{"id":119375,"date":"2025-06-28T12:00:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T16:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=119375"},"modified":"2025-06-27T15:48:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T19:48:30","slug":"open-house-to-celebrate-national-water-quality-award-20250702","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/06\/28\/open-house-to-celebrate-national-water-quality-award-20250702\/","title":{"rendered":"Open House to celebrate National Water Quality Award &#8211; 7\/2\/2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/tCity_Utilities_logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-99823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/tCity_Utilities_logo.jpg 500w, 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\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fort Wayne City Utilities invites the public to a special open house and recognition event on July 2, 2025, at the Three Rivers Filtration Plant.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Fort Wayne City Utilities news release:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Open House to Celebrate National Water Quality Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fort Wayne, Indiana (June 27, 2025) \u2014 City Utilities invites the public to a special open house and recognition event on Wednesday, July 2, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Three Rivers Filtration Plant, 415 Baltes Avenue (across the street from the Old Fort).<\/p>\n<p>The event celebrates the Utility\u2019s 25-Year Directors Award from the Partnership for Safe Water, a national honor recognizing long-term excellence in water treatment and public health protection.<\/p>\n<p>The award reflects a legacy of excellence in water treatment and the team\u2019s unwavering commitment to delivering clean, safe water every day.<\/p>\n<p>Staff will be on hand to explain how the plant treats and delivers high-quality drinking water and to share the history of the iconic facility.<\/p>\n<p>Free parking is available on site. Please follow posted signs upon arrival.<\/p>\n<p>The Partnership for Safe Water 25-Year Directors Award is sponsored by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the American Water Works Association (AWWA), the World Environmental Federation (WEF), the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA, the Association of State Drinking Water Administrators (ASDWA), the National Association of Water Companies (NAWC), and the Water Research Foundation (WRF).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/71709.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Mayor Tom Henry announces call for referendum vote on the gaming issue during a press conference on February 27, 2009.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='be1ab46186302e6d5cfe4cd84e15f445' data-image-id=\"199\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/71709.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_71709.jpg\" data-title=\"2009\/02\/27: Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry\" data-description=\"Mayor Tom Henry announces call for referendum vote on the gaming issue during a press conference on February 27, 2009.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2009\/02\/27: Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2009\/02\/27: Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"199\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_71709.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/71710.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Mayor Tom Henry shakes hands with Allen County Councilman Paul Moss after the press conference announcing his decision to seek a referendum vote on the gaming issue.  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Tim Haffner is on the right.  Photo taken May 1, 2009.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2009\/05\/01: Deputy Mayor Greg Purcell\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2009\/05\/01: Deputy Mayor Greg Purcell\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"1698\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_85095.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/harrison_street_explored.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Illustration from the Harrison Street Explored invitation. Courtesy image.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='be1ab46186302e6d5cfe4cd84e15f445' data-image-id=\"1716\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/harrison_street_explored.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_harrison_street_explored.jpg\" data-title=\"Harrison Street Explored Illustration\" data-description=\"Illustration from the Harrison Street Explored invitation. 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