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Water news, advancements and practice —
consolidating
MainStream and
Waterweek |
June 23, 2010
Volume 2, Number 15 |
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QUICK TAKES
Taste Test: Stevens Point, Wis.
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Kim Halverson,
utility director, and Gary Kuplic, water superintendent, were
on hand Tuesday at ACE10 in Chicago to accept Stevens Point
Water District's first-place honors for North America's
best-tasting tap water.
Photo by David
Plank |
AWWA's sixth annual “Best of the Best” Water Taste Test was
won by the Stevens
Point (Wis.,) Water Department. At ACE10's Tuesday
competition, 21 North American utilities battled for the title of
absolute best-tasting tap water after winning their AWWA Section
contests.
The
New York City Department of Environmental Protection received
second place in the competition, while the
Lincoln Water System of Nebraska and
Silverdale Water District of Washington tied for third place.
Stevens Point WD has pumped groundwater to serve central
Wisconsin residents since 1922. All water is created equal in
terms of its two basic components, yet water taste and odor differ
based on constituents in either the source water — river, lake or
aquifer — or those added or removed during the water treatment
process.
A panel of four judges rated each water sample based on its
flavor characteristics; the judges were: Stephen Booth of
Kennedy/Jenks, and Monique Durand, an engineer at Hazen and Sawyer
(both of whom serve on AWWA's Taste and Odor Committee); Pinar
Omur-Ozbek, research assistant professor in the Department of
Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University;
and Matt Rodewald, reporter for Chicago’s NBC affiliate.
Following are honorable mentions for this year’s competition:
City of Allegan, Mich.; City
of Blythe, Ga;
Aurora (Colo.) Water;
Ave Maria (Fla.) Utility Company;
Massachusetts Water Resources Authority;
Village of Canajoharie (N.Y.) Water Works;
Guaraguao Treatment Plant, Ponce, Puerto Rico;
City of Hamilton, Ohio;
Hardin County (Ky.) Water District No. 2; Kearns
(Utah) Improvement District;
Marshalltown (Iowa) Water Works;
Moorhead (Minn.) Public Service;
San Patricio (Texas) Municipal Water District;
St. Charles (La.) Water District No. 1;
City of Stratford, Ontario;
Valley City (N.D) Public Works; and the
Village of Park Forest, Ill.
Kristina Twigg, Contributing Editor
Posted: 06/23/2010 |
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Final Billing Charges
Effective with final readings requested on May 16th, 2006 and
after there will be a $10.00 special reading meter reading charge and a $5.00
administrative fee to produce the final bill.
Cross - Connection
City wide cross-connection surveys will begin this year.
Residential customers entire properties will be inspected for cross
connections as Water Department personnel will be completing required water
meter exchanges every ten years.
Public, Industrial and Commercial properties will be surveyed by a
hired cross connection professional. All of these surveys should be
completed in three to four years.
Letters will be sent to sent to properties to schedule these
surveys.
For more information on our DNR required cross connection program
please visit
www.stevenspointwaterdpt.org/xconnect.htm.
Keeping Water Clean & Safe
It
is everyone's job to protect
water from unnecessary pollution.
The Hydrologic Cycle
Stevens Point Water Department
300 Bliss Avenue
P.O. Box 243
Stevens Point, WI 54481 - 0243
Phone: 715-345-5260
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