Come PCBs or Ebola, Spartanburg Water Is Ready

Crisis management begins with a strong foundation. At Spartanburg Water, that foundation led the utility through a PCB contamination crisis and, later, made the utility a leader in Ebola preparation.
Come PCBs or Ebola, Spartanburg Water Is Ready
In 2013, Spartanburg Water dealt with PCB contamination. Shown here is the Fairforest Reclaimed Water Treatment Plant, where the utility had to do a small scale cleanup of a storage tank that held PCB-tainted sludge.

“Do the right thing” is more than a platitude for our children. The concept has real, bottom-line consequences, which can carry a utility through crisis.

At Spartanburg Water, which serves customers in northwestern South Carolina, that philosophy led the utility through a PCB...

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