Public Service Awards
The National Environmental Achievement Awards annually recognize individuals and member agencies that have made outstanding contributions to environmental protection and wastewater management.
The NEAA Public Service Award is given to current or former elected or appointed public officials at the local, state and federal level of government who have demonstrated exemplary commitment and service to their community, the environment and to NACWA.
2016 Honorees
Federal The Honorable Tammy Baldwin U.S. Senate
The Honorable Ken Calvert U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Rob Portman U.S. Senate
State Felicia Marcus Chair, California State Water Resources Control Board
Local (service area population greater than 250,000) The Honorable Penelope A. Gross Supervisor, Mason District, VA
Local Public Service (service area population less than 250,000) The Honorable Peter Buttigieg Mayor, City of South Bend, IN
2015 Honorees
Federal The Honorable Bill Shuster U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Tim Walz U.S. House of Representatives
State The Honorable Bill Northey Secretary, Iowa Secretary of Agriculutre, IA
Local (service area population greater than 250,000) The Honorable Thomas C. Henry Mayor, City of Fort Wayne, IN
Kevin L. Shafer Executive Director, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, WI
Local (service area population less than 250,000) The Honorable David Condon Mayor, City of Spokane, WA
2014 Honorees
Federal The Honorable Sheldon Whitehouse U.S. Senate
The Honorable Bob Latta U.S. House of Representatives
State Walter L. Baker Director - Division of Water Quality, Utah Department of Environmental Quality, UT
Local (service area population greater than 250,000) Bevin Beaudet Director, Palm Beach County Water Utilities Department, FL
Daniel M. Pierce Vice President of the Board of Trustees, North Shore Sanitary District, IL
Dick Champion, Jr. Director, Independence Water Pollution Control Department, MO
Local (service area population less than 250,000) Jan Vanthen Wilking Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Snyderville Basin Water Reclamation District, UT
Brian Carlson Public Works Director, City of Vancouver, WA
2013 Honorees
Federal The Honorable Lisa Murkowski U.S. Senate
The Honorable Jack Reed U.S. Senate
Dave White Former Chief of Natural Resources Conservation Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture
State Alberto Lázaro Executive President, Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, PR
Michael Tate Director, Kansas Department of Environment & Health - Bureau of Water, KS
Local (service area population greater than 250,000) Maggie Brooks County Executive, Monroe County, NY
Todd Portune Commissioner, Hamilton County Board of Commissioners, OH
Local (service area population less than 250,000) The Honorable David J. Berger Mayor, City of Lima, OH
2012 Honorees
Federal The Honorable Debbie Stabenow U.S. Senate
Local (service area population greater than 250,000) Jerry Johnson General Manager, Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, MD
The Honorable Charles Meeker Mayor, City of Raleigh, NC
Local (service area population less than 250,000) Susan Tanner Holmes Chairwoman, Central Davis Sewer District, UT
2011 Honorees
Federal The Honorable Sherrod Brown U.S. Senate
The Honorable Steven LaTourette U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Russ Carnahan U.S. House of Representatives
State Marcia Willhite Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, IL
Ellen Gilinsky Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, VA
Local (service area population greater than 250,000) Andrew “Chuck” Vaccaro Chairman, Bergen County Utilities Authority Board of Commissioners, NJ
Local (service area population less than 250,000) Sidney J. Holbrook Executive Director, Greater New Haven Water Pollution Control Authority, CT
2010 Honorees
Federal The Honorable Ben Cardin U.S. Senate
The Honorable Donna Edwards U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Mike Simpson U.S. House of Representatives
State Sandra Allen New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, NY
Local (service area population greater than 250,000) The Honorable Michael Nutter Mayor, City of Philadelphia, PA
2009 Honorees
Federal The Honorable John Boozman U.S. House of Representatives
State Paul Marchetti Executive Director, Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority, PA
Ronald Poltak Executive Director, New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission, MA
Local (service area population greater than 250,000) James E. Swarthout President - Board of Trustees, North Shore Sanitary District, IL
Local (service area population greater than 250,000) The Honorable Richard M. Daley Mayor, City of Chicago, IL
2008 Honorees
Federal The Honorable Barbara Levy Boxer U.S. Senate
State Kathleen McGinty Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Local (Service Area Population Greater than 250,000) The Honorable Martin J. Chavez Mayor, City of Albuquerque, NM
Local (Service Area Population Less than 250,000) Charles R. Mickelson Director of Public Works, City of Boise, ID
2007 Honorees
Federal The Honorable James L. Oberstar U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Frank R. Lautenberg U.S. House of Representatives
State The Honorable James Hodges Harrison State of South Carolina House of Representatives
Local (Service area of more than 250,000) Mario Menesini President, Central Contra Costa Sanitary District Board of Directors, CA
The Honorable Harry Readshaw Pennsylvania State Representatives
Edward Semonian Chairman, Board of Directors of Alexandria Sanitation Authority
Local (Service area of less than 250,000) Ron Labelle Commissioner, City of New Bedford, MA
2006 Honorees
Federal Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) Chair, Subcommittee on Superfund and Environmental Health, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC
Representative Thelma Drake (R-VA) U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC
Representative Norman Dicks (D-WA) Interior Appropriations Subcommittee, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC
Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) Chairwoman, Subcommittee on Water Resources & Environment, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC
State LaJuana S. Wilcher Kentucky Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet, Bowling Green, KY
Local (Service Area Population Greater than 250,000) Ron Sims King County Executive, King County, WA
John A. Coleman Board of Directors, East Bay Municipal Utility District, Vice Chair, Dublin San Roman Services District, Dublin, CA
Bart Peterson Mayor, City of Indianapolis, IN
Local (Service Area Population Less than 250,000) Bruce Paone Mayor, Onancock, VA
2005 Honorees
Federal The Honorable Lincoln Chafee (R-RI) Chairman, Fisheries, Wildlife & Water Subcommittee, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C.
The Honorable Dave Camp (R-MI) Chair, Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee Member, Health & Human Resources Subcommittee, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.
The Honorable John J. Duncan (R-TN) Chairman, Water Resources & Environment Subcommittee, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.
The Honorable Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) Member, House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.
State The Honorable J. Joseph Garrahy Former Governor, State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations, R.I.
Local (Service Area Population Greater than 250,000) Dennis Grzezinski, Commissioner, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, Milwaukee, Wis.
2004 Honorees
Federal The Honorable Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) Ranking Member, Subcommittee on VA, HUD & Independent Agencies
The Honorable John Warner (R-VA) Member, Environment & Public Works Committee
State The Honorable Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. Governor, State of Maryland
Local (Service Area Population Greater than 250,000) The Honorable Shirley Franklin Mayor, City of Atlanta, Ga.
The Honorable Anthony Williams Mayor, City of Washington, D.C.
Local (Service Area Population Less than 250,000) E. Jane Rebhuhn Commissioner, Great Neck Water Pollution Control District, Great Neck, N.Y.
2003 Honorees
Federal The Honorable George V. Voinovich (R-OH) Member, Environment and Public Works
The Honorable Don Young (R-AK) Chair, Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure
State The Honorable Edward G. Rendell Governor Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pa.
The Honorable W. Tayloe Murphy, Jr. Secretary of Natural Resources Commonwealth of Virginia, Richmond, Va.
J. David Holm Former Director Colorado Water Quality Control Division, Boulder, Colo.
Local (Service Area Population Greater than 250,000) The Honorable Rudolph “Rudy” C. McCollum, Jr. Mayor, City of Richmond, Richmond, Va.
Parke L. Boneysteele Member, Board of Directors, Central Contra Costa Sanitary District, Walnut Creek, Calif.
Clean Water Coalition Chip Maxfield, Chairman, Clark County Sanitation District. Nev. Steve Kirk, Councilman, City of Henderson, Nev. Larry Brown, Councilman, City of Las Vegas, Nev.
Local (Service Area Population Less than 250,000) William J. Ancell Former Public Works Director, City of Boise, Idaho
Charles Lyons First Vice President, National League of Cities, Chair, Board of Selectmen, Arlington, Mass.
2002 Honorees
Federal The Honorable Sue Kelly (R-N.Y.) & Ellen Tauscher (D-Calif.) Members, Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure
State Tom Morrissey Director, Planning and Standards Division, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, Newington, Conn.
Alan H. Vicory, Jr. Executive Director & Chief Engineer, Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission, Cincinnati, Ohio
Local (Service Area Population Greater than 250,000) The Honorable Louise Miller Former Council Member, Metropolitan King County, Seattle, Wash.
Local (Service Area Population Less than 250,000) The Honorable Bruce Tobey Mayor 1994 - 2001, City of Gloucester, Gloucester, Mass.
2001 Honorees
Federal The Honorable Robert C. Smith, (R-N.H.) Chair, Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
The Killer "Bs" - Sherwood Boehlert (R-N.Y.), Robert Borski (D-Pa.), Michael Bilirakis (R-Fla.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) Co-Chairs, Water Infrastructure Caucus, United States House of Representatives
State Craig D. Pedersen Executive Administrator, Texas Water Development Board, Austin, Texas
Local (Service Area Population Greater than 250,000) John J. Carroll Town Manager, Norwood, Mass.
Hugh H. McMillan General Superintendent, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Ill.
Local (Service Area Population Less than 250,000) Leonard L. Battaglia Secretary, Board of Directors, West County Wastewater District, Richmond, Calif.
2000 Honorees
Federal The Honorable Christopher S. "Kit" Bond (R-MO) Member, Senate Appropriations Committee and Chair, Senate VA, HUD & Independent Agencies Subcommittee
The Honorable James T. Walsh (R-NY) Member, House Appropriations Committee and Chair, House VA, HUD & Independent Agencies Subcommittee
The Honorable Bud Shuster (R-PA) Chair, House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure
State Arleen O'Donnell Past President, Association of State & Interstate Water Pollution Administrators and Assistant Commissioner for Bureau of Resource Protection, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, MA
Local Marc H. Morial Mayor, City of New Orleans, LA
Richard A. Kennedy President, Sanitation District No. 1 Board of Directors, KY
1999 Honorees
Federal The Honorable Robert Aderholt (R-AL) Member, House Appropriations Committee
The Honorable Robert Borski (D-PA) Ranking Member, House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee on Water Resources & the Environment
State J. Dale Givens Secretary of Louisiana's Department of Environmental Quality, LA
Local Brian J. Martin City Manager, Lowell, MA
1998 Honorees
Federal The HonorableJames L. Oberstar (D-MN) Ranking Minority Member, House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Aggressively pursued amendment to the Clean Water Act to control and prevent nonpoint source pollution.
State Governor Parris Glenndenning Governor, the State of Maryland
John Langdon Marsh Director, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, OR
The Honorable Vincent J. Mesolella Member, Rhode Island General Assembly & Chairman, Narragansett Bay Commission, RI
Local The Honorable Edward G. Rendell Mayor, City of Philadelphia, PA and Chair of Rebuild America Coalition
1997 Honorees
Federal John T. Rhett Former Deputy Assistant Administrator of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Water Program Operations
State The California State Water Resources Control Board Chair John Caffrey and members Mary Jane Forster, James Stubchaer, Marc Del Piero and John Brown
George E. Meyer Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Local K. Ray Harrington Former Director of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County Department of Water & Sewerage Services, TN
1996 Honorees
Federal Robert Perciasepe Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
State Robert J. Zimmerman President, The Association of State & Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators and Administrator of the Delaware Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Controls Division of Water Resources, DE
Local T.J. "Ted" Hackworth Former Chairman and Current Member of the Board of Directors of the Metro (Denver) Wastewater Reclamation District, CO
1995 Honorees
Federal The Honorable Edmund S. Muskie (D-MA) Retired Senator Capped a decade-long effort to enact workable national clean water policy with the passage of the 1972 Clean Water Act.
Honorable John Chafee (R-RI) Chair, Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
State Bruce Baker President, Association of State & Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrator and Director of Bureau of Water Resources Management, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, WI
Local George A. Brinsko Director, Pima County Wastewater Management Department, AZ Leader in establishing the Western Coalition of Arid States (WESTCAS).
1994 Honorees
Federal The Honorable Robert A. Roe (D-NJ) Former Chair, House Public Works & Transportation Committee
State Allan E. Stokes Administrator, Environmental Protection Division-Iowa Department of Natural Resources, IA
Local The Honorable Jerry Abramson Mayor, Louisville, KY
1993 Honorees
Felicia A. Marcus President, City of Los Angeles-Board of Public Works, CA
Nicholas J. Melas Former President, Board of Commissioners, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, IL
The Honorable Dirk Kempthorne (R-ID) U.S. Senator and former Mayor of Boise, ID
1992 Honoree
The Honorable Henry J. Nowak (D-NY) Chair, House Committee in Public Works & Transportation
1991 Honoree
Lee Thomas Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1990 Honoree
Joe G. Moore, Jr. Distinguished federal career
1989 Honoree
The Honorable Robert Stafford Chair, Senate on Environment & Public Works Committee
1988 Honoree
The Honorable James L. Howard Chair, House Committee on Public Works & Transportation
1987 Honoree
The Honorable Jennings Randolph Chair, Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
1986 Honoree
Honorable John Blatnick Chair, House Committee on Public Works & Transportation
1985 Honoree
No recipient
1984 Honoree
The Honorable Don H. Clausen Ranking Member, House Committee on Public Works & Transportation
1983 Honoree
The Honorable Biz Johnson Chair, House Committee on Public Works & Transportation
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