Mansfield Public Works wins three TCEQ awards for drinking‑water programs
Summary
City staff announced three awards from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality honoring Mansfield’s public‑drinking‑water operations, cross‑connection control and an internship program developed with Mansfield ISD and UTA. Officials said the honors are rare statewide and praised staff recruiting and training efforts.
City of Mansfield staff on Aug. 10 announced that the city’s Public Works/Utilities department received three awards from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Assistant Director of Utilities David Henshaw told the council the city won Outstanding Public Drinking Water System — an honor Mansfield has received three times — plus an award for its cross‑connection control program and a first‑time recognition for an innovative internship program. "We have received that now for the 3rd year... It is truly outstanding," Henshaw said, noting that only one public drinking water system qualified this year for that top honor.
Henshaw described the internship partnership with Ben Barber Academy (Mansfield ISD) and the University of Texas at Arlington that provides high school and college students exposure to water‑industry operations; he said the city has hired at least one former intern into a senior technician role. Mayor and council members led applause and staff posed for photos to mark the recognition.
Why it matters: the awards are external validation of utility operations and add public credibility to Mansfield’s recruitment pipeline for technical roles in water services. The council moved on after the recognition to the work session on a separate zoning matter.
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