{"id":110134,"date":"2021-09-26T14:00:39","date_gmt":"2021-09-26T18:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=110134"},"modified":"2021-09-25T21:39:03","modified_gmt":"2021-09-26T01:39:03","slug":"fort-wayne-city-utilities-safety-and-environmental-excellence-touted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2021\/09\/26\/fort-wayne-city-utilities-safety-and-environmental-excellence-touted\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Wayne City Utilities safety and environmental excellence touted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/tCity_Utilities_logo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"City Utilities\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-99823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/tCity_Utilities_logo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/tCity_Utilities_logo-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/tCity_Utilities_logo.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At its recent state conference, the Indiana Water Environmental Association honored Fort Wayne City Utilities&#8217; Water Pollution Control Plant in three areas.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Three Awards to City Utilities<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Safety and Environmental Excellence Touted<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Fort Wayne, Indiana (September 25, 2021) \u2013 At its recent State conference, the Indiana Water Environmental Association (IWEA) honored Fort Wayne City Utilities&#8217; Water Pollution Control Plant in three areas.<\/p>\n<p>The Plant, which treats up to 100 million gallons of sewage a day, received the Safety Excellence Award \u2013 for maintaining a safe, secure, and healthy operation.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, for the 19th year in a row, IWEA presented the Plant with the Laboratory Excellence Award for collecting and quality management of the data required to meet the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) standards.<\/p>\n<p>And finally, the nearby Biosolids Facility was honored for developing and implementing cost-effective, environmentally safe biosolids for public use with the Residuals and Resource Recover Award.<\/p>\n<p>IWEA is the Indiana chapter of the Water Environment Federation (WEF), a not-for-profit technical and educational organization of 36,000 individual members representing water quality professionals worldwide. The organization&#8217;s mission is to provide bold leadership, champion innovation, connect water professionals, and leverage knowledge to support clean and safe water.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/\">Return to the AroundFortWayne home page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20210422\/243139.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry during the Clean Drains Fort Wayne news conference held on April 22, 2021, by Friends of the Rivers and Fort Wayne City Utilities.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='87a489432962918f32660c614fa3162e' data-image-id=\"11237\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20210422\/243139.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20210422\/thumbs\/thumbs_243139.jpg\" data-title=\"Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry\" data-description=\"Fort Wayne Mayor 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