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2016<br />

Training Top 125 Award Ranked 10th -<br />

The organization’s commitment to investing in its people is apparent in its<br />

3 leadership development programs. Supervisory Training And Readiness<br />

(S.T.A.R.) and the BWWB Leadership and Executive Leadership programs<br />

create a pipeline of well-trained and competent members of the workforce<br />

ready to achieve BWWB strategic goal “to recruit, develop, reward, and<br />

retain a high-performing and innovative workforce.” By incorporating<br />

real-life organizational challenges into its leadership training. BWWB<br />

employees receive the skills needed to contribute to the overall success of<br />

the organization. BWWB has filled 68% of its job vacancies with internal<br />

employees being promoted, which impacted overall retention of 95%.<br />

The Western Filter Plant received Water Treatment Plant of the<br />

Year from the AWWA Alabama/Mississippi Section.<br />

AWWA Alabama Operator of the Year –<br />

BWWB Operator Michael Walton received this award from the AWWA’s<br />

Alabama/Mississippi Section.<br />

Distribution System of the Year –<br />

AWWA Alabama/Mississippi Section.<br />

2017<br />

Training Top 125 Award Ranked 21st -<br />

As part of an organizational assessment, BWWB discovered its management<br />

needed to improve their ability to have important conversations<br />

with employees to increase accountability throughout the<br />

organization. In 2015, it set an organizational goal to complete<br />

company-wide performance metrics. Crucial Conversations training<br />

for leadership was implemented. Managers immediately applied the<br />

skills by engaging in conversations about the current performance<br />

status of their departments, the desired performance conditions,<br />

and what’s preventing their team from achieving this level of performance.<br />

BWWB met its organizational goal to complete company-wide<br />

performance metrics by 100%.<br />

Top 500 Security Award –<br />

The BWWB’s Security Department was recognized as one of the<br />

“Top Security Departments in North America,” for the last five years<br />

straight – by Security Magazine<br />

38KM +<br />

AND COUNTING<br />

Western Filter Plant –<br />

was named the Water Treatment Plant of the Year from the AWWA<br />

Alabama/Mississippi Section<br />

AWWA Operator of the Year –<br />

BWWB Senior Plant Operator at Carson Filter Plant, Jeremy Hawkins<br />

received this award from the AWWA’s Alabama/Mississippi Section<br />

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