The Shadow
The city of Covington’s Water Treatment Plant was recently awarded the 2020 Silver Award for Excellence in Filtration and Backwash.
As explained by city officials, “They received the award from the Office of Drinking Water for Achieving Virginia’s Optimization Program goals. What a great job that the water treatment crew is doing! Keep up the great work and thank you for the awesome job you all do to provide quality drinking water to our citizens of Covington.”
The Water Filtration Plant is a surface water treatment plant using the Jackson River with a capacity of treating six million gallons of water per day. The storage capacity of the city water is 6,800,000 gallons. The plant operates year-round. Chief Operator is Keith Lipes; staff of seven licensed operators. Phone number is (540) 965-6329.
