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Utility wins national environmental award

MECKLENBURG COUNTY Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utilities has won a 2004 National Environmental Achievement Award from the Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies. The award recognizes the utility's development of the Blue Planet Water Environmental Center, a hands-on educational facility at the North Mecklenburg Water Treatment Plant in Huntersville.A federal grant paid for Blue Planet, which opened in December. More than 1,700 children have toured it. To arrange a visit, call (704) 621-0854 or visit www.cmutilities.com. -- ASSOCIATED PRESS