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Charlotte Water: Award-Winning Utility

Charlotte Water is proud to be an award-winning utility.

Below is a list of the awards we have won in recent years.

NACWA Peak Performance Awards
The Peak Performance Awards recognizes NACWA member agency facilities for excellence in permit compliance. The Platinum Award recognizes 100% compliance with permits over a consecutive five-year period.

16 utility employees and supervisors line up on grass for a group photo, man in middle wearing a grey polo shirt holds a framed award plaque and behind the group is a large orange pipe crossing above them spanning across grey metal pipe supports
McAlpine Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant
15 utility employees and supervisors line up on grass to pose for group photo in front of a large sign Charlotte Water McDowell Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant 4901 Neck Road
McDowell Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant
12 utility technicians and supervisors in polo shirts pose on green grass for a group photo in front of a large two-story concrete and green windowed building with the name Sugar Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility above
Sugar Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant
14 utility employees and supervisors pose for a group photo standing behind a charcoal grey stone sign Mallard Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant Charlotte Mechlenburgn Utility Dept, and a one-story brick building appears behind them
Mallard Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant
5 utility supervisors dressed in polo shirts stand on green grass in front of a large, round concrete water treatment structure
Ashe Plantation Wastewater Treatment Plant

NACWA Peak Performance  Platinum Award

  • McDowell Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (2008-2011, and 2017-2025)
  • McAlpine Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (2012-2025)
  • Mallard Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (2009-2012, 2020 – 2025)
  • Sugar Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (2020, 2021, 2022)
  • Oxford Glen Wastewater Treatment Plant (2021)
  • Ashe Plantation (2023 – 2025)
  • Irwin Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (2025)

NACWA Peak Performance Gold Award

  • McDowell Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (2002, 2004-2007, and 2013-2016)
  • McAlpine Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (2002-2003, 2006 and 2008-2011)
  • Mallard Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (2005-2008, 2014 and 2016-2018)
  • Irwin Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (2002, 2009, 2012, 2017, 2021 – 2024)
  • Sugar Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (2002, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016-2018, and 2025)
  • Ashe Plantation Wastewater Treatment Plant (2021)

NACWA Peak Performance Silver Award

  • McDowell Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (2000-2001, 2003 and 2012)
  • McAlpine Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (1999-2001, 2004-2005 and 2007)
  • Mallard Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (2002, 2004, 2013, and 2015)
  • Irwin Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (1999, 2003-2004, 2008, 2010-2011, and 2014-2016, 2018)
  • Sugar Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (1999-2001, 2003-2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2023, and 2024)

Utility of the Future Today (2017 – 2020, 2022, 2025)
This program recognizes utilities that exhibit sustainability and resilience in the communities they serve.

6 utility supervisors stand in front of a large water association sign for a group photo, woman in middle in dark suit along with man with cream shirt jointly hold a grey framed award plaque

NC One Water Disaster Preparedness Award (2022)

3 utility technicians dress in office casual wear pose in front of a wooded area, the middle person in a plaid shirt holds a wood and metal awards plaque
Charlotte Water Security & Preparedness Team

ACEC Engineering Excellence Award (2022)

  • Awarded to the Irwin Creek Tributaries Sanitary Sewer Replacement Project
7 utility employees dressed for a holiday party pose in front of a Christmas tree for a photo while one man in a dark suit, white shirt and black necktie holds water drop shaped glass trophy
ACEC Engineering Excellence Award

Partnership for Safe Water Treatment Program (2018)
5-Year Directors Award (Phase III)
The Partnership’s award-winning utilities demonstrate an outstanding commitment to delivering superior quality drinking water to customers.  Utilities that subscribe to the Partnership are dedicated to providing high-quality water to customers, even beyond regulatory requirements.

  • Franklin Water Treatment Plant

NC AWWA-WEA Collection System of the Year (2018)

NC DENR Area-Wide Optimization Program (2018, 2022, 2023)

  • Franklin Water Treatment Plant
  • Vest Water Treatment Plant
  • Lee Dukes Water Treatment Plant

Renew Brew “Best in Show” 2024

6 employees stand with 2 kneeling in front of them pose for a group photo with a large golden trophy, each person holds a light blue and green can of water
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