Aqua Pennsylvania Wastewater Treatment Plant Recognized With Award for Outstanding Performance
July 06 2021 - 11:50AM
Business Wire
Aqua’s Media plant is the first wastewater
treatment plant in Pennsylvania to achieve Phase III Directors
Award from Partnership for Clean Water
Aqua Pennsylvania’s wastewater treatment plant in Upper
Providence Township, Delaware County has received the Phase III
Directors Award from the Partnership for Clean Water, a global
optimization and recognition program for wastewater utilities
developed by the American Water Works Association (AWWA) and other
organizations to guide wastewater utilities towards preserving
environmental water quality by optimizing system operations. The
plant provides wastewater treatment to the Borough of Media.
“We are proud of the significant effort by our Media wastewater
operations team to participate in the partnership’s self-assessment
and earn the directors-level honor,” said Aqua Pennsylvania
President Marc Lucca. “The staff remained committed to process
while safely operating the facility during the global
pandemic.”
Aqua’s Media wastewater plant team is one of a select group of
organizations presented with the Directors Award based on their
completion of the self-assessment and peer-review phase of the
Partnership for Clean Water program. This included a comprehensive
evaluation of treatment plant operations and performance,
identification of performance-limiting factors, and the development
of action plans to achieve optimization. Aqua’s Media wastewater
plant is the tenth wastewater treatment plant in the country and
the first in Pennsylvania to achieve this recognition.
“It’s essential that we clean wastewater so we can safely return
it to the environment and protect public health,” said Aqua
Pennsylvania Water Quality and Environmental Compliance Director
Matt Miller. “Not only did our team continue to tirelessly perform
their daily work as the plant undergoes a more than $30 million
upgrade, but they found a way to safely keep moving toward the
partnership initiative during the pandemic. This award shows the
power of our team’s determination to achieve operational excellence
and continuous improvement.”
More than 55 utility subscribers are committed to the
Partnership for Clean Water’s goals of protecting public health by
optimizing wastewater system operations and achieving operational
excellence in wastewater treatment. Partnership members participate
in a rigorous self-assessment and peer-review process developed by
wastewater utility optimization experts and are recognized for
their commitment to protecting public health for their
communities.
All 11 of Aqua’s surface water treatment plants in Pennsylvania
are enrolled in the Partnership for Safe Water, a program developed
by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, AWWA and other
organizations to guide water utilities towards improving drinking
water quality by optimizing system operations. Four of Aqua’s
surface water treatment plants have achieved Phase III Directors
Award or higher partnership honors. AWWA is the largest
organization of water supply professionals in the world.
Aqua Pennsylvania serves approximately 1.4 million people in 32
counties throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Visit
AquaAmerica.com for more information or follow Aqua on Facebook at
facebook.com/MyAquaAmerica and on Twitter at @MyAquaAmerica.
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