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Mr. Shawn Napier, P.E. <br />March 13, 2002 <br />Page 2 <br />~ Recent Safe Drinking Water Act and Plant Production <br />Evaluations for the following facilities <br />City of Beaumont Water Treatrnent Plant (first Texas city to employ <br />pulsator clarifiers to high rate and triple plant capacity); Brown County <br />Water Improvement District #1 Water Treatrnent Plant (first water <br />treatment plant to receiue the Texas Optimization Program award); City <br />of Clebume Water Treatrnent Plant; City of Fort Worth Rolling Hills, <br />North and South Holly, and Eagle Mountain Water Treatrnent Plants <br />(1990 and 1995 EPA Regional Region VI Operations and Maintenance <br />Award for Water Treatment Fociliries-Large Cities); City of Grapevine <br />Water Treatrnent Plant (1995 EPA Region VI Operotion and <br />Maintenance Faccellence Award, for Water Treatment Facilities-Medium <br />Cities); Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority Water <br />Treatrnent Plant and City of LongviewSabine and Cherokee Water <br />Treatrnent Plants. A summary of the Safe Drinking Water Act and plant <br />production studies for Grapevine, Greenbelt and Longview will be <br />presented at the Texas Water 2002 conference in San Antonio. <br />6 Extension of City Staff <br />Freese and Nichols, Inc. prides itself in maintaining a close working <br />relationship with the operafing staff. Freese and Nichols is very active in <br />the Texas Water Utilities Association, and we are concemed with <br />operator related issues. Our study and design approach is to include the <br />operating staff in the evaluation process and to be thought af us an <br />extension of the staff. Freese and Nichols, Inc. also maintains a close <br />working relationship with the Texas Natural Resource Conservation <br />Commission Public Drinking Water Section, Water Ufilities Division, as <br />well as the American Watenvorks Association. This allows us to more <br />accurately identifij and forecast changes in upcoming regulations, as well <br />as the implementation of new regulations. <br />We provide ongoing training and workshop seminars to keep the City <br />informed of upcoming regulations. <br />Inn:^ar ~e~App ,ac~ r~;_._ ' _-~ro! 2~~u!is ~ <br />I'I:CI_511-MCHOLS <br />