People/Awards
The Township of Edison, New Jersey, hired Robert Smith as director of its Water and Sewer Utilities Department.
The Town of Bridgton, Maine,...
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Videos
Award-Winning Engineer Talks Job Duties Overseeing Major Projects
Raed Armouti — recent winner of the American Water Works Association’s 2019 George Fuller Award for wide-ranging contributions to the water industry...
Editorial
Solar Helps Power an Arkansas City Toward 100% Clean Energy
The city of Fayetteville, Arkansas, jumped on the solar energy bandwagon in a big way in 2019.
In September, the city in northwestern...
Editorial
Rhonda Harris Always Knew What She Wanted to Do. She Became an Engineer and Training Expert.
When Rhonda Harris was 6 years old, she knew what she wanted to do: “I was going to be a civil engineer....
Editorial
Frequent Job Changes Provide Solid Foundation for Senior Operator’s Career Advancement
For Garon Goularte, frequent job changes have been a good thing.
In moving from one California facility to the next and gradually stepping...
Editorial
The AWWA George Warren Fuller Award Recognizes Raed Armouti for Multiple Contributions to the Water Industry
Raed Armouti grew up understanding water in a way few people do.
Although he didn’t know it as a boy, water would form...
Editorial
Worth Noting - February 2020
People/AwardsMany staff members from NEW Water in Green Bay took part in the 53rd annual Wisconsin Wastewater Operators’ Association conference. During the...
Videos
Award-Winning Operator Thankful for Updated Wastewater Treatment Plant
Nancy Pugh of the Louisa County (Virginia) Water Authority was recently named Wastewater Operator Specialist of the Year by the Virginia Rural...
Editorial
Worth Noting - January 2020
People/Awards
The West County (California) Wastewater District hired four executives: Andrew Clough, deputy general manager; Justin Lovell, administrative services department manager; Michael Savannah,...
Editorial
Tom Myers Thrives on Relationships With Other Operators, Engineers, Regulators and Others
Tom Myers has reaped many rewards from a 43-year career in the clean-water profession. He’ll be the first to tell you he...
Editorial
Diligent Care for the Water System Earned an Illinois Village a Utility Water Saver Award
The Illinois village of Mount Prospect has not had its own water plant for decades. It does have plenty of challenges to...
Editorial
Operators in a Virginia Water Plant Thrive Using Standard Operating Procedures They Wrote Themselves
If the operators at the Percy D. Miller Water Treatment Plant are experts at operating their systems, it’s because they wrote the...
Editorial
For Years, Spartanburg Water Has Been on Top of Its Game in Sustainability
When a water utility has won as many awards as Spartanburg Water, for sustainable management and consecutive years of 100% permit compliance...
Editorial
Setting Goals Reachable Through Hard Work. That's Lori Stenzel's Formula for Success.
Wanting more has dominated Lori Stenzel’s professional life.
As senior water quality and environmental compliance specialist for Illinois American Water in Belleville, she...
















