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Your Little Rock Wastewater provides several functions
along with multiple layers of services within each.
The LRW Communications Department was created in March 2002
with the primary goals of developing and administering effective
public relations programs and preparing, distributing, and
overseeing written and broadcast publications.
Each quarter, the department makes facility reservations and
catering arrangements for the Spotlight on Supervisors (SOS).
The Department also implemented the recognition of the Public
Employees Appreciation Week.
One of the most important contributions attributed to the
Communications Department was the establishment of the Can
the Grease program, a customer education initiative. Can the
Grease servess to educate residents about the hazards of dumping
household cooking fats down their drains. In distributing
the grease-related education materials, the We also distributes
free grease cans. The initiative officially began in July
of 2002 with a door-to-door distribution of the items. By
year’s end, LRW had distributed over 10,000 grease packets
and dozens of presentations regarding the program.
The Communications Department creates literature and communications
plans for customers regarding rate structures and we development
planning.
The 2002 Pollution Control Award was presented to Odom’s Tennessee
Pride Sausage, Inc., with the assistance of the LRW Communications
Department in planning and execution of the event with City
of Little Rock Mayor Jim Dailey’s participation. |
STONE WARD