RMWEA Performance Awards

INDUSTRIAL PRETREATMENT AWARD For accomplishing outstanding results in industrial pretreatment.
	Colorado:	Wyoming:	New Mexico
2010	Pam Arnold Littleton / Englewood WWTP
2009			Neal Klimek CH2M HILL OMI – City of Rio Rancho
2008			Neal Klimek, City of Rio Rancho
2007		Ernie Hartley, City of Worland	Lori Smith, CH2M HILL OMI, City of Farmington
2006	Scott Williams City of Grand Junction		Neal Kilmek, OMI, Rio Rancho
2004	Mary Jane Paterniti City of Longmont		Elisabeth Smith, OMI, Inc. City of Rio Rancho.
2003	Dinh Lai City of Louisville, WWTP		Brenda Gutierrez City of Albuquerque South Side Water Reclamation Plant
2002			Britt Chesnut OMI City of Farmington
2001	Al Garcia Littleton / Englewood WWTP		Jeff Salazar City of Santa Fe, NM
2000	Randy Jones, Walt Barker, Keith LeTourneau AquaSource Services and Technologies, Inc.
1999		Angela Miles City of Laramie Wastewater Treatment Plant	John Nogan Sumitomo Sitix Silicon
1998	Joe Kunovic Water Pollution Control Facility City of Greeley	Ali Bhutto City of Casper Wastewater Treatment Facility

INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT AWARD For accomplishing outstanding results in industrial waste treatment.
	Colorado:	Wyoming:	New Mexico
2010
2009
2008
2007	Tom Schubert, ECO Resources, Inc.
2005			Lawrence Romero
2004	Brenda M. Smith Ingersoll Rand Security and Safety
2002	David Coad Leprino Foods Ft. Morgan
1998	Lexmark International Boulder Facility

COLLECTION SYSTEM AWARD For accomplishing outstanding results in wastewater collection.
	Colorado:	Wyoming:	New Mexico:
2010	City of Aurora Wastewater Division	City of Sheridan Collection Crew	Edward Salazar CH2M HILL OMI – City Grants
2009	City of Aurora Wastewater Division		Lawrence Romero CH2M HILL OMI – City of Rio Rancho
2008	City of Aurora Wastewater Division		Richard Sims, City of Rio Rancho
2007	T. R. Richard, Pinery Water and Wastewater District
2006	Wayne Ramey, Northwest Lakewood Sanitation District		Brian Sweeney, City of Douglas
2004	Robert W. Fleck & Brent A. Shafranek St. Vrain Sanitation District.		Lawrence Romero, OMI, Inc. City of Rio Rancho.
2003	Kenny Lewis Fort Lupton Project, OMI, Inc.		Ernest Macias OMI Inc./City of Grants WWTP
2002	Mark Dannells OMI, Inc.	Mike Hoeft Aspen/Aspens II Water and Sewer District	Charles Barnett Johnson Controls of Northern New Mexico
2001	Pinery Water and Wastewater District	City of Green River	City of Santa Fe
2000		Wayne Packard Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities	Dan Jaramillo City of Sante Fe
1999		Jim Fink City of Albuquerque	Greg Handelman Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities
1998		Jason Palmer City of Green River	James Garley Village of Los Lunas

PLANT MAINTENANCE MERIT AWARD For accomplishing outstanding results in plant maintenance.
	Colorado:	Wyoming:	New Mexico:
2010			T.J. Doering OMI, Inc. City of Rio Rancho.
2009			Dave Montgomery Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Authority
2008			Wayne Tsosie, City of Farmington
2007	Erik Ekbom, Pinery Water and Wastewater District	William Madasz, Teton Village Water & Sewer District
2006	Leigh Rickert Boulder WWTP	Tony Reynolds City of Douglas	Arwin Vasquez OMI, Taos
2005	Jerry Lee		Kyle Medders
2004	Angelo Carrieri Parker W&S District		Mark Baker, OMI, Inc. City of Rio Rancho.
2003	Kenny Lewis Fort Lupton Project, OMI, Inc.		Mateo Abeyta City of Albuquerque South Side Water Reclamation Plant
2002	Mark Dannells OMI, Inc.		Arwin Vasquez OMI, Inc. Taos Wastewater Treatment Plant
2001		Douglas A. Kohl Yellowstone National park	Jeff Burkett OMI Inc / Taos WWTP
2000	Robert Smith Plum Creek Wastewater Authority		Donnie Salazar City of Sante Fe
1999	Scott Kennedy City of Boulder WWTP	Mike Shoefelt City of Laramie WWTP	Terry Goff City of Carlsbad
1998	Harlo L Bailey South Adams County Water & Sanitation District

ANALYTICAL MERIT AWARD For accomplishing outstanding results in wastewater analytical skills.
	Colorado:	Wyoming:	New Mexico:
2010	Steven Ellis, South Adams County Water and Sanitation
2009			Patsy Hernandez Artesia Wastewater Plant
2008			Elisabeth Norris, CH2M HILL OMI
2007	Shannon Wirtjes, Pinery Water and Wastewater District		Billy Jaquez, CH2M HILL OMI, City of Farmington
2006	Phillip Russell Littleton/Englewood WWTP		Jerome Salazar OMI, Taos
2005	James Ippolito	Maria Vanderloop	Monica Peters
2004	Lesa Julian City & County of Broomfield		Veronica Montoya, OMI, Inc. City of Rio Rancho
2003	Charlie Edgar Fountain Sanitation District		Richard Cardenas OMI, Inc./Town of Taos WWTP
2002	Chris Carson Centennial Water and Sanitation District	Stephanie Sweet Aspen/Aspens II Water and Sewer District	Janet Finch OMI Inc./ Taos WWTP
2001	Stacey Walker Littleton / Englewood WWTP	Brian Remlinger Teton Village Water and Sewer District
2000	Sidney Biesterfeld Littleton / Englewood WWTP		Jesse Corning OMI Inc./ Taos WWTP
1999	Gerry Schwebach City of Colorado Springs Environmental Quality Laboratory	Roger Brown City of Gilette WWTP
1998			Steve Glass City of Albuquerque Southside Water Reclamation Plant

PLANT OPERATION MERIT AWARD For accomplishing outstanding results in wastewater treatment.
	Colorado:	Wyoming:	New Mexico:
2010	Chris Brownell City Of Idaho Springs	Melody Robinson, City of Thermopolis	Tamara Beaty -OMI Inc. Rio Rancho
2009	Mark McCormack Widefield Water & Sanitation District		Joey Nogales Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Authority
2008	Bill Burks, Tri-Lakes Joint-Use Authority		Anthony Martinez, CH2M HILL OMI
2007	Greg Farmer, Littleton/Englewood WWTP		Leo Wilson, City of Hobbs
2006	Douglas Walker, City of Boulder		OMI Team, Taos
2005	Jeff Mahagan	Tim Hayes	Jayne Swift
2004	Brian Pence Breckenridge Sanitation District.		Ruben Gonzales, OMI, Inc. City of Rio Rancho.
2003	Dennis Schump Greeley Water Pollution Control Facility		Arwin Vasquez OMI Inc./Town of Taos WWTP
2002	Jim Edwards Avon WWTP	Kurt Katzer Aspen/Aspens II Water and Sewer District	Arwin Vasquez OMI Inc./ Taos WWTP
2001	Kevin Clark Pinery Water and Wastewater District	Kelly Rubrecht Town of Jackson	Dennis Fernandez OMI Inc / Taos WWTP
2000	Steve Maxey, Parker Water and Sanitation District	Leo Orozco City of Sante Fe	Leo Maestas Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities
1999	Jim Tallent Littleton / Englewood WWTP	Tracy Long City of Casper WWTP	Bobby Towle Rio Grande Utility Corporation
1998	Glenn Pleasants City of La Junta WWTP	Adrian Moya Village of Los Lunas	Debbie Bult City of Casper Wastewater Treatment Facility

BIOSOLIDS MANAGEMENT MERIT AWARD For accomplishing outstanding results in biosolids management.
	Colorado:	Wyoming:	New Mexico:
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
2009			Joe Bailey Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Authority
2008	Paul Heppler, 75th Street WWTF Boulder
2007	Mike Scharp, Parker Ag Services, LLC
2006			Gerald Salazar OMI, Taos
2005	Metro Wastewater Reclamation District
2004	Wayne Schultz Parker Ag Services.		Joe Madrid, OMI, Inc. City of Rio Rancho
2003	Littleton/Englewood WWTP		City of Las Cruces Jake Hands Wastewater Treatment Facility
2002		Aspen/Aspens II Water and Sewer District	Town of Taos WWTP
2001	Southern Ute Indian Tribe WWTP		Albuquerque Wastewater Utility Division
2000			Dennis Fernandez OMI Inc / Taos WWTP
1999	City of Colorado Springs Water Resources Dept Hanna ranch		Steve Glass City of Albuquerque Southside Water Reclamation Plant
1998	Littleton/Englewood WWTP & Colorado State University

PLANT PERFORMANCE AWARD For accomplishing outstanding results in plant operations, maintenance and public relations.
	Colorado:	Wyoming:	New Mexico:
2010	Littleton / Englewood WWTP
2009			Artesia Wastewater Plant
2008	Buena Vista Sanitation District
2006	Eastern Adams City Metropolitan District Ramey Environmental
2005	City of Greeley Water Pollution Control Facility
2003	Southern Ute Indian Tribe WWTP
2002		Aspen/Aspens II Water and Sewer District
2001			City of Santa Fe
2000	Pinery Water and Wastewater District
1999	City of Greeley Water Pollution Control Facility
1998	Fremont Sanitation District Florence, Colorado

THOMAS CRAPPER For behind the scenes contributions to the success of RMWEA
2010	Debbie Taylor
2009	Becky Medlock
2008	Virginia Farmer
2007	Sylvia Rottman, JoAnn Vold - TEAMs
2006	Linda Ramey, REC Inc.
2005	Gail Higginson, Stantec
2004	Sandy Orren (CH2MHill)
2003	Ms. Debbie Patton
2002	Ms. Brenna Durkin
2001	Ms. Pat Butler

FRIENDS of the RMWEA For valuable support leading to the success of the organization
	Municipality	Vendor	Engineering Firm
2010	City of Greeley	isiWest	CDM
2009	Metro Wastewater Reclamation District	R.E.I.	CH2M Hill Carollo Engineers
2008	Colorado Springs Utilities	Liquid Waste Management	Richard P. Arber associates
2007	City of Rifle	Bobcat of the Rockies	Ramey Environmental
2006	Littleton/Englewood WWTP	Mueller Company	JVA Engineers
2005	Littleton/Englewood WWTP	Water Control Corporation	Richard P. Arber Assoc.
2004	Copper Mountain Consolidated Metro District	MISCO	Integra Engineering
2003	Colorado Springs Utilities, Colorado Springs, CO	Canyon Systems	Brown & Caldwell Consultants
2002	City of Broomfield, CO	Water Technology Group	Alberts Water and Wastewater
2001	Littleton/Englewood WWTP	Water Control Corporation	RTW

Sustainability Award For wastewater treatment utilities that embrace the principles of sustainability
2010	City of Boulder, 75th St. WWTP
2009	Littleton / Englewood WWTP

The Awards Committee would like to thank all that sent in nominations and encourage everyone to think of an individual or facility that deserves recognition for next years awards.

INDUSTRIAL PRETREATMENT	INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT	COLLECTION SYSTEM
PLANT MAINTENANCE MERIT	ANALYTICAL MERIT	PLANT OPERATION MERIT
BIOSOLIDS MANAGEMENT MERIT	PLANT PERFORMANCE	THOMAS CRAPPER
FRIENDS OF THE RMWEA		SUSTAINABILITY