Division Best Article Award
Division Best Article Award
2025 Recipients
Distribution & Plant Operations Division
“Oregon’s Unprecedented Labor Day 2020 Fires: Impacts and Responses.” May, 2024
Nancy Toth, Craig Harper, Matthew Del Moro, Robert M. Henry, Erica C. Fischer, Emily Jane Davis
Engineering & Construction Division
“Using Digital Twins to Improve Pumping and Distribution Systems Operations.” January 2024.
Michael Benard
Management & Leadership Division
“Winter Storm Uri: Public Drinking Water System Resilience in Texas.” April 2024.
Brianna Tomko, Christine L. Nittrouer, Xavier Sanchez-Villa, Audrey H. Sawyer
Water Conservation Division
“Proactive Leak Notification Programs Advance Conservation.” September 2024.
Liesel Hans
Water Quality & Technology Division
“What’s New with Old Galvanized Iron Pipe? A Toolbox for Utilities.” March 2024.
Roger B. Arnold, Jeffrey Parks, Marc A. Edwards, Becki Rosenfeldt
Water Science & Research Division
“Arsenic Treatment Using Electrolytic Ferrous Reagent to Replace Bulk Ferric Chloride.” May 2024.
Vladimir Dozortsev, Roy Sanchez
Water Resource Sustainability Division
“Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Can Make Potable Reuse Projects More Resilient.” June 2024.
Ufuk Erdal, Ozan Erdal
Purpose of the Award:
To recognize annually the author(s) of outstanding articles from each AWWA Technical and Education (TEC) Division published in Journal AWWA from January through December of the previous year.
The Award
A Division Best Article Plaque.
Frequency of the Award
Annually
Eligibility for the Award
All peer-reviewed articles published in Journal AWWA, with at least one author who is an AWWA member at the time of publication are eligible.
Entry Requirements
All articles eligible for the award are automatically considered.
Nomination Procedure
Because all articles meeting the eligibility requirements are considered for the award, there are no nomination procedures.
Division Award Committee Membership
The TEC Division chair shall appoint three members, subject to concurrence by the Division Board of Trustees, to serve as the Division award committee. The TEC Division chair is authorized to appoint a replacement for any committee member who has conflict of interest.
Method of Selecting Best Article
The staff shall categorize all eligible articles and assign them to the responsible Division awards committees. Each division awards committee shall rate articles assigned to it. The titles of the articles are ranked and submitted by the TEC Division award committee chair to AWWA staff before January 15. The top-rated article from each TEC Division is forwarded to the Publications Award Committee for selection of the Publications Award.
Presentation of the Award
The TEC Division Best Article awards will be presented for each TEC Division’s top-rated article at the Awards Session at the American Water Works Association Annual Conference and Exposition.
Past Article Winners
Water Conservation
“Statistical Estimates of Water Savings From Landscape Transformation Programs,” AWWA Water Science, January 2020
— Thomas W. Chesnutt
Water Science & Research
“Impact of Model Selection on Predicted Contaminant Degradation in Water Treatment,” AWWA Water Science, June 2020
— Alexander S. Gorzalski, Gregory W. Harrington, and Orlando Coronell
Water Resource Sustainability
“Health Risks From Protozoa in Potable Reuse: Implications of Florida’s Data Set,” AWWA Water Science, October 2020
— David MacNevin and Greta Zornes
Water Quality Technology
“Considerations for Large Building Water Quality After Extended Stagnation,” AWWA Water Science, June 2020
— Caitlin R. Proctor, William J. Rhoads, Tim Keane, Maryam Salehi, Kerry Hamilton, Kelsey J. Pieper, David M. Cwiertny, Michele Prévost, and Andrew J. Whelton
Distribution & Plant Operations
“Validation of Water Main Failure Predictions: A 2‐Year Case Study,” AWWA Water Science, May 2020 Engineering & Construction Raja Kammoun, Simon Barrette, Françoise Bichai, Sarah Dorner, and Michèle Prévost: “A Hydrocarbon Pipeline Spill Risk Assessment Framework for Drinking Water Supply,” AWWA Water Science, July 2020
— Christopher Kahn, Aaron Damiani, and Shaoqing Ge
Management & Leadership
“Water and Sewer Affordability in the United States: A 2019 Update,” AWWA Water Science, April 2020
— Manuel P. Teodoro and Robin Rose Saywitz
Small System Division (Authors submitting to AWWA’s Opflow)
Manuel P. Teodoro and Robin Rose Saywitz
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