WateReuse Association Presents Annual Awards
The WateReuse Association recently recognized the best and brightest in water reuse and desalination at the Annual WateReuse Awards Luncheon, held at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas.
The awards recognize projects and individuals advancing the beneficial and efficient use of water resources through education, sound science and technology using reclamation, recycling, reuse or desalination for the benefit of the public and the environment. The award recipients are listed below.
Projects of the Year--Large. North Texas Municipal Water District/East Fork Raw Water Supply Project, Wylie, Texas, and Orange County Water District/Orange County Sanitation District--Groundwater Replenishment System, Fountain Valley, Calif.
Project of the Year--Small. Carnation Wastewater Treatment Facility, Seattle.
Project of the Year--Desalination Facility. Kay Bailey Hutchinson Desalination Facilities, El Paso, Texas.
Institution of the Year. City of Santa Rosa's Subregional Water Reuse System, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Public Education Program of the Year. Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities/Cheyenne Water Reuse Program, Cheyenne, Wy.
Customer of the Year. Calpine Corp., Middletown, Calif.
Person of the Year. Pick Talley, Tampa, Fla.
Awards of Merit. Alan Plummer, Alan Plummer Associates Inc., Ft. Worth, Texas, and Global Water Center, Maricopa, Ariz.
Source: WateReuse Association