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Renewable Water Resources’ Operations Challenge Team Takes First Place
during State Operations Competition
GREENVILE, S.C. (April 16, 2015) — Renewable Water Resources’ (ReWa) Operations Challenge Team
competed in the State Operations Challenge Competition at the South Carolina Environmental Conference
(SCEC) in March. The team finished first place overall at the state level by taking first place in the process
control, laboratory, and collection system emergency repair categories.
Operations Challenge Competitions are held across the country and allow ops teams vie for top spot in
various event categories, testing their operations skills and abilities while being timed and judged on
performances in each category.
“Through competition and networking, our team has been able to refine their skills and teach other
employees to apply those refinements toward solving the operational and technical challenges faced daily
on the job at ReWa,” said Glen McManus, Director of Operations for ReWa.
ReWa’s Operations Challenge Team members are: Russ Moore, Larry Camp, Adam Harvey, Joe Ortiz and
Doug Allen.
About Renewable Water Resources (ReWa):
ReWa’s goal is to promote a cleaner environment, and to protect the public health and water quality of
the Upstate waterways, while providing and developing the necessary sewer infrastructure for the
growing economy. ReWa serves more than 400,000 industrial, commercial and residential customers in
Greenville County and parts of Anderson, Spartanburg, Pickens and Laurens Counties. For more
information about ReWa, visit www.rewaonline.org.
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