosolids Awards: Merco Joint Venture, Limited Liability Co.; City of New York Department of Environmental Protection; City of Sierra Blanca, Tex., Texas Tech University; Lexington Regional WWTP Compost Facility, Lexington, N.C., International/Poland Research Project, coordinated by EPA Region III; City of Wyoming Clean Water Plant, Wyoming, Mich. Pretreatment Awards: City of Greeley, Colo., Metro Wastewater Reclamation District, Denver, Colo.; City of Fort Worth, Texas. Storm Water Management Awards: Brevard County Surface Water Improvement Viera, Fla.; Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, Southerly Wastewater Treatment Center Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan. Combined Sewer Overflow Control Award: CSO Abatement Program, City of Saco, Maine. There were a number of second place and other category awards. EPA will announce the national award winners and recognize them on Oct. 16, at the annual National Wastewater Management Excellence Awards ceremony during the Water Environment Federation’s (WEF) annual conference in Anaheim, Calif. For further information contact: Maria E. Campbell, EPA’s Office of Wastewater Management at 202-260-5815, or campbell.maria@epa.gov.
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