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2012
Best Tasting Water Winner
M
isty Mountain Domestic Water Improvement District
(
MMDWID) was this year’s “Best Tasting Water’’
contest winner at the Rural Water Association of Arizona
(
RWAA) 21
st
Annual Leadership Conference at Hondah, Arizona.
This is a small system of 37 connections located on the Porter
Mountain area in Navajo County Arizona.
The only source of water is a ground water well that is drilled to a
depth of 1,450 ft., and the is pump presently set at 1,170 ft. This
system is service line metered and full time disinfection is not
used here. The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
(
ADEQ) Certified Operator of Record is Jerry Vanzant.
Water System of the Year 2012
S
ince Pinetop Water Manager Dave Burke’s arrival in April
of 1994, Pinetop CFD has been aggressively working
towards reducing the systems water loss and improving
metering while trying to decrease labor costs. The system had
a feasibility study of the entire water system advancing to new
technology that’s available to us all. A radio read system added
automation to the wells along with tank level indicators, power
outage notification for the wells and pressure systems and
notifications of a fault on a pump at the wells.
Along with the reading and well automation, Pinetop Water CFD
also increased public relations with customers tremendously.
With the feasibility study and concentrating on the needs of
the district, the water district came up with a combination of
in house funds and WIFA funds to do the project. Rural Water
Association of Arizona congratulates Pinetop CFD.
Wastewater Manager of the Year 2012
M
ost people take it for granted when water comes out of
the faucets or they flush a toilet. But for Gary Boileau,
the RWAA Wastewater Manager of the year, such routine
maneuvers consume his every waking moment. Gary has been
the Queen Valley Sanitary District manager since July 2011 and
has been named Wastewater System Manager of the Year by the
Rural Water Association of Arizona, the state’s largest rural utility
membership association.
“
He is very conscientious and takes his job very seriously,”
said Vernon Camp, Executive Director of the Rural Water
Association of Arizona. The Apache Junction-based association
is a membership based non-profit organization providing and
RWAA ANNOUNCES
2012
Award Winners
Water System of the Year Winner:
Pinetop CFD
Best Tasting Water Winner:
Misty Mountain
Domestic Water Improvement District
Wastewater Manager of the Year Winner:
Gary Boileau