The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) has announced the winners of its 2022 National Environmental Achievement Awards (NEAA).
NACWA honored the winners during its Winter Conference on Feb. 1, held at the Scottsdale Plaza Resort in Ariz. The NEAA Program recognizes both the individuals and the NACWA-member public clean water utilities that have made outstanding contributions to environmental protection, their communities, ratepayers, and the water sector. NACWA is the only organization to offer national awards of this type to the municipal clean water sector.
The awards are presented to category winners for Distinguished Service, Environment, Local Public Service, Operations & Environmental Performance, Public Information & Education, Public Service, Research & Technology, Special Recognition, Utility Leadership, Watershed Collaboration, and Workforce Development.
“Despite the many challenges and setbacks that we faced as a nation and a global community over the last two years, these NACWA member public utilities have been able to deliver consistent and reliable clean water services,” said Adam Krantz, CEO of NACWA. “The herculean efforts by the staff and leadership of the over 300 utilities that comprise NACWA’s membership cannot be overstated, particularly their work as front line environmental first responders. America’s public clean water utilities held steadfast in their commitment to serve and inspire their communities throughout the course of the pandemic.
Individual Awards
Distinguished Service
- Steve Hershner
Former Utilities Director, City of Cedar Rapids - Tim Houghton
Former Deputy Director, City and County of Honolulu
Environment
- Jeff Lape
Former Deputy Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA - Todd Miller
Environmental Services Supervisor, Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission - Timothy S. Williams
Former Deputy Executive Director, WEF
Local Public Service
- Rob Long
Chair, Palm Beach Soil & Water Conservation District
Utility Leadership
- George Hayes
Director, Chesterfield County Department of Utilities - Dan McLawhorn
Attorney, City of Raleigh
Member Agency Awards
Operations & Environmental Performance
- East Bay Municipal Utility District, CA
Odor Management - Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, WI
Home HazMat Collection Program - Mount Pleasant Waterworks, SC
A Piece of History Repurposed: Water Tank to Artificial Reef
Public Information & Education: E-Media
- City of Richmond Department of Public, VA
RVAH2O's Floodwall Twitter Thread and Online Outreach - Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District, WI
Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District PFAS Initiative - Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission, OR
Community Partnership for Clean Water Video and Digital Campaign - Toho Water Authority, FL
Toho Water Holiday Pipemares
Public Information & Education: Educational Program
- Alexandria Renew, VA
AlexRenew’s Children’s Educational Program – Cloe the Tunnel Boring Machine and Friends - Louisville/Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District, KY
Louisville MSD's Bowl Patrol Educates the Community on "What Not to Flush” - Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, WI
One Water, Our Water
Public Information & Education: Video
- City of Springfield, OR
Capacity, Management, Operations, and Maintenance Program Video - Great Lakes Water Authority, MI
Think & Act Regionally: Collaboration is Key to the Success of GLWA's Regional Collection System - LOTT Clean Water Alliance, WA
Video Series: LOTT and the Budd Inlet Treatment Plant - Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, IL
"Where Does IT Go?" animation
Public Service
- East Bay Municipal Utility District, CA
Wastewater Based Epidemiology
Research & Technology
- Upper Occoquan Service Authority, VA
Intensification through Densification - The use of Hydrocylone Technology to Improve MLSS Settleability in an MLE Plant
Watershed Collaboration
- East Bay Municipal Utility District, CA
Collaboration on Revised Chlorine Effluent Limits in the San Francisco Bay Basin Plan - Great Lakes Water Authority, MI
Improving Watershed Health and Water Quality through Regional Collaboration - NEW Water, WI
NEW Water's Silver Creek Project
Workforce Development
- Beaufort-Jasper Water & Sewer Authority, SC
BJWSA Inaugural Internship Program - Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, WI
MMSD Workforce Development Training & Placement Programs
Special Recognition
- Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, WI
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