{"id":2931,"date":"2013-04-13T09:39:26","date_gmt":"2013-04-13T13:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=2931"},"modified":"2013-04-13T09:41:53","modified_gmt":"2013-04-13T13:41:53","slug":"valdosta-receives-water-treatment-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/valdosta-receives-water-treatment-award.html","title":{"rendered":"Valdosta receives water treatment award"},"content":{"rendered":"

\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\nRather ironic, wouldn’t you say, what with all the problems\r\nat the other end of the water usage pipeline?\r\nThis award is for treating water as it comes out of the city’s wells.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nWCTV posted a City of Valdosta press release yesterday,\r\n\r\nValdosta Receives GAWP Water Treatment Plant of the Year Award<\/a>,\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\n

\r\nThe City of Valdosta Water Treatment Plant has been recognized as\r\nthe 2013 Water Treatment Plant of the Year by the Georgia\r\nAssociation of Water Professionals (GAWP).\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\nThe plant was recently evaluated by GAWP inspectors on its well\r\nfield operations, chemical processes and documentation, and scored\r\n90% or better in all areas. City staff will accept the award in the\r\ncategory for groundwater systems that pump over 10 million gallons\r\ndaily (MGD), at the GAWP Conference in Macon, Ga., on Tuesday April\r\n16.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\r\n“Every day,\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

\r\n<\/a>\r\nthousands of water customers in our city turn on\r\ntheir faucets with little thought to the water that streams out and\r\nhow it moves from its initial source through the treatment process\r\nand ultimately to our taps,” said Director of Utilities Henry\r\nHicks. “I commend Water Treatment Plant Superintendent Craig\r\nDozier, Assistant Superintendent Jason Barnes, and the other skilled\r\nmen and women responsible for bringing Valdosta water customers\r\nquality drinking water daily.”\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\nThe city’s water treatment plant, located on Guest Road, processes\r\nover 3.5 billion gallons of drinking water for its residential,\r\nbusiness and industrial customers annually. The state-of-the-art\r\nfacility obtains the city’s water supply from 7 wells that are\r\ndrilled into an underground layer of porous, water-bearing limestone\r\nknown as the Upper Floridan Aquifer.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\r\n“The City of Valdosta is proud to provide quality water\r\nservices to our customers for public health purposes, fire\r\nprotection, economic development and the quality of life of our\r\ncitizens,” said City Manager Larry Hanson. “Any measure\r\nof a successful community is in some way related to access to safe\r\nwater, and we are proud of the Valdosta Water Treatment Plant\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\npersonnel who make this their daily mission.”\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nOriginally built in 1992, the plant’s major treatment systems were\r\nupgraded in 2007 to maintain quality water services while keeping up\r\nwith city growth. The plant uses ozone as the primary treatment\r\nprocess and was the first municipal plant in Georgia to use this\r\ntechnology. It has many innovative features, including on-site\r\ngeneration of sodium hypochlorite for disinfection and computer\r\nmonitoring and control of treatment processes and a Supervisory\r\nControl and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system to monitor the\r\ndistribution system pressure and water levels in all elevated tanks\r\nin the system. The system is permitted for an average daily flow\r\ncapacity of 14 MGD and a maximum daily flow of 22.5 MGD and flows\r\nthrough over 300 miles of mains throughout the city. Considerations\r\nwere also given during the 2007 upgrade to allow for a future\r\nexpansion of the Water Treatment Plant to 45 MGD to meet the city’s\r\nexpected growth needs.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\n“The City of Valdosta is proud to offer some of the finest\r\nwater in the state, not only to our citizens but also to the\r\nindustries that choose to locate in Valdosta due to the quality of\r\nour water,” said Mayor John Gayle. “Our Water Treatment\r\nPlant is also positioned for growth with the capability of meeting\r\nthe water needs of our city and its citizens for years to\r\ncome.”\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nThe Georgia Association of Water Professionals (GAWP) is a\r\nnot-for-profit association founded in 1932 with membership of over\r\n4,000 water and wastewater treatment plant operators and managers,\r\nmunicipal and industrial officials and environmental managers, civil\r\nengineers, environmental engineers, scientists, manufacturers and\r\ntheir representatives, contractors, elected officials and others\r\nconcerned with Georgia’s water resources. The organization’s main\r\npurpose is to educate and assist those who have an interest in the\r\nproper management and protection of Georgia’s water resources.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nTo schedule a group tour of the Valdosta Water Treatment Plant or\r\nfor more information, contact Public Information Officer Sementha\r\nMathews at (229) 259-3548.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

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