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
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