The U.S. Poultry and Egg Association has honored the Wayne Farms LLC Pendergrass Facility with the 2018 Clean Water Award, one of the organization’s most prestigious environmental awards. The Clean Water Award is presented annually to poultry processing facilities with exemplary wastewater treatment and reuse programs.
A committee of industry engineers, university experts and industry media selected winners in both full treatment and pretreatment categories. Wayne Farms’ award in the Full Treatment Category recognizes the company’s compliance with National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits, allowing facilities to discharge treated water directly into a stream or final land application system. Eligible facilities must have a minimum of two years of no enforcement actions, including any significant non-compliance events or notices of violations.