ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The Water Environment Federation (WEF) revealed the 2015 winners of its annual WEF Awards program, according to a press release.
The honorees include individuals and organizations that have contributed to the water environment profession, WEF and its member associations, noted the release. The awards will be presented at WEFTEC 2015 in Chicago in September.
Eddy Wastewater Principles/Processes Medal "Ammonia-Based Feedforward and Feedback Aeration Control in Activated Sludge Processes," Leiv Rieger, Richard M. Jones, Peter L. Dold, and Charles B. Bott, Water Environment Research, January 2014, v. 86, no. 1, p. 63
Fair Distinguished Engineering Educator Medal
Francis L. de los Reyes III
North Carolina State University
Paul C. Johnson Arizona State University
Gascoigne Wastewater Treatment Plant Operational Improvement Medal "Finding the Right System Balance", Darrell DeWitt, David L. Wagoner and Jacqueline Jarrell, Water Environment & Technology, February 2014, v. 26, no. 2, p. 32
Wesley Eckenfelder Industrial Water Quality Lifetime Achievement Award
James C. Young
Innovative Technology Award Algaewheel – OneWater Inc.
McKee Groundwater Protection, Restoration or Sustainable Use Award "Performance Evaluation of a Dual-Flow Recharge Filter for Improving Groundwater Quality", Manoj P. Samuel, S. Senthilvel and Abraham C. Mathew, Water Environment Research, July 2014, v. 86 no. 7, pp. 615-625
Public Officials Award
Commissioner Frank Avila, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater ChicagoMaggie Brooks-Monroe County, New York County ExecutiveThe Honorable Laurel Prussing, Mayor of Urbana, Il
Rudolfs Industrial Waste Management Medal "Start up and Commissioning of a Membrane Bioreactor Plant Treating a High TDS Refinery Wastewater", Mauro Marinetti, Kar Munirathinam, Bernardino Ciongoli, Carlo Zaffaroni, Ali Redha, Proceedings of WEFTEC 2014, pp. 2245-2260
Schlenz Public Education Medal
Ashley Halsey III & Bonnie Berkowitz
Water Quality Improvement Award
Roseburg Urban Sanitary Authority, Ore.
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