NEAA Honorees

Distinguished Service

Steve Hershner
Former Utilities Director, City of Cedar Rapids

Tim Houghton
Former Deputy Director, City and County of Honolulu

Environment

Jeff Lape
Former Deputy Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA

Todd Miller
Environmental Services Supervisor, Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission

Timothy S. Williams
Former Deputy Executive Director, WEF

Local Public Service

Rob Long
Chair, Palm Beach Soil & Water Conservation District

Utility Leadership

George Hayes
Director, Chesterfield County Department of Utilities

Dan McLawhorn
Attorney, City of Raleigh

Operations & Environmental Performance

East Bay Municipal Utility District, CA
Odor Management 

Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, WI
Home HazMat Collection Program 

Mount Pleasant Waterworks, SC
A Piece of History Repurposed:  Water Tank to Artificial Reef 

Public Information & Education: E-Media

City of Richmond Department of Public, VA
RVAH2O's Floodwall Twitter Thread and Online Outreach 

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District, WI
Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District PFAS Initiative

Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission, OR
Community Partnership for Clean Water Video and Digital Campaign 

Toho Water Authority, FL
Toho Water Holiday Pipemares 

Public Information & Education: Educational Program

Alexandria Renew, VA
AlexRenew’s Children’s Educational Program – Cloe the Tunnel Boring Machine and Friends 

Louisville/Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District, KY
Louisville MSD's Bowl Patrol Educates the Community on "What Not to Flush" 

Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, WI
One Water, Our Water 

Public Information & Education: Video

City of Springfield, OR
Capacity, Management, Operations, and Maintenance Program Video 

Great Lakes Water Authority, MI
Think & Act Regionally: Collaboration is Key to the Success of GLWA's Regional Collection System 

LOTT Clean Water Alliance, WA
Video Series: LOTT and the Budd Inlet Treatment Plant 

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, IL
"Where Does IT Go?" Animation 

Public Service

East Bay Municipal Utility District, CA
Wastewater Based Epidemiology 

Research & Technology

Upper Occoquan Service Authority, VA
Intensification through Densification - The use of Hydrocylone Technology to Improve MLSS Settleability in an MLE Plant 

Special Recognition

Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, WI 
Milorganite® Fertilizer 

Watershed Collaboration

East Bay Municipal Utility District, CA
Collaboration on Revised Chlorine Effluent Limits in the San Francisco Bay Basin Plan 

Great Lakes Water Authority, MI
Improving Watershed Health and Water Quality through Regional Collaboration 

NEW Water, WI
NEW Water's Silver Creek Project 

Workforce Development

Beaufort-Jasper Water & Sewer Authority, SC
BJWSA Inaugural Internship Program 

Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, WI
MMSD Workforce Development Training & Placement Programs