People/awards
The City of Harrisonburg Water Treatment Plant received a Silver Water Treatment Plant Performance Award from the Virginia Department of Health.
Illinois American Water received four 20-Year Directors Awards from the Partnership for Safe Water program, and the Wendell R. LaDue Utility Safety Award from the AWWA.
The City of Thomasville Water Treatment Plant received a Platinum Award from the Georgia Association of Water Professionals for a full year of meeting or exceeding compliance standards with all Safe Drinking Water Act requirements.
Dr. Jack Kiefer, senior associate with Hazen and Sawyer, received a 2022 Dr. Pankaj Parekh Research Innovation Award from the Water Research Foundation. The foundation also gave three Outstanding Subscriber Awards for Applied Research to the Metropolitan Wastewater Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Gwinnett County (Georgia) Water Resources and EPCOR Water Canada.
Karl Linden, the Mortenson Professor in Sustainable Development in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder, was named a 2022 Fulbright Scholar. The fellowship will allow him to research solutions to water pollution in rural and First Nations communities in Canada.
John Estrada and Pauline Estrada, siblings from Clovis North High School in California, won the 2022 U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize from the Water Environment Federation for their project on conservation of irrigation water using a drought assessment tool powered by artificial intelligence.
The Cadiz (Ohio) Water Treatment Plant was renamed the Thomas H. Carter Water Treatment Plant in honor of Carter, a 30+ year employee who recently died of cancer.
Maine Water honored Kirby Littlefield for his career as an operator of the former water treatment facility that served Biddeford, Saco, Old Orchard Beach and Scarborough’s Pine Point. Littlefield retired on May 12, 56 years after the day he started with the former Biddeford Saco Water, straight out of high school.
Nicole Van Aken, lab manager at the Fairfield-Suisun Sewer District in California, received the Arleen Navarret Award from the Bay Area Clean Water Agencies.
The National Association of Clean Water Agencies recognized two Pima County (Arizona) wastewater treatment facilities for exceptional performance. Green Valley Water Reclamation Facility and Mount Lemmon Water Reclamation Facility earned the Platinum Peak Performance Award.
Jannette Whitcomb is the new environmental health manager of Garfield County (Colorado) Public Health, replacing Joshua Williams.
Alan Zerbato, public works superintendent in Lee, Massachusetts retired after serving the town for 36 years. He served as superintendent for the past three years and was previously chief operator of the town’s wastewater facility. During that time, Zerbato and his team were recognized for having one of the top facilities in the state. The town renamed the road to the wastewater treatment plant Alan Zerbato Way.
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Events
Oct. 2-4
Southwest AWWA Section Annual Conference and Exposition, Embassy Suites Northwest Arkansas, Rogers. Visit www.swawwa.org.
Oct. 2-5
Atlantic Canada AWWA Section Annual Conference, Hilton Saint John, New Brunswick. Visit www.acwwa.ca.
Oct. 3-21
AWWA High-Tech Operator Course 2, online. Visit www.awwa.org.
Oct. 4-6
WaterSmart Innovations Conference and Exposition, South Point Hotel, Casino and Spa, Las Vegas. Visit www.watersmartinnovations.com.
Oct. 5-7
Intermountain AWWA Section Annual Conference, Uintah Conference Center, Vernal, Utah. Visit www.ims-awwa.org.
Oct. 5
AWWA Federal Financing Helps Utility Address Affordability Challenges webinar. Visit www.awwa.org.
Oct. 8-12
Water Environment Federation WEFTEC 2022, Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans. Visit www.weftec.org.
Oct. 11-13
North Dakota AWWA Section Annual Conference, Ramkota Hotel, Bismark. Visit www.awwand.org.
Oct. 12
AWWA Implementing Biological Treatment Processes in One Water Applications webinar. Visit www.awwa.org.
Oct. 17-Nov. 18
Water Treatment Operator Level 3, online. Visit www.awwa.org.
Oct. 19-20
AWWA OpShow: Practical Ideas for Water and Wastewater Operations, online. Visit www.awwa.org.
Oct. 23-26
California-Nevada AWWA Section Annual Conference, SAFE Credit Union Convention Center, Sacramento. Visit www.ca-nv-awwa.org.
Oct. 24-Nov. 11
High-Tech Operator Course 3, online. Visit www.awwa.org.
Oct. 25-27
Garfield County Public Health Iowa AWWA Section Annual Conference, Coralville. Visit www.awwa-ia.org.
