DENR recognizes water system

The South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has awarded the city of Vermillion public water system and the system's certified operators with a Drinking Water Certificate of Achievement Award.

This award is for outstanding water system operations and environmental compliance with state drinking water standards for the last year.

The city of Vermillion public water system is operated by Superintendent Randy Isaacson and his staff Roger Hauger, Tom Kruse, Wade Mount, Terry Bernard, Fred Balleweg, Allen Clark, Curt Haakinson and Gene Sanow.

To qualify for the Drinking Water Certificate of Achievement Award, systems and their operators had to meet all of the following requirements for 2005:

• Compliance monitoring;
• Drinking water standards;
• Have published Consumer Confidence Report;
• Lead/copper action levels;
• In compliance with operator certification requirements.