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<br />B. Benefits to the District and Its Customers <br />The Texas Optimization Program demonstrated that the Brown County Water <br />hnprovement District #1 Water Treatment Plant will be able to comply with the proposed <br />microbial-disinfectants/disinfection by-products (M-DBP) and interim enhanced surface <br />water treatment rule proposals which are anticipated to be promulgated in November of <br />this year. The optimization program also had several other side benefits. including raising <br />the public confidence and awareness of the public water supply and recognition of the <br />plant's operating staff's excellent capabilities. Monetary benefits were derived from <br />chemical optimization and less plant down time due to pre-planning and closer attention to <br />process controls. <br /> <br />C. Brown County Water Improvement District #1 Receives Top Award for <br />Drinking Water Quality <br />The Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC) honored the Brown <br />County Water Improvement District #1 on May 13. 1998, with a state award under this <br />new program recognizing outstanding drinking\vater quality. Although the "District <br />already met regulatory standards at its drinking water treatment plant in 1996, the District <br />initiated a voluntary review of its facility. The evaluators from the Texas Engineering <br />Extension Service and Texas Co-Op Utility Program conducted a comprehensive <br />performance evaluation of the treatment facility. The District entered the Texas <br />Optimization Program and achieved significant improvements in drinking water quality. <br />As a result the turbidity of the water currently leaving the treatment facility is more than <br />five times lower than current state requirements. The treatment plant has demonstrated 1 <br />that it will be able to meet the pending more stringent regulations. <br /> <br />D. Partnership for Safe Water Program <br />The American Water Works Association (A WW A)/US Environmental Protection <br />Agency (EPA) Partnership for Safe Water Program consists of the following steps: <br /> <br />Phase 1: Sign Up <br />Phase 2: Data Submission (one year turbidity date) <br />Phase 3: Self-Assessment and Correction <br />Phase 4: Third-Party Assessment and Correction <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />The major difference between the partnership for Safe Water Program and the Texas <br />Optimization Program is the requirement for the Phase 4 third-party assessment and <br />correction. <br /> <br />It is likely that Texas plants which participate in the voluntary Texas Engineering <br />Extension Services (TEEX) comprehensive performance evaluation (CPE) program will <br />satisfy the Phase 4 requirements for a third-party assessment. <br />