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Seven Environmental Honors for
WSSC’s Wastewater Treatment Plants

Damascus Goes Platinum Nine Consecutive Years

LAUREL, MD (August 19, 2009): For the ninth consecutive year, the Damascus Wastewater Treatment Plant has won the National Association of Clean Water Agencies’ (NACWA) Platinum Peak Performance Award. The award is presented annually to facilities that achieved 100 percent compliance with National Pollutant Discharge Elimination system permits over a period of five years or more. Damascus, which is run by Superintendent Sam Amad, is one of only 118 facilities in the nation to earn this honor in 2008.

NACWA presented Gold Peak Performance Awards and Silver Peak Performance Awards to six other WSSC wastewater treatment facilities. Gold Awards are presented to plants that achieve 100 percent compliance with the facility’s permits for an entire year. Winners of the Gold Award were the Seneca Wastewater Treatment Plant, Hyattstown Wastewater Treatment Plant, Parkway Wastewater Treatment Plant and WSSC’s newest wastewater treatment plant, Marlboro Meadows. Amad is also the superintendent of the Seneca and Hyattstown facilities. Kevin Selock is plant superintendent of the Parkway and Marlboro Meadows plants.

Silver Awards are presented to plants that achieved no more than five violations within a calendar year. Receiving the Silver were the Piscataway and Western Branch Wastewater Treatment plants. Dale Belschner is superintendent of Piscataway and Brian Mosby is superintendent of the Western Branch facility.

Teresa D. Daniell, Interim General Manager, recognized the honorees during today’s WSSC Commission meeting. “Environmental stewardship is at the heart of everything we do here at the Commission, said Daniell.” These awards are a testament to the hard work and dedication of our plant staffs who work tirelessly to keep our water safe and clean.”

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WSSC is the 8th largest water and wastewater utility in the nation, with a network of more than 5,500 miles of fresh water pipe and nearly 5,400 miles of sewer pipeline. Serving customers in Prince George’s and Montgomery counties since 1918, our drinking water has always met of exceeded federal standards.