2030 Plan - Grand Strand Water and Sewer Authority

c. Equipment
GSWSA maintains its own construction and repair forces that regularly construct and
maintain the entire water and wastewater system. Using in-house construction forces
allows GSWSA to extend new services at a lower cost and to respond more quickly to
make repairs on damaged facilities. To support these activities, GSWSA maintains a full
line of heavy equipment including backhoes, trackhoes, tractors, dozers, plows, boring
machine, and trailers.
d. Laboratories
Water labs are located at the Bull Creek Water Plant and the Myrtle Beach Water Plant.
Wastewater labs are located at the Schwartz Wastewater Treatment Plant and the Myrtle
Beach Wastewater Plant. Minor labs are also located at the Conway, Marion and Vereen
Wastewater Treatment Plants. These labs are fully equipped to provide all routine
analysis required for the continued operation of our water and wastewater systems.
VI. PHILOSOPHY, VALUES AND STRATEGIES FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS
Whom the gods would destroy, they first grant forty years of business success - Peter
Drucker
Success in the past is no guarantee for success in the future. The unthinkable can happen.
Organizations can make themselves irrelevant and from there out of business.
What do the following companies have in common?
Anaconda, American Brands, F. W. Woolworth, International Harvester, International
Nickel, John-Mansfield, Swift, United Carbide.
All were members of the Dow Jones Industrial Averages when GSWSA was created in
1971. However, none of these businesses are currently operating as independent
corporations. In fact, of the 30 members of the 1971 Dow Jones Industrial averages only
four are still on the list: DuPont, Exxon, General Electric, and Proctor and Gamble.
Times change, and only those organizations that adapt survive.
For GSWSA to continue to be successful, it must continue to anticipate changes in both
its service community and in its industry. GSWSA is in a very personal service business,
delivering water into homes and businesses and receiving and removing the resulting
wastewater by-product streams. These products and services directly affect the health
and safety of customers as well as the environment in which customers live. Few
industries deal with customers on a more personal basis.
Since water and wastewater services are directly related to health, safety, and the
preservation of our environment, the industry is also one of the most heavily regulated.
The trend is for regulations to get more and more stringent with each permitting cycle.
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