AMWA’s 2011 water utility performance awards program was launched in January, and members are encouraged to apply for the Gold Award for Exceptional Utility Performance or the Platinum Award for Utility Excellence. Criteria for the awards focus on areas where effectively managed utilities achieve successful outcomes in operations, infrastructure, customer satisfaction, natural resource stewardship and financial performance.
Participating utilities do not compete against each other, but are judged individually against the criteria by peer panels of water system managers from past award-winning utilities. Deadlines for submitting applications are June 1 for the Gold Awards and July 1 for the Platinum Awards. Winners will be recognized at AMWA’s 2011 Annual Meeting in Newport, R.I., October 16-19.
More information and copies of the awards application forms are online at www.amwa.net/cs/ceo_resources/awards. For questions about eligibility, contact Carolyn Peterson, 202- 331-2820 or [email protected].