RECAP OF 2022 FSAWWA FALL CONFERENCE

AWWA GEORGE WARREN FULlER AWARD

Mike Bailey, P.E., the Florida Section’s Fuller Award recipient, embodies the principles of the George Warren Fuller Award especially demonstrating constructive leadership, research, and organizational skills in promoting the water profession.

Mike is a Floridian and a graduate of the University of South Florida. He has been an active Florida Section volunteer since joining AWWA in 1988 and has truly advanced the mission and goals of AWWA and the Florida Section AWWA.

After 17 years of service with Fort Lauderdale, he moved to Cooper City and served as director of Cooper City Utilities, and also as

Michael F. Bailey the city engineer. Mike had an award-winning water conservation program where Cooper City elected to engage in a comprehensive education, outreach, and rebate program. He loved his 17 years at Cooper City and took immense pride in his work and coworkers. He is the current director of utilities at Pembroke Pines after retiring from Cooper City. He has dedicated more than three decades to ensuring Florida has clean drinking water.

Mike made significant contributions to FSAWWA programs, including the Water For People Committee. He served FSAWWA in numerous roles, including Region VI chair, trustee, vice chair, chair-elect, and chair. He continues to serve the Florida Section as vice chair of the FSAWWA Finance Committee.

In short, the Florida Section’s Fuller Award recipient has been a valued water industry professional and AWWA member.

Charles Hogue Award

Patrick Williamson was honored by MAC with this award as its member of the year. He is an active committee volunteer of the MAC and the current chair of the New Technology and Training Seminar (NTTS).

Patrick Williamson with his trophy.

Mike will receive his award at AWWA’s ACE23 in Toronto this June. Congratulations Mike!

DR. EDWARD SINGLEY AWARD OF EXCELlENCE

This award was given to Greg Taylor by the FSAWWA Executive Committee for dedicating his time and talents to help reach the goal of a successful Florida Water Resources Conference (FWRC). Continuous communication with the FWRC board was the key to this goal. This exceeded his duties and obligations in his service to the FSAWWA board of governors and section.

YOUNG PROFESsIONAL OF THE YEAR AWARD

ROBERT L. CLAUDY AWARD

ALlEN B. ROBERTS JR. AWARD

This award is named in honor of Allen B. Roberts Jr., who worked diligently as the Florida Section’s executive director to improve the status of the section by providing valuable leadership.

Kevin Carter received this year’s award for his outstanding service as a member.

Kevin contributed most to the section by providing valuable support to its programs through outstanding leadership, creativity, and service in the water-related field, particularly with the FSAWWA Water Utility Council (WUC), including:

S WUC chair for three years, where he organized and participated in numerous Washington D.C. and Tallahassee Fly-Ins.

Kevin has also been active with the section and Region VI:

S Named the Region VI 2022 Volunteer of the Year through his work at events, leadership planning meetings, and newsletter articles.

This award is named in honor of Robert L. Claudy, who was a past chair of FSAWWA and is a big supporter of, and still active in, the Roy Likins Scholarship program.

Peggy Guingona was the recipient of this MAC award for ensuring the success of the FSAWWA Fall Conference for the past two years. She performed this task while fulfilling her other duties as the FSAWWA executive director. She shares this prestigious award with the section staff: Casey, Donna, and Jenny.

S Speaker at four past Florida Water Forums, which the section sponsors.

S Strengthened the excellent working relationship with the AWWA Government Affairs office, primarily through the formation of two new WUC committees, which he chairs, addressing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and source water protection (Farm Bill 2018).

S With other WUC members, he collaborated with AWWA on a new workshop idea that evolved into the Water Utility Community Innovation, Technology, and Financial Workshop from the section’s 2051 Committee.

S Fostered a working partnership with the Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association (CWWA) by leading a Caribbean and Florida H2O virtual linkup event two years in a row.

S Led and organized an FSAWWA-hosted workshop at the CWWA Annual Conference and Exhibition in the Bahamas in October 2022.

S 2022 Fall Conference activities included participation in the opening general session on Hurricane Ian, source water protection (Farm Bill 2018) technical session, and AWWA Government Affairs Office regulations panel.

S Through an AWWA request, he volunteered to represent the section at a nationwide Native American sustainability conference in Florida.

REGIONS VOLUNTEeR OF THE YEAR AWARD

This award honors individuals who contributed their time and talent to the success of their region.

Recap Of 2022 Fsawwa Fall Conference

COUNCIL CHAIR AWARDS OF EXCELlENCE

This award honors distinguished service by a council or committee chair who has made the most significant contribution to the council.

WATER CONSERVATION AWARDS FOR EXCELlENCE

Program Element - Single Program Highlight Best in Class

Seminole County Environmental

“Evaluation/Audits Through CATO Environmental”

Comprehensive Water Conservation Programming

Show of Excellence

City of Winter Haven

“Winter Haven Water’s Irrigation Education Program”

Best Paper Awards

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“Using a GIS Total Model to Quantitatively Analyze Large Pipeline Route Alternatives” Douglas Eckmann, Heather Ripley, and Jordan Miller, Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc.; Ford Ritz and Terri Holcomb, Peace River Manasota Regional Water Supply Authority

“Pilot-Scale Field Demonstration of a Hybrid Nanofiltration and Ultraviolet-Sulfite Treatment Train for Groundwater Contaminated by Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)” Charlie J. Liu1,4, Garrett McKay1,2, Daqian Jiang1,3, Raul Tenorio1, J. Tani Cath1, Camille Amador1, Conner C. Murray1, Juliane B. Brown1, Harold B. Wright5, Charles Schaefer6, Christopher P. Higgins1, Christopher Bellona1, and Timothy J. Strathmann1

1 - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colo.

2 - Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas (current affiliation)

3 - Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala. (current affiliation)

4 - Kennedy Jenks Consultants, San Francisco, Calif. (current affiliation)

5 - Carollo Engineers, Boise, Idaho

6 - CDM Smith, Edison, N.J.