For the fourth time in eight years, Helix Water District has won the Peter Barron Stark & Associates Award for Workplace Excellence.

Every two years, the District surveys its workforce to determine workplace satisfaction. Helix's management team uses survey results to help create a positive work experience for employees and set future goals.

“This survey is an independent tool that we use to measure ourselves against other organizations," General Manager Mark Weston said. "Our employees take great pride in their work and are outstanding customer service ambassadors. We also provide superior products to our customer—quality water, community involvement, and public outreach to name only a few.”

This "'Best of the Best" category comprises 204 organizations with approximately 74,000 employees surveyed, according to Stark who has done employee satisfaction studies for more than two decades.

Helix Water District provides drinking water to 260,000 customers in La Mesa, Lemon Grove, Spring Valley, El Cajon, a small area of Lakeside, and some of the unincorporated areas of San Diego County. Helix uses ozone as its primary disinfectant, creating high quality drinking water for its consumers.