Utility News

AWWU Receives Honors for Salmon in the City Program
February 2008

Anchorage Water and Wastewater Utility was recognized at the Alaska Forum on the Environment Convention, February 13, for their efforts to Protect, Preserve and Restore America's Coastal Heritage with the involvement in the Municipality's multi-agency creek stewardship initiative - Anchorage's Salmon in the City Restoration Initiative ... Read More

AWWU Treatment Director Named American Water Works Association President-elect - Craig Woolard
January 2008

Craig Woolard, Treatment Division Director, Anchorage Water and Wastewater Utility, has been elected by the American Water Works Association Board of Directors as the national organization's next president-elect ... Read More

Customer Survey Results
June 2007

AWWU's Customer Service Surveys, which were mailed with Utility statements in March, went to 50,647 customers and were returned by 5,249 or 10.4 percent of the Utility's customer base. Water Customers reported a satisfaction level of 95.8 percent, while wastewater customers report a satisfaction level of 96.5 percent ... Read More

Eagle River Plant Wins Top National Award
November 2006

Anchorage Water and Wastewater Utility's Eagle River Wastewater Treatment Facility staff received the Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies (AMSA) Platinum Award in recognition of the facility's five consecutive years without a wastewater treatment violation ... Read More

Record Water Production
July 2004

AWWU broke both water production and water usage records on Sunday and Monday, July 11 and 12. AWWU produced 60,089,980 gallons of water on Monday after Anchorage residents set an all-time four-hour water demand record of 97.4 million gallons on Sunday. With continual sunny and hot weather ... Read More

AWWU Recognized For Excellent Management
March 2004

Anchorage Water & Wastewater Utility received an Excellence in Management Recognition from the Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies (AMSA) during an awards ceremony at AMSA’s 2004 Winter Conference. The Excellence in Management Recognition Program recognizes ... Read More

AWWU Receives AMWA Gold Award
November 2001

Anchorage Water and Wastewater Utility received a Gold Award for significant accomplishments in Competitiveness Achievement at the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA) annual meeting. The Utility was honored for its internal competitive process, designed and driven by employees to make AWWU a world-class utility ... Read More

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