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Research & Technology Award
NACWA’s Research & Technology Award is given to member agencies for their contributions to the field of wastewater treatment or biosolids utilization and disposal. A research project or technological innovation must directly relate to the processes of collection, treatment or reuse of wastewater or use or disposal of biosolids. The Project must have been conducted in-house or by consultant under direction of the agency and the project’s results must have practical application.
2016 Honorees
No Recipient
2015 Honorees
DC Water, DC
Hampton Roads Sanitation District, VA
Mainstream Deammonification - A New "Blue-Print" for Cost Effective, Sustainable Nutrient Removal
2014 Honorees
No Recipient
2013 Honorees
No Recipient
2012 Honorees
East Bay Municipal Utility District, CA
New (First-Ever) PSRP-Equivalent Anaerobic Digestion Process Increases Digestion Capacity by Fifty Percent
Orange County Sanitation District, CA
Fuel Cell Demonstration for Energy and Hydrogen Production
DC Water, DC
Innovation of External Carbon Based Suspended Growth Technology for Enhanced Nitrogen Removal
2011 Honorees
No Recipient
2010 Honorees
D.C. Water and Sewer Authority, DC
Establishing Design & Operating Criteria for an Innovative, Compact and Sustainable Nutrient Removal MBBR Technology
Littleton/Englewood Wastewater Treatment Plant, CO
Denitrification- A Unique Approach
2009 Honorees
D.C. Water and Sewer Authority, DC
Alexandria Sanitation Authority, VA
Enhancing Nitrogen Removal and Increasing Sustainability with Innovative Sidestream Treatment
2008 Honorees
North Shore Sanitary District, Ill.
North Shore Sanitary District Biosolids Recycling Facility
East Bay Municipal Utility District, Calif.
Producing Green Energy from Post-Consumer Solid Food Wastes at a Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant Using an Innovative New Process
2007 Honoree
East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD), Oakland, Calif.
Investigating the Fundamental Basis for Selectors to Improve Activated Sludge Settling
2006 Honoree
East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD), Oakland, Calif.
The Contribution of Amonia and Volatile Acids to Pathogens Destruction During Mesophilic and Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion
2005 Honorees
Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County, Calif.
Integrated Nitrogen Removal System Helps Valencia Water Reclamation Plant Meet Stringent Effluent Nitrogen Discharge Limits
King County Wastewater Treatment Division, Wash.
King County Fuel Cell Demonstration Project
2004 Honorees
City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works Bureau of Sanitation, Calif.
It Couldn’t Get Better: Better Public Health Protection at a Lower Cost (PDF)
City of Tacoma Environmental Services, Wash.
TAGRO Potting Soil and Mulch
2003 Honorees
East Bay Municipal Utility District, Calif.
A Pathogen Destruction Process for Biosolids
New York City Department of Environmental Protection, N.Y.
A Novel Application of Dual-Phase Digestion for Soluble COD Recovery and Concurrent Filamentous Froth Destruction
2002 Honorees
King County Department of Natural Resources, Wastewater Treatment Division, Seattle, Wash.
Water Reuse Technology Demonstration Project
The City of Los Angeles, Bureau of Sanitation, Wastewater Engineering Services Division, Los Angeles, Calif.
Assessment and Optimization of Aeration Basins in Activated Sludge Plants
2001 Honorees
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
Biosolids as a Topsoil Substitute for the Germination and Growth of Turf, Forage, Prairie Grasses and Wild Flower Plants
Delta Diablo Sanitation District, Antioch, Calif.
Power Plant Cooling Recycled Water Supply and Disposal Project
2000 Honorees
New York City Department of Environmental Protection, NY
Step-Feed Biological Nutrient Removal (BNR) Process at the Tallman Island Wastewater Pollution Control Plant
Littleton/Englewood Wastewater Treatment Plant & Colorado State University
Long Term Research for the Beneficial Use of Domestic Wastewater Biosolids
1999 Honorees
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, IL
Optimization of Conventional Low Technology Process to Produce Class A Biosolids
The County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County, CA
Development of Biotrickling Filter to Remove Hydrogen Sulfide
1998 Honorees
Des Moines Metropolitan Wastewater Reclamation Authority, IA
Site-specific Biosolids Land Application
San Diego Metropolitan Wastewater Department, CA
Aqua 2000 Research Center
1997 Honoree
Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District Madison, WI
BOD AutoEZ Development
1996 Honorees
County Sanitation Districts of Orange County, CA
Pilot Digester Research
City of Riverside, CA
Hidden Valley Wetlands Enhancement Project
1995 Honoree
King County Department of Metropolitan Services, WA
MetroTherm Program - Boeing Chiller Project
1994 Honoree
Eastern Municipal Water District, CA
Multipurpose Wetlands Research & Demonstration Study
1993 Honoree
Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners, NJ
Patented Device to Enforce Wastewater Discharge Prohibitions on Floatable Oils and Grease
1992 Honoree
East Bay Municipal Utility District, CA
Innovative Air Emissions Monitoring and Research Program
1991 Honoree
Hampton Roads Sanitation District, VA
Virginia Initiative Plant Process
1990 Honoree
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, MD
Odor Control Research at the Montgomery County Regional Compost Facility
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