City of Fort Worth Environmental Awards 2019

General Information

The City of Fort Worth Environmental Awards is a business initiative to recognize nearby entities that are making an effort to reduce waste, recycle where possible and employ greater water efficiency. The awards celebrate and honor the commitment companies are making toward greater environmental awareness.

There are two main award categories with several subcategories in which you can apply to. The categories are:

Innovation Award

Recognition Award

Below you will find the list of the subcategories for each award as well as the scope of the award. After selecting your interested award, please be prepared to explain, in detail, about your project and how it qualifies for the selected award.

You may apply for more than one award. However, you must fill out separate entries for each project.

Environmental compliance will be examined and considered in awarding applicants.

You must be a City of Fort Worth Water customer.

If you have any questions, please contact us at wpe@fortworthtexas.gov.

Question Title

* 1. Select which Innovation Award category you are applying for:

Water Use & Process Improvement: Recognizes projects and programs that provide overall improvement of current operating technologies with reduction in discharge to the sewer. Example: Water savings achieved by the utilization of closed loops.

Water Conservation: Recognizes businesses that have employed innovative techniques promoting water conservation such as rainwater harvesting, cooling tower upgrades, water efficient operations and other innovative approaches.

Stormwater: Recognizes high-performing entities or innovative projects that exceed regulatory requirements in ways that are effective and cost-efficient to eliminate, reduce and control stormwater pollution in order to protect the City of Fort Worth surface water quality.

Air Quality: Recognizes exceptional contributions and actions taken, designed and implemented original, groundbreaking methods of air pollutant reduction that would significantly improve the overall health and welfare of Fort Worth citizens.

Land Redevelopment: Recognizes an above and beyond approach to land redevelopment by implementation of sustainability efforts, land or building reuse, green remediation technologies, and alternative and renewable energy utilization.

Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling: Recognizes innovation and creativity in the design and implementation of ways to reduce
waste, increase re-use, recycling and/or composting of materials that result in preserving the City's landfill and possibly generating increased economic activity.

Question Title

* 2. Select which Recognition Award category you are applying for:

Fort Worth Friendly Landscapes: Businesses can apply for this award for recognition of commercial properties that exhibit attention to low-water use or drought tolerant plants, drip irrigation techniques, or other water conservation principles in their landscape. Properties will receive an on-site assessment of the property and, if selected, a plaque to recognize their efforts.

SmartWater Award (Click here for more info): This program evaluates end uses of water and provides recommendations to reduce consumption and costs. The assessment covers water use from irrigation, cooling towers, metering, process water, laundries, rinsing, kitchen, outdoor fountains and more.