2002 Pretreatment Winners Announced

The Chesterfield County Department of Utilities Pretreatment Program recently presented awards to fourteen local industries for their contributions to the environment.

Receiving the Gold Award for achieving exemplary compliance with all pretreatment requirements and receiving no notices of violations or warnings during the reporting year were: Hill PHOENIX, Bellwood Printing Plant, U.S. Filter, Inc., Kaiser Aluminum, Wako Chemicals, USA, Inc., Virginia Water Systems, Inc., Carl Zeiss Optical, Inc., Shoosmith Brothers Truck Wash, Defense Supply Center Richmond and ALSTOM Power, Inc.

The Silver Award for achieving outstanding compliance with the pretreatment requirements and receiving only one warning during the reporting year was given to United Parcel Service and Quantum Silicones.

Defense Supply Center Richmond received the Most Improved Industry Award for significantly reducing their water usage, reducing the levels of pollutants in their waste stream and their multiple recycling efforts.

The Exemplary Pollution Prevention Award for their extensive recycling program and for maintaining their ISO 14001 industry certification for three periodical audits went to ALSTOM Power, Inc.