Posted: 06/09/2008

2008 AWWA Awards

Following is a summary of AWWA's top awards and the 2008 honorees. Criteria and entry forms for individual awards are available online.

AWWA Leadership Awards

Abel Wolman Award of Excellence

John M. Gaston

Vice-president, CH2M HILL

Oakland, Calif.

A.P. Black Research Award

Peter M. Huck

Professor and NSERC Chairholder in Water Treatment, University of Waterloo

Waterloo, Ont.

Water Industry Hall of Fame

Susumu Kawamura

President, Kawamura Water Engineering

San Gabriel, Calif.

Ernest C. Knoy (deceased)

Chair and Founder, Tank Industry Consultants

Indianapolis, Ind.

Outstanding Service to AWWA Award

William A. Kelley
Drinking Water Systems Specialist, FTC&H
Lansing, Mich.

Distinguished Public Service Award

Robert D. Friedgen
General Manager (Retired), Helix Water District
San Diego, Calif.

Award of Merit

Leighann M. Gilson
Draper, Utah

The Honorable Grace F. Napolitano
US House of  Representatives
Norwalk, Calif.

Honorary Member Award

Robert A. Baumeister
Retired Chief of Public Water Systems, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Madison, Wis.

Walter J. Bishop
General Manager, Contra Costa Water District
Concord, Calif.

Marla Carter
Public Information and Education Manager
Everett, Wash.

Hubert Demard
Engineer
Quebec City, Que.

Dennis Leslie
General Manager
North Park Public Water District
Machesney, Ill.

Douglas J. Mandy
Manager, Section of Drinking Water Protection, Minnesota Department of Health
St. Paul, Minn.

Marlay B. Price
Vice-President, Marketing Director
Gannett Fleming Engineers
Versailles, Ohio

Ronald O. Schwarzwalder
New Mexico Rural Water Association
Albuquerque, N.M.

Janice M. Skadsen
Water Quality Specialist, CDM
Ann Arbor, Mich.

Lawrence E. Thomas
Vice-president/Chief Operating Officer
Baxter & Woodman, Inc.
Crystal Lake, Ill.

Archie E. Becher, Jr. Award

Steve H. Via
Regulatory Engineer, American Water Works Association
Washington, D.C.

AWWA Water Landmark

Water Tower, Caruthersville, Mo.

Diversity Award

No award

Publication Awards

Publications Award

Richard A. Brown and David A. Cornwell, Environmental Engineering & Technology

Division Best Paper Awards

Distribution & Plant Operations Division

William J. Soucie and Brett J. Sheen, Central Lake County (Ill.) Joint Action Water Agency

Engineering & Construction Division

Bong Seog Jung, MWH Soft; Bryan W. Karney, University of Toronto; Paul F. Boulos, MWH Soft; and Don J. Wood, University of Kentucky

Management Division

Jeffrey S. Rosen, Clancy Environmental Consultants, and J. Alan Roberson, AWWA

Small Systems Division

None

Water Conservation Division

Tony T. Gregg, Dan Strub, and Drema Gross, Austin (Texas) Water Utility

Water Quality & Technology Division

Richard A. Brown and David A. Cornwall, Environmental Engineering & Technology

Water Resources Division

Avinash S. Patwardhan, Douglas Baughman, Aditya Tyagi, and Jared Thorpe, CH2M HILL

Water Science & Research Division

Kristin Fallon, Saint Albans Cooperative Creamery; Thomas Hargy, Clancy Environmental Consultants; Erin Mackey and Harold Wright, Carollo Engineers; and Jennifer Clancy, Clancy Environmental Consultants

Water Quality & Technology Division Best Poster Award

First Place: Guanghui Hua for “Evaluation of SUVA as an Indicator of Organic Disnfection By-product Precursors During Chlorination and Chloramination”

Second Place: Glen Boyd, Ron English, and Greg Pierson for “Potential Risks Associated With Leaching of Organic Contaminants and Endocrine Disruptors From Plastic Piping Materials”

Water Science & Research Division Best Poster Award

First Place: Sara Rodriguez Mozaz,  Howard S. Weinberg, Ana M. Saenz de Jubera, and Alison Sykes for “Novel Strategies for the Characterization of Mixed Oxidant Solutions for Drinking Water”

Second Place: Liang Mao, Qingguo Huang, Junhe Lu, and Shixiang Gao for “Peroxidase Mediated Removal of Estradiol From Water Containing Dissolved Natural Organic Matter”

Operations Awards

Exemplary Source Water Protection Award

Small System:
none

Medium-Size System:

Davison, Mich.

Large System:

Indiana American Water, Richmond (Ind.) District

Heroism

None

Operator's Meritorious Award

Gary Carscadden, Collingwood (Ont.) Public Utilities

Robert Cottom, Dillon, Mont.

Francis Ferguson, Mni Wiconi Water Treatment Plant, Fort Pierre, S.D.

Kenneth R. Garrison, Fair Lawn, N.J.

Gregory Scott Hobson, Nicholasville, Ky.

Marty Hoffert, Newton (Iowa) Water Works

Dennis Howey, Gwinner, N.D.

Richard J. Kiwala, Missouri American Water Company, Joplin, Mo.

Kevin Linder, Aurora (Colo.) Water

Michael J. Mulder, East Lansing–Meridian (Mich.) Water & Sewer Authority

Jay C. Nadeau, Champlain Water District, South Burlington, Vt.

John J. Nadzam, Industry (Pa.) Borough Municipal Authority

Rodger D. Phillips, Cookeville (Tenn.) Water Plant

Philip E. Propes, Ames, Iowa

David Tuck, Greenwood (S.C.) CPW

Garry Turner, Olathe, Kan.

MaryBeth Wiser, Rochester, N.H.

Jim Wolf, Oshkosh (Wis.) Water Utility

Public Communications Achievement Award

Utility serving more than 25,000 connections:

Region Municipality of Peel
Brampton, Ont.

Utility serving 5,000 to 25,000 connections:

Prince William County (Va.) Service Authority

Individual Communicator:

Patricia Mulroy
General Manager, Southern Nevada Water Authority
Las Vegas, Nev.

Wendell LaDue Safety Awards

Class 1: Clare, Mich.

Class 2: Saginaw–Midland (Mich.) Municipal Water Supply Corp.

Class 3: Beaufort–Jasper (S.C.) Water and Sewer Authority

Class 4: Portland (Ore.) Water Bureau

Student Awards

Academic Achievement Awards

Doctoral Dissertation

First Place
Jianping Zhang, University of Waterloo

Second Place
Erik Rosenfeldt, Duke University

Master's Thesis

First Place
Quinn K. Crosina, University of Waterloo

Second Place
Jeffrey DeLoyde, University of Waterloo

Scholarships

Abel Wolman Fellowship

Manish Kumar, University of Illinois

LARS Scholarship

PhD: Yan Zhang, Virginia Tech

Master’s: Caroline Newcomb, Pennsylvania State University

Thomas R. Camp Scholarship

Ryan Kingsbury, school to be selected

Holly A. Cornell Scholarship

Brigit Afshar, University of Texas

Section and Membership Awards

George Warren Fuller Award

Atlantic Canada Water Works Association, A Section of AWWA: Lloyd A. Douglas (deceased)

Alabama–Mississippi Section: Charles A. Lott, Jr.

Alaska Section: Arthur D. Ronimus III

Arizona Section: Steven E. Davis

British Columbia Section: Eric W.D. Bonham

California–Nevada Section: Kenneth D. Kerri and Charles W. Wulff Jr.

Chesapeake Section: Douglas G. Brinkman

Connecticut Section: Daniel F. Lesnieski

Florida Section: Glenn Yaney

Georgia Section: P. Michael Thomas

Hawaii Section: Clifford Sonny Jamile (deceased)

Illinois Section: Melanie J. Van Heirseele

Indiana Section: John F. Stancati

Intermountain Section: David E. Hansen

Iowa Section: Roy G. Ney

Kansas Section: Stephen J. Randtke

Kentucky–Tennessee Section: Gregory C. Heitzman

Mexico Section: Nicolas Gonzalez Flores

Michigan Section: Gerald H. Caron

Minnesota Section: Ben G. Mason

Missouri Section: Roddy J. Rogers

Montana Section: Barbara Coffman

Nebraska Section: Anthony P. Bilek

New Jersey Section: Richard A. Russo

New England Water Works Association, A Section of AWWA: Katherine J. Pedersen

New York Section: Michael E. Hooker

North Carolina Section: Pamela L. Moss

North Dakota Section: Charles S. Vein

Ohio Section: Richard L. Martin

Ontario Water Works Association, A Section of AWWA: Stephen D. Burns

Pacific Northwest Section: Roy Frank Triplett

Pennsylvania Section: Jeffrey R. Hines

Puerto Rico Section: Jose F. Ortiz Vazquez

Quebec Section: Donald Ellis

Rocky Mountain Section: Terry Franklin

South Carolina Section: Mark F. Cline

South Dakota Section: Martin J. Jarrett

Southwest Section: Alan D. Fortenberry

Texas Section: Dean Sharp

Virginia Section: Daniel B. Horne

West Virginia Section: Douglas R. Smith

Western Canada Section: Dan J. Limacher

Wisconsin Section: Daniel S. Duchniak

Diamond Pin

Ronald Erickson, Illinois Section

Ambassador

Robert M. Gore, Virginia Section

Presidential Gold

Edward K. Doi, Hawaii Section

Presidential Silver

Donna Howe, Texas Section
Marian Potter, New York Section
Eric J. Way, Michigan Section

Zenno A. Gorder Award to a Volunteer
Donna Howe, Texas Section

Zenno A. Gorder Award to Section Staff
Harold R. Seifert, Southwest Section

Nicholas S. Hill Jr. Award

Ontario Section

Section Recruiting

Ontario Section

Section Membership Retention

Nebraska Section

Section Membership Retention Growth

Atlantic Canada Section

Section Education Awards

Florida Section, Safety Training Program

Illinois Section, Youth Outreach Program

Kentucky–Tennessee Section, Young Professionals Conference

Michigan Section, Use of Existing Training Aids

New England Water Works Association, A Section of AWWA, Symposium “Weathering the Unpredictable Storm of Climate Change”

South Carolina Section, Backflow Prevention Assembly Repair Workshop

Texas Section, Teleconference “Dare to Prepare”

Section Small Systems Program Award

“Drinking Water Quality Management Standard,” Ontario Section

Service to the Water Industry Award

50 Years

Canby (Ore.) Utility Board
Carlsbad (Calif.) Municipal Water District
Crestview Water and Sanitation District, Denver, Colo.
East Jordan Iron Works, Inc.
East Niles Community Services District, Bakersfield, Calif.
Fargo (N.D.) Water Department
Frankfort (Ky.) Electric and Water Plant Board
Greendale Utilities, Lawrenceburg, Ind.
Hanford (Calif.) Public Works Department
Loves Park (Ill.) Water Department
Milpitas, Calif.
Monona (Wis.) Water Utility
Monroe County (N.Y.) Water Authority
Mount Prospect, Ill.
Northern Filter Media, Inc.
Oakridge, Ore.
Orange County (Calif.) Water District
Park Forest, Ill.
Everett J. Prescott, Inc.
Riverside, Ill.
Security Water District, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Twentynine Palms (Calif.) Water District
Tuscumbia (Ala.) Water Department
Vallecitos Water District, San Marcos, Calif.
Water District No. 1 of Johnson County, Kansas

75 Years

J-M Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Orlando (Fla.) Utilities Commission
San Francisco (Calif.) Public Utilities Commission

100 Years

The Ford Meter Box Company, Inc.