AMSA National Achievement Awards Winners Honored in 1996
Eight individuals and 10 member agencies were honored by AMSA
in 1996 for their outstanding environmental stewardship and commitment
to excellence in wastewater management.
Individual National Acheivement Award winners in 1996, were:
Federal Public Service Award
Robert Perciasepe, EPA Assistant Administrator for Water
State Public Service Award
Robert J. Zimmerman, president of the Association of State
& Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators and administrator
of the Delaware Department of Natural Resources & Environmental
Controls Division of Water Resources, Del.
Local Public Service Award
T.J. "Ted" Hackworth, former chairman and current
member of the board of directors of the Metro Wastewater Reclamation
District, Colo.
Distinguished Service Award
Edward O. Wagner, former AMSA vice president and former deputy
commissioner for the New York City Department of Environmental
Protection's Bureau of Clean Water, N.Y.
President's Award
Norman E. LeBlanc, vice chair of AMSA's Water Quality Committee
and chief of technical services for the Hampton Roads Sanitation
District, Va.
Margaret H. Nellor, vice chair of the Association's Pretreatment
& Hazardous Waste Committee and head of the monitoring section
of the County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County, Calif.
Environment Award
Norman E. Mineta, former chair of the House Public Works &
Transportation Committee
Joseph P. Niehaus, former superintendent of the wastewater collection
division of the Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati,
Ohio
Member Agency Projects and Programs Recognized
More than 40 AMSA member agencies vied for 10 awards in four
major categories recognizing excellence in research and technology,
operations, public service, and public information and education.
Member Agency National Acheivement Award winners were:
Research & Technology Award
County Sanitation Districts of Orange County, Calif.,
Pilot Digester Program
City of Riverside, Calif., Hidden Valley Wetlands Enhancement
Project
Operations Award
City of Phoenix, Ariz., 23rd Avenue Water Reclamation Facility
Upgrade and Expansion
King County Department of Natural Resources Water Pollution Control
Division, Wash., Mountains to Sound Greenway Biosolids Forestry
Program
Hillsborough County Public Utilities Department, Fla., Together
We Accomplish More
Public Service
Narragansett Bay Water Quality Management District Commission,
R.I., Wildlife Management Program
Public Information & Education Awards
(video category)
City of Portland Environmental Services, Ore., "We Care Where
It Goes"
Public Information & Education Awards
(publication category)
City of Albuquerque Public Works Department, N.M., "Jewelry
Manufacturing Industry Code of Practice,"
Public Information & Education Awards
(publication category)
City of Corpus Christi Water, Wastewater, Stormwater & Solid
Waste Division, Texas, "Our Environment -- Our Challenge."
Public Information & Education Awards
(program category)
Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District, Wisc., "Wild &
Wet: Our Endangered Waters," and "EcoMasters: Clean
Bay"