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Tucker, GAAmerican Proteins, Cuthbert, GA, and Sanderson Farms, Flowood, MS, were selected as winners of U.S. Poultry & Egg Associations 2012 Clean Water Awards.

Presented annually, the awards recognize excellence in the operation of wastewater treatment plants in the poultry industry.

The presentations were made during USPOULTRYs Environmental Management Seminar in Nashville, with the winners being selected by a committee made up of industry engineers and managers, university personnel, and state regulatory officials.

Awards are presented in two categories, full treatment and pretreatment.

The full treatment category covers facilities that fully reclaim wastewater prior to discharge into a receiving stream or final land application system.

The pretreatment category includes facilities that discharge pretreated effluent to publicly owned, full treatment facilities.

American Proteins was selected as the winner in the full treatment category after being runner-up last year.

The American Proteins plant in Cuthbert recycles inedible poultry parts into valuable protein ingredients used in products such as pet food and livestock feed.

Through an aggressive water conservation program, 17 million gallons of water are recycled every day.

One highlight of their operation is a new state of the art analytical laboratory, which has decreased the analysis time on wastewater samples.

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