There are two categories
of awards that are presented by the NWEA.
The NWEA Awards which were established by NWEA for the recognition
of it's membership and the Member Association Awards which originates
from the Federation, but the recipents are selected by committees within
the Association.
The NWEA Awards Program
began in 1955 with the Scott Wilbur and
Arthur Sidney Bedell Awards.
The Arthur Sidney Bedell
Award
is a Federation award that recognizes extraordinary
personal service to a member association. The first Bedell Award
was presented in 1955 to William F. Rapp, Jr., a Past President
and Charter Member of the Nebraska Association.
Mr. Rapp worked for the Nebraska Department of Health.
| 1955-
William F. Rapp |
1989-
Clinton L. Weber |
| 1958-
Victor J. Lechtenburg |
1990-
Dennis Hirschbrunner |
| 1961-
Theodore A. Filipi |
1992-
Debra Leigh |
| 1964-
Oliver Barklage |
1993-
C. Dale Jacobson |
| 1966-
Floyd J. Sanks |
1995-
James L. Condon |
| 1969-
W. James Wells, Jr. |
1997-
Steve Crisler |
| 1972-
E. Bruce Meier |
1998-
Mohamed Dahab |
| 1975-
Joseph Thissen |
1999-
Glenn Dostal |
| 1978-
Carl W. Schweiger |
2000-
Daryl Kottwitz |
| 1981-
Earle W. Schweiger |
2002-
Joe Dabbs |
| 1983-
Terrance A. O'Brien |
2004-
Jay Ringenberg |
| 1984-
Art Meyer |
2005-
Roger Helgoth |
| 1986-
Leonard R. Lowder |
2007-
Tom Satchell |
| 1987-
Donald Hillrichs |
2008-
Charles Plummer |
The William
D. Hatfield Award
is a Federation award that is presented to operators of wastewater
treatment plants for outstanding performance and professionalism.
In 1958, the first such award was given to Loren Brannel, an operator
at Central City.
| 1958-
Loren Brannen |
1990
- Steven
C. Lamborn |
| 1961-
Elijah Coffman |
1992
- Paul
Dammann |
| 1964-
Otto W. Kuck |
1993
- David
Meisinger |
| 1968-
Joseph L. Noble |
1995
- John
Ford |
| 1971-
Eldor Schuerman |
1997
- Bruce
Bates |
| 1974-
Earle W. Schweiger |
1998
- Joe
Dabbs |
| 1977-
Donald Hillrichs |
1999
- Robert
Gray |
| 1980-
Orville Klein |
2001
- Richard
McClemons |
| 1983-
James O. Sell |
2002
- Jim
Swan |
| 1984-
William R. Coffman |
2004
- Bill Terry |
| 1986-
Karl Wlaschin |
2005
- Larry Beavers |
| 1987
- Gary
C. Lund |
2007
- Russ Irwin |
| 1989
- Patrick
J. Franklin |
2008
- Tom Singkofer |
The George W. Burke,
Jr. Award
is a Federation award which recognizes municipal and industrial
wastewater facilities for outstanding safety programs.
The first award was presented in 1983 to the Omaha Works of the
Western Electric Company.
1983- Omaha Works of
the Western Electric Company Industrial
Waste Treatment Plant
1984- Falls City Wastewater Treatment Plant
1985- City of Seward Wastewater Treatment Plant
1987- Hastings Utilities Pollution Control Center
1988- City of Omaha Missouri River Wastewater Treatment Plant
1990- City of Omaha Missouri River Wastewater Treatment Plant
1991- City of Omaha Sewer Maintenance Division
1994- Norfolk Pollution Control Facility
1997- Lincoln Wastewater System Sanitary Engineering
2000- City of McCook Wastewater Treatment Facility
2003- City of Omaha Missouri River Wastewater Treatment Plant
2006- City of Omaha Missouri River Wastewater Treatment Plant
A Life
Membership
is awarded to individuals who have been an Active, PWO
or representative of a Corporate or Associate Member of WEF and in
one or more Member Associations for a combined total of at least
35 years, and who
have reached age 65 at the time of application
to transfer to Life Member.
Dewey Andersen
Burton Johnson
Victor Lechtenberg
Art Meyer
Paul Ombruni
W. James Wells
The Quarter
Century Operator's Award
is given to Federation members who have been significant,
full-time participants in the water pollution control industry for
25 years,10 years of which must have been actively involved
in the day-to-day collections, maintenance, operations, laboratory, or
management of a wastewater transportation or treatment facility.
In addition, the applicant must be a member of the WEF for a minimum
of five years. The first award was presented in 1983 to Otto W. Kuck,
an operator at Fairbury.
| 1983 |
Otto
W. Kuck |
1999 |
Gary
Cooper |
| 1984 |
Orville
Klein |
|
John
Hauschild |
| 1985 |
Floyd
Sanks |
|
Ted
Pratt |
|
Earle
W. Schweiger |
|
Tom
Singkofer |
|
Urban
Weinke |
2000 |
David
R. Brandert |
| 1987 |
James
O. Sell |
|
Paul
Dammann |
| 1989 |
Bruce
Bates |
|
Lester
Evans |
| 1990 |
Lavern
W. David |
|
William
Hamilton |
|
F.
J. Hauck |
|
Gerald
A. Indra |
| 1991 |
Raymond
J. Carver |
|
Rick
L. Sibert |
|
Donald
C. Hillrichs |
|
Jay
Whalen |
|
Arnold
E. Rise |
|
Allan
L. Williams |
|
James
A. Swan |
2001 |
Steve
Crisler |
| 1992 |
Larry
F. Betts |
|
Robert
Gray |
|
Donald
D. Dike |
|
Richard
Greenwood |
|
Johnny
G. Rudder |
|
Dave
Petrocchi |
| 1994 |
Karl
Wlaschin |
|
Harlan
Simmerman |
| 1995 |
Paul
Sorenson |
2002 |
Tim Gulbrandson |
|
Tyler
Konasek |
|
Richard McClemons |
|
Pat
Lund |
|
Gary McCoy |
|
Jerry
Stump |
|
Thomas Barnett |
|
Rick
Shibata |
|
Gerald Pesek |
| 1997 |
Daryl
Meiners |
2003 |
Ralph Badger |
|
Gerardo
Talero |
|
Pat Franklin |
| 1998 |
Larry
Beavers |
|
Ken Jones |
|
Jim
Waszgis |
|
|
The Laboratory Analyst Excellence
Award
is a Federation award which recognizes individuals for outstanding
performance, professionalism and contributions to the water quality
analysis profession.. The first recipient was Rick Shibata in 1997,
a laboratory supervisor for the City of Lincoln.
1996- Rick
Shibata
1998- Mary Jo Crowl
1999- Lumir Sukovaty
2001- John Ford
2002-
Lori Paulsen
2004-
Tim Burns
2007-
Tim
Lindeen
The Bruce
Bates Service Award
was established in honor of Bruce Bates for his dedication and service
to the Nebraska Wastewater Operators Division, of which he was a
Charter Member, and the Nebraska Water Environment Association.
The award is given in recognition of outstanding service to the
Nebraska Wastewater Operators Division.
While established in 2001, the award was given to all past
NWOD Chairmen for their service and dedication to the organization.
Bruce
Bates Award Recipients
Daryl Meiner (1990)
Thomas Singkofer (1991-1992)
John Ford (1993-1994)
Dave Meisinger (1995-1997)
Larry Beavers (1998)
Scott Sprague (1999-2001)
Jim Heyen (2002-2003)
Ralph
Badger
(2004-2005)
Lynn
Garton (2006-2007)
The
Scott Wilbur Award
is a NWEA award given for outstanding operation and maintenance
of a wastewater treatment facility and is named for an individual
who was an operator for the City of Omaha from 1941 until his
death in 1954. The first award was given in 1955 in honor of Mr. Wilbur,
who was one of the Charter Members of the Association.
2008 Scott Wilbur Award Application
The Safety Award
is a NWEA award given for outstanding safety programs within a
wastewater treatment facility. The applicants are required to
meet specific criteria and the recipients are selected by committee.
2008 Safety Award Application