Alabama Water Environment Association (AWEA) and Alabama Water Pollution Control Association (AWPCA) recognized Alabama Water Utilities’ facilities with multiple awards. The Alabama Water Environment Association (AWEA) awarded the Riverview Water Resource Recovery Facility (WRRF) a first-place excellence award, and the North Shelby WRRF won the second-place certificate of excellence. The […]
Read More...Texas Water Utilities helps grant Houston teen’s wish for game room makeover
On August 1, 2023, Texas Water Utilities and Make-A-Wish Gulf Coast and Louisiana held a wish reveal celebration, granting 14-year-old Issah’s wish for a game room makeover. A Richmond local battling leukemia, Issah wished for a place of his own to play with his friends and livestream his Fortnight […]
Read More...Texas Water Utilities helps grant a 9-year-old’s wish to visit St. Thomas
On July 12, 2023, Texas Water Utilities and Make-A-Wish North Texas granted the wish of 9-year-old Caliyah, who has a rare blood disorder and wanted to swim with dolphins in St. Thomas with her family. The themed celebration included cupcakes, custom pink balloons spelling her name and snow cones donated […]
Read More...Texas Water Utilities helps grant Austin teen’s wish for in-home recording studio
On May 10, 2023, Texas Water Utilities and Make-A-Wish Central & South Texas surprised a local teen with an in-home recording studio on her 18th birthday. Aly’s parents built her a studio space in their backyard and Texas Water Utilities completed it with recording equipment. Our volunteers helped assemble her […]
Read More...Alabama Water Utilities Assemble Backpacks for Big Brothers Big Sisters
Alabama Water Utilities put together summer backpacks for children at Big Brothers Big Sisters in Shelby County. The team in Birmingham volunteered to help pack these backpacks purchased by Alabama Water Utilities. Wastewater and water cycle educational coloring books, crayons, markers, chalk, puzzle books, flash cards, ear buds, mini Rubik’s […]
Read More...Becoming Alabama Water Utilities
Change is here. Our Alabama business unit is becoming Alabama Water Utilities. As SouthWest Water Company celebrates nearly 20 years of doing business in Alabama, we are excited to announce our name change to Alabama Water Utilities. We’re still the same company with the same “can do” attitude, but we […]
Read More...Corix and SouthWest Water to Combine Water and Wastewater Assets in Merger of Equals
Combines Two Strong Water and Wastewater Utilities with Shared Commitment to Safety, Reliability and Sustainability VANCOUVER, British Columbia and SUGAR LAND, Texas – August 29, 2022 – Corix Infrastructure, Inc. (“Corix”) and SouthWest Water Company (“SouthWest Water”) today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which SouthWest Water […]
Read More...Guiding Principles for Excellent Customer Service
In eight years of helping customers with everything from billing questions to establishing new service, Customer Service Representative Karen Watson has applied two basic principles.
It’s all about treating people the way you would want to be treated and being knowledgeable about the company’s policies,” Karen said.
Read More...Simple tips to conserve water during summers
By Todd Danielson, VP of Engineering, Texas Water Utilities, SouthWest Water Company Summertime calls for frequent and substantial uses of water to keep ourselves, our food and our lawns healthy. According to the Texas Water Development Board, the largest use of water is for irrigation, making up 59% of the […]
Read More...Water utilities offer safe, stable jobs for women
Katie Zheng, planning manager for SouthWest Water Company, Texas Utilities. In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly declared February 11 as the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, in an effort to achieve equal access to science for women and girls. Overall, women are underrepresented in STEM-related fields, […]
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