Contact: Don Howard
Phone: (336) 433-7228

City of Greensboro North Buffalo Wastewater Treatment Plant
Receives “Silver Peak Performance” Award

GREENSBORO, NC -- (September 5, 2007) --The City of Greensboro North Buffalo Wastewater Treatment Plant was awarded the Silver Peak Performance Award from the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA). NACWA recognizes public wastewater treatment facilities for their outstanding compliance records in the 2006 calendar year.

The North Buffalo Wastewater Treatment Plant received the Silver Peak Performance Award, which recognizes facilities that have received no more than five NPDES permit violations per calendar year. According to Don Howard, Water Reclamation Manager, “Our team of licensed wastewater operators and maintenance people have labored together to achieve this noteworthy award.”

This award is further indication of the City's efforts in achieving environmental compliance and protecting our greatest natural resource -- water. 

For more information on City of Greensboro water quality efforts, visit us at: www.greensboro-nc.gov/Water.

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