Treatment
Treatment Plant Optimization Program
More than 250 utilities and 400 treatment plants consistently provide the highest quality drinking water possible to 85 million people and counting. Become a Partnership for Safe Water subscriber and helps ensure the production and delivery of safe, high quality water.
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The Treatment System Optimization Program is Based on Four Distinct Phases
Phase I: Commitment
An honest commitment is required so that utilities are fully engaged in the optimization process.
Phase II: Baseline & Annual Data Collection
Baseline and annual data is submitted for inclusion in the Partnership for Safe Water’s annual report and to measure improvement.
Phase III: Self-Assessment
The Phase III Self-Assessment Completion Report is required to receive the Directors Award. Learn how utilities prioritize and focus their report; and access the checklist to better understand report elements.
Phase IV: Fully Optimized System
Phase IV recognizes the highest level of optimization with exclusive Excellence in Water Treatment Award, and the Presidents Award, recognizing progress towards full optimization.
Reporting Data
Treatment plants are required to report turbidity data and optimization information as part of the program’s annual reporting process.
Treatment Program Awards
Directors Award
Awarded based on a peer-reviewed self-assessment of plant operations and water quality data, the Directors Award establishes utilities as high-performing providers of safe drinking water.
Longevity Awards
Partnership subscribers’ enduring commitment to optimization is celebrated at 5-year intervals, with awards recognizing 5, 10, and 15 years of optimization and beyond.
Presidents Award
More stringent performance requirements recognize treatment plants that achieve the Partnership’s rigorous individual filter effluent turbidity standards and are working to full optimization.
Excellence Award
The highest level of Partnership awards, the Phase IV Excellence Award celebrates achieving the most rigorous of requirements and realizing full system optimization.
