AWWA Awards

Following is a summary of AWWA's top awards in 2009 and the 2009 honorees. Criteria and entry forms for individual awards are available online.

AWWA LEADERSHIP AWARDS

Abel Wolman Award of Excellence
James A. Craig
Retired
Peterborough Utilities Commission
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

A.P. Black Research Award
Michael J. McGuire
Santa Monica, Calif.

Water Industry Hall of Fame Award
Perry McCarty, Stanford University
Charles W. Wilson (Deceased), Intermountain Section

Outstanding Service to AWWA
Jack W. Hoffbuhr, AWWA Staff–Denver

Distinguished Public Service Award
Donald R. Kaiser, California-Nevada Section

Honorary Member Awards
John C. Anderson, CH2M Hill, Stouffville, Ont.

Daniel T. Bradley, Oak Lodge Water District, Portland, Ore.

Steve L. Burian, AE2S, Grand Forks, N.D.

Richard J. Figurelli, Skokie, Ill. 

Tage I. Flint, Weber Basin Water, Layton, Utah

Kathryn L. McCain, Wachs Water Services, Carrollton, Texas

Millard (Sandy) P. Robinson, Jr., Malcolm Pirnie Inc., Newport News, Va.

Susan S. Seacrest, Groundwater Foundation, Lincoln, Neb.

Alan Silbovitz, Dewberry, Boston, Mass.

Curtis L. Truss, OTCO, Columbus, Ohio

Archie E. Becher, Jr. Award
Lisa Star, AWWA Staff, Denver, Colo.

PUBLICATION AWARDS
Division Best Paper Awards

Distribution & Plant Operations Division
Frederick W. Pontius, Pontius Water Consultants; and William B. Evans,
Rocky Mountain Section

Engineering & Construction Division
Timothy D. Hirrel, Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission

Management & Leadership Division
Regan Murray and Robert Janke, USEPA; James Uber, University of Cincinnati; William E. Hart and Jonathan W. Berry, Sandia National Laboratory; Tom Taxon, Argonne National Laboratory

Water Conservation Division
Peter Mayer and William DeOreo, Aquacraft; Thomas Chesnutt, A&N Technical Services; Lyle Summers, State of Utah (Retired)

Water Quality & Technology Division
June M. Weintraub, San Francisco Dept. of Public Health; Duc Vugia, California Dept. of Health Services; Lisa Gelling, California Emerging Infections Program; James J. Salerno and Michael J. Conroy, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission; Brendan Flannery, Valerie A. Stevens, Charles E. Rose, Richard E. Besser, Barry S. Fields, and Matthew R. Moore, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Water Science & Research Division
Darren A. Lytle and Michael R. Schock, USEPA
Guanghui Hua, Jones Edmunds and Associates; David A. Reckhow, University of Massachusetts

OPERATIONS AWARDS

Exemplary Source Water Protection Award

Small System
None

Medium System
City of Big Rapids, Mich.

Large System
Louisville Water Company, Ky.
Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake & Sandy, Utah

Public Communications Achievement Award

Utility serving more than 25,000 connections:
Denver Water, Colo.

Utility serving 5,000 to 25,000 connections:
City of Grand Prairie Public Works Department, Texas

STUDENT AWARDS
Academic Achievement Awards

Doctoral Dissertation
1st Place
Mark G. Mueller, University of Illinois

2nd Place
Treavor Boyer, University of North Carolina

Master's Thesis
1st Place
David Scott, University of Waterloo

2nd Place
Jesse Addison, Clemson University

Section and Membership Award
Scholarships
Abel Wolman Fellowship
Meagan Mauter, Yale University

LARS Master's Scholarship
Taylor C. Dixon, Colorado School of Mines

LARS PhD Scholarship
Darryl B. Jones, Arizona State University

Holly A. Cornell Scholarship
Carolina B. Mendez, University of Texas

Thomas R. Camp Scholarship
Jessica Fosbrook, Stanford University

SECTION AND MEMBERSHIP AWARDS

Diamond Pin Awards—First Time Winners
Stephen Geschke, Indiana Section
Thomas Arizumi, Hawaii Section
Chuck Van Der Kolk, Michigan Section
Cuauhtemoc Guajardo Ortiz, Mexico Section

Diamond Pin Awards—Ongoing Winners
2nd Diamond Pin
John Van Arsdel, Illinois Section

3rd Diamond Pin
Elizabeth Cerda Andrade, Mexico Section

Membership Recruiting Award
Mexico Section

Membership Retention Award
Mexico Section 

Membership Retention Growth Award
Mexico Section

Nicholas S. Hill, Jr. Award
Mexico Section

Zenno A. Gorder Award
Volunteer: John Van Arsdel, Illinois Section
Section Staff: Kenneth McCool, Alabama/Mississippi Section

Club Seven Awards
Division I:  Texas—12.50%
Division II:  Illinois—10.40%
Division III:  Georgia—16.04%
Division IV:  Minnesota—11.89%
Division V:  Hawaii—14.80%
Division VI:  Alaska—20.91%
Division VII:  Mexico—163.16%

Section Education Awards

Connecticut Section
"Water and People" high school education program

Georgia Section
"H2Opportunity!  Career Paths in Water Protection from GED to PhD"

Kentucky-Tennessee Section
"I Want to be a Professional" training program

Mexico Section
"Bi-monthly Technical Sessions"

Michigan Section
"Making Your Case" webcast

Texas Section
"NIMS/ICS Training for Water Utilities" teleconference

Wisconsin Section
"Adventure Kids Learning Expedition," an online educational program

Posted: 06/15/2009