Cincinnati takes the lead in water quality research and technology to protect public health.

Awards

Platinum Award for Sustained Competitiveness Achievement (2005)
Presented by Association of Metropolitan Water Utilities who recognized GCWW for long-term excellence in utility management.

Outstanding Achievement Award (2004)
Presented by the American Consulting Engineers of Ohio who recognized GCWW's Strategic Planning for Disinfection study on the use of ultraviolet (UV) light in water treatment.

Risk Reduction Achievement Award (2002)
Presented by the Alliance for Chemical Safety for GCWW's significant reduction in on-site storage and use of chlorine.

Gold Award for Competitiveness Achievement (2001)
Presented by the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies who recognized GCWW as one of the nation's best-operated water systems.

National Exemplary Wellhead Protection Award (2001)
Presented by the American Water Works Association to the Hamilton to New Baltimore Groundwater Consortium, created to protect Great Miami Aquifer. Bolton Plant treats groundwater from the aquifer for customers in parts of northwestern Hamilton County and parts of Butler and Warren Counties.

Grand Award for Excellence in Engineering Design (1999)
Presented by the Consulting Engineers Council to GCWW as a coinvestigator on an innovative study that determined the ability of various disinfectants to kill Cryptosporidium.

National Recognition

"It's as good as it gets...It's a proven success story and a good model for others"
-USEPA official Robert Clark, speaking about GCWW, Portland Sunday Oregonian

"Cincinnati system is a model" 
Cincinnati's monitoring program, and treatment system, were cited as examples of an "attitude which keeps Cincinnati in the vanguard of the nation's water suppliers, willing to enhance treatment measures to ensure safe drinking water for its residents."
-Headline and excerpt, Milwaukee Journal

"Cincinnati gets high marks for initiatives to enhance filtration plants."
-Wall Street Journal

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