The Mattapoisett River Valley Water District (MRVWD) is one of the 58 public water systems to be awarded a Beyond Compliance Award by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) for 2017. The MRVWD received the award in the Consecutive System category. As stated by MassDEP:
“The 58 systems in the four different categories of NTNC, small community, consecutive, and medium/large community systems all have excellent compliance with state and federal drinking water regulations. Not only do they have complete compliance with regulations for calendar year 2017, they have had no violations in the past 5 years. They have gone beyond compliance by testing for secondary contaminants and by having adequate capacity. This shows exemplary efforts to attain such an excellent record.”
Mr. David Pierce, chairman of the MRVWD said, “Congratulations to Superintendent Henri Renauld and his staff. It is an honor to be recognized by MassDEP for the excellent service provided to our member towns by the water treatment plant. We are all so pleased with the high quality of service the operations staff has delivered to our communities.” The MRVWD WTF is operated by Mr. Henri Renauld, superintendent of the Mattapoisett Water and Sewer Department and his staff.
The MRVWD was formed in 2004 to construct and operate the 6 million gallon per day (mgd) Mattapoisett River Valley Water Treatment Facility (MRVWTF). The District is comprised of the Towns of Fairhaven, Marion, Mattapoisett, and Rochester. The MRVWTF, located in Mattapoisett, began operations in 2008 and treats raw water from eight municipal water supply wells owned and operated by the District Towns.