DEP's Plant Operations Excellence Award Program

Each year, the department presents awards to drinking water and domestic wastewater facilities around the state that demonstrate excellence in operation, maintenance, innovative treatment, waste reduction and pollution prevention, recycling, or other special achievements. These awards recognize facilities that demonstrate a special commitment to excellence in management through dedicated professionalism.

Facilities that demonstrate excellence are encouraged to complete and submit a self-nominating form to their local DEP district, local program, or Approved County Health Department (ACHD) office.

Awards are presented to one facility in each of the department’s six district offices for each of the following types of drinking water facilities:

• Small Community water systems serving < 3,300 persons.
• Medium Community water systems serving 3,300 to 50,000 persons.
• Large Community water systems serving > 50,000 persons.
• Non-Community water systems (includes both Transient and Non-Transient).

For domestic wastewater facilities, the award categories within each DEP district are:

• Type I domestic wastewater facility (permitted capacity of 500,000 gallons per day or greater).
• Type II domestic wastewater facility (permitted capacity of 100,000 up to but not including 500,000 gallons per day).
• Type III domestic wastewater facility (permitted capacity of over 2,000 up to but not including 100,000 gallons per day).

2022 Plant Operations Excellence Award Winners

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Division of Water Resource Management congratulates the winners of the 2022 Plant Operations Excellence Awards for drinking water and domestic wastewater facilities from around the state. The awards are presented to facilities that demonstrate excellence in operation, maintenance, innovative treatment, waste reduction and pollution prevention, recycling or other special achievements.

2022 Domestic Wastewater Treatment Plant Award Winners

2022 Drinking Water Treatment Plant Award Winners