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Greenville Water Treatment Plants Receive Prestigious Recognition
Greenville SC – March 13, 2018 – Greenville Water’s Witty Adkins Water Treatment Plant and L.B. Stovall Water Treatment Plant received the prestigious Presidents Award and Directors Award from the Partnership for Safe Water. The Adkins Plant has received the Presidents Award for four years and the Directors Award for…
Continue reading →Greenville Water Employee Recognized As 2018 Distribution Operator of the Year
Greenville SC- March 13, 2018-Wayne Benson, Field Operations Manager for Greenville Water was recognized by American Water Works Association South Carolina Section as the 2018 Distribution Operator of the Year. This award recognizes those in the water industry who have achieved excellence in operation and maintenance. This attainment represents a…
Continue reading →Keowee-Toxaway Basin Recovers to Stage 0 Drought
March 1, 2018 The Keowee-Toxaway Drought Management Advisory Group (KT-DMAG) announced today that due to recent rainfall and the U.S. Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Hartwell and Thurmond reservoirs rising to levels that allow the KT Low Inflow Protocol (LIP) to recover to a lower stage, the Keowee-Toxaway (KT) River Basin…
Continue reading →Greenville Water Acknowledged for Excellence In Financial Reporting
Greenville SC- February 6, 2018- For the fourth year in a row, the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) has awarded Greenville Water the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for its comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR). The Certificate of Achievement is the…
Continue reading →Standard & Poor’s Affirms Greenville Water’s Credit Standing
Report cites affordable rates and strong management. Greenville SC- November 14, 2017- Standard & Poor’s has affirmed Greenville Water’s ‘AAA’ rating. Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC is an American financial services company. It is a division of S&P Global that publishes financial research and analysis on stocks, bonds and…
Continue reading →AMWA Awards Honor Management Excellence at Drinking Water Utilities
St. Simons, Ga. – The Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA) honored 14 public drinking water systems with its top utility management awards on October 16 in ceremonies at its 2017 Executive Management Conference in St. Simons, Ga. Six systems received the Sustainable Water Utility Management Award, five received the…
Continue reading →Fitch Ratings Affirms Greenville Water’s Credit Standing
Report cites stable financial future. Greenville, S.C.- August 7, 2017- Fitch Ratings has affirmed Greenville Water’s ‘AAA’ rating. Fitch Ratings is a leading provider of credit ratings, commentary and research. Credit ratings are an opinion on the ability of an entity to meet financial obligations. Credit ratings impact borrowing power and…
Continue reading →Greenville Water Acknowledged for Financial Excellence
Greenville SC – February 7, 2017 – The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) has awarded Greenville Water the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for its comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR). The Certificate of Achievement is the highest form of recognition in…
Continue reading →Greenville Water Resumes Withdrawals from Table Rock Reservoir
Pinnacle Mountain fire had no impact to quality of drinking water. Greenville SC-January 9, 2017- Greenville Water will resume withdrawing drinking water from Table Rock Reservoir this week after numerous sample tests reveal no change in the water quality following the Pinnacle Mountain fire. The Pinnacle Mountain fire began in…
Continue reading →Pinnacle Mountain Fire
On November 9, 2016 a campfire abruptly became a wildfire within Table Rock State Park. At this time, it posed no threat to the Table Rock Watershed. The South Carolina Forestry Commission and local fire departments initiated efforts to fight the fire. South Carolina’s Air National Guard deployed two helicopters,…
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