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MAPA 2008 REGIONAL SERVICE AWARD: City of Blair

The MAPA 2008 Regional Service Award was presented to the City of Blair, a city that has been a willing partner in the effort of two smaller communities in Washington County to improve their wastewater treatment. For smaller communities, it is not only the cost of system installation or improvement and maintenance that can be prohibitive, but the cost of compliance with federal regulations can be out of the question. Blair worked with Fort Calhoun and Kennard to develop agreements for systems that would transfer their cities' wastewater to Blair for proper treatment and disposal. Agreements with both towns have been signed and work is underway.  The systems will provide long-term cost savings for the two towns as well as efficiencies of scale. Blair also installed a one-million gallon water tower in conjunction with the Papio NRD rural water project and shared the NRD line to connect Blair with MUD in Omaha. This gives Blair an emergency supply of water, which enables Blair to provide water to the NRD for its rural water customers as well as to Kennard.