Awards Ceremony
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
The New England Water Environment Association (NEWEA), through its Awards Committee, has completed the year long process of nomination, selection and promotion of the 2019 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 20, 2020 from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM (tickets required). Attendance is limited and is known to “sell out”.
NEWEA RECOGNITIONS
Stockholm Junior Water Prize
Brooks Ferguson & Colin Mulshine, Greenwich, CT
Marina Mohawass, Bangor, ME
Benjamin Dwyer, Sterling, MA
Kavya Phadke, Nashua, NH
Brooke Newbury, West Warwick, RI
Esther Koo, Georgia, VT
Scholarship Recipients 2019-2020
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NEWEA AWARDS
Asset Management Award Biosolids Management Award Clair N. Sawyer Award Committee Service Award E. Sherman Chase Award Elizabeth A. Cutone Executive Leadership Award Energy Management Achievement Award Founders Award James J. Courchaine Collection Systems Award Operator Award Operator Safety Award Past President’s Plaque and Pin Paul Keough Award Public Educator Award Wastewater Utility Award Young Professional Award
Virgil Lloyd, Manchester, CT
Aubrey Strause, Portland, ME
John Murphy, Boston, MA
Mary Jane Meier, Concord, NH
Nick DeGemmis, Woonsocket, RI
Christopher Cox, Williamstown,VT
City of Westfield WWTP, Westfield, MA
Greater Lawrence Sanitary District, North Andover, MA
Paul Dombrowski, Holyoke, MA
Phil Forzley, Manchester, CT
Rowland C. Denny, Hartford, CT
Ned Beecher, Tamworth, NH
City of Somersworth WWTP. Somersworth, NH
Howard Carter, Saco, ME
James Barsanti, Framingham, MA
Todd Wolowicz, Hartford, CT
Alex Buechner, Biddeford, ME
Michael Delaney, Norfolk, MA
Noelle Osborne, Nashua, NH
Craig Danella, Coventry, RI
Robert Fischer, Barre, VT
Aram Varjabedian, Hull, MA
Janine Burke-Wells, West Warwick, RI
Robin Leal Craver, Charlton, MA
John Lee, Walpole, MA
Town of East Windsor WPCF, East Windsor, CT
Danielle DiRuzza, Chelsea, MA
WEF – MA AWARDS
George W. Burke, Jr. Award Laboratory Analyst Excellence Award Operations Challenge Competition – Div II Process Control Operations Challenge Competition – Div II Process Control and Lab William D. Hatfield Award Quarter Century Operators’ Club Ralph Fuhrman Medal for Outstanding Water Quality Academic-Practice Collaboration* Public Communication & Outreach Program Award* Emerson Distinguished Service Medal* WEF Student Design Competition* WEF Life Membership WEF Service Award*
Travis Peaslee, Lewiston, ME
UCONN Reclaimed Water Facility
Carmen Krzesik, Southington,CT
Franken Foggers, New Haven, CT
Ocean State Alliance, Providence, RI
Jeffrey Kalmes, North Billerica, MA
William Norton, Fairfield, CT
Everett Ray Weaver, Manchester, CT
Frank Cavaleri, Hingham, MA
Joseph Madigan, Orono, ME
Jennifer Nicholson, Brunswick, ME
James Courchaine, Avondale, AZ
Paul Dombrowski, Holyoke, MA
Meg Tabacsko, Nashua, NH
Jeanette Brown, Darien, CT
Margaret Keefe, Boston, MA
Henry Albro, West Townsend, MA
Dennis Geran, Westborough, MA
Robert Sheldon, Framingham, MA
Edward Quann, Rockland, MA
Eugene Forbes, Concord, NH
Frank Underwood, Portsmouth, NH
Frederick McNeill, Manchester, NH
*Presented at WEFTEC 2019
