ECUA Receives National Award For Cantonment Facility

September 21, 2014

The Emerald Coast Utilities Authority has been selected to receive a Gold Peak Performance Award, presented by the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA).

The award recognizes public wastewater treatment facilities for their outstanding compliance records in the previous calendar year.

The ECUA received the Gold Peak Performance Award to honor the Central Water Reclamation Facility in Cantonment and its achievement of perfect compliance (out of 6,094 compliance points) with its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit for the 2013 calendar year.

The CWRF, which provides reclaimed water daily to industrial partners Gulf Power and International Paper, is an advanced wastewater treatment facility that the ECUA has operated since its construction in late 2010.  The CWRF was built to replace the Main Street Waste Water Treatment Plant, which was damaged in 2004 by Hurricane Ivan.

“The ECUA is an outstanding utility, and a shining example of how concerted environmental management efforts can be considered and implemented.   NACWA is honored to showcase the achievements of the ECUA and our nation’s public wastewater utilities through the Peak Performance Awards Program.” said Ken Kirk, NACWA’s executive director.

Pictured top: The Central Water Reclamation Facility in Cantonment.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News