Raleigh Water Aims for Superior Water Quality and Standards

Raleigh Water provides the City and surrounding merger towns with the highest quality water every day. This means prioritizing both taste and safety. 
Recently, Raleigh Water Utilities Coordinator, Carla Meadows received an invitation to attend the Partnership for Clean Water Process Effectiveness Assessment Committee Phase III Training (PCW PEAC PIII Training). That’s a lot to take in—so let’s break it down.
 

Understanding the Partnership

The American Water Works Association (AWWA) creates rules to keep wastewater and drinking water clean and safe. Under AWWA, two key programs work to establish standards for world-class water quality:

• The Partnership for Clean Water – Focuses on optimizing wastewater utilities on a global scale.
• The Partnership for Safe Water – Recognizes drinking water providers that perform at the highest standards.

Being invited to this training is an honor for Raleigh Water. Meadows attended with Raleigh Water, Senior Utilities Analyst, Haley Page to give the City a stronger voice.

The Training Experience

The two-day training in Denver, Co covered reviewing applications and working on water quality standards. Both Meadows and Page shared their ideas along with other public utility professionals from across the nation. 

Bringing Knowledge Back to Raleigh Water

Meadows shared this, “It was truly a remarkable and valuable opportunity for Raleigh Water to have a seat at the table where key decisions are made. This involvement allows us to share our insights and challenges, contributing to the development of a more equitable and effective program across all utilities. At the same time, it enables us to bring back valuable knowledge from other industry stakeholders, helping to drive Raleigh Water’s mission of being a world-class organization”

Why Does This Matter?

This initiative shows Raleigh Water’s continued commitment to keeping our water safe for everyday use.
Page emphasized the importance of this effort, “If you live in a city or a town that makes the effort to start the partnership for clean or safe water process, that means that you have a commitment to excellence from that city or town and that they are contributing not only to making sure that you get safe, clean drinking water but that they're protecting the environment around you and that they are using sustainable resources that will protect our environment for years to come."

What’s Next?

Meadows and Page will continue to work with the others from the training to review applications and to develop the new phase for the Partnership for Clean Water. Some participants from the training plan to visit Raleigh Water’s wastewater plants to see the advancements we’ve made in wastewater recovery.
 

Raleigh Water’s Award-Winning Excellence

The E.M. Johnson Water Treatment Plant has received the Director’s Award from the Partnership for Safe Water for 10 years in a row.