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Tasty tap - Water quality tops in Bluefield, Va. |
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
March 27, 2009
The
town of Bluefield, Va. has garnered a unique honor that is
worthy of celebrating. During a meeting earlier this week of the Virginia Rural
Water Conference, the town was recognized as having the “Best Water Plant of
the Year” in the Commonwealth
of Virginia.
According to Bluefield, Va. Town Manager Todd Day, the water plant
of the year award is presented to a municipal system that excels in water plant
maintenance and water plant upkeep, as well as in areas of growth and
expansion. The award is presented to only one water plant in the Commonwealth
each year.
This is the second time in the last 10 years that Virginia’s
Tallest Town has garnered the unique honor. Day
attributes the success of the municipal water system to town employees, and
those who operate the water plant.
The town just completed a multi-million dollar capital improvement project
about a year and-a-half ago. The upgrades included a new water plant, a new
distribution system and the replacement of aging water lines across the town.
Day said the capital improvement project will help to ensure continued growth in
Bluefield, Va. According to Day, the new water system
has an 80 percent accountability rate, and at times that accountability level
exceeds 90 percent. The accountability rate is a measure of water that can be
accounted for in a water system.
“I think it’s a pretty outstanding accomplishment in today’s economic times to
be able to say the water plant and the employees over there have strived for
excellence,” Day said Thursday. “There is no question that the consumers who
consume water from the Bluefield, Va., water plant can rest assured that they
are getting the best quality water that the water plant can produce.”
We join Day in commending the town employees responsible for this prestigious
honor. It’s good to know that the residents of Bluefield, Va.,
are drinking among the best water in the state that is produced from the best
water plant in the Commonwealth.
That’s a winning combination for Virginia’s Tallest Town.
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