The Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority is committed to environmental improvement. In 2003, we began development of an Environmental Management System (EMS), winning an EPA EMS leadership program assistantship. This was the third EMS leadership program EPA has sponsored for local governments, and 23 past participants across the United States have now developed effective EMSs through this program. Many other local municipalities and corporations in Virginia , across the U.S. , and around the world have developed or are currently developing EMSs as well. To learn more about EMS and local governments, go to http://www.peercenter.net/.
Moores Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, to include Administration
Since 2003, this facility has made improvements in the areas of water conservation and re-use, spill prevention, chemical handling, stormwater pollution prevention, watershed protection, recycling, and energy conservation.
Moores Creek is an E3 facility!
 
The Virginia Environmental Excellence Program encourages superior performance through environmental management systems and pollution prevention.
To learn more about DEQ's program, click on this link: http://www.deq.state.va.us/veep/
South Rivanna Water Treatment Plant
This facility implemented EMS in 2005. One of the major focuses was refurbishment of the dam's hydroelectric plant. Additional initiatives included enhanced oil management, chemical handling, and security improvements.
South Rivanna received the Virginia Department of Health's 2005 Virginia 's Excellence in Waterworks Operations Award in recognition of the planning, development and implementation of the South Rivanna Water Treatment Plant's EMS.
Observatory Water Treatment Plant
This facility is working through the EMS process and is scheduled to be implemented by January 2008.
Rivanna Solid Waste Authority:
Ivy Material Utilization Center,
McIntire Recycling Center, and Paper Sort.
These facilities just completed EMS implementation in January 2007. Go to RSWA's website to learn more.
Public input is very important to us as we continue to build our EMS . To submit a comment or question, please send email to environmental@rivanna.org .
Rivanna Environmental Management System Alliance
The Rivanna Environmental Management System Alliance (REMSA) is a regional EMS partnership formed in the summer of 2005 in the Charlottesville-Albemarle County area. REMSA partners include the City of Charlottesville , Albemarle County , University of Virginia , Rivanna Water and Sewer/Solid Waste Authority, and Albemarle County Public Schools . REMSA formed from the desire of the partners to serve as a support group to help each other through the challenging EMS process. The group has evolved into a mutually beneficial partnership that works collaboratively to pursue environmental initiatives and realize environmental improvements on a regional level. REMSA partners have benefited from sharing information, ideas, and best practices, pooling resources and experience, and learning from each other's successes and mistakes. Learn more about the environmental initiatives that REMSA has worked on in its first year, including electronics recycling, school chemicals removal, biodiesel use, and hybrid-electric vehicles, from this fact sheet (PDF).
Please see the documents below for additional information:
For more information please go to www.peercenter.net.
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