![Krishna Pagilla (Camp Award) Krishna Pagilla has won the 2013 Camp Applied Research Award.](https://news.wef.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Krishna-Pagilla-Camp-Award.jpg) Krishna Pagilla, Camp Applied Research Award
Camp Applied Research Award
Krishna Pagilla, Chicago
Central States Water Environment Association and Illinois Water Environment Association |
![Robert Villee (Collection Systems Award) Robert Villee has won the 2013 Collection Systems Award.](https://news.wef.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Robert-Villee-Collection-Systems-Award.jpg) Robert Villee, Collection Systems Award
Collection Systems Award
Robert Villee, Middlesex, N.J.
New Jersey Water Environment Association |
![Asbjoern Nielsen (Eddy Medal) Asbjoern Nielsen is one author who has won the 2013 Eddy Wastewater Principles/Processes Medal.](https://news.wef.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Asbjoern-Nielsen-Eddy-Medal.jpg) Asbjoern Nielsen, Eddy Wastewater Principles/Processes Medal
![Jes Vollertsen (Eddy Medal) Jes Vollertsen is one author who has won the 2013 Eddy Wastewater Principles/Processes Medal.](https://news.wef.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Jes-Vollertsen-Eddy-Medal.jpg) Jes Vollertsen, Eddy Wastewater Principles/Processes Medal
Eddy Wastewater Principles/Processes Medal
Authors: Jes Vollertsen, Thorkild Hvitved Jacobsen, and Asbjørn Haaning Nielsen
Article: “Effect of Sewer Headspace Air-Flow on Hydrogen Sulfide Removal by Corroding Concrete Surfaces,” Water Environment Research, March 2012. |
![Rao Surampalli (Emerson Award) Rao Surampalli has won the 2013 Emerson Distinguished Service Award.](https://news.wef.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Rao-Surampalli-Emerson-Award.jpg) Rao Surampalli, Emerson Distinguished Service Award
Emerson Distinguished Service Award
Rao Y. Surampalli, Lenexa, Kan.
Nebraska Water Environment Association |
![Krishna Pagilla (Fair Medal) Krishna Pagilla has won the 2013 Fair Distinguished Engineering Educator Medal.](https://news.wef.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Krishna-Pagilla-Fair-Medal.jpg) Krishna Pagilla, Fair Distinguished Engineering Educator Medal
Fair Distinguished Engineering Educator Medal
Krishna Pagilla, Chicago
Central States Water Environment Association and Illinois Water Environment Association |
Gascoigne Wastewater Treatment Plant Operational Improvement Medal
Authors: Gary R. Johnson, James Thurrott, and Manjiang (MJ) Chen
Article: “Optimizing Low-Level Nitrogen Removal,” Water Environment & Technology, June 2012.
![Manjiang Chen (Gascoigne Medal) Manjiang (MJ) Chen is one author who has won the Gascoigne Wastewater Treatment Plant Operational Improvement Medal.](https://news.wef.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Manjiang-Chen-Gascoigne-Medal.jpg) Manjiang (MJ) Chen, Gascoigne Wastewater Treatment Plant Operational Improvement Medal
![Jay Thurrott (Gascoigne Medal) Jay Thurrott is one author who has won the Gascoigne Wastewater Treatment Plant Operational Improvement Medal.](https://news.wef.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Jay-Thurrott-Gascoigne-Medal.jpg) Jay Thurrott, Gascoigne Wastewater Treatment Plant Operational Improvement Medal
![Gary Johnson (Gascoigne Medal) Gary R. Johnson is one author who has won the Gascoigne Wastewater Treatment Plant Operational Improvement Medal.](https://news.wef.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Gary-Johnson-Gascoigne-Medal.jpg) Gary R. Johnson, Gascoigne Wastewater Treatment Plant Operational Improvement Medal |
![Sam Shelby (Industrial WQ Lifetime Achievement Award) Sam Shelby has won the 2013 Industrial Water Quality Lifetime Achievement Award.](https://news.wef.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Sam-Shelby-Industrial-WQ-Lifetime-Achievement-Award.jpg) Sam Shelby, Industrial Water Quality Lifetime Achievement Award
Industrial Water Quality Lifetime Achievement Award
Sam E. Shelby Jr., Brentwood, Tenn.
Kentucky/Tennessee Water Environment Association |
Innovative Technology Award![Pasteurization Tech Group (Innovative Technology)](https://news.wef.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Pasteurization-Tech-Group-Innovative-Technology.jpg)
X-500, Pasteurization Technology Group, San Leandro, Calif.
![Electro Scan (Innovative Technology)](https://news.wef.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Electro-Scan-Innovative-Technology.jpg)
ES-620, Electro Scan Inc., Sacramento, Calif.
TrojanUVSigna™, Trojan Technologies, London, Ontario
Centrisys Centrifuge Thickener — THK Series, Centrisys Corp., Kenosha, Wis.
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![Semia Cherif (McKee Award) Semia Cherif is one author who has won the 2013 McKee Groundwater Protection, Restoration, or Sustainable Use Award.](https://news.wef.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Semia-Cherif-McKee-Award.jpg) Semia Cherif, McKee Groundwater Protection, Restoration, or Sustainable Use Award
![Foued El Ayni (McKee Award) Foued El Ayni is one author who has won the 2013 McKee Groundwater Protection, Restoration, or Sustainable Use Award.](https://news.wef.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Foued-El-Ayni-McKee-Award.jpg) Foued El Ayni, McKee Groundwater Protection, Restoration, or Sustainable Use Award
McKee Groundwater Protection, Restoration, or Sustainable Use Award
Authors: Foued El Ayni, Semia Cherif, Amel Jrad, and Malika Trabelsi–Ayadi
Article: “A New Approach for the Assessment of Groundwater Quality and Its Suitability for Irrigation: A Case Study of the Korba Coastal Aquifer (Tunisia, Africa),” Water Environment Research, August 2012. |
Outstanding Member Association Award
Water Environment Association of Texas |
![Joan Fernandez (Outstanding YP) Joan Fernandez has won the 2013 Outstanding Young Water Environment Professional Award.](https://news.wef.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Joan-Fernandez-Outstanding-YP.jpg) Joan Fernandez, Outstanding Young Water Environment Professional Award
Outstanding Young Water Environment Professional Award
Joan Fernandez, Beltsville, Md.
Chesapeake Water Environment Association |
![Tom Meholic (Public Ed Individual) Thomas Meholic has won the 2013 Public Education Award in the individual category.](https://news.wef.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Tom-Meholic-Public-Ed-Individual.jpg) Thomas Meholic, individual category of the Public Education Awards
Public Education Awards
Individual category: Thomas Meholic, Oakhurst, N.J., New Jersey Water Environment Association
![WEA Ontario Final Photo (Public Ed MA)](https://news.wef.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/WEA-Ontario-Final-Photo-Public-Ed-MA.jpg) Water Environment Association of Ontario, WEF Member Association category, Public Education Awards
WEF Member Association category: Water Environment Association of Ontario
![Clay Township Regional Waste District (Public Ed Other)](https://news.wef.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Clay-Township-Regional-Waste-District-Public-Ed-Other.jpg) Clay Township Regional Waste District (Indianapolis), Public Education Awards, other category
Other category:Clay Township Regional Waste District, Indianapolis |
![Alex Russin (Public Officials Award) Alexander J. Russin is one winner of the 2013 Public Officials Award.](https://news.wef.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Alex-Russin-Public-Officials-Award.jpg) Alexander J. Russin, Public Officials Award
![Debra Shore (Public Officials) Debra Shore is one winner of the 2013 Public Officials Award.](https://news.wef.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Debra-Shore-Public-Officials.jpg) Debra Shore, Public Officials Award
Public Officials Award
Debra Shore, commissioner, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
Alexander J. Russin, resident country director, Jordan, Millennium Challenge Corp.
![Howard Neukrug (Public Officials) Howard M. Neukrug is one winner of the 2013 Public Officials Award.](https://news.wef.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Howard-Neukrug-Public-Officials.jpg) Howard M. Neukrug, Public Officials Award
Howard M. Neukrug, water commissioner, City of Philadelphia |
Rudolfs Industrial Waste Management Medal
![Phani Peddi (Rudolfs Medal) Phani K. Peddi is one author who has won the 2013 Rudolfs Industrial Waste Management Medal.](https://news.wef.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Phani-Peddi-Rudolfs-Medal.jpg) Phani K. Peddi, Rudolfs Industrial Waste Management Medal
![Yong Huang (Rudolfs Medal) Yong H. Huang is one author who has won the 2013 Rudolfs Industrial Waste Management Medal.](https://news.wef.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Yong-Huang-Rudolfs-Medal.jpg) Yong H. Huang, Rudolfs Industrial Waste Management Medal
Authors: Yong H. Huang, Phani K. Peddi, Cilai Tang, Hui Zeng, and Jason (Xinjun) Teng
Article: “Pilot Demonstration of the Activated Iron Process for Removing Heavy Metals From Flue-Gas-Desulfurization (FGD) Wastewater,” Proceedings of WEFTEC 2012.
![Xinjun (Jason) Teng (Rudolfs Medal) Jason (Xinjun) Teng is one author who has won the 2013 Rudolfs Industrial Waste Management Medal.](https://news.wef.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Xinjun-Jason-Teng-Rudolfs-Medal.jpg) Jason (Xinjun) Teng, Rudolfs Industrial Waste Management Medal
![Cilai Tang (Rudolfs Medal) Cilai Tang is one author who has won the 2013 Rudolfs Industrial Waste Management Medal.](https://news.wef.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Cilai-Tang-Rudolfs-Medal.jpg) Cilai Tang, Rudolfs Industrial Waste Management Medal |
![Ryan Locicero (WEF Canham Graduate Studies Scholarship) Ryan C. Locicero has won the 2013 WEF Canham Graduate Studies Scholarship.](https://news.wef.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Ryan-Locicero-WEF-Canham-Graduate-Studies-Scholarship.jpg) Ryan C. Locicero, WEF Canham Graduate Studies Scholarship
WEF Canham Graduate Studies Scholarship
Ryan C. Locicero, University of South Florida, Tampa
Florida Water Environment Association |
![Fort Campbell Project Team (WEF Safety Award) The CH2M Hill (Englewood, Colo.) Fort Campbell (Ky.) Project has won the 2013 WEF Safety Award.](https://news.wef.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Fort-Campbell-Project-Team-WEF-Safety-Award.jpg) CH2M Hill (Englewood, Colo.)/Fort Campbell (Ky.) Project, WEF Safety Award
WEF Safety Award
CH2M Hill (Englewood, Colo.)/Fort Campbell (Ky.) Project |
![Mayumi (Engelbrecht) Mayumi Koseki posthumously was awarded the 2013 Engelbrecht International Achievement Award.](https://news.wef.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Mayumi-Engelbrecht.jpg) Mayumi Koseki, Engelbrecht International Achievement Award (Posthumously)
Engelbrecht International Achievement Award
Mayumi Koseki, Japan Sewage Works Association (Posthumously) |
WEF Honorary Membership
Ken Kirk, executive director, National Association of Clean Water Agencies (Washington, D.C.)
![Congresswoman Edwards (Honorary Membership) U.S. Rep. Donna Edwards has received WEF Honorary Membership.](https://news.wef.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Congresswoman-Edwards-Honorary-Membership1.jpg) U.S. Rep. Donna Edwards, WEF Honorary Membership
U.S. Rep. Donna Edwards, Fourth Congressional District, Maryland |
August 29, 2013
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