DeKalb water treatment centers win state awards

All three DeKalb County water and wastewater treatment plants recently won statewide honors for their work.

The Georgia Association of Water Professionals awarded the Pole Bridge and Snapfinger sewer plants with its platinum award, in recognition of having gone five years without an pollution violations.

The association awarded the Scott Candler water plant with a gold award for completing 2011 without any pollution or permit violations.

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