American Carbon Services (ACS), headquartered in Voorhees, NJ, announced today that it has been awarded a contract in the amount of $4.1 million (CAN) by The Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario, Canada. ACS provides custom blends of virgin and reactivated granular activated carbon (GAC) for water treatment facilities in the U.S. and Canada.
Under the contract, ACS will remove anthracite and sand filtration media at The Regional Municipality of Peel's Lakeview and Lorne Park Water Treatment Plants, and install new sand and GAC filter media. The change-out is part of the South Peel Water System's Taste and Odor Project and is designed to improve the quality of the system's drinking water supply.
ACS is a business unit American Water Resources, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE:AWK), the largest and most geographically diverse water utility business in the U.S. American Water Works, its subsidiaries and affiliates, provides water and wastewater service to more than 10 million people in 23 states and offers water management solutions to private and government entities throughout North America.
For additional information, please contact Ray Lee, president of American Water Resources, Inc., at 856-346-8212 or rlee@amwater.com.
