Award Articles

Heather Phillips has seen the clean-water business from two key perspectives. She started her career with a major engineering consultancy. A dozen years...

When Ted Meckes graduated from college, he found a job with the water utility in his hometown of Springfield, Illinois. He never left...

Grundfos’ Swetye added to board of Hydraulic InstituteGrundfos announced the appointment of Jim Swetye, technical training manager, to serve on the board...

As a youngster, Lance Phillips played baseball at W.W. Samuell High School in Dallas. Like many boys, he dreamed of playing in...

When the City of Tarpon Springs, Florida, decided to build its own water treatment plant, it selected reverse osmosis. The city had purchased...

People/AwardsBartow County, Georgia, earned a WaterFirst designation. The program is a voluntary partnership between local governments, state agencies and other organizations that...

The Great Lakes Water Authority’s three apprenticeship programs in Michigan are helping to resist the wave of retirements sweeping the industry.The initiative...

“Come, Dorothy!” cried the Wizard. “Hurry up, or the balloon will fly away.” That memorable line, one of many from the venerable story...

Surface water is a primary drinking water source for the Arizona Town of Gilbert, which has two water treatment facilities.As the population...

The Racine (Wisconsin) Wastewater Treatment Plant has occupied a 21-acre site on the west shore of Lake Michigan since 1937. Plant leaders...

Ed Hayner is committed to service.He sees his role as plant manager at the Aquia Wastewater Treatment Plant in Virginia as providing...

The Ogallala Aquifer is an essential source of water for America’s breadbasket in the west-central high plains. It is being drawn down...

Water-Wise Wednesdays. Succulent Sundays. Splash into Spring. These are a few of the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District’s outreach programs that won awards...

People/AwardsThe Newport (Rhode Island) Wastewater Treatment Facility, Cranston (Rhode Island) Wastewater Treatment Facility, and Presque Isle (Maine) Utilities District received 2019 Regional...