Each year, the National Ground Water Association recognized industry champions and groundwater advocates with its awards and designations.
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On Tuesday, the National Ground Water Association named the recipients of its 2021 Awards of Excellence, Outstanding Groundwater Project Awards, Sectional Awards, and NGWA Fellow designation, which will be presented this December during Groundwater Week in Nashville, Tennessee.
Long-time NGWA member Art Becker is the recipient of NGWA’s most prestigious award, the Ross L. Oliver Award for outstanding contributions to the groundwater industry. Becker is president of Drilling and Safety Consultants LLC in Barnegat, New Jersey.
Additional 2021 NGWA award recipients are:
Awards of Excellence
Otto Strack, Ph.D., of the University of Minnesota — M. King Hubbert Award
Robert Sterrett, Ph.D., of RJS Consulting Inc. in Golden, Colorado — Special Recognition Award
David Kill, PE, (retired) formerly of Goulds Water Technology — Robert Storm Intersectional Cooperation Award
Josh Clapper of NAPCO Pipe & Fittings in Wayne, Pennsylvania — Equipment Design Award
Neil Mansuy (posthumously) of Subsurface Technologies in Rock Tavern, New York — Technology Award
Ronnie Hensley (retired) formerly of Gicon Pumps and Equipment Ltd. and James Doesburg of Ellingson DTD in Bremerton, Washington — Life Member Awards
Tom Carper, U.S. Senator, Delaware — Groundwater Protector Award
Robert P. Schreiber, PE, BCEE, D.WRE, of CDM Smith — Standard Bearer Award
NGWA Fellow designation
Richard Thron, MGWC, of Mantyla Well Drilling Inc. in Lakeland, Minnesota
Sectional Awards
Jim Hartmann of Franklin Electric — Manufacturers Section Special Recognition Award
Erica DiFilippo, Ph.D., of S.S. Papadopoulos & Associates in Rockville, Maryland — Keith E. Anderson Award
Norman Jones, Ph.D., of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah — John Hem Award for Excellence in Science & Engineering
Conrad Massey of CMC Supply Inc. in Macon, Georgia — Supplier of the Year Award
Outstanding Groundwater Project Awards
CDM Smith — Suffolk County Department of Health Services: Subwatersheds Wastewater Plan & Generic Environmental Impact Statement — Groundwater Protection Project Award
Woodard & Curran Inc. — Beede Site Group: Utilizing Groundwater Remediation to Drive Water Conservation, Sustainability, and Support of Area Wildlife Habitat Corridors — Groundwater Remediation Project Award (large-scale)
H2M architects + engineers — Long Island Water Districts: AOP Treatment for 1,4-Dioxane in Long Island Groundwater — Groundwater Remediation Project Award (small-scale)
More information about NGWA awards can be found at NGWA.org/Awards.
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