Clean Water Awards competition deadline extended

The U.S. Poultry & Egg Association has extended the deadline for submitting applications for the 2009 Clean Water Awards until February 11, 2009.
The award recognizes outstanding water treatment plant performance in the poultry production industry. The winners will be announced at USPOULTRY’s Environmental Management Seminar in Nashville, Tenn., March 3 and 4, 2009.
There are two categories for the award: one for full treatment facilities (those that fully reclaim their wastewater prior to discharge into a receiving water or final land application system) and one for pretreatment facilities (those that discharge pretreated effluent to publicly-owned full treatment facilities).
Any USPOULTRY member company is eligible to submit one nominee in each category. Facilities which have previously won the award may not be re-nominated for five years. An evaluation committee, which is comprised of university personnel, industry engineers and managers, and state regulatory officials, will review the applications package and select two semifinalist facilities in each category.
The review committee will then visit the semifinalist facilities to select the award recipients.Award recipients will receive a trophy, be profiled on the USPOULTRY web site, and receive assistance from the association in publicizing the award on a local, regional, and national level.