TUCKER, Ga. — Koch Foods of Gadsden, Ala., and Tyson Foods of Wilkesboro, N.C., have been awarded the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association 2014 Clean Water Award. Presented annually, the award recognizes exemplary performance at water reclamation facilities serving the poultry industry.
The presentations were made during USPOULTRY's Environmental Management Seminar in Destin, Fla., and the winners were selected by a committee of industry engineers and managers, university personnel and retired state regulatory officials.
Awards are presented in two categories, full treatment and pretreatment. The full treatment category covers facilities that fully reclaim wastewater prior to discharge into. . .