The Eugene Water & Electric Board has been an active member of the community for nearly 100 years.
EWEB and our employees are honored to have received the following awards and recognition for our services.
Year: 2007, 2008, 2009
Awarded by: Arbor Day Foundation in cooperation with the National Association of State Foresters
The Arbor Day Foundation recognized EWEB as a Tree Line USA award recipient for the third straight year. The Tree Line
USA program recognizes public and private utilities that demonstrate practices that protect and enhance
America's urban forests. EWEB was one of only three utilities in Oregon and was among just 147
utilities nationwide to be honored in 2009.
Year: 2007, 2009
Awarded by: American Public Power Association
EWEB was one of 60 of the nation's more than 2,000 public power utilities to have earned RP3 recognition
from the American Public Power Association for providing consumers with the highest
degree of reliable and safe electric service. The award is given to public power utilities that demonstrate
basic proficiency in four important disciplines: reliability, safety, workforce development and system
improvement.
Year: 2009
Awarded by: American Water Works Association's Cascade-to-Coast chapter
EWEB won "The Best Tasting Water for 2009" in a taste test conducted by the American Water Works Association's
Cascade-to-Coast chapter. A panel of judges representing local businesses and organizations picked EWEB's
water as the best-tasting among 11 entries from Lane, Linn, Lincoln, Deschutes and Crook counties.
Year: 2009
Awarded by: United Way of Lane County
EWEB was honored with The United Way's Volunteer Team of the Year Award for the utility's participation in
Days of Caring. Days of Caring is an annual two-day event that links volunteer work
teams with local charitable agencies to complete much-needed projects such as landscaping, construction,
painting, office projects and food delivery. One of EWEB's 2009 projects was to build a playground for
preschoolers in the Families for Special Needs Program at the Pearl Buck Center in Eugene. Employees contributed
more than 200 volunteer hours to this project alone. EWEB employees have participated in Days of Caring
for 11 years.
Year: 2007
Awarded by: Cascade Pacific Resource Conservation + Development
EWEB was recognized for providing technical and financial assistance to the Local Food Connection.
Launched in 2007, the Local Food Connection provides opportunities for local farmers and fishermen to
sell their goods directly to urban food buyers. These buyers represent schools, hospitals, restaurants
and grocery stores in the Willamette Valley and central coast.
Year: 2004
Awarded by: Organic Style Magazine
In 2004, EWEB beat out 712 utilities nationwide to claim the award for the purest drinking water in
the country. Cities were assigned points based on the contaminants in the water and the level of those
contaminants: the fewer the points, the safer the water. EWEB's water weighed in with 64 points, good for
first place in the survey. Other regional utilities surveyed included Seattle (seventh place at 101 points)
and Boise (24th place at 167 points).