WE 2017 donor report by AWWA's Water Equation

Funding the Future of Water

Executive Sponsors David LaFrance, CEO, AWWA Paula Macllwaine, Deputy CEO, AWWA

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2017 DONOR IMPACT REPORT

Martha Segal, Chair

Jamie Hannam, Committee Member

Ad Hoc Committtee Martha Segal, KY/TN

Jacqueline Torbert, FL

Duane Gilles, Indiana

Lindsey Olson, NJ

Sally Wright, Texas

Steve Dennis, CA

Tim Wilson, Iowa

Peter Johns, GA

Jeanne Bennett-Bailey, VA

Jamie Hannam, Halifax, NS

WE STAFF

Mitch Kannenberg, SD

Michelle Hektor, Senior Manager of Donor Relations & Development Emily Christensen, Fundraising & Stewardship Specialist

PROJECT STAFF Caitlin Mercier, Project Specialist Courtney Carpenter, Website Content Specialist Melanie Yamamoto, Manager of Creative Services Gillian Wink, Senior Graphic Designer Kirsten Seidel, Graphic Designer

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GIVING CIRCLES EMPLOYEE GIVING GIVING TUESDAY SCHOLARSHIPS STUDENTS & YOUNG PROFESSIONALS COMMUNITY ENGINEERING CORPS

Dear Members and Friends, I hope you have noticed the fresh look and energy of AWWA’s Water Equation (WE)! Our mission is clear: Providing funding for workforce advancement, scholarships, students, young professionals and the Community Engineering Corps. The Water Equation is creating a succession plan for the retiring workforce, to ensure that the water industry is secure in its future by raising funds for the One AWWA Operator Scholarship and matching up to $1,000 for each local section offering the opportunity to water and wastewater operators. This year we have assisted in the award of 37 scholarships from 22 local sections for a total of $39,148. You will see in the following pages the impact this has had on our water professionals. With your help, WE can fund up to $72,000 each year in advanced degree scholarships for water technology studies so that students like Jay Werber, Alex Gorzalski and Lucas Djehdian (2017 scholarship recipients) can continue their learning with the help of a Wolman or Larson Aquatic Scholarship. As we seek to increase the water industry workforce, the Water Equation is funding mentoring and networking opportunities in the Students and Young Professionals programming. What if we could provide them with a Leadership Academy that would assist them in life skills to achieve our industry’s needs? That’s one thing WE can fund with your gifts to this important segment of AWWA membership. The Community Engineering Corps had significant accomplishments this year. It finished 2017 with 23 projects, including seven new communities benefiting from water infrastructure projects. One hundred volunteers received orientation and training to work with collaborative partnerships in underserved communities. The impact you have had on WE is amazing, and it doesn’t stop here. There are many opportunities in 2018 to reach more water professionals with scholarships, more programming opportunities for students and young professionals, and an increasing need for domestic water infrastructure projects in cities across the country. Thank you for your continued support of AWWA’s Water Equation, and we hope you enjoy reading the stories of how YOU are positively impacting the water industry through your generosity.

1881 Society

Charlie Anderson

THESE AWWA MEMBERS CONTRIBUTED $1,000 OR MORE DURING THE 2017 FISCAL YEAR.

PAST PRESIDENT

Andrew DeGraca

Martha Segal

Andy Richardson

Matthew Stanley

Carollo Engineering

Michael Dimitrou, WRC

Charlie Anderson

Nashville Metro Water & Sewer

Chi Ho Sham

New England Section AWWA

David LaFrance

New York Section AWWA

David Scholler

Ohio Section AWWA

Everett Prescott, Inc.

Pennsylvania Section AWWA

Gannett Fleming

Peter Johns

Gene Koontz

RH2 Engineering

Jacqueline Torbert

Ride with Purpose

James Malley

Sharon Wong

James D. Miller

South Carolina Section AWWA

Jeanne & Jane Bennett Bailey

Steve & Mary Lou Dennis

Jeff & Lynne Rosen

Susan Franceschi

Joe Mantua

Texas Section AWWA

Kevin Mann

Tracy Mehan

M.E. Simpson

Virginia Section AWWA

“The Water Equation is my opportunity to give back to the water profession for all it has given to me. I have been blessed beyond measure and I want to pay forward what I have been given.”

Giving Circles Johannes Rook began his career as a brewery chemist for Amstel, and in 1963 he moved to a position at Rotterdam Water Works in the Netherlands. Eleven years later he discovered chloroform (or THMs) in the finished drinking water of Rotterdam’s water plant. Rook hypothesized it was produced when the chlorine used for disinfection reacted with organic matter — extracts from leaves, bark, soil, etc., from the natural biosphere — in raw water. The research following this discovery caused a major change in the culture of the U.S. drinking water industry. As sanitary advisor in 1908 to the privately owned Jersey City Water Supply Company (JCWSC), John Leal was responsible for conceiving and implementing the first disinfection of a U.S. drinking water supply using chlorine. His application of disinfection technology contributed significantly to the eradication of typhoid fever and other waterborne diseases in the U.S. In 2013, a monument was dedicated at Leal’s N.J. gravesite to the “Hero of Public Health,” and AWWA established the Dr. John L. Leal Award to recognize any individual, group, or organization that has made a notable and outstanding public health contribution to the water profession.

In 2017 the Water Equation added 13 new 1881 Society members, including 6 sections, as well as 9 members to the new cumulative permanent Giving Circles. We are so honored that these generous donors have included AWWA’s Water Equation in their giving plans.

“Water professionals are the coolest people in the world and I feel blessed to be able to help the next generation of professionals and those in need!” - Peter Johns, Board member & WE Ad Hoc Committee Member 5

Employee Giving AWWA Employee AWWA employees gave generously in 2017—through payroll deductions, staff fundraisers and individual giving—over $4,000! Does your employer match charitable donations? We have over 70 member partners who match employee gifts! Ask your employer today if you can double your donation.

Board and Council Support The 2017 Board of Directors and Councils contributed over $10,000 during the annual meetings.

Drinking Water Week AWWA Sections and the Association raised $2,000 from Water Pong, tamale sales, a Walk-a-thon and carnivals during Drinking Water Week.

Silent Auction Thanks for your part in the ACE17 Silent Auction! Our online donation platform raised over $6,500.

COLIN CHUNG, FIRST TIME DONOR “WE [Water Equation] provides scholarship opportunities. If we don’t invest in the future to try to get young folks in our industry, we’re going to be in trouble. We need to get young professionals involved through international issues/events. Water is a common global issue. It is an economic issue, a technical issue, and a people issue. We are all in these issues together.”

Giving Tuesday

NORTH DAKOTA STUDENT CHAPTER WON $200 FOR ITS SUPPORT OF WATER EQUATION

AWWA members showed support on Giving Tuesday by raising $8,100—162% of our goal! The Pennsylvania AWWA Section contributed $1,000 from its Clay Shoot and the Florida AWWA Section donated $500 in honor of the visit by AWWA Past-President Jeanne Bennett-Bailey.

“This is a great cause to ensure the future of water, the most precious resource on earth!” -Brenda Lennox, AWWA President

Emergency Funding Contributions for Water Heroes raised over $10,000 for Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico. 7

One AWWA Operator Scholarship Impact! 37 Water & Wastewater Operators were awarded scholarships totaling $39,148 from Water Equation and 22 local sections. WE donors provided $18,810 in funding.

“It’s a complex and ever-changing job that requires you to stay up-to-date and informed on new regulations and process changes.” - Konya Smith, Water Treatment Plant Operator, Tennessee

Konya began her career at an industrial battery plant as a wastewater operator. Several years later she began work for Cleveland Utilities at its water treatment plant, where she has been employed since 2016. Outside of work, in addition to being a single parent to three beautiful children, Konya continues her pursuit of a Chemical Engineering degree and has a goal of eventually becoming the Chief Operator within her organization. 8

“Scholarship money is a bonus to further my education as I am looking at more courses to benefit my understanding of water treatment and the preservation of this limited commodity.” - Harriet Harvey, Water Operator, South Carolina Harriett started as a volunteer at Waccamaw Riverkeeper when she became interested in water through river clean-ups and education. Her awareness of AWWA grew and soon she was taking courses for her “B” licensure for water treatment.

“I believe this schooling and these opportunities have always been in my future. My grandfather owned and ran a family construction business for over 45 years working in the water and wastewater field, and that is what I grew up knowing.” - Adam Foy, Collection Systems Operator, Atlantic Canada Adam has laid pipe in Prince Edward Island, and then became a water and wastewater operator in British Columbia. At that point he decided to pursue his Bachelor of Science Degree in Environmental Practice.

Wolman and Larson Academic Scholarships

Alexander Gorzalski, Larson Aquatic Research Support, PhD Scholarship University of North Carolina

Lucas Djehdian, Larson Aquatic Research Support, Masters Scholarship University of Illinois

Jay Werber, Abel Wolman Scholarship Yale University

Wolman Scholarship (2-yr Fellowship)

Larson Aquatic Research Scholarships

Individual Contributions

$3,858

2017 Gift Total

$4,735

Exhibitor Funding

$26,500

Investment Earnings

$3,804

2017 Gifts Total

$29,058

Investment Earnings

$25,230

PhD Scholarship

$7,000

Masters Scholarship

$5,000

2017 Fellowship Award

$42,381

Student Chapters & Young Professionals 2017 CONTRIBUTIONS $2,962 SPONSORSHIPS $13,500 YP LEADERSHIP TRAINING $12,762 Improvements in the student chapter program have continued to develop. These include a student chapter tracking system, upgraded web pages and welcome kits, and a student transition program. Individual Contributions

Sponsorships

Net Programming Costs

AWWA MEMBERSHIP EDUCATION IDEAS

ADVISOR

OVERVIEW

PLANNING TRACKING COMMITTEE DIVERSIFY

Community Engineering Corps “I’m involved with water and think that everyone should have good, clean water in abundant supply.” - Kyla Jacobsen

CONTRIBUTIONS: $22,829 Community Outreach

Team Coaching

Per Project

Project #

Total

$4,250

$29,750

$2,790

$13,950

Per Training

Trainigs per year

Total

Volunteer Orientation

$110

$880

Volunteer Training

$275

$1,375

Community Engineering Corps is supported by a range of funding sources including grants, sponsorships, and generous donations to WE. Projects positively impacted communities in Salinas, CA, as pictured here.

Thanks to Infrastructure Brew for its acknowledgment of the need for infrastructure improvement in the US. A portion of each bag of coffee sold is donated to Water Equation for the Community Engineering Corps. https://infrastructurebrew.com Water Equation is honored to have Ride with Purpose Water Buffalos annual support of Community Engineering Corps through AWWA’s Water Equation. http://www.ridewithpurpose.org/