Water treatment plants in Lee, Scott and Wise counties were among nearly 80 facilities statewide that were recognized this month for excellence in their treatment procedures and daily workings.
The Virginia Department of Health’s (VDH) Excellence in Granular Media Water Treatment Plant Performance Awards were presented to 79 of the 131 treatment plants in the state that use “granular media gravity flow filters” to filter impurities from drinking water.
According to VDH officials, granular media filters use sand and/or anthracite, garnet, activated carbon or other media to filter impurities from drinking water.
The awards were given according to three levels of effectiveness and performance — including gold, silver and bronze acknowledgments.
In Lee County, the town of Pennington Gap received a silver award for their water treatment plant, while Jonesville was recognized with a bronze award.
Bronze awards are given to treatment facilities for meeting or exceeding filtration standards during each month of the year. Silver awards are granted to plants that met the filtration standards, as well as standards for water clarity and/or cleaning processes.
“These awards recognize those treatment plants that produce water that is at least three times cleaner than required by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and those plants that demonstrate excellence in their day-to-day operations,” said Dr. Wesley Kleene, VDH Office of Drinking Water Director, in a recent press release.
Adam Young is a Staff Writer for the Middlesboro Daily News. He can be contacted by e-mail at ayoung@heartlandpublications.com.
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