PEOPLE/AWARDSDoug Brooks of Kentucky American Water received the 2013 Operator Meritorious Award from the Kentucky/Tennessee Section AWWA. Brooks is chief operator of the Kentucky River Station II at the Hardin’s Landing water treatment plant in Owen County.John Wills, coordinator of the Dickinson County (Iowa) Clean Water Alliance, received the Ace Cory Conservation Award. The Okoboji Protective Association presented the award for his efforts in fashioning partnerships between organizations to preserve water quality.Howard Neukrug, Philadelphia water commissioner, received the Public Officials Award from the Water Environment Federation.Walt Baker, director of the Utah Division of Water Quality, received the Association of Clean
