Award-winner Jeff Lineberger (second from right) holds a Source Water Protection Award certificate along with, from left, Brett Hartis of Duke Energy, Brad Whitman of NCDEQ and Danny Edwards of NCDEQ. Photo by Dan DiNicola, NC State University.
The North Carolina Source Water Collaborative, a statewide drinking water protection group, announced the winner of a Source Water Protection Award during the Water Resources Research Institute’s annual conference held last month.
The annual awards program recognizes individuals and organizations that protect sources of public drinking water. Any individual, group, organization or agency that engages in activities to protect drinking water at its source is eligible for an award.
A Source Water Protection Award was presented in the following category:
- Leadership Award: Jeff Lineberger for his work with the Catawba-Wateree System of Reservoirs
The Department of Environmental Quality provides leadership for the N.C. Source Water Collaborative, which is a partnership of volunteers from non-profit organizations, universities, state, local and federal agencies, professional associations and regional councils of government.
The group develops and supports strategies that preserve lakes, streams, rivers and aquifers used for drinking water, as well as the land that protects and recharges these sources of water.
To learn more about the Source Water Collaborative, visit http://ncswc.org/.