Congratulations to our Water Resources Department on being awarded Collection System of the Year by the NC Section of the American Water Works Association - Water Environment Federation (NC AWWA-WEA).The mission of the award is to identify and recognize utilities that protect the public health and the natural beauty of the environment through pro-active practices of management, operations, and maintenance beyond what is required by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) permitting.

“Our goal is not only to recognize who had a really good year, but to also educate utilities on how they compare and how they can continue to improve,” said Chip Smith, past chair of NC AWWA-WEA and award committee member.

GUC’s Water Resources Department won the award by demonstrating that it performs quality collection system maintenance procedures through the efficient use of labor, materials, equipment, and innovative methods to keep our collection system in good working condition. This includes minimizing health hazards and property damage that occur due to sanitary sewer overflows during both wet weather and dry weather conditions.

The award also honors the collection system employees who serve our community with a high level of professionalism and diligent work in the operation and maintenance of our wastewater collection system facilities.

Applicants are judged and ranked in four categories: collection system data, collection system management activities, collection system operations and maintenance activities, and annual collection system rehabilitation and replacement activities. Awards were given to three utilities. This is the first time Greenville Utilities has won the award for a medium system (between 251 and 750 miles of collection system).