Birmingham and its Alabama surroundings are home to more than half a million people. One of the plants supplying them with water has reached a high level of achievement, despite persistent challenges with part of its raw water supply. The others are not far behind.
The Western Filter Plant is one of four owned by Birmingham Water Works, which delivers about 100 mgd to its customers. The plant’s technology is familiar, but what the operations team has done with it is not. In 2013, the team won the Award of Excellence from the American Water Works Association. In 2018, the plant
