Awards
Association of Corporate Growth Nominates PERC Water for 2010 Private Emerging Growth Award
Each year the Association for Corporate Growth, Orange County Chapter (ACG OC), selects several Orange County based companies to honor in a variety of categories for their outstanding dedication, leadership and accomplishments. PERC Water was nominated in the "Private Emerging Growth Award" category.
Environmental Business Journal Business Achievement Award - Sustainability & Resource Protection 2009
The EBJ selected PERC Water as a 2009 Sustainability and Resource Protection Award recipient as a result of our efforts to deploy "energy-saving technology" at the Santa Paula, California Water Recycling Facility. They stated our innovative lighting, membrance scouring and aertion, and SCADA system designs will save up to 15% in wastewater treatment power consumption costs while maintaining quality and efficiency.
DBIA – Best Project – Water Award 2009
Our SPA 3 facility in Surprise, Arizona was honored with the “Best Project-Water” Regional Award from the Western Pacific Region’s Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) in honor of it exemplifying “the principles of interdisciplinary teamwork, innovation and problem solving that characterize design-build delivery.” PERC Water’s utilization of the design-build-operate delivery approach created a fast-track infrastructure solution for the city of Surprise, one of Arizona’s fastest growing cities.
Global Water Intelligence – Water Deal of the Year 2008
PERC Water was presented the Global Water Awards’ 2009 “Water Deal of the Year” Award of Distinction for our utilization of public-private partnerships in our contract to design, build, operate and finance the Santa Paula Water Recycling Facility. Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States and Nobel laureate, presented the award at a banquet in Zurich, Switzerland hosted by Global Water Intelligence (GWI), one of the premier international news magazines for professionals in the water sector. The Water Deal of the Year award recognizes deals that have made the biggest contribution to the advancement of public-private partnerships in the international water sector in 2008. GWI stated the decision made by the city of Santa Paula to use private sector funding demonstrates a “bold new direction in the financing of US water infrastructure” and described the deal as a “ground-breaking transaction which can be emulated across the United States.”
DBIA – Best Project 2008
Our Mountain House facility near Tracy, California received the “Best Project – Developer Design-Build” award in 2008 from the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA). This facility was selected as result of its “unique design whereby all treatment of wastewater occur in below ground tanks that are covered with 14,000 square feet of operations building constructed above the tanks.”
Global Water Intelligence – Water/Wastewater Project of the Year 2006
Our Mountain House facility was also the recipient of the “Highly Commended Award” from Global Water Intelligence’s “Water/Wastewater Project of the Year” in 2006 as part of the top four treatment facilities in the world. GWI called the facility “clever because it offers nearly six times the capacity of the original plant using just one tenth of the land,” adding that “…One day all wastewater treatment plants will be built with this degree of concern for the environment.” It was commended as one of the first chemical-free treatment facilities in the United States.
Valley Forward Association – Environmental Excellence Awards 2003
Our Sundance facility in Buckeye, Arizona was the recipient of an “Award of Merit” from the Valley Forward Association for Environmental Technologies due to its ability to produce AZ Class A+ effluent without chemical additives.
Valley Forward Association – Environmental Excellence Awards 2002
Our Palm Valley facility in Goodyear, Arizona was honored by Valley Forward Association in 2002 with the “Environmental Excellence Award” for its outstanding contribution to its physical environment. The facility was praised for its “high quality, usable effluent,” considered a “rare and previous resource to all of Arizona,” and for its innovative technology which creates “no offsite odor” and “the smallest footprint in the industry,” making “it possible to locate the facility essentially in the center of (the) community.”
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