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Georgia Association of Water Professionals honors Albany utilities lab with platinum award
Summary
The Georgia Association of Water Professionals presented Albany Utilities a platinum laboratory award recognizing consecutive years of perfect compliance and operator certification work.
Representatives of the Georgia Association of Water Professionals presented Albany Utilities with a laboratory award at the utility board meeting on Feb. 27, recognizing multiple consecutive years of perfect compliance with state regulations.
Pamela Burnett, representing the Georgia Association of Water Professionals, said the lab is "really the heart of the safety practices, the QAQC. The things that really matter to your customers are handled in the lab." Burnett explained that to earn the award a utility must show 100% compliance across inspections and that the platinum level denotes five consecutive years of perfect compliance.
Staff and board members praised the utility laboratory team and singled out Adam Winters, who runs the day‑to‑day laboratory operations, for his role in inspections and inter‑lab work. A staff speaker told the board Winters "opens his door to others to come and look at his processes," and staff thanked the Georgia Association of Water Professionals for its certification and training programs.
Why it matters: staff emphasized that laboratory work underpins water safety—detecting contaminants, flagging alerts and ensuring compliance with state regulations—and noted that the award reflects ongoing staff training and statewide collaboration among operators.
Ending: Board members and staff thanked the laboratory team and the GAWP representative for the statewide program that supports operator certification and laboratory inspections.
