2024 WEF Award Winners

Paul T. Bowen, Ph.D.

Georgia Association of Water Professionals, Water Environment Association of South Carolina

Joseph G. Cleary, P.E., BCEE

New York Water Environment Association

Dr. Christian Davies-Venn, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE, BCWRE, F.ASCE

Chesapeake Water Environment Association, Federal Water Quality Association

Christine deBarbadillo

Chesapeake Water Environment Association

John K. Esler, P.E.

New England Water Environment Association

Patricia Kennedy, P.E.

AZ Water Association

James S. Kumagai, Ph.D., P.E.

Hawaii Water Environment Association

Rebecca Lewis

Kansas Water Environment Association

Dave Mason

Water Environment Association of Texas

David William Oerke, P.E., BCEE

Rocky Mountain Water Environment Association

Dr. Ana J. Peña-Tijerina, P.E., BCEE

Water Environment Association of Texas

Joseph C. Reichenberger, P.E., BCEE

California Water Environment Association

Matthew Paul Ries, Ph.D., P.E.

Virginia Water Environment Association

José F. Velazquez, P.E.

Rocky Mountain Water Environment Association

James C. Young

Arkansas Water Environment Association

Eddy Wastewater Principles & Processes Medal

Yi Cao

“Monitoring biofilm thickness using the membrane aerated biofilm reactor (MABR) fingerprint soft sensor to optimize nitrogen removal”, Yi Cao, Zihao Cui, Glen T. Daigger, WER, Vol. 95, Issue 12 (December 2023)

Eddy Wastewater Principles & Processes Medal

Zihao Cui

“Monitoring biofilm thickness using the membrane aerated biofilm reactor (MABR) fingerprint soft sensor to optimize nitrogen removal”, Yi Cao, Zihao Cui, Glen T. Daigger, WER, Vol. 95, Issue 12 (December 2023)

Eddy Wastewater Principles & Processes Medal

Glen T. Daigger

“Monitoring biofilm thickness using the membrane aerated biofilm reactor (MABR) fingerprint soft sensor to optimize nitrogen removal”, Yi Cao, Zihao Cui, Glen T. Daigger, WER, Vol. 95, Issue 12 (December 2023)

Gascoigne Wastewater Treatment Plant Operational Improvement Medal

Alonso Griborio, Ph.D., P.E.

“Continuous-flow densification helps facilities unlock treatment capacity – and substantial cost savings,” Alonso Griborio, Ph.D., P.E., David Jones, Dr. Wendell Khunjar, P.E., Ron Latimer, P.E., Melissa Meyer, P.E., Gayathri Ram Mohan, Ph.D., P.E., Haley Noteboom, Dr. Paul Pitt, and Yewei Sun, Ph.D., WE&T, Pg. 67 (September 2023)

Gascoigne Wastewater Treatment Plant Operational Improvement Medal

David Jones

“Continuous-flow densification helps facilities unlock treatment capacity – and substantial cost savings,” Alonso Griborio, Ph.D., P.E., David Jones, Dr. Wendell Khunjar, P.E., Ron Latimer, P.E., Melissa Meyer, P.E., Gayathri Ram Mohan, Ph.D., P.E., Haley Noteboom, Dr. Paul Pitt, and Yewei Sun, Ph.D., WE&T, Pg. 67 (September 2023)

Gascoigne Wastewater Treatment Plant Operational Improvement Medal

Dr. Wendell Khunjar, P.E.

“Continuous-flow densification helps facilities unlock treatment capacity – and substantial cost savings,” Alonso Griborio, Ph.D., P.E., David Jones, Dr. Wendell Khunjar, P.E., Ron Latimer, P.E., Melissa Meyer, P.E., Gayathri Ram Mohan, Ph.D., P.E., Haley Noteboom, Dr. Paul Pitt, and Yewei Sun, Ph.D., WE&T, Pg. 67 (September 2023)

Gascoigne Wastewater Treatment Plant Operational Improvement Medal

Ron Latimer, P.E.

“Continuous-flow densification helps facilities unlock treatment capacity – and substantial cost savings,” Alonso Griborio, Ph.D., P.E., David Jones, Dr. Wendell Khunjar, P.E., Ron Latimer, P.E., Melissa Meyer, P.E., Gayathri Ram Mohan, Ph.D., P.E., Haley Noteboom, Dr. Paul Pitt, and Yewei Sun, Ph.D., WE&T, Pg. 67 (September 2023)

Gascoigne Wastewater Treatment Plant Operational Improvement Medal

Melissa Meyer, P.E.

“Continuous-flow densification helps facilities unlock treatment capacity – and substantial cost savings,” Alonso Griborio, Ph.D., P.E., David Jones, Dr. Wendell Khunjar, P.E., Ron Latimer, P.E., Melissa Meyer, P.E., Gayathri Ram Mohan, Ph.D., P.E., Haley Noteboom, Dr. Paul Pitt, and Yewei Sun, Ph.D., WE&T, Pg. 67 (September 2023)

Gascoigne Wastewater Treatment Plant Operational Improvement Medal

Gayathri Ram Mohan, Ph.D., P.E.

“Continuous-flow densification helps facilities unlock treatment capacity – and substantial cost savings,” Alonso Griborio, Ph.D., P.E., David Jones, Dr. Wendell Khunjar, P.E., Ron Latimer, P.E., Melissa Meyer, P.E., Gayathri Ram Mohan, Ph.D., P.E., Haley Noteboom, Dr. Paul Pitt, and Yewei Sun, Ph.D., WE&T, Pg. 67 (September 2023)

Gascoigne Wastewater Treatment Plant Operational Improvement Medal

Haley Noteboom

“Continuous-flow densification helps facilities unlock treatment capacity – and substantial cost savings,” Alonso Griborio, Ph.D., P.E., David Jones, Dr. Wendell Khunjar, P.E., Ron Latimer, P.E., Melissa Meyer, P.E., Gayathri Ram Mohan, Ph.D., P.E., Haley Noteboom, Dr. Paul Pitt, and Yewei Sun, Ph.D., WE&T, Pg. 67 (September 2023)

Gascoigne Wastewater Treatment Plant Operational Improvement Medal

Dr. Paul Pitt

“Continuous-flow densification helps facilities unlock treatment capacity – and substantial cost savings,” Alonso Griborio, Ph.D., P.E., David Jones, Dr. Wendell Khunjar, P.E., Ron Latimer, P.E., Melissa Meyer, P.E., Gayathri Ram Mohan, Ph.D., P.E., Haley Noteboom, Dr. Paul Pitt, and Yewei Sun, Ph.D., WE&T, Pg. 67 (September 2023)

Gascoigne Wastewater Treatment Plant Operational Improvement Medal

Yewei Sun, Ph.D.

“Continuous-flow densification helps facilities unlock treatment capacity – and substantial cost savings,” Alonso Griborio, Ph.D., P.E., David Jones, Dr. Wendell Khunjar, P.E., Ron Latimer, P.E., Melissa Meyer, P.E., Gayathri Ram Mohan, Ph.D., P.E., Haley Noteboom, Dr. Paul Pitt, and Yewei Sun, Ph.D., WE&T, Pg. 67 (September 2023)

McKee Groundwater Protection, Restoration, or Sustainable Use Award

Dr. Guido Borzi

“Assessment of cation exchange as conditioning processes of water chemistry in freshwater lenses”, Dr. Guido Borzi, Dr. Eleonora Carol, Dr. Sebastián Richiano, Dr. Lucía Santucci, and Dr. Carolina Tanjal, WER, Volume 95, Issue 3 (February 2023)

McKee Groundwater Protection, Restoration, or Sustainable Use Award

Dr. Eleonora Carol

“Assessment of cation exchange as conditioning processes of water chemistry in freshwater lenses”, Dr. Guido Borzi, Dr. Eleonora Carol, Dr. Sebastián Richiano, Dr. Lucía Santucci, and Dr. Carolina Tanjal, WER, Volume 95, Issue 3 (February 2023)

McKee Groundwater Protection, Restoration, or Sustainable Use Award

Dr. Sebastián Richiano

“Assessment of cation exchange as conditioning processes of water chemistry in freshwater lenses”, Dr. Guido Borzi, Dr. Eleonora Carol, Dr. Sebastián Richiano, Dr. Lucía Santucci, and Dr. Carolina Tanjal, WER, Volume 95, Issue 3 (February 2023)

McKee Groundwater Protection, Restoration, or Sustainable Use Award

Dr. Lucía Santucci

“Assessment of cation exchange as conditioning processes of water chemistry in freshwater lenses”, Dr. Guido Borzi, Dr. Eleonora Carol, Dr. Sebastián Richiano, Dr. Lucía Santucci, and Dr. Carolina Tanjal, WER, Volume 95, Issue 3 (February 2023)

McKee Groundwater Protection, Restoration, or Sustainable Use Award

Dr. Carolina Tanjal

“Assessment of cation exchange as conditioning processes of water chemistry in freshwater lenses”, Dr. Guido Borzi, Dr. Eleonora Carol, Dr. Sebastián Richiano, Dr. Lucía Santucci, and Dr. Carolina Tanjal, WER, Volume 95, Issue 3 (February 2023)

Rudolfs Industrial Waste Management Medal

Christopher Beranek, P.E.

“Using Ultrafiltration to Achieve Stringent Heavy Metal Discharge Limits and Effluent Reuse for Engine Remanufacturing Wastewater”, Christopher Beranek, P.E., Divya Malyala, P.E., Bob Stolt, P.E., and Lara Thurn, P.E., Access Water Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation, WEFTEC Conference Paper (October 2023)

Rudolfs Industrial Waste Management Medal

Divya Malyala, P.E.

“Using Ultrafiltration to Achieve Stringent Heavy Metal Discharge Limits and Effluent Reuse for Engine Remanufacturing Wastewater”, Christopher Beranek, P.E., Divya Malyala, P.E., Bob Stolt, P.E., and Lara Thurn, P.E., Access Water Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation, WEFTEC Conference Paper (October 2023)

Rudolfs Industrial Waste Management Medal

Bob Stolt, P.E

"Using Ultrafiltration to Achieve Stringent Heavy Metal Discharge Limits and Effluent Reuse for Engine Remanufacturing Wastewater," Christopher Beranek, P.E., Divya Malyala, P.E., Bob Stolt, P.E., and Lara Thurn, P.E., Access Water Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation, WEFTEC Conference Paper (October 2023)

Rudolfs Industrial Waste Management Medal

Lara Thurn, P.E.

“Using Ultrafiltration to Achieve Stringent Heavy Metal Discharge Limits and Effluent Reuse for Engine Remanufacturing Wastewater”, Christopher Beranek, P.E., Divya Malyala, P.E., Bob Stolt, P.E., and Lara Thurn, P.E., Access Water Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation, WEFTEC Conference Paper (October 2023)

Fair Distinguished Engineering Educator Medal

Berrin Tansel, Ph.D., P.E., F ASCE, F WEF

Florida Water Environment Association

Student Chapter of the Year Award

Old Dominion University Environmental Engineering Student Association

Canham Graduate Studies Scholarship

Lilia Ochoa Romero

Rutgers University

Public Communication & Outreach Program Award (Individual Category)

Kahao Lim

AZ Water Association

Public Communication & Outreach Program Award (Other Category)

Hamline University’s Center for Global Environmental Education (CGEE)

“Adopt-a-Drain” Program

Public Communication & Outreach Program Award (Other Category)

City of Tacoma Environmental Services (ES)

“If it Hits the Ground, It Hits the Sound!” Program

Media & Public Education Medal

Oliver Morrison

Operator Scholarship

Brendan Casey Jr.

New York Water Environment Association

Operator Scholarship

Javian Conley

Alabama's Water Environment Association

Operator Scholarship

Colinrae James Gonzalez

Water Environment Association of Utah

Operator Scholarship

Cody Graeve

Iowa Water Environment Association

Operator Scholarship

Brice Hall

Pennsylvania Water Environment Association

Operator Scholarship

Mathew Scott Hazelwood

Iowa Water Environment Association

Operator Scholarship

Stephen Kelly

AZ Water Association

Operator Scholarship

Carrie LaFond

New England Water Environment Association

Operator Scholarship

Jordan Lewis

Water Environment Association of South Carolina

Operator Scholarship

Chrystal Pointer

Pacific Northwest Clean Water Association

Operator Scholarship

Marcos Quintero

Missouri Water Environment Association

Operator Scholarship

Javier Rondon

Iowa Water Environment Association

Operator Scholarship

Holly Ruble

Iowa Water Environment Association

Operator Scholarship

Mr. Theodore Jackson Sammon

Rocky Mountain Water Environment Association

Operator Scholarship

Ms. Tara R. Simmon

New York Water Environment Association

Operator Scholarship

Chris Tatum

New York Water Environment Association

Operator Scholarship

Stacy Thompson

New England Water Environment Association

Public Officials Award

Public Officials Award

 

Rick Crosby

Mount Pleasant Waterworks

Commission Chairman (South Carolina)

Water Environment Association of South Carolina

Public Officials Award

Best WEFTEC Program Abstract Award

Jeffrey Allen

“Benzene Removal in a Petroleum Refinery Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor System”.

Best WEFTEC Program Abstract Award

Greg Elliott

“Benzene Removal in a Petroleum Refinery Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor System”.

Best WEFTEC Program Abstract Award

David R. Marrs, P.E.
“Benzene Removal in a Petroleum Refinery Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor System”.

Camp Applied Research Award

Dr. Francis L. de los Reyes III

NC One Water

Emerson Distinguished Service Medal

Rasheed Ahmad, Ph.D., P.E.
Georgia Association of Water Professionals

Schroepfer Innovative Facility Design Medal

Jeff VanVoorhis
Central States Water Environment Association

Ralph Fuhrman Medal for Outstanding Water Quality Academic-Practice Collaboration

Roy Coley, MBA, Director

Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department

Ralph Fuhrman Medal for Outstanding Water Quality Academic-Practice Collaboration

Berrin Tansel, PhD, P.E., F ASCE, F WEF

Florida International University / Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department

Water For People Robert W. Hite Distinguished Leadership Award

Trenton Thomas Woodward

Awarded Posthumously

WEF Mentorship Award

Nicole E. Brown
New Jersey Water Environment Association
Pennsylvania Water Environment Association

W. Wesley Eckenfelder Industrial Water Quality Lifetime Achievement Award

Paul T. Bowen, Ph.D.

Georgia Association of Water Professionals, Water Environment Association of South Carolina

W. Wesley Eckenfelder Industrial Water Quality Lifetime Achievement Award

Michael K. Stenstrom

California Water Environment Association

Water Heroes Award

Jacobs - Farmington Water Operations Team

Water Heroes Award

Houston Water

Water Heroes Award

Knoxville Utilities Board

Outstanding Young Water Environment Professional Award

Sam Hawkinson
California Water Environment Association

Collection Systems Award

Michael Holland
Central States Water Environment Association

Morgan Operational Solutions Award

Alexandria Gagnon
Virginia Water Environment Association

Water Quality Improvement Award

Arizona Department of Environmental Quality & United States Forest Service 

WEF Safety Award

Clayton County Water Authority Safety program

WEF Safety Award

Roanoke Rapids Sanitary District

WEF Project Excellence Award

City of Santa Monica Sustainable Water Infrastructure Project (SWIP)

Honorees: City of Santa Monica - Water Resources Division, Kiewit, ARCADIS, PERC Water

WEF Project Excellence Award

City of Santa Monica Sustainable Water Infrastructure Project (SWIP)

Honorees: City of Santa Monica - Water Resources Division, Kiewit, ARCADIS, PERC Water

WEF Project Excellence Award

City of Santa Monica Sustainable Water Infrastructure Project (SWIP)

Honorees: City of Santa Monica - Water Resources Division, Kiewit, ARCADIS, PERC Water

WEF Project Excellence Award

City of Santa Monica Sustainable Water Infrastructure Project (SWIP)

Honorees: City of Santa Monica - Water Resources Division, Kiewit, ARCADIS, PERC Water

WEF Project Excellence Award

SacSewer (Sacramento, CA) Echo Water Project

Honorees: SacSewer, Brown & Caldwell/HDR Joint Venture, Dragados USA, Inc.

WEF Project Excellence Award

SacSewer (Sacramento, CA) Echo Water Project

Honorees: SacSewer, Brown & Caldwell/HDR Joint Venture, Dragados USA, Inc.

WEF Project Excellence Award

SacSewer (Sacramento, CA) Echo Water Project

Honorees: SacSewer, Brown & Caldwell/HDR Joint Venture, Dragados USA, Inc.

Citation of Excellence in Advertising

Citation of Excellence in Advertising

Citation of Excellence in Advertising

Citation of Excellence in Advertising

Citation of Excellence in Advertising

Citation of Excellence in Advertising

Member Association Achievement Award