WEF Laboratory Analyst Award Recipients

This award was established by the Board of Directors in 1993 to recognize individuals for outstanding performance, professionalism and contributions to the water quality analysis profession.
The award consists of a plaque suitably inscribed with the recipient's name and is presented by a Federation representative at the Member Association annual meeting.

The following RMWEA members have received this award from the Water Environment Federation:
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 Upper Thompson Sanitation District, 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  

Criteria: 

  • Must be a member of the Water Environment Federation. 

  • Candidate must be employed at an educational facility laboratory, industrial, commercial, or municipal laboratory which performs wastewater-related analysis, and must have direct analytical responsibilities. 

  • Candidates are eligible for this award only once.

Qualifying criteria may include: 

  • Membership and involvement in professional associations. Examples: Water Environment Federation Committees, Standard Methods Joint Task Groups, MA committees and conferences and conference activities. 

  • Outstanding efforts in the area of wastewater and environmental aquatic analyses, including such items as innovative sampling techniques or solutions to a treatment, analytical or environmental problem. 

  • Involvement in community activities or public relations. 

  • Presentations at professional conferences, meetings, etc. relevant to water quality analysis. 

  • Professional certifications. 

  • Continuing education. 

  • Contributions that have been beneficial to the nominees facility. 

  • Unusual initiative or performance "beyond the call of duty".