Environment Award
NACWA recognizes outstanding service and commitment to the environment with the Environmental Service Award.
2015 Honoree
Nancy Stoner Former Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
2014 Honorees
The Honorable Eric Garcetti Mayor, City of Los Angeles, CA
James A. Parrott Executive Director, Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati, OH
Jeffery A. Eger Former Executive Director, Water Environment Federation, VA
2013 Honorees
Richard D. Fox Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, CDM Smith
Dr. Patricia Hagen Executive Director, Audubon Center at Riverlands, MO
James A. Hanlon Former Director, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency - Office of Wastewater Management
Ann J. Kulchin City Council Member, City of Carlsbad, CA
2012 Honorees
George Hawkins General Manger, DC Water, DC
Steven P. Graef Environmental Consultant, Renewable Water Resources, SC
Steve Clouse Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, San Antonio Water System, TX
Neil Mullane Former Water Quality Division Administrator, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, OR
Christine True Department Director, King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks, WA
2011 Honorees
Dick Champion Chair, Clean Water America Alliance Board of Directors, DC
Arleen Navarret Former Regulatory Compliance Manager, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, CA
2010 Honorees
The Honorable James Oberstar U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Jan Perry Councilwoman, Ninth District, City of Los Angeles, CA
2009 Honoree
Benjamin H. Grumbles Former Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
2008 Honoree
The Honorable Earl Blumenauer U.S. House of Representatives
2007 Honoree
James Range Chairman, Board of Directors, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, VA
2006 Honoree
Stephen L. Johnson Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
2005 Honorees
Geoffrey Grubbs Director, Office of Science & Technology, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
Joseph Stepun Manager of Environmental Services, Western Lake Superior Sanitary District, Duluth, Minn.
2004 Honorees
G. Tracy Mehan, III Assistant Administrator Office of Water (2001-2003), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
Paul Pinault Executive Director, Narragansett Bay Commission, Providence, R.I.
2003 Honorees
David K. Hufford Former Division Manager, Wastewater Operations, City of Tacoma, Tacoma, Wash.
Prakasam Tata Former Assistant Director of Research and Development, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
2002 Honorees
Michael B. Cook Director, Office of Wastewater Management, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC
Edward F. Curley Planning Manager, Pima County Wastewater Management, Tucson, Ariz.
2001 Honorees
The Honorable Jim Saxton, (R-NJ) United States House of Representatives
Billy G. Turner President, Columbus Water Works, Columbus, Ga.
2000 Honoree
Carol M. Browner Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1999 Honorees
Cecil Lue-Hing Former NACWA President, Director of Research and Development, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Chicago, IL
Donna Reifschneider President, National Pork Producers Council, DC
1998 Honoree
William D. Ruckleshaus Former EPA Administrator & Chairman of the Board of Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc.
1997 Honoree
The Honorable Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) Chair of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee on Clean Water & Environment
1996 Honorees
The Honorable Norman Y. Mineta Retired Chair, House Public Works & Transportation Committee
Joseph P. Niehaus Former Superintendent of the Wastewater Collection Division of the Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati, OH
1995 Honoree
Ruth Patrick Francis Boyer Chair of Limnology, Academy of the Natural Sciences, PA
1994 Honoree
Keith Linn Environmental Specialist, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, OH
1993 Honoree
Dr. Frank M. Fisher Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority & Professor of Ecology and Environmental Biology at Rice University
1992 Honorees
EPA National Sewage Sludge Regulations with special recognition to: Alan L. Page; Terry J. Logan; James A. Ryan; and Rufus L. Chaney
1991 Honoree
John J. Gunther Distinguished federal career
1990 Honorees
Leon G. Billings Former Staff Director, Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
Richard J. Sullivan Former Staff Director, House Public Works & Transportation Committee
1989 Honoree
James R. Borberg General Manager, Hampton Roads Sanitation District, VA
1988 Honoree
Cecil Lue-Hing Director of Research and Development, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Chicago, IL
1987 Honoree
Robert C. Canham
1986 Honoree
Frank B. Whittemore
1985 Honoree
William A. Hasfurther
1984 Honoree
Jim Ellis
1983 Honoree
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