The Onslow Water and Sewer Authority (ONWASA) is a joint utility company founded in 2000 to tap into excess wastewater treatment plant capacity at the Marine Corps’ Camp Lejeune, N.C., treatment plant. The authority serves unincorporated Onslow County, N.C., and the towns of Holly Ridge, North Topsail Beach, Swansboro and Richlands, as well as parts of Jacksonville.
Nearly four years ago, James Ruth became the general manager of the Orange County Sanitation District (OCSD) in Southern California, after previously working as a city manager and CEO of Orange County. Upon joining OCSD, he set out to improve the agency’s efficiency while also protecting the environment, managing a capital improvement program and establishing a strategic, long-term approach to the agency’s business.
In 1994, the wastewater service provider for Greenville, S.C., – the Western Carolina Regional Sewer Authority – underwent a strategic planning process to address the region’s wastewater treatment facilities’ misalignment with the area’s growth rate and rapidly changing water quality standards.
Southern Champion Construction Inc. has established a reputation as a builder of water and wastewater treatment facilities throughout the Southeast. The Stone Mountain, Ga.-based firm prides itself on its accomplishments, primarily the positive impact it has had on the environment, it says.
Read more: Southern Champion – Yahoola Creek Water Treatment Plant
By September 2010, the town of Cave Creek, Ariz., will be able to fully meet its wastewater treatment needs when it completes a $25 million sanitary sewer system expansion project. The project includes a new .75 million gallon per day (MGD) water reclamation facility (WRF), five miles of sewer pipeline, five miles of effluent reuse pipeline and demolition of the town’s existing water reclamation plant.
Nearly nine months after the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act went into affect, the construction of several crucial projects have been put into action. For Truckee Meadows Water Authority (TMWA) in Reno, Nev., federal stimulus funds reserved for green projects will present substantial local benefits to its customers.
Growth can be difficult to handle. Although all companies want to achieve a certain level of success, it is possible that with excessive growth and the addition of services, quality of work may suffer due to an inability to attract talented employees to accommodate that rapid growth.
Self-reliance is not frowned upon at Western Water Constructors Inc. Instead, the company’s ability to do things on its own has enabled more efficiency in its work, Vice President and Chief Estimator Josh McGarva says. For instance, generating its own project management software has allowed Western Water to have very little paper documentation on its project sites, he says.
Read more: Western Water Constructors Inc. - Ironhouse Wastewater Treatment Expansion
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