Maine Water Utility Association Award (MWUA)

The MWUA held its bi-annual meeting at the Houlton Lodge of Elks club on June 11, 2015. The MWUA is a non profit membership organization established in 1925 to represent the water utility membership in the Legislature, policy proceedings, regulatory environment and networking. In addition the MWUA provides training to all its member systems. The Houlton Water Company has been a member since the inception of the MWUA, 

During the June MWUA meeting the Houlton Water Company (HWC) was the proud recipient of the MWUA Excellence in Operations award. The award recognizes outstanding performance where a team effort has coordinated to excellence in the following areas:

1. Consistent public health and environmental compliance;
2. Maintenance of system infrastructure and equipment;
3. Continuous water quality improvement; 
4. Training and education of utility employees;
5. Public education and outreach;
6. Research to improve the quality of drinking water.

The Excellence in Operations award is an honor to the HWC water department ably supervised by Brian McGuire and assisted by Kenneth Gonya, Thomas Rouse and Matthew Lincoln. In addition, all HWC personnel from all departments have contributed to the achievement of this Excellence award.