PEOPLE/AWARDS
Dale Bennett, a water treatment operator with the city of Siloam Springs, won a Northwest Arkansas Water Equality Assistance Award from the Arkansas Water Works Association.
Columbus City Utilities was named Plant of the Year by the Southern Indiana Operators Association.
Shay Ralls Roalson was appointed water director for Austin, Texas, and is the first woman to serve in that role.
The Hicksville (New York) Water District received the 2022 Community Achievement Award from the Hicksville Chamber of Commerce.
The Clanton Water Treatment Plant received a 2021 One-Year Optimized Plant Award from the Alabama Department of Environmental Management.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory materials scientists Mou Paul and Abhishek Roy won the 2023 Polymer Science and Engineering Cooperative Research Award for their work in global water sustainability.
The Danville (Kentucky) Water Plant received an award from the U.S. EPA for achieving area-wide optimization goals in 2021.
Gary Lessard, superintendent at the Iron Mountain-Kingsford (Michigan) Wastewater Treatment Plant, has retired.
The East Bay Municipal Utility District (California) Board of Directors welcomed its newest member, April Chan. Outgoing board member Frank Mellon, board member since 1994, retired spring. John Coleman was elected board president and Andy Katz vice president for 2023, the district’s centennial year.
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EVENTS
April 4-7
Wisconsin Rural Water Association Annual Technical Conference, La Crosse Center. Visit www.wrwa.org.
April 10-28
AWWA High-Tech Operator Course 2, online. Visit www.awwa.org.
April 11-14
Water Environment Association of Texas, Texas Water 2023, George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston. Visit www.weat.org.
April 12
AWWA Boosting Your Next Water Project with Visual Inspection Technology webinar. Visit www.awwa.org.
April 12-13
Nebraska Water Environment Association 2023 Great Plains Conference, Embassy Suites by Hilton Omaha La Vista Hotel and Conference Center. Visit www.nebwea.org.
April 16-19
AWWA Sustainable Water Management Conference, Hyatt Regency Minneapolis. Visit www.awwa.org.
April 17 - May 19
AWWA High-Tech Operator Course 3, online. Visit www.awwa.org.
April 18-21
California Water Environment Association AC23 Annual Conference and Expo, Town and Country, San Diego. Visit www.cwea.org.
April 19-21
Oklahoma Rural Water Association Annual Technical Conference, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Visit www.orwa.org.
April 25-27
Montana Section AWWA/Montana Water Environment Association 2023 Joint Conference: Working Together to Protect Montana’s Water Resources, Copper King Hotel and Convention Center, Butte. Visit www.montanawater.org.
April 25-28
Water Environment Association of Utah Annual Conference, Dixie Convention Center, St. George. Visit www.weau.org.
April 26
AWWA Compliance Tool or Major Opportunity? The Future of The Consumer Confidence Report Under EPA’s Proposed Rule Revisions webinar. Visit www.awwa.org.
