Hopkinsville Water Environment Authority (HWEA) was among 37 surface water treatment plants in Kentucky recognized by the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet’s Division of Water for meeting the goal of Kentucky’s Area-Wide Optimization Program (AWOP), for 2018. HWEA also received a certificate for meeting the AWOP turbidity criteria in 2018.
The Area-Wide Optimization Program is a multi-state initiative administered through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to encourage drinking water systems to voluntarily achieve optimization goals that are more stringent than current regulations. Twenty-six states, including Kentucky, participate in the initiative. All of Kentucky’s public water systems are encouraged to participate in order to provide the highest quality drinking water to their customers.
