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B. Benefits to the District and its Customers The Texas Optimizarion Program demonstrated that the Brown County Water Improvement District 4 1 Water Treatment Plant will be able to comply with the proposed microbial-disinfectants/disinfection by-products (M-DBP) and interim enhanced surface water treatment nile proposals which are anticipated to be promulgated in November of this yeaz. The optimization program also had several other side benefits, including raising the public confidence and awazeness of the public water supply and recognirion of the plant's operabng staff's excellent capabilities. Monetary benefits were derived from chemical oprimizarion and less plant down rime due to pre-planning and closer attention to process controls. C. Brown County Waterlmprovement District 91 Receives Top Award for Drinking Water Quality The Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC) honored the Brovm County Water Improvement District #1 on May 13, 1998, with a state awazd under this new program recosnizing outstanding drinkingl+'ater quality. Although the District already met regulatory standards at its drinl:ing water treatment plant in 1996, the District iniriated a voluntary review of its facility. The evaluators from the Texas Engineering Extension Service and Texas Co-Op Utility Program conducted a comprehensive perFormance evaluarion of the treatment facility. The District entered the Texas pptimization Program and achieved significant improvements in drinking water quality. As a result the turbidity of the water currently leaving the treahnent facility is more than five rimes lower than current state requirements. The treatment plant has demonstrated that it will be able to meet the pending more stringent regulations. D. Partnership for Safe Water Program The American Water Works Association (AWWA)/IJS Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Partnership for Safe Water Program consists of the following steps: Phase 1: Sigrt Up Phase 2: Data Submission (one yeaz turbidity date) Phase 3: Self-Assessment and Correction Phase 4: Third-Party Assessment and Correction The major difference beriveen the partnership for Safe Water Program and the Texas Oprimizarion Program is the requirement for ihe Phase 4 third-parry assessment and correction. It is likely that Texas plants which participate in the voluntary Texas En;ineering Extension Services (TEEX) comprehensive performance evaluation (CPE) program vnll satisfy the Phase 4 requirements for a third-party assessment.