Very Good Water in Altoona

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Length: 6 minutes

The City of Altoona, along with environmental engineering firm Gwin, Dobson and Foreman, won a 1999 Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence for providing citizens with clean, safe drinking water. Altoona city water is cleaner than environmental standards require and is treated by innovative technologies that require the use of fewer chemicals than other methods of water treatment.

Produced by the Environmental Fund for Pennsylvania for the GreenWorks for Pennsylvania television program entitled, Gabrielle's Environmental Excellence Adventure. Watch the entire episode here!

Learn more:

Altoona City Authority
20 Greenwood Road
Altoona, PA 16601
Phone: (814) 949-2222
Fax (814) 949-2254

Gwin, Dobson and Foreman Inc. Consulting Engineers
3121 Fairway Drive, Suite B
Altoona, PA 16602
Phone: (814) 943-5214
Fax: (814) 943-8494 (fax)

More details-and videos-on each of the 44 programs recognized by the Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence are all available on GreenWorks.tv. You can even watch the award ceremony that was web cast live by GreenWorks.tv on November 30, 1999.

Information on how to apply for a Governor's award is available on the web site of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection or by calling (717) 772-8908.