2015 WEF Awards recipients announced

Alexandria, Va. — The Water Environment Federation (WEF) announced the 2015 WEF Awards recipients. The annual awards program recognizes individuals and organizations that have made outstanding contributions to the water environment profession, WEF, and its member associations.

Recipients include individuals and organizations that contribute to the sustainability of water resources and make a profound impact on the future through involvement with water professionals and education.

The following awards will be presented during WEFTEC 2015 in Chicago:

• Collection Systems Award

Bradley E. Fix

Indiana Water Environment Association

• Eddy Wastewater Principles/Processes Medal

“Ammonia-Based Feedforward and Feedback Aeration Control in Activated Sludge Processes,” Leiv Rieger, Richard M. Jones, Peter L. Dold, and Charles B. Bott, Water Environment Research, January 2014, v. 86, no. 1, p. 63

• Emerson Distinguished Service Medal

Andrew Richardson

AZ Water Association

• Fair Distinguished Engineering Educator Medal

Francis L. de los Reyes III

North Carolina State University

Paul C. Johnson

Arizona State University

• Gascoigne Wastewater Treatment Plant Operational Improvement Medal

“Finding the Right System Balance”, Darrell DeWitt, David L. Wagoner and Jacqueline Jarrell, Water Environment & Technology, February 2014, v. 26, no. 2, p. 32

• W. Wesley Eckenfelder Industrial Water Quality Lifetime Achievement Award

James C. Young

• Innovative Technology Award

Algaewheel – OneWater Inc.

• McKee Groundwater Protection, Restoration or Sustainable Use Award

“Performance Evaluation of a Dual-Flow Recharge Filter for Improving Groundwater Quality”, Manoj P. Samuel, S. Senthilvel, and Abraham C. Mathew, Water Environment Research, July 2014, v. 86 no. 7, pp. 615-625

• Member Association Achievement Award

Chesapeake Water Environment Association

• Outstanding Member Association Award

New England Water Environment Association

• Outstanding Young Water Environment Professional Award

Haley Falconer

Pacific Northwest Clean Water Association

• Public Education Awards

Member Association Category:

Indiana Water Environment Association

Other Category:

San Antonio Water System Youth Education IMPACT Program

• Public Officials Award

Commissioner Frank Avila, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

Maggie Brooks-Monroe County, New York County Executive

The Honorable Laurel Prussing, Mayor of Urbana, Ill.

• Rudolfs Industrial Waste Management Medal

“Start up and Commissioning of a Membrane Bioreactor Plant Treating a High TDS Refinery Wastewater”, Mauro Marinetti, Kar Munirathinam, Bernardino Ciongoli, Carlo Zaffaroni, Ali Redha, Proceedings of WEFTEC 2014, pp. 2245-2260

• Schlenz Public Education Medal

Ashley Halsey III & Bonnie Berkowitz

• Water Quality Improvement Award

Roseburg Urban Sanitary Authority, Ore.

• WEF Canham Graduate Studies Scholarship

Ryan Ziels

University of Washington

• WEF Safety Award

AR Wastewater Treatment Plant, Montrose, Mich.

Orange County Sanitation District

Fountain Valley, Calif.