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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