The Connecticut Construction Industries Association recognized Connecticut Water with three prestigious awards – a Platinum Safety Award and a Safety Recognition Award for the company’s safety program as well as a Community Service Award for assembling portable water filters to improve clean water access across the globe.
“We are extremely proud to once again be recognized by CCIA for our commitment to community service and safety,” said Connecticut Water President Craig J. Patla. “Our water professionals are passionate about serving our customers and communities, and we take great lengths to keep them safe while doing so. We continually improve on our culture of safety so all employees return home to their loved ones after work each day.”
Safety Award
CCIA's Safety Committee encourages safety in construction and recognizes companies that maintain a formal safety and health program or related policies and procedures. This is the 21st consecutive year that CCIA has recognized Connecticut Water with the Safety Recognition Award.
CCIA presents the Platinum Level Award to those companies who have met or exceeded national safety statistics. This the first time Connecticut Water received the Platinum Award.
Award recipients demonstrate solid construction safety and health programs following an evaluation across 17 safety categories, including management involvement, employee training, safety hazard analysis, noncompliance and correction of violations.
Community Service Award
World Water Day, an annual United Nations Observance, raises awareness and inspires action to tackle the global water and sanitation crisis. Across the globe in 2022, 2.2 billion people lacked safely managed drinking water, including 703 million without basic water service, according to the United Nations. To mark the day, Connecticut Water staff took part in a team-building event to learn about the global water crisis through various activities including assembling portable water filters, which will be distributed through a non-profit to clean water in hard-to-reach areas in need like in refugee camps and after natural disasters. Each filter can supply roughly ten people with water and last for about ten years.
