For the first time in about a decade, a pipe-tapping team from Arlington Water Utilities competed at the 2025 state conference for the Texas Section of the American Water Works Association and the Water Environment Association of Texas. Each year, four-person pipe-tapping teams from across the state compete in pipe-tapping and other field operations skills challenges at the professional conference. Arlington ' s new team is called the Dream City Tappers. In 2025, team members included Isai Manzano, Paul Rosalez, Jose Cabrera, Seth Ives, and Dakodah Hayes.
The water department held its second Annual Arlington Water Utilities Awards Lunch on Thursday, Dec. 5 at the Meadowbrook Recreation Center. Four employees received“ Employee of the Quarter” awards for 2024. Those were Brianna Delgado, Aide Alvarez, Randy Cawthon, and Juan Collazo. Richard Everhart earned the Leadership Award, and Matt Peters was named Employee of the Year for 2025.
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