Water plant gets award
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JOSEPH “MAC” MIDGETT WATER PLANT in Rodanthe was selected as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 2010 Safe Drinking Water Excellence Award Winner in the Small Water System Category. Region 4 includes the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
The Joseph “Mac” Midgett Water Plant began construction on October 25, 1994, and was completed and put in operation in March of 1996. It serves the villages of Rodanthe, Waves, and Salvo on Hatteras Island. The plant has won several awards including the Southeast Desalting Association Membrane Plant Award in 2000 and the North Carolina Rural Water Association’s Best Tasting Water contest in 2003 and 2008.
The EPA Region 4 Safe Drinking Water Excellence Awards program highlights highly effective operations and maintenance programs and recognizes commitment by local administration and plant personnel towards maintaining and protecting drinking water and public water supplies.
Awards are given to small communities with less than 3,300 served, medium communities with between 3,300 and 10,000 served, and large communities with greater than 10,000 served. These include surface and ground water systems.
Each year the North Carolina American Water Works Association, the North Carolina Water Environment Association, and the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Public Water Supply all partner with each other in facilitating the review of applications and recommending systems in each category to be nominated in representing North Carolina in the EPA Region 4′s awards program. EPA region 4 then selects one winner for each category from all the nominees submitted by the states in their region.