PIERRE—The South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) announced that the City of Woonsocket public water system and the system’s operation specialists have been awarded a Drinking Water Certificate of Achievement Award.

“Safe drinking water delivered to our homes for the price of your water bill is truly a modern day miracle,” said DENR Secretary Steve Pirner. “DENR thanks the best drinking water systems and operation specialists in South Dakota with these awards and urges you to thank them, too.”

The system’s operation specialists in Woonsocket are Richard Jensen and John Ames.

To qualify for the Drinking Water Certificate of Achievement Award, public water systems and their system operations specialists had to meet all of the following requirements for 2017: compliance monitoring and reporting, drinking water standards, and certification requirements.