When the City of Manassas Public Works and Utilities Department received the 2011 Excellence in Water Treatment Plant Performance silver award, operators at the city's water treatment plant were pleased to be recognized.
Presented by the Virginia Department of Health Office of Drinking Water, the award capped a four-year plant improvement process that included a major upgrade in 2010. The $6.2 million upgrade included switching from chlorine to chloramine disinfection, upgrading filters, installing automated sediment basin cleaning, and adding a new SCADA graphical user interface.
Notified by the health department in October 2007 that
