PWC Receives National Award For On-Going Safe Water Practices
Five Year Status in Program Receives National Recognition

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August 22, 2007

PWC has received a national award for maintaining the Directors Award of recognition from the Partnership for Safe Water, a national volunteer initiative developed by EPA and other water organizations representing water suppliers striving to provide their communities with drinking water quality that surpasses the required federal standards. The Directors Award is presented to water systems who have completed a successful review in the Partnership's Self-Assessment and Peer Review phase, a phase in which utilities examine the capabilities of their treatment plant operation and administration and then create a plan for implementing improvements.

PWC has maintained the Directors Award for five years, an honor achieved by only 108 water utilities across the country.

Developed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other water organizations striving to provide optimum quality drinking water, the Partnership currently includes more than 200 water utilities, collectively serving more than 85 million people. This represents 60% of the U.S. population served by surface water systems. PWC's ongoing participation in the program includes a rigorous review of treatment practices developed by national experts, and also includes a four-step, self-assessment and peer-review process.

PWC annually treats over eight billion gallons of water to serve over 77,000 residential, commercial and industrial water customers in Fayetteville and Cumberland County, including the Town of Hope Mills, Spring Lake, Eastover and Stedman. In 2006, PWC signed a contract with the Department of the Army to begin providing water to Fort Bragg as well.

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