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Pottstown Borough Water Plant Rejoins Partnership For Safe Water
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Pottstown Borough Water Plant, MontgomeryCounty, recently became reinstated into the Partnership for Safe Water Program, a voluntary effort to provide safe drinking water. The Pottstown Borough Water Plant is currently the 6th plant in MontgomeryCounty to become a member of the national program. The water system provides drinking water service to approximately 36,000 people.
The Partnership for Safe Water is made up of DEP, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Pennsylvania Section American Water Works Association and other drinking water organizations. Its goal is to implement preventative measures that are based on optimizing treatment plant performance.
The program is specifically geared toward identifying weaknesses in plant operation, design, and administration that could lead to a breakthrough of waterborne disease-causing organisms into the finished water that is distributed to consumers. Correcting these weaknesses helps prevent waterborne disease outbreaks from pathogenic organisms like Cryptosporidium and Giardia.
By participating in the program, the Pottstown Borough Water Plant is working to provide an additional measure of protection to drinking water consumers.
Currently, 116 surface water treatment plants serving over 6 million people are involved in Pennsylvania's Partnership program.
For more information, contact Kevin Anderson, Bureau of Water Standards and Facility Regulation, 717-783-9764 or send email to: keanderson@state.pa.us.
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7/19/2010 |
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