Awards Ceremony
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
The New England Water Environment Association (NEWEA), through its Awards Committee, has completed the year long process of nomination, selection and promotion of the 2022 slate of awards recipients.
These Awards recognize “the best of the best” of water quality professionals from within the 2,000-member NEWEA organization, plus additional “stars” from the Public Education, Journalism, Educational Institution, and Municipal Utility/Public Works community. Visit our awards program to learn more about the range of awards we present.
As always, the Awards Program will also include outstanding performance awards given by the US EPA New England Region.
The event is scheduled for Wednesday, January 25, 2023 from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM (tickets required). Attendance is limited and is known to “sell out”.
NEWEA RECOGNITIONS
Stockholm Junior Water Prize
Elizabeth Wallace, Greenwich, CT
Ginny Hunt, Bangor, ME
Maxim Attiogbe, Worcester, MA
Abhinav Avvaru, Nashua, NH
Hiba Ali, South Burlington, VT
NEWEA Scholarship Recipients 2021-2022
Courteney Hales, University of Vermont, Undergraduate Student
Kathryne Lovell, University of Massachusetts, Undergraduate Student
Shawn Shay University of Connecticut, Undergraduate Student
NEWEA Kate Biedron Memorial Scholarship Recipient 2021-2022
Ella Quinn, University of Massachusetts
NEWEA AWARDS
Asset Management Award Biosolids Management Award Clair N. Sawyer Award Committee Service Award Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Leadership Award E. Sherman Chase Award Elizabeth A. Cutone Executive Leadership Award Energy Management Achievement Award Energy Management Achievement Award Founders Award James J. Courchaine Collection Systems Award Operator Award Past President’s Plaque and Pin Paul Keough Award Youth Educator Award Young Professional Award
Sally Keating, Hartford, CT
Paula Drouin, Lewiston, ME
Jennifer Lichtensteiger, Lowell, MA
Michael Trainque, Manchester, NH
Kathy Perez, South Kingstown, RI
Richard Kenney, Hartford, VT
City of Dover WWTF, Dover, NH
James Jutras, Village of Essex Junction, VT
Laurie Perkins, Manchester, NH
Dede Vittori, Newton, MA
Oluwole “OJ” McFoy, Buffalo, NY
Michael Williams, Holyoke, MA
Susan Sullivan, Lowell, MA
Jason Turgeon, Boston, MA
Jennifer Muir, Durham, CT
Meg Tabacsko, Chelsea, MA
Louis Mammolette, Chelsea, MA
Gregory Quink, Waterbury, CT
Theresa Tucker, York, ME
Ashley Demarey, Agawam, MA
Dan Driscoll, Concord, NH
Scott Goodinson, Narragansett, RI
Robert Protivansky, Rutland, VT
Jennifer Kelly Lachmayr, Wakefield, MA
Alex Kuffner, Providence, RI
Adriana Cillo, Boston, MA
Colin O’Brien, Petersham, MA
WEF – MA AWARDS
Laboratory Analyst Excellence Award Operations Challenge Competition – Div II 2nd Place* William D. Hatfield Award Quarter Century Operators’ Club* WEF Operator Scholarship* WEF Outstanding Young Water Environment Professional Award* George W. Burke, Jr Award WEF Student Design Competition* WEF Fellow* WEF Project Excellence Award WEF Service Delegate-at-Large Award WEF Service Delegate Award
Amy Anderson George, Cumberland, RI
Michelle Gaudette, Nashua, NH
RI-CONN United
Cheri Cousens, North Andover, MA
Carl Veilleux, Enfield, CT
Timothy Haskell, York Beach, ME
Peter Connell, Cranston, RI
Riley Cobb, Saco, ME
Vanessa Borkowski, Hartford, CT
Woodard & Curran, North Haven, CT WWTF
Jeffery Ling, Aidan Travers, Taylor Labbe, Emily Eastman— Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Kristin Morico, Hamden, CT
Erin Mosley, New Orleans, LA
Peirce Island Wastewater Treatment Facility Upgrade Portsmouth, NH
Susan Sullivan, Lowell, MA
Susan Guswa, Northampton, MA
*Presented at WEFTEC 2021
US EPA – Region 1 New England Award
Wastewater Treatment Plant O&M Excellence Award
Stonington Sanitary District, Stonington, Maine
Gay Atkinson, II, Sanitary District Operator
Exeter Wastewater Treatment Plant, Exeter, New Hampshire
Steve Dalton, Wastewater Superintendent
Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator of the Year Excellence Award
Jeff Lemay, South Windsor, Connecticut
Brian Sullivan, Colebrook, New Hampshire
Louise Grant, Paris, Maine
Wastewater Trainer of the Year
Ryan Peebles, Clean Waters Inc.
Industrial Pretreatment Program of the Year
City of Brockton, Massachusetts
Sherry Caldiera, Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator
Town of Milford, New Hampshire
Jim Pouliot, Director
