The Water Environment Federation is recognizing 15 utilities for significantly reducing nutrient pollution, one of the leading problems for the health of waterways across the United States.
The utilities were selected through Nutrient Smart (NSmart), a collaboration between WEF and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to recognize utilities that have demonstrated nitrogen or phosphorus reductions and developed robust community outreach programs.
NSmart also provides information and tools to help utilities make large reductions in nutrients and discharge cleaner water to the environment. According to the EPA, more than 100,000 miles of rivers and streams — close to 2.5 million acres of lakes
