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JOHNSON COUNTY WASTEWATER WINS SIX PEAK PERFORMANCE AWARDS, ONE IS PLATINUM

Olathe, KS, Sept. 19, 2011 - Johnson County Wastewater (JCW) received six Peak Performance awards presented by the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA). The Peak Performance Awards program recognizes public wastewater treatment facilities for their outstanding compliance records in the 2010 calendar year.

JCW received one Platinum Peak Performance Award to honor treatment works that have completed five years of complete and consistent National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit compliance.

The Platinum Award recipient is JCW’s Blue River Main Plant at 2523 W. 151st Street in Overland Park. The plant team has done a wonderful job for JCW and this award is richly deserved. Congratulations!

“The plant team has done a wonderful job for JCW and this award is richly deserved,” said John O’Neil, general manager. “Congratulations!”

 Additionally, three other JCW treatment facilities were awarded the Gold Peak Performance Award which honors treatment works that have achieved 100 percent compliance with the NPDES permit for an entire calendar year. Two other treatment facilities received Silver Peak Performance Awards which recognizes facilities that have received no more than five NPDES permit violations per calendar year.

Gold Peak Performance Award recipients:

• Mill Creek Regional
• Myron K. Nelson
• New Century AirCenter

Silver Peak Performance Award recipients:

• Douglas L. Smith Middle Basin
• Tomahawk Creek

“The staff at these facilities has worked hard to earn these awards which reflect their commitment to protect the water quality in our local waters,” O’Neil said. “Supporting them in their efforts are engineers, technicians, and Environmental laboratory personnel.”

In 2010, Johnson County Wastewater had a 99.87 percent compliance rate with regard to NPDES discharge violations. Of a possible 2,273 violations, the department had only three violations.

ABOUT JOHNSON COUNTY WASTEWATER – JCW is responsible for the safe collection, transportation and treatment of wastewater generated by its residential, industrial, and commercial customers. The system infrastructure runs underground, serving more than 90,000 properties and approximately 440,000 people.

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