Every year, ACWA recognizes the achievements of an Outstanding Agency and an Outstanding Individual who have excelled in the areas of pollution prevention, environmental leadership, or innovation in environmental management. Nominations for these awards are solicited from all ACWA members each year, and the ACWA Board selects the award winners, who are recognized at the […]
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2018 ACWA Awards
Outstanding Agency: City of Gresham Water Resources Division. The City of Gresham was recognized as an outstanding member agency for its Stormdrain Cleaning Assistance Program, developed and implemented by the City’s Water Resources Division. This innovative and highly successful program offers steeply discounted cleaning of privately-owned storm drains to businesses and other property owners by […]
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Outstanding Agency: City of Prineville. ACWA’s 2017 Outstanding Agency Award was awarded to the City of Prineville and Eric Klann, Public Works Director, for completion of the Crooked River Wetland Complex. Prineville’s integrated approach to managing wastewater through beneficial reuse has grown to include the creation and restoration of wetlands, floodplains, riparian areas, and public […]
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We use the ACWA awards to recognize our outstanding members and individuals. Outstanding Member Agency The City of Salem was recognized for implementing ‘best-in-class’ energy efficiency practices. Through its Energy Management Team, the City of Salem identified and implemented $95,000 of energy savings in its first year. Starting in 2012, the Salem Energy Management Team […]
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Outstanding Member Agency The City of Gresham Wastewater Treatment Plant was named ACWA Outstanding Members Agency for 2015 for becoming a ‘zero net energy’ treatment plant. Gresham celebrated its net-zero energy wastewater treatment plant accomplishment in an Earth Day celebration that included community members, dignitaries, and children from a local school. Gresham’s 20 MGD activated […]
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Clean Water Services was recognized as an outstanding member agency for its efforts to restore the Tualatin River. Faced with stringent temperature requirements in the Tualatin River, Clean Water Services embarked upon Oregon’s first temperature trading program. Over the past 10 years, Clean Water Services has used its community-based water quality trading program to work with […]
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