NORFOLK -- HRSD today recognized 108 private and government organizations in Hampton Roads for perfect compliance with their environmental permits during 2023.

Earning Pollution Prevention (P2) awards this year were Department of the Air Force Langley Air Force Base Joint Base Langley-Eustis (greater than 1,000 employees), Canon Environmental Technologies, Incorporated (101—1,000 employees) and Waste Management-Bethel Landfill (less than 100 employees).

The P2 Award distinguishes organizations for success in multi-media (air, land and water) efforts in reducing waste or its toxicity at the source.

Nine organizations earned Diamond Excellence Awards for eleven or more years of perfect compliance:

• MDM Septic Services Incorporated (2002-2023)
• Naval Weapons Station Yorktown-Cheatham Annex (2003-2023)
• Parsley Septic Tank Service, Incorporated (2008-2023)
• Newport News Shipbuilding North Yard (2009-2023)
• Stihl, Incorporated - Main Plant (2010-2023)
• U.S. Navy, Joint Expeditionary Base Fort Story (2010-2023)
• A Clean Bay Plumbing and Drain Cleaning (2011-2023)
• J & J Enterprises of Suffolk Corporation (2011-2023)
• Town of Smithfield – Reverse Osmosis Plant (2012-2023)

Three organizations were acknowledged with Diamond Awards for achieving 10 years of perfect compliance:

• Brown Plumbing & Septic LLC
• Eastern Virginia Medical School
• J.L. Bishop Contractor, Incorporated

The complete list of all honorees can be found here on the HRSD website, www.hrsd.com.

HRSD’s Promise is to treat wastewater and recover natural resources to protect public health and the environment. A political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Virginia, HRSD was created by public referendum in 1940 and currently serves 20 cities and counties in southeast Virginia - an area with a population of 1.9 million.

HRSD Vision: Our communities will have clean waterways and reliable water resources for generations to come.

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