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WEF announces winners of 2007 WEF Excellence Awards

Oct. 3, 2007

Each year, the Water Environment Federation (WEF) recognizes excellence and achievement in the water environment profession within the following categories: Individual Service and Contribution, Education, Organization and Association Recognition, Operational and Design Excellence, and Published Papers. The awards will be presented during ceremonies at WEFTEC®.07 -- WEF's 80th annual technical exhibition and conference -- later this month in San Diego, Calif. The 2007 award recipients...

ALEXANDRIA, VA, Oct. 1, 2007 -- Each year, the Water Environment Federation (WEF) recognizes excellence and achievement in the water environment profession within the following categories: Individual Service and Contribution, Education, Organization and Association Recognition, Operational and Design Excellence, and Published Papers. The awards will be presented during ceremonies at WEFTEC®.07 -- WEF's 80th annual technical exhibition and conference -- later this month in San Diego, Calif. The 2007 award recipients include:
• Emerson Distinguished Service Medal
Pradeep Kharé

• Engelbrecht International Achievement Award
Julian Sandino

• Honorary Membership
William C. Boyle and John M. Craddock

• Outstanding Young Professional
Mary Knosby

• Public Officials Award
U.S. Sen. George Voinovich and Hon. L. Preston Bryant Jr.

• Canham Graduate Studies Scholarship
Linda Gaulke

• Public Education Award
Tim Madhanagopal (Individual) and Nebraska Water Environment Federation (Member Association)

• Harry E. Schlenz Public Education Medal
Christopher Swain

• Member Association Achievement
North Carolina Water Environment Association

• Outstanding Member Association
Central States Water Environment Association

• Collection Systems Award
Roy Herwig

• Innovative Technology Awards
Steinhardt Gmbh-Gabriel Novac & Associates (Collection Systems), Detection Instruments Corp. (Instrumentation) and Headworks (Solids Handling-Disposal)

• Morgan Operational Solutions Medal
Eric J. Wahlberg

• Schroepfer Innovative Facility Design Medal
Tom Sigmund, Stan Christopher and John Reese

• Eddy Wastewater Principles or Processes Medal
Donald Gray, John M. Hake and Sambhunath Ghosh

• Gascoigne Medal for Wastewater Treatment Plant Operational Improvement
David Phillips and Michael Fan

• McKee Groundwater Protection, Restoration, or Sustainable Use Medal
Marcio Da Silva, Rebecca Daprato, Diego Gomez, Joseph Hughes, Herb Ward and Pedro Alvarez

For more information about the WEF Excellence Awards, including award descriptions and recipient photos, please visit www.wef.org

Formed in 1928, the Water Environment Federation (WEF) is a not-for-profit technical and educational organization with 32,000 individual members and 80 affiliated Member Associations representing an additional 50,000 water quality professionals throughout the world. WEF and its member associations proudly work to achieve our mission of preserving and enhancing the global water environment.

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