Spartanburg Water System

On Wednesday, May 25, 2010 at the regular conference of the Commissioners of Public Works from the City of Spartanburg, Megan Monahan and Doug Kinard of the Sc Department of Health insurance and Environmental Control, for the United States Environmental Protection Agency, offered the prestigious Customer Confidence Report Superiority Award to Josh Smith, Spartanburg Water’s Regulatory Affairs Professional. The award was first presented by ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Region IV to get the best Consumer Confidence Statement by a Medium Surface area Water Public Hydrant for Spartanburg Water’s Landrum service region. The Consumer Confidence Statement (CCR) Rule is a federal regulation that needs community water devices to provide an annual are accountable to customers on the top quality of their drinking water. Conditions for the honours include: listing of the sources of drinking water, the system’s susceptibility to contamination based on a completed Source Drinking water Assessment (SWA), information about how to obtain a copy from the SWA, a list of probable sources and potential health effects of recognized contaminants, compliance outcomes with respect to state and federal requirements, water utility contact number and meeting times, the Safe Drinking Water Take action Hotline number; and data tables with appropriate conversions and explanations for recognized contaminants. An extra concern is given for community outreach and education activities. Megan Monahan noted that “it is encouraging to provide this award into a utility that goes good beyond the requirements intended for the Consumer Confidence Statement. Spartanburg Water offers taken the time and given the attention to generating a top quality report. Our company is proud to recognize their particular achievement. ” Spartanburg Water acquired the Landrum system in 2004. Landrum’s water meets standards considerably higher than current rules due in part towards the participation by the Landrum Water Treatment Facility inside the South Carolina Area Large Optimization Program (AWOP), which focuses on treatment enhancements. The Landrum facility was lately recognized by DHEC intended for achieving the AWOP system goals. Also, Spartanburg Water continues to acquire the EPA as well as the American Water Functions Association (AWWA) as a part of the Partnership intended for Safe Water. The Landrum Water Treatment center has received the Director’s Award for these applications. Spartanburg Water remains committed to protecting public well-being, being good stewards from the environment, and assisting our community’s preferred quality of life, as exhibited by the receipt of the award..

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