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2009 Annual Report

DENR Recognizes the Clay Rural Water System for Compliance

The South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) announced that the Clay Rural Water System and the system’s certified operators have been awarded a Drinking Water Certificate of Achievement Award and a 2009 Excellent Operation and Maintenance Award.

The drinking water award is for outstanding water system operations and environmental compliance with state drinking water standards for the past year for both the Wakonda and South Union systems. The Operation and Maintenance award is for outstanding operations and compliance for the wastewater system at the Wynstone Water Treatment Plant.

The system’s certified operators are Tom Hollingsworth, Phil Iverson, Mike Schuldt, Evan Peterson and Rob Ganschow.

To qualify for the Drinking Water Certificate of Achievement Award, public water systems, and their operators, had to meet all of the following requirements for 2009:

• Compliance monitoring.
• Drinking water standards.
• Distribute a Drinking Water Report.
• Lead/copper action levels.
• Comply with operator certification requirements

The wastewater award is presented to systems that achieve outstanding operations and compliance with their surface water discharge permit. Clay RWS discharges filter backwash and reverse osmosis reject water from the Wynstone water plant to the Missouri River. The Wynstone plant is the source of water for the South Union system.

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Scholarship Winners Announce

The Clay Rural Water System Board of Directors has announced three recipients of the water systems annual scholarship program – The Jack and Arlene DeVany Scholarship Program.

The recipients are Mary Ellen Manning of Beresford, Jessica Ronning of Alcester and Emma Lee Getzin of Vermillion.

The scholarship program is named in honor of the water systems long-time attorney, Jack DeVany and his wife Arlene, a long-time educator. This is the 18^th year of the program.

Manning is currently enrolled at South Dakota State University in Brookings where she is pursuing a degree in early childhood education. She is the daughter of Pat and Tom Manning of rural Beresford.

Ronning is currently a senior at Alcester-Hudson High School and will enroll at South Dakota State University for the 2010-2011 academic year where she will pursue a degree in the College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences. She is the daughter of Randy and Diane Ronning of rural Alcester.

Getzin is currently a senior at Vermillion High School and will enroll at the University of South Dakota for the 2010-2011 academic year where she will pursue a pre-medical program. She is the daughter of Richard and Lois Getzin of Vermillion.

 

Mary Ellen Manning

Jessica Ronning

Emma Getzin

 

 

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Mission Statement
The mission of the Clay Rural Water System is to provide high quality water service to the members of the corporation at the lowest possible cost consistent with sound business practice.

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