Laboratory Analyst Excellence Award

The WEF Board of Directors established this award in 1993 to recognize individuals for outstanding performance, professionalism, and contributions to the water quality analysis profession.

2001 Glen Brown 2015 Dr Qiuyan Yuan PhD
2004 Jan Oleszkiewicz 2018 Victor Wei
2007 Edith Phillips 2019 Colleen Mitchell
2010 Mei Chen 2022 Rasha Maal-Bared
2011 Lori Splett  
2014 Brenda Stanek  

Arthur Sidney Bedell Award

The Arthur Sidney Bedell Award was established to acknowledge extraordinary personal service to a Member Association. The award is named for Arthur Sidney Bedell, the second president of the Federation who exemplified its purpose by his long devotion and service to the New York Sewage and Industrial Wastes Association. He was Chief of the Bureau of Sewage and Waste Disposal of the New York State Department of Health.

1974 W. Les Wardrop 2003 Bill Borlase 2017 Jeffrey Halliday
1977 Murray Prescott 2006 Chris Ward 2018 Barry MacBride
1980 Harvey Hogge 2009 Mike Van Den Bosch 2019 Alec Mackenzie
1983 Clarence Forsber 2010 Garry Mak 2020 Natalie Wilson
1988 William McKay 2012 Brian Station 2021 Daniel Du Toit
1991 James Warrener 2013 Dan Smith 2022 Audrey Arisman
1994 George Balacko 2014 Rodger McDonald 2023 Timo Jansen
1997 Terry Higo 2015 Ross Webster  
2000 Gerald Samuel 2016 George Bontus  

William D. Hatfield Award

The William D. Hatfield Award is presented to a wastewater treatment plant operator for outstanding performance and professionalism. The award was established in honour of Dr. William D. Hatfield, Superintendent of the Decatour, Illinois Sanitary District, who was President of the Central States Sewage Works Association in 1944-45 and served as President of the Federation in 1958-59.

1958 Clarence Forsbert 2010 George Kewley 2020 Karly Friesen
1978 Kenneth Elstone 2011 Brian Miller 2021 Joe Zimmer
1983 Michael Cassiram 2012 Ian Christiansen 2022 Sean Killoran
1989 Doug Moisuk 2014 Rynette Moore-Guillaume 2023 Mike Sadowski
1995 Gene Emanuel 2015 Ted Snure  
1998 Wolf Keller 2016 Dwayne Cikaluk  
2001 Cheng-Ping Hwang 2017 Vince Corkery  
2004 Frank Wetsch 2018 Jan Oleszkiewicz  
2007 Wayne Wall 2019 Davey Robertson  

George W. Burke, Jr. Award

This award was established in 1982 in honor of George W. Burke, Jr., for his many years of service to both the water environment field and the Federation as staff manager of technical services. Mr. Burke was instrumental in developing the Federation’s annual safety survey and assisting in the production of several safety training aids and promotional packets. The purpose of this award is to encourage an active and effective safety program in municipal and industrial wastewater facilities.

2014  City of Swift Current 2021 Regina WWTP
2019 EPCOR Gold Bar WWTP 2022 Fort McMurray WWTP

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