Aqua Pennsylvania and Aqua Ohio, subsidiaries of Essential Utilities, announced their participation in a program funded by a $4.9 million grant from the EPA's Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Development Program. This initiative aims to improve communities in Pennsylvania and Ohio by enhancing skills and creating jobs.
The program will conduct emissions and efficiency audits for several drinking water and wastewater plants in disadvantaged communities. Following the audits, training programs will be developed to recruit, train, and place 145 individuals from these communities into utility roles across both states.
This collaborative effort with the Energy Innovation Center Institute (EICI) and other partners also seeks to address climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions at water and wastewater plants. The EPA views this project as a potential national model for water treatment plants.
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