TRANSMITTAL LETTER FOR BOARD MEETING OF AUGUST 29, 2013
COMMITTEE ON MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS
Mr. David St. Pierre, Executive Director
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Report on National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) Peak Performance Awards for 2012 (As Revised)
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Dear Sir:
The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) annually awards Peak
Performance Awards to publicly owned treatment plants that comply with their National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits at the silver, gold and platinum level. The silver award equates to no more than five annual effluent violations; the gold award equates to zero annual effluent violations; and the platinum award equates to zero annual effluent violations for at least five years.
Once again, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (District) recently received these awards for 2012, improving the overall performance of its water reclamation plants (WRPs) from 2011. The following WRP's received Platinum awards:
Terrence J. O'Brien WRP - 7 consecutive years with no effluent violations
James C. Kirie WRP - 8 consecutive years with no effluent violations
Stickney WRP - 16 consecutive years with no effluent violations
Lemont WRP - 16 consecutive years with no effluent violations
Calumet WRP - 21 consecutive years with no effluent violations.
In addition, the Hanover Park WRP improved its status from gold to platinum and the John E. Egan WRP maintained its silver status.
Dedicated plant staff always strive to operate and improve the WRPs to achieve the highest performance possible in order to maintain our area waterways at the highest level of environmental quality.
Respectfully Submitted, Manju P. Sharma, Director of Maintenance and Operations,
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