Awards Recipients

RMWEA INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

RMWEA Golden Manhole Award (previously called the Collections Systems Award)

1998

Jason Palmer, City of Green River
James Garley, Village of Los Lunas

1999

Jim Fink, City of Albuquerque
Greg Handelman, Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities

2000

Wayne Packard, Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities
Dan Jaramillo, City of Santa Fe

2001

Pinery Water and Wastewater District
City of Green River
City of Santa Fe

2002

Mark Dannells, OMI, Inc.
Mike Hoeft, Aspen/Aspens II Water and Sewer District
Charles Barnett, Johnson Controls of Northern New Mexico

2003

Kenny Lewis, Fort Lupton Project, OMI, Inc.
Ernest Macias, OMI Inc./City of Grants WWTP

2004

Robert W. Fleck & Brent A. Shafranek St. VrainSanitation District
Lawrence Romero, OMI, Inc. City of Rio Rancho

2006

Wayne Ramey, Northwest Lakewood Sanitation District
Brian Sweeney,
City of Douglas

2007

T. R. Richard, Pinery Water and Wastewater District

2008

City of Aurora Wastewater Division
Richard Sims, City of Rio Rancho

2009

City of Aurora Wastewater Division
Lawrence Romero CH2M HILL OMI – City of Rio Rancho

2010

City of Aurora Wastewater Division
City of Sheridan Collection Crew
Edward Salazar CH2M HILL OMI/Grants Project

2011

New Mexico - Patrick Sandoval, CH2M HILL OMI/Grants Project

2012

Joshua Johnson, Upper Blue Sanitation District
Christopher DeFraia, CH2M HILL/Rio Rancho

2013

Edward Salazar at CH2M HILL – Grants Project

2015

Zach Collins, Woodmoor W&SD
Lance Wenholz, Metro Wastewater Reclamation District

2016

Adam Pelican, Falcon Environmental

2019

Stephanie Segler, HDR, Inc.

2021

Ceila Rethamel, City of Westminster




RMWEA Outstanding Service Award

2017

Bill Hoyt, Colorado Springs Utilities

2018

Jim Edwards, Eagle River Water and Sanitation District

2020

Ron Schuyler

2022

Jose Velazquez, AE2S

2023

Arlisa Michael

2024

Steve Polson, Jacobs


RMWEA Plant Maintenance Award

1998

Harlo L Bailey, South Adams County Water & Sanitation District

1999

Scott Kennedy, City of Boulder WWTP
Mike Shoefelt, City of Laramie WWTP
Terry Goff, City of Carlsbad

2000

Robert Smith, Plum Creek Wastewater Authority
Donnie Salazar, City of Santa Fe

2001

Douglas A. Kohl, Yellowstone National Park
Jeff Burkett, OMI Inc / Taos WWTP

2002

Mark Dannells, OMI, Inc.
Arwin Vasquez, OMI, Inc. Taos Wastewater Treatment Plant

2003

Kenny Lewis, Fort Lupton Project, OMI, Inc.
Mateo Abeyta, City of Albuquerque South Side Water Reclamation Plant

2004

Angelo Carrieri, Parker W&S District 
Mark Baker, OMI, Inc., City of Rio Rancho

2005

Jerry Lee
Kyle Medders

2006

Leigh Rickert, Boulder WWTP
Tony Reynolds, City of Douglas
Arwin Vasquez, OMI, Taos

2007

Erik Ekbom, Pinery Water and Wastewater District
William Madasz, Teton Village Water & Sewer District

2008

Wayne Tsosie, City of Farmington

2009

Dave Montgomery, Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Authority

2010

T.J. Doering, OMI, Inc., City of Rio Rancho

2011

Mark Becker, CH2M HILL OMI/Rio Rancho Project

2013

Dale Colerick at City of Brush!

2015

Craig Hibbard, City of Fort Collins

2024

Matthew (Beau) Botruff, Metro Water Recovery




RMWEA Plant Operations Award

1998

Glenn Pleasants,City of La Junta WWTP
Adrian Moya, Village of Los Lunas
Debbie Bult,City of Casper Wastewater Treatment Facility

1999

Jim Tallent, Littleton / Englewood WWTP
Tracy Long, City of Casper WWTP
Bobby Towle, Rio Grande Utility Corporation

2000

Steve Maxey, Parker Water and Sanitation District
Leo Orozco, City of Santa Fe
Leo Maestas, Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities

2001

Kevin Clark, Pinery Water and Wastewater District
Kelly Rubrecht, Town of Jackson
Dennis Fernandez, OMI Inc / Taos WWTP

2002

Jim Edwards, Avon WWTP
Kurt Katzer, Aspen/Aspens II Water and Sewer District
Arwin Vasquez, OMI Inc./ Taos WWTP

2003

Dennis Schump, Greeley Water Pollution Control Facility
Arwin Vasquez, OMI Inc./Town of Taos WWTP

2004

Brian Pence, Breckenridge Sanitation District
Ruben Gonzales, OMI, Inc. City of Rio Rancho

2005

Jeff Mahagan
Tim Hayes
Jayne Swift

2006

Douglas Walker, City of Boulder
OMI Team, Taos

2007

Greg Farmer, Littleton/Englewood WWTP
Leo Wilson, City of Hobbs

2008

Bill Burks, Tri-Lakes Joint-Use Authority
Anthony Martinez, CH2M HILL OMI

2009

Mark McCormack, Widefield Water & Sanitation District
Joey Nogales, Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Authority

2010

Chris Brownell, City Of Idaho Springs
Melody Robinson, City of Thermopolis
Tamara Beaty, OMI Inc. Rio Rancho

2011

Greg Reichrath, 75th St. WWTF, City of Boulder
Donald Thymes, CH2M HILL OMI/Rio Rancho Project

2012

Chris Douville, City of Boulder

2013

Dale Adams at Colorado Springs Utilities

2014

Ernie Oram, City of Boulder

2016

Martin Alvis, Metro Wastewater Reclamation District

2017

Orren West, Metro Wastewater Reclamation District

2019

Ramon Arguello, City of Ft. Collins

2021

Jake JE Prentiss. Clear Creek O/M

2022

Craig Hibbard, Boxelder Sanitation District

2023

Donald Williamson, Jacobs

2024

Joe Elliott, City of Westminster

RMWEA Public Official Award

None

RMWEA Thomas Crapper Award

2001

Pat Butler

2002

Brenna Durkin

2003

Debbie Patton

2004

Sandy Orren

2005

Gail Higginson

2006

Linda Ramey

2007

Sylvia Rottman and JoAnn Vold

2008

Virginia Farmer

2009

Becky Medlock

2010

Debbie Taylor

2011

Page Parker

2012

Ann Dingeman

2013

Dennis Stowe

2014

Greg Farmer

2015

Stephanie Elliott

2016

Debby Patton

2017

Marc Hughes

2019

TEAMS

2021

Kevin Hill

2024

Apogee Publications


RMWEA Analytical Merit Award (this award was retired in 2013)

1998

Steve Glass,City of Albuquerque 

1999

Gerry Schwebach, City of Colorado Springs 
Roger Brown, City of Gilette WWTP

2000

Sidney Biesterfeld, Littleton / Englewood WWTP
Jesse Corning, OMI Inc./ Taos WWTP

2001

Stacey Walker, Littleton / Englewood WWTP
Brian Remlinger, Teton Village Water and Sewer District

2002

Chris Carson, Centennial Water and Sanitation District
Stephanie Sweet, Aspen Water and Sewer District
Janet Finch, OMI Inc./ Taos WWTP

2003

Charlie Edgar, Fountain Sanitation District
Richard Cardenas, OMI, Inc./Town of Taos WWTP

2004

Lesa Julian, City & County of Broomfield
Veronica Montoya, OMI, Inc. City of Rio Rancho

2005

James Ippolito, CSU
Maria Vanderloop
Monica Peters

2006

Phillip Russell, Littleton/Englewood WWTP
Jerome Salazar, OMI, Taos

2007

Shannon Wirtjes, Pinery Water and Wastewater District
Billy Jaquez, CH2M HILL OMI, City of Farmington

2008

Elisabeth Norris, CH2M HILL OMI

2009

Patsy Hernandez Artesia Wastewater Plant

2010

Steven Ellis, South Adams County Water and Sanitation

2011

Lori Hoover, Centennial Water & Sanitation District
Bill Jaquez, CH2M HILL OMI/Rio Rancho Project

2012

Blake Stanton, CH2M HILL/Rio Rancho 




RMWEA Industrial Pretreatment Award Recipients (this award was retired in 2013)

1998

Joe Kunovic, City of Greeley WPCF
Ali Bhutto, City of Casper WWTF

1999

Angela Miles, City of Laramie WWTP
John Nogan, Sumitomo Sitix Silicon

2000

Randy Jones, Walt Barker, Keith LeTourneau, AquaSource Services and Technologies, Inc.

2001

Al Garcia, L/E WWTP
Jeff Salazar, City of Santa Fe, NM

2002

Britt Chesnut, City of Farmington

2003

Dinh Lai, City of Louisville, WWTP
Brenda Gutierrez, City of Albuquerque 

2004

Mary Jane Paterniti, City of Longmont
Elisabeth Smith, City of Rio Rancho

2006

Scott Williams, City of Grand Junction
Neal Klimek, City of Rio Rancho

2007

Ernie Hartley, City of Worland
Lori Smith, City of Farmington

2008

Neal Klimek, City of Rio Rancho

2009

Neal Klimek, City of Rio Rancho

2010

Pam Arnold L/E WWTP

2011

Operations Compliance Team, Aurora Water

2012

Marsha Englehart, CH2M HILL/Rio Rancho


RMWEA Industrial Waste Treatment Merit Award (this award was retired in 2013)

1998

Lexmark International Boulder Facility

2002

David Coad, Leprino Foods Ft. Morgan

2004

Brenda M. Smith, Ingersoll Rand Security and Safety

2005

Lawrence Romero

2007

Tom Schubert, Eco Resources, Inc.



RMWEA Select Society of Sanitary Sludge Shovelers (SSSSS)

1963
Jim Phillips, CO

1964
Howard Lewis, CO

1965
Alton Ragsdale, CO

1966
C.F. Robertson

1967
C. W. Christenson, NM

1968
Bob Lowe, NM

1969
Al Jones, CO

1970
John Puntenney, CO
Jim Warner, CO

1971
Toni Rossi, CO

1972
Dan Linstedt, CO
Bill Warner, CO
Art Vondrick

1973
S. R. Jenkins, Wy
Jim Abbott, CO
Joe Hanlon, Honorary
J. Floyd Byrd

1974
Howard Lacy, CO
Bob McWhinnie, CO
Bob Kocherha, CO

1975
Carl Houck, CO
Farrell McLean, NM

1976
Bill Kobitz, CO
Emmett Goss, NM
Bob Champlin, Wy
Bob Canham

1977
Jesse Lunsford, NM
Bill Martin, CO
Bob Streeter, WY
Martin Lang

1978
William F. Turney, NM
Dwight Sayles, CO
Jack Sampson, CO
Elmer E. Ross

1979
Hal Kepner, CO
Dale Sellards, CO

1980
Daryl Gruenwald, CO
Bob Hegg, CO

1981
Bill Page, CO
Tom Feeley, CO

1982
Bob Swedberg, CO
Kerwin Rakness, CO

1983
Ed Archuleta, NM
Dave Hubly, CO

1984
Clark Tuck, CO
Darryl Alleman, WY

1985
Ron Schuyler, CO
Don Felke, CO

1986
Dick Kuchenrither, CO
Pam Pepper, CO

1987
Joe Tamburini, CO
Larry DeMers, CO

1988
Howard Delaney, CO
Bob Jelinek, CO

1989
Bill Brinker, CO
Tom Huston, CO
Ron Mosher, NM

1990
Jim Ris, CO
Terry Anderson, CO

1991
Bill Mixer, WY
Dave Oerke, CO

1992
Tom Gallier, CO
Mark Van Nostrand, CO

1993
Debra Campbell, CO
Steve Polson, CO
Dale Butler, CO

1994
R. Wayne Ramey, CO
Karen Speer, CO
Jack Young, WY

1995
Jose' Velazquez, CO
Roberta Rivers, CO

1996
Ernie Oram, CO
Norman Henderson, CO

1997
Bob Alberts, CO
Brian Janonis, CO
Joe Chwirka, NM

1998
Tom Moretto, CO
Michael McCrary, CO

1999
Tom Dingeman, CO
Marion Hill, CO

2000
Greg Farmer, CO
Terry Franklin, CO

2001
Steve Frank, CO
Sherri Jones, CO
Julie Samora, NM

2002
Debbie Stenson, CO
Tony Woodrum, CO

2003
Dave DuBois, CO
Mark Sampson, CO
Paul Heppler, CO

2004
Jenny Hartfelder, CO
Kevin Tone, CO

2005
Kevin Hill, CO
Greg Woodward, CO
Ray Kemp, CO

2006
John Rehring, CO
Jim Tallent, CO

2007
Jamie Eichenberger
Jim Medlock

2008
Jeff Rabas

2009
Will Raatz
Jason Mumm

2010
Jeff Berlin
Nikki Crews

2011
Edyta Stec-Uddin
Brenna Durkin

2012
Jim Edwards
Dennis Schump

2013
Tye Jordan
Julie Smith

2014

Joe R. Tamburini

Blair Corning

2015

Bill Peretti

Stacey Walker

2016

Steve Hettinger

Ceila Rethamel

Art Umble

2017

Zach Collins

Pieter Van Ry

Steve Walker

2018

Kristen Johansen

Debbie Taylor

Kevin Feeley


2019

Hannah Fodor

Bill Hoyt

Jamie Langer

2020

None

(COVID)

2021

Deena Davidson

Dave Lewis

Tanja Rauch-Williams

2022

Kacie Allard

Clay Rahn

Sarah Reeves

2023

Cole Sigmon

Mark Valentine

2024

Emilie Abbott

Stephanie Segler





WATER RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY AWARDS

RMWEA Biosolids Management Merit Award

1998

Littleton/Englewood WWTP  & Colorado State University

1999

Steve Glass, City of Albuquerque Southside Water Reclamation Plant
City of Colorado Springs, Water Resources Dept. Hanna ranch

2000

Dennis Fernandez, OMI Inc / Taos WWTP

2001

Southern Ute Indian Tribe WWTP
Albuquerque Wastewater Utility Division

2002

Aspen/Aspens II Water and Sewer District
Town of Taos WWTP

2003

Littleton/Englewood WWTP
City of Las Cruces Jake Hands Wastewater Treatment Facility

2004

Wayne Schultz, Parker Ag Services
Joe Madrid, OMI, Inc. City of Rio Rancho

2005

Metro Wastewater Reclamation District 

2006

Gerald Salazar, OMI, Taos

2007

Mike Scharp,   Parker Ag Services, LLC

2008

Paul Heppler, 75th Street WWTF Boulder

2009

Joe Bailey, Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Authority

2010

Kipp Parker, Paul Grundemann, Tim Grotheer - Pankake Ranch, Centennial Water and Sanitation, Plum Creek Wastewater
Jake Hands Wastewater Treatment Facility, City of Las Cruces

2011

Clear Springs Ranch, Colorado Springs Utilities

2012

Littleton / Englewood WWTP
Joe Madrid, CH2M HILL/Rio Rancho

2013 

Eric R. Lopez at the Las Cruces Utilities

2015

Littleton/Englewood WWTP

2016

Arlisa Michael at Metro Wastewater Reclamation District

2019

Drake WRF and Meadow Springs Ranch

2020

Fort Lupton Wastewater Treatment Plant


RMWEA Plant Performance Award

1998

Fremont Sanitation District, Florence, Colorado

1999

City of Greeley, Water Pollution Control Facility

2000

Pinery Water and Wastewater District

2001

City of Santa Fe

2002

Aspen/Aspens II Water and Sewer District

2003

Southern Ute Indian Tribe WWTP

2004

City of Greeley Water Pollution Control Facility

2006

Eastern Adams City Metropolitan District Ramey Environmental

2008

Buena Vista Sanitation District

2009

Artesia Wastewater Plant

2010

Littleton / Englewood WWTP

2011

Greeley Water Pollution Control Facility

2012

City of Boulder 75th Street WWTF

2013

Town of Georgetown

2014

Littleton / Englewood WWTP

2015

Upper Thompson Sanitation District

2016

Clifton Sanitation District

2017

Las Campanas Water and Sewer Cooperative

2018

Farmers Korner Wastewater Treatment Facility and Southside Water Reclamation Plant

2019

South Platte Water Renewal Partners

2020

Las Campanas Water Cooperative / Jacobs

2022

Lower Fountain Metro. Sewage Disposal District, Harold D. Thompson Regional WRF

2023

Avon WWTF, Eagle River Water & Sanitation District




RMWEA Sustainability Award

2009

Littleton / Englewood WWTP

2010

City of Boulder, 75th St. WWTP

2011

City of Fort Collins, Drake Water Reclamation Facility

2012

City of Greeley, WPCF

2013

South Adams County Water & Sanitation District

2014

New Mexico CH2M Hill Projects

2016

Metro Wastewater Reclamation District

2017

Parker Water & Sanitation District

2018

WateReuse Colorado

2019

Trinidad Wastewater Treatment Facility

2020

City of Gallup NM, WWTP/Jacobs

2021

Metro Water Recovery

2022

Eagle River Water & Sanitation District, Edwards WWTF

2023

South Platte Renew


INDIVIDUAL OR PLANT AWARD

Friends of the RMWEA Merit Award


Municipality

Vendor / Contractor

Engineering Firm

2001

Littleton/Englewood WWTP

Water Control Corporation

RTW

2002

City of Broomfield, CO

Water Technology Group

Alberts Water and Wastewater

2003

Colorado Springs Utilities, 

Canyon Systems

Brown & Caldwell Consultants

2004

Copper Mountain Consolidated Metro District

MISCO

Integra Engineering

2005

Littleton/Englewood WWTP

Water Control Corporation 

Richard P. Arber Assoc.

2006

Littleton/Englewood WWTP

Mueller Company

JVA Engineers

2007

City of Rifle

Bobcat of the Rockies

Ramey Environmental

2008

Colorado Springs Utilities

Liquid Waste Management

Richard P. Arber associates

2009

Metro Wastewater Reclamation District

R.E.I.

CH2M Hill and Carollo Engineers

2010

City of Greeley

isiWest

CDM

2011

City of Fort Collins

Hach Company

Stantec Consulting, Inc

2012

Eagle River Water and Sanitation District

Glacier Construction

Carollo and MWH

2013

Woodmoor Water & Sanitation District

J.R. Filanc Construction Company

Ramey Environmental Compliance, Inc.

2014

South Adams County WSD

Fluid Technology

Tetra Tech

2015

Metro Wastewater Reclamation District

Garney

Stantec

2016

Parker Water & Sanitation District 

Western Summit Constructors, Inc.

W2 Engineers

2017

City of Boulder

Coombs-Hopkins

Carollo Engineers, Inc.

2018

City of Westminster

American Ductile Iron Pipe

HDR, Inc.

2019

City of Gunnison

Engineered Equipment Solutions

CDM Smith

2020

South Platte Renew

Coombs-Hopkins Company

Carollo

2021

Metro Water Recovery

Water For People

Direct Discharge Consulting, LLC

2022

Colorado Springs Utilities

Colorado Analytical Laboratory

JDS-Hydro, a division of RESPEC

2023

South Platte Renew

PCL Construction

Garver

2024

City of Westminster

Denver Film Company

Black & Veatch


WEF AWARDS

WEF Arthur Sidney Bedell Award

1950    Leonard O. Williams Jr.

1953    Charles G. Caldwell

1959    R. P. Lowe

1962    Jack Maquire

1967    Ernest Hamilton

1970   William Turney

1973    K. D. Linstedt

1974    Allen Jones

1975    James E. Abbott

1976    James B. Warner

1977    Jack P. Sampson

1978    William H. Hornberg

1979    David Hubly

1980    Howard Lacy

1981    William Page

1982    Daryl Gruenwald

1983    William Martin

1984    George Sellards

1985    Bob A. Hegg

1986    Robert E. Swedberg

1987    Ron Schuyler

1988    Dick Kuckenrither

1989    Clark Tuck

1990    Joe Tamburini

1991    Robert T. Jelinek

1992    Larry DeMers

1993    William Brinker

1994    Jim Ris

1995    Tom Huston

1996    Ron Mosher

1997    Debra Campbell

1998    Jose' Velazquez

1999    Don Felke

2000    Dale Butler

2001    Brian Janonis

2002    R. Wayne Ramey

2003    Joseph D. Chwirka

2004    Tom Dingeman

2005    Steve Frank

2006    Debbie Stenson

2007    Mark Sampson

2008    Jenny Hartfelder

2009    Greg Woodward

2010    Tony Woodrum

2011    Kevin Hill

2012    Jamie Eichenberger

2013    John Rehring

2014  Jeff Rabas

2015   William Raatz

2016   Edyta Stec-Uddin

2017  Jeff Berlin

2018    Joe R. Tamburini

2019  Bill Peretti

2020  Ceila Rethamel

2021  Julie Smith

2022  Stacey Walker

2023  Jamie Safulko

2024  Hannah Fodor




WEF William D. Hatfield Award

1962    Farrell McLean

1965    Larry Faulkner

1968    Ray Duggan

1971    Robert D. Hall

1973    Bobby A. Kocerha

1974    Leonard H. Stroud

1975    Ralph Sterry

1976    Raymond Lucero

1977    James C. Jamsay

1978    Estell "Hap" Mayberry

1979    Max M. Grimes

1980    Perry B. Libby

1981    Bud Wilson

1984    Edmund G. Archuleta

1985    Thomas Huston

1987    Michael J. Beck

1988    Donald R. Felke

1989    Buck Wenger

1990    Michael L. McCrary

1991    Terry W. Anderson

1992    Jimmy Brewer

1993    Ernie Oram

1994    R. Wayne Ramey

1995    Dale Butler

1996    Norman Henderson

1997    Wes Bressler

1998    Jack Young

1999    Tom Dingeman

2000    Bill Mixer

2001    Greg Farmer

2002    Tony Woodrum

2003    Timothy G. Grotheer

2004    Bob Alberts

2005    Steve Walker

2006    Paul Heppler

2007    Jeff Rabas  

2008    Kevin Hill

2009    Jim Medlock

2010    Leonard Robb

2011    Craig Barnes

2012    Earl Picard

2013   Edyta Stec-Uddin

2014  Jim Kaufman

2015   Blair Corning

2016   Cole Sigmon

2017  Ken Rutt

2018    William Hoyt

2019  Eli Jennings

2020  Parker Newbanks III

2021  Ramon Arguello

2022 Kenneth Lipe

2023  Jim Nickolette

2024  Orren West



WEF George W. Burke Award

1986

Public Service Company of  New Mexico Wastewater Operations Division

1987

City of Colorado Springs Dept. of Utilities Wastewater Division

1989

Littleton / Englewood WWTP

1990

Crow Creek and Dry Creek WWTP Cheyenne Public Utilities

1991

City of Loveland, CO WWTP

1992

City of Arvada, CO Wastewater Treatment Division

1993

Village of Los Lunas, New Mexico

1994

Metro Wastewater Reclamation District Denver, CO

1995

Breckenridge Water and Sanitation District

1996

Eagle River Water and Sanitation District Vail, CO

1997

City of Boulder 75th St. WWTP

1998

Silverthorn/Dillon Joint Authority

1999

Dove Creek WWTP, Dove Creek, Colorado

2000

Plum Creek WWTP

2002

OMI, Inc,Taos, New Mexico

2006

South Adams County Water & Sanitation District
Williams Monaco Wastewater Treatment Plant

2007

Colorado Springs Utilities

2008

Town of Erie Colorado

2009

Eagle River Water and Sanitation District

2010

Drake Water Reclamation Facility, Ft Collins, CO

2011 

Clifton Sanitation District

2013

Estes Park Sanitation District

2014

Littleton / Englewood WWTP

2015

MillerCoors Brewery RRF’s GWTP and PWTP

2016

Las Campanas Water and Sewer Cooperative

2017

Clifton Sanitation District

2018

Metro Wastewater Reclamation District, Northern Treatment Plant

2019

Aurora Water – Sand Creek WRF

2020

City of Grants, NM WWTP / Jacobs

2022

Las Campanas Water Cooperative

2023

Gallup, New Mexico WWTP / Jacobs




WEF Laboratory Analyst Award

1998    Molly L. Castleberry, Denver, CO

1999    Mike Schoenberg, Greeley, CO

2000   Cindy Wright-Jones, Ft.Collins, CO

2001    Russel Church

2002   Stacey Walker Littleton/Englewood WWTP

2003    Deborah Taylor UTSD, Estes Park, CO

2004   Lesa Julian, City and County of Broomfield

2005    Joan Day, Littleton / Englewood WWTP

2006   Linda Puga

2007    Leah O’Connor, Aurora Water  

2008   Kathryne Marko, City of Longmont

2009   Jason Graham, City of Fort Collins

2010   Patty McClellan - Colorado Analytical Labs

2011   Blair Corning, SACWSD

2012   Kevin Feeley, Metro WWRD

2013   Stacey Walker, Littleton/Englewood WWTP

2014 Jo Holcomb, City of Grand Junction

2015, Kevin Feeley, Metro Wastewater Reclamation District

2016  Dave Meyer, Westminster

2017 Natalie Love

2018  Shahid Malik

2019  Elisabeth Werth

2022 Dawn Cowell, City and County of Broomfield

2023  Sherry Scaggiari, Aurora Water

2024  Lindie Aragon



RMSAWWA / RMWEA JOINT AWARDS

RMSAWWA/RMWEA Water Hero Award

2014 Upper Thompson Sanitation District

2017 Christopher Archuleta, CH2M, and Ron Rosen and the CH2M City of Farmington Team

2022 City of Louisville Water Treatment Division

2024 Jacobs – Farmington Water Operations Team

RMSAWWA/RMWEA Outstanding YP Award

2011 Abigail Holmquist 

2012 Leanne Miller

2013 Kristin Johansen

2014 Anni Santos

2015 JoJo La

2016 Jordan Dimick and Dan Freedman

2017 Jamie Langer

2018 Cole Sigmon

2019 Tim Drescher

2020 Victor Sam

2021 EJ Katsoulas

2022 Christopher Marks

2023 Madeleine Harris

2024 Makenzie Chesak

RMSAWWA/RMWEA Volunteer Excellence Award

2010 Brenna Durkin 

2011 Jim Ginley

2012 Greg Woodward

2013 Ari Copeland

2018 Deena Davidson

2019 Stephanie Elliott and Hannah Wilner

2020 Becca Erickson and Victor Sam

2022 Dan Freedman

2023 Emilie Abbott

2024 Brett Pugh

Walter A. Weers Joint Service Award

1997 Walter A. Weers 

1998 Lyle Herman 

1999 Ron Schuyler 

2001 Dale Butler 

2003 José Velazquez 

2004 A. Clark Tuck 

2007 Jim Tallent 

2008 Terry Franklin 

2009 Steve Polson 

2010 Jason Mumm 

2011 Jim Medlock

2012 Steve Frank

2013 Cindy Goodburn

2014 Jill Peterson

2015 Greg Woodward

2016 Andy Andreatta

2017 Wayne Ramey

2018 Mike Berry

2019 Edyta Stec-Uddin

2020 Stephanie Elliott

2021 Cindy Goodburn

2022 Elizabeth Carter and William Raatz

2023 Bill Peretti 

2024 Hannah Fodor