The Fillmore Water Recycling Plant, winner of Water Reuse Project of the Year, is a zero-discharge wastewater treatment plant, designed, built and operated by American Water in a public-private partnership with the City of Fillmore. The water recycling plant currently produces one million gallons of high-quality filtered and disinfected water per day which meets the stringent standards for unrestricted reuse irrigation purposes. Approximately 200,000 gallons per day is used to irrigate two public schools, the new Two Rivers Park and a new greenbelt in downtown Fillmore, and about 800,000 gallons per day is discharged to an underground effluent disposal system that provides groundwater recharge. The plant also features advanced technology that maximizes energy efficiency.
 

Donald Correll, president and CEO of American Water said: “We are honoured to have American Water recognized by our peers for our water solutions. The Fillmore Water Recycling Plant is not just a model for innovation and sustainability, but also for how public-private partnerships can provide tangible, effective solutions for communities' water challenges.”
 

American Water also won Global Water Intelligence's award of distinction for Water Deal of the Year for its efforts to complete its divestiture. The company returned to public ownership with its IPO in April 2008, and the divestiture was completed in 2009. Combining the exiting shareholder's remaining stake with a new primary issuance, American Water placed a total of $2.1 billion equity in the capital markets throughout 2009. These offerings were the largest by an investor-owned water utility in the US last year.