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437 Treatment Plants Receive 2006 NACWA Peak Performance Award
July 17, 2007 - NACWA's Peak Performance Awards Program recognizes
individual NACWA member treatment facilities for excellence in wastewater treatment
as measured by compliance with their National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System (NPDES) permit requirements. The Program consists of three honorary categories --
Platinum, Gold, and Silver. Platinum Awards are awarded to facilities with
perfect compliance records over the past five years, Gold Awards are awarded to facilities
with a perfect compliance record over the calendar year, and Silver Awards are awarded to
facilities with no more than five permit exceedences over the calendar year.
In the calendar year 2006, 91 plants earned a Platinum Award, 191 plants earned a Gold Award, and 155 plants earned
a Silver Award for their continued operational excellence.
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2006 NACWA Service Charge Index
January 30, 2007 - NACWA released the results of its 2006 NACWA service charge index
which annually tracks average annual single-family residential service charge increases as measured
against the rate of inflation. Because there is a wide range of rate structures
implemented by utilities (e.g., one or a combination of flat rates, fixed or tiered
volume rates, tax rates), the average annual single-family residential sewer service
charge (inclusive of collection and treatment) provides a consistent benchmark to
measure the price of service and changes in the price of service among public
utilities nationwide.
Average residential sewer service charges across the nation increased again in 2006,
according to the NACWA Index. The annual NACWA Index demonstrates that the average
sewer charge that a residential, single-family customer pays for wastewater services
increased 6.4 percent nationwide in 2006 – more than double the rate of inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
The average sewer service charge for a single-fmaily residential user nationwide was $292.02 for the year 2006. For a full
analysis of the NACWA Index, please see NACWA's March 2007 edition of the Clean Water News.
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2005 NACWA Financial Survey Available
February 3, 2006 - NACWA released the 2005 Financial Survey final report to its membership, and
the data is now available online via Cleanwater Central.
Since 1981, the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) has performed a financial survey
of its membership every three years. The triennial survey is designed to provide NACWA members,
government officials, and the public, insight into the financing and management of clean water utilities
and to track industry trends. NACWA’s membership is comprised of over 300 public wastewater treatment
agencies in 45 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, and serves over 120 million people.
A total of 141 clean water agencies representing over 81 million persons served by centralized sewer
service, responded to the 2005 NACWA Financial Survey.
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