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2025 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable Patty Murray (D-WA)
U.S. Senate
The Honorable Henry T. Wingate
U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi
State Public Service
Delegate David Bulova
Virginia House of Delegates
Local Public Service
Lance Hines
Little Rock City Director & Ex-Officio Member, Little Rock Water Reclamation Commission, AR
2024 Honorees
Federal Public Service
Elizabeth “Betsy” Behl
Former Director of the Health and Ecological Criteria Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, DC
The Honorable Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)
Local Public Service
Cheryl L. Grieb
Osceola County Commissioner, FL
The Honorable Thomas C. Henry
Mayor, City of Fort Wayne, IN
Roy Rogers
Member, Board of Directors, Clean Water Services, OR
2023 Honoree
Local Public Service
The Honorable Kristen Holzheimer Gail
Mayor, City of Euclid, OH
2022 Honoree
Local Public Service
Rob Long
Chair, Palm Beach Soil & Water Conservation District, FL
2020 Honoree
Local Public Service
The Honorable Mike Summers
Mayor, City of Lakewood, OH
2019 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable Dan Kildee (D-MI)
U.S. House of Representatives
State Public Service
Craig W. Butler
Director, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Ben Grumbles
Secretary, Maryland Department of the Environment
Local Public Service
The Honorable Thomas C. Henry
Mayor, City of Fort Wayne, IN
Vishnu K. Lakdawala, PhD
HRSD Commissioner, VA
2018 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable Marcia Fudge (D-OH)
U.S. House of Representative
State Public Service
John Linc Stine
Commissioner, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, MN
Local Public Service
Mary Cheh
Council Member DC Council
Tyrone W. Franklin
County Administrator, Surry County, VA
2017 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable Cory Booker
U.S. Senate
The Honorable James M. Inhofe
U.S. Senate
State Public Service
The Honorable Molly Joseph Ward
Secretary of Natural Resources, VA
Russ Baxter
Deputy Secretary of Natural Resources for the Chesapeake Bay, VA
Local Public Service
The Honorable John Dickert
Mayor, City of Racine, WI
2016 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable Tammy Baldwin
U.S. Senate
The Honorable Ken Calvert
U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Rob Portman
U.S. Senate
State Public Service
Felicia Marcus
Chair, California State Water Resources Control Board
Local Public Service
The Honorable Peter Buttigieg
Mayor, City of South Bend, IN
The Honorable Penelope A. Gross
Supervisor, Mason District, VA
2015 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable Bill Shuster
U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Tim Walz
U.S. House of Representatives
State Public Service
The Honorable Bill Northey
Secretary, Iowa Secretary of Agriculutre, IA
Local Public Service
The Honorable David Condon
Mayor, City of Spokane, WA
The Honorable Thomas C. Henry
Mayor, City of Fort Wayne, IN
Kevin L. Shafer
Executive Director, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, WI
2014 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable Sheldon Whitehouse
U.S. Senate
The Honorable Bob Latta
U.S. House of Representatives
State Public Service
Walter L. Baker
Director - Division of Water Quality, Utah Department of Environmental Quality, UT
Local Public Service
Bevin Beaudet
Director, Palm Beach County Water Utilities Department, FL
Brian Carlson
Public Works Director, City of Vancouver, WA
Dick Champion, Jr.
Director, Independence Water Pollution Control Department, MO
Daniel M. Pierce
Vice President of the Board of Trustees, North Shore Sanitary District, IL
Jan Vanthen Wilking
Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Snyderville Basin Water Reclamation District, UT
2013 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable Lisa Murkowski
U.S. Senate
The Honorable Jack Reed
U.S. Senate
Dave White
Former Chief of Natural Resources Conservation Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture
State Public Service
Alberto Lázaro
Executive President, Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, PR
Michael Tate
Director, Kansas Department of Environment & Health - Bureau of Water, KS
Local Public Service
The Honorable David J. Berger
Mayor, City of Lima, OH
Maggie Brooks
County Executive, Monroe County, NY
Todd Portune
Commissioner, Hamilton County Board of Commissioners, OH
2012 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable Debbie Stabenow
U.S. Senate
Local Public Service
Susan Tanner Holmes
Chairwoman, Central Davis Sewer District, UT
Jerry Johnson
General Manager, Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, MD
The Honorable Charles Meeker
Mayor, City of Raleigh, NC
2011 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable Sherrod Brown
U.S. Senate
The Honorable Steven LaTourette
U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Russ Carnahan
U.S. House of Representatives
State Public Service
Marcia Willhite
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, IL
Ellen Gilinsky
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, VA
Local Public Service
Sidney J. Holbrook
Executive Director, Greater New Haven Water Pollution Control Authority, CT
Andrew “Chuck” Vaccaro
Chairman, Bergen County Utilities Authority Board of Commissioners, NJ
2010 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable Ben Cardin
U.S. Senate
The Honorable Donna Edwards
U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Mike Simpson
U.S. House of Representatives
State Public Service
Sandra Allen
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, NY
Local Public Service
The Honorable Michael Nutter
Mayor, City of Philadelphia, PA
2009 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable John Boozman
U.S. House of Representatives
State Public Service
Paul Marchetti
Executive Director, Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority, PA
Ronald Poltak
Executive Director, New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission, MA
Local Public Service
The Honorable Richard M. Daley
Mayor, City of Chicago, IL
James E. Swarthout
President, Board of Trustees, North Shore Sanitary District, IL
2008 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable Barbara Levy Boxer
U.S. Senate
State Public Service
Kathleen McGinty
Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Local Public Service
The Honorable Martin J. Chavez
Mayor, City of Albuquerque, NM
Charles R. Mickelson
Director of Public Works, City of Boise, ID
2007 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable James L. Oberstar
U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Frank R. Lautenberg
U.S. House of Representatives
State Public Service
The Honorable James Hodges Harrison
State of South Carolina House of Representatives
Local Public Service
Ron Labelle
Commissioner, City of New Bedford, MA
Mario Menesini
President, Central Contra Costa Sanitary District Board of Directors, CA
The Honorable Harry Readshaw
Pennsylvania State Representatives
Edward Semonian
Chairman, Board of Directors of Alexandria Sanitation Authority
2006 Honorees
Federal Public Service
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY)
Chair, Subcommittee on Superfund and Environmental Health, U.S. Senate
Representative Thelma Drake (R-VA)
U.S. House of Representatives
Representative Norman Dicks (D-WA)
Interior Appropriations Subcommittee, U.S. House of Representatives
Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)
Chairwoman, Subcommittee on Water Resources & Environment, U.S. House of Representatives
State Public Service
LaJuana S. Wilcher
Kentucky Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet, Bowling Green, KY
Local Public Service
Ron Sims
King County Executive, King County, WA
John A. Coleman
Board of Directors, East Bay Municipal Utility District, Vice Chair, Dublin San Roman Services District, Dublin, CA
Bruce Paone
Mayor, Onancock, VA
Bart Peterson
Mayor, City of Indianapolis, IN
2005 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable Lincoln Chafee (R-RI)
Chairman, Fisheries, Wildlife & Water Subcommittee, U.S. Senate
The Honorable Dave Camp (R-MI)
Chair, Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee Member, Health & Human Resources Subcommittee, U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable John J. Duncan (R-TN)
Chairman, Water Resources & Environment Subcommittee, U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Bill Pascrell (D-NJ)
Member, House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, U.S. House of Representatives
State Public Service
The Honorable J. Joseph Garrahy
Former Governor, State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations, R.I.
Local Public Service
Dennis Grzezinski
Commissioner, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, Milwaukee, Wis.
2004 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)
Ranking Member, Subcommittee on VA, HUD & Independent Agencies
The Honorable John Warner (R-VA)
Member, Environment & Public Works Committee
State Public Service
The Honorable Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr.
Governor, State of Maryland
Local Public Service
The Honorable Shirley Franklin
Mayor, City of Atlanta, Ga.
E. Jane Rebhuhn
Commissioner, Great Neck Water Pollution Control District, Great Neck, N.Y.
The Honorable Anthony Williams
Mayor, City of Washington, D.C.
2003 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable George V. Voinovich (R-OH)
Member, Environment and Public Works
The Honorable Don Young (R-AK)
Chair, Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure
State Public Service
The Honorable Edward G. Rendell
Governor, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pa.
The Honorable W. Tayloe Murphy, Jr.
Secretary of Natural Resources, Commonwealth of Virginia, Richmond, Va.
J. David Holm
Former Director, Colorado Water Quality Control Division, Boulder, Colo.
Local Public Service
William J. Ancell
Former Public Works Director, City of Boise, Idaho
The Honorable Rudolph “Rudy” C. McCollum, Jr.
Mayor, City of Richmond, Richmond, Va.
Parke L. Boneysteele
Member, Board of Directors, Central Contra Costa Sanitary District, Walnut Creek, Calif.
Clean Water Coalition
Chip Maxfield, Chairman, Clark County Sanitation District. Nev.
Steve Kirk, Councilman, City of Henderson, Nev.
Larry Brown, Councilman, City of Las Vegas, Nev.
Charles Lyons
First Vice President, National League of Cities, Chair, Board of Selectmen, Arlington, Mass.
2002 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable Sue Kelly (R-NY) & The Honorable Ellen Tauscher (D-CA)
Members, Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure
State Public Service
Tom Morrissey
Director, Planning and Standards Division, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, Newington, Conn.
Alan H. Vicory, Jr.
Executive Director & Chief Engineer, Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission, Cincinnati, Ohio
Local Public Service
The Honorable Louise Miller
Former Council Member, Metropolitan King County, Seattle, WA
The Honorable Bruce Tobey
Mayor 1994 - 2001, City of Gloucester, Gloucester, MA
2001 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Killer "Bs":
Michael Bilirakis (R-FL)
Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY)
Robert Borski (D-PA)
Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Co-Chairs, Water Infrastructure Caucus, United States House of Representatives
The Honorable Robert C. Smith (R-NH)
Chair, Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
State Public Service
Craig D. Pedersen
Executive Administrator, Texas Water Development Board, Austin, Texas
Local Public Service
Leonard L. Battaglia
Secretary, Board of Directors, West County Wastewater District, Richmond, Calif.
John J. Carroll
Town Manager, Norwood, Mass.
Hugh H. McMillan
General Superintendent
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Ill.
2000 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable Christopher S. "Kit" Bond (R-MO)
Member, Senate Appropriations Committee and Chair, Senate VA, HUD & Independent Agencies Subcommittee
The Honorable Bud Shuster (R-PA)
Chair, House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure
The Honorable James T. Walsh (R-NY)
Member, House Appropriations Committee and Chair, House VA, HUD & Independent Agencies Subcommittee
State Public Service
Arleen O'Donnell
Past President, Association of State & Interstate Water Pollution Administrators and Assistant Commissioner for Bureau of Resource Protection, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, MA
Local Public Service
Richard A. Kennedy
President, Sanitation District No. 1 Board of Directors, KY
Marc H. Morial
Mayor, City of New Orleans, LA
1999 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable Robert Aderholt (R-AL)
Member, House Appropriations Committee
The Honorable Robert Borski (D-PA)
Ranking Member, House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee on Water Resources & the Environment
State Public Service
J. Dale Givens
Secretary of Louisiana's Department of Environmental Quality, LA
Local Public Service
Brian J. Martin
City Manager, Lowell, MA
1998 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The HonorableJames L. Oberstar (D-MN)
Ranking Minority Member, House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee
Aggressively pursued amendment to the Clean Water Act to control and prevent nonpoint source pollution.
State Public Service
Governor Parris Glenndenning
State of Maryland
John Langdon Marsh
Director, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, OR
The Honorable Vincent J. Mesolella
Member, Rhode Island General Assembly & Chairman
Narragansett Bay Commission, RI
Local Public Service
The Honorable Edward G. Rendell
Mayor, City of Philadelphia, PA and Chair of Rebuild America Coalition
1997 Honorees
Federal Public Service
John T. Rhett
Former Deputy Assistant Administrator of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Water Program Operations
State Public Service
The California State Water Resources Control Board
Chair John Caffrey and members Mary Jane Forster, James Stubchaer, Marc Del Piero and John Brown
George E. Meyer
Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Local Public Service
K. Ray Harrington
Former Director of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County Department of Water & Sewerage Services, TN
1996 Honorees
Federal Public Service
Robert Perciasepe
Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
State Public Service
Robert J. Zimmerman
President, The Association of State & Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators and Administrator of the Delaware Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Controls Division of Water Resources, DE
Local Public Service
T.J. "Ted" Hackworth
Former Chairman and Current Member of the Board of Directors of the Metro (Denver) Wastewater Reclamation District, CO
1995 Honorees
Federal Public Service
Honorable John Chafee (R-RI)
Chair, Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
The Honorable Edmund S. Muskie (D-MA)
Retired Senator Capped a decade-long effort to enact workable national clean water policy with the passage of the 1972 Clean Water Act.
State Public Service
Bruce Baker
President, Association of State & Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrator and Director of Bureau of Water Resources Management, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, WI
Local Public Service
George A. Brinsko
Director, Pima County Wastewater Management Department, AZ Leader in establishing the Western Coalition of Arid States (WESTCAS).
1994 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable Robert A. Roe (D-NJ)
Former Chair, House Public Works & Transportation Committee
State Public Service
Allan E. Stokes
Administrator, Environmental Protection Division-Iowa Department of Natural Resources, IA
Local Public Service
The Honorable Jerry Abramson
Mayor, Louisville, KY
1993 Honorees
The Honorable Dirk Kempthorne (R-ID)
U.S. Senator and former Mayor of Boise, ID
Felicia A. Marcus
President, City of Los Angeles-Board of Public Works, CA
Nicholas J. Melas
Former President, Board of Commissioners, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, IL
1992 Honoree
The Honorable Henry J. Nowak (D-NY)
Chair, House Committee in Public Works & Transportation
1991 Honoree
Lee Thomas
Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1990 Honoree
Joe G. Moore, Jr.
Distinguished federal career
1989 Honoree
The Honorable Robert Stafford
Chair, Senate on Environment & Public Works Committee
1988 Honoree
The Honorable James L. Howard
Chair, House Committee on Public Works & Transportation
1987 Honoree
The Honorable Jennings Randolph
Chair, Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
1986 Honoree
Honorable John Blatnick
Chair, House Committee on Public Works & Transportation
1984 Honoree
The Honorable Don H. Clausen
Ranking Member, House Committee on Public Works & Transportation
1983 Honoree
The Honorable Biz Johnson
Chair, House Committee on Public Works & Transportation
NEAA Member Agency Awards
Federal, State & Local Public Service Awards
2025 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable Patty Murray (D-WA)
U.S. Senate
The Honorable Henry T. Wingate
U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi
State Public Service
Delegate David Bulova
Virginia House of Delegates
Local Public Service
Lance Hines
Little Rock City Director & Ex-Officio Member, Little Rock Water Reclamation Commission, AR
2024 Honorees
Federal Public Service
Elizabeth “Betsy” Behl
Former Director of the Health and Ecological Criteria Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, DC
The Honorable Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)
Local Public Service
Cheryl L. Grieb
Osceola County Commissioner, FL
The Honorable Thomas C. Henry
Mayor, City of Fort Wayne, IN
Roy Rogers
Member, Board of Directors, Clean Water Services, OR
2023 Honoree
Local Public Service
The Honorable Kristen Holzheimer Gail
Mayor, City of Euclid, OH
2022 Honoree
Local Public Service
Rob Long
Chair, Palm Beach Soil & Water Conservation District, FL
2020 Honoree
Local Public Service
The Honorable Mike Summers
Mayor, City of Lakewood, OH
2019 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable Dan Kildee (D-MI)
U.S. House of Representatives
State Public Service
Craig W. Butler
Director, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Ben Grumbles
Secretary, Maryland Department of the Environment
Local Public Service
The Honorable Thomas C. Henry
Mayor, City of Fort Wayne, IN
Vishnu K. Lakdawala, PhD
HRSD Commissioner, VA
2018 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable Marcia Fudge (D-OH)
U.S. House of Representative
State Public Service
John Linc Stine
Commissioner, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, MN
Local Public Service
Mary Cheh
Council Member DC Council
Tyrone W. Franklin
County Administrator, Surry County, VA
2017 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable Cory Booker
U.S. Senate
The Honorable James M. Inhofe
U.S. Senate
State Public Service
The Honorable Molly Joseph Ward
Secretary of Natural Resources, VA
Russ Baxter
Deputy Secretary of Natural Resources for the Chesapeake Bay, VA
Local Public Service
The Honorable John Dickert
Mayor, City of Racine, WI
2016 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable Tammy Baldwin
U.S. Senate
The Honorable Ken Calvert
U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Rob Portman
U.S. Senate
State Public Service
Felicia Marcus
Chair, California State Water Resources Control Board
Local Public Service
The Honorable Peter Buttigieg
Mayor, City of South Bend, IN
The Honorable Penelope A. Gross
Supervisor, Mason District, VA
2015 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable Bill Shuster
U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Tim Walz
U.S. House of Representatives
State Public Service
The Honorable Bill Northey
Secretary, Iowa Secretary of Agriculutre, IA
Local Public Service
The Honorable David Condon
Mayor, City of Spokane, WA
The Honorable Thomas C. Henry
Mayor, City of Fort Wayne, IN
Kevin L. Shafer
Executive Director, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, WI
2014 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable Sheldon Whitehouse
U.S. Senate
The Honorable Bob Latta
U.S. House of Representatives
State Public Service
Walter L. Baker
Director - Division of Water Quality, Utah Department of Environmental Quality, UT
Local Public Service
Bevin Beaudet
Director, Palm Beach County Water Utilities Department, FL
Brian Carlson
Public Works Director, City of Vancouver, WA
Dick Champion, Jr.
Director, Independence Water Pollution Control Department, MO
Daniel M. Pierce
Vice President of the Board of Trustees, North Shore Sanitary District, IL
Jan Vanthen Wilking
Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Snyderville Basin Water Reclamation District, UT
2013 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable Lisa Murkowski
U.S. Senate
The Honorable Jack Reed
U.S. Senate
Dave White
Former Chief of Natural Resources Conservation Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture
State Public Service
Alberto Lázaro
Executive President, Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, PR
Michael Tate
Director, Kansas Department of Environment & Health - Bureau of Water, KS
Local Public Service
The Honorable David J. Berger
Mayor, City of Lima, OH
Maggie Brooks
County Executive, Monroe County, NY
Todd Portune
Commissioner, Hamilton County Board of Commissioners, OH
2012 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable Debbie Stabenow
U.S. Senate
Local Public Service
Susan Tanner Holmes
Chairwoman, Central Davis Sewer District, UT
Jerry Johnson
General Manager, Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, MD
The Honorable Charles Meeker
Mayor, City of Raleigh, NC
2011 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable Sherrod Brown
U.S. Senate
The Honorable Steven LaTourette
U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Russ Carnahan
U.S. House of Representatives
State Public Service
Marcia Willhite
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, IL
Ellen Gilinsky
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, VA
Local Public Service
Sidney J. Holbrook
Executive Director, Greater New Haven Water Pollution Control Authority, CT
Andrew “Chuck” Vaccaro
Chairman, Bergen County Utilities Authority Board of Commissioners, NJ
2010 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable Ben Cardin
U.S. Senate
The Honorable Donna Edwards
U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Mike Simpson
U.S. House of Representatives
State Public Service
Sandra Allen
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, NY
Local Public Service
The Honorable Michael Nutter
Mayor, City of Philadelphia, PA
2009 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable John Boozman
U.S. House of Representatives
State Public Service
Paul Marchetti
Executive Director, Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority, PA
Ronald Poltak
Executive Director, New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission, MA
Local Public Service
The Honorable Richard M. Daley
Mayor, City of Chicago, IL
James E. Swarthout
President, Board of Trustees, North Shore Sanitary District, IL
2008 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable Barbara Levy Boxer
U.S. Senate
State Public Service
Kathleen McGinty
Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Local Public Service
The Honorable Martin J. Chavez
Mayor, City of Albuquerque, NM
Charles R. Mickelson
Director of Public Works, City of Boise, ID
2007 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable James L. Oberstar
U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Frank R. Lautenberg
U.S. House of Representatives
State Public Service
The Honorable James Hodges Harrison
State of South Carolina House of Representatives
Local Public Service
Ron Labelle
Commissioner, City of New Bedford, MA
Mario Menesini
President, Central Contra Costa Sanitary District Board of Directors, CA
The Honorable Harry Readshaw
Pennsylvania State Representatives
Edward Semonian
Chairman, Board of Directors of Alexandria Sanitation Authority
2006 Honorees
Federal Public Service
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY)
Chair, Subcommittee on Superfund and Environmental Health, U.S. Senate
Representative Thelma Drake (R-VA)
U.S. House of Representatives
Representative Norman Dicks (D-WA)
Interior Appropriations Subcommittee, U.S. House of Representatives
Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)
Chairwoman, Subcommittee on Water Resources & Environment, U.S. House of Representatives
State Public Service
LaJuana S. Wilcher
Kentucky Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet, Bowling Green, KY
Local Public Service
Ron Sims
King County Executive, King County, WA
John A. Coleman
Board of Directors, East Bay Municipal Utility District, Vice Chair, Dublin San Roman Services District, Dublin, CA
Bruce Paone
Mayor, Onancock, VA
Bart Peterson
Mayor, City of Indianapolis, IN
2005 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable Lincoln Chafee (R-RI)
Chairman, Fisheries, Wildlife & Water Subcommittee, U.S. Senate
The Honorable Dave Camp (R-MI)
Chair, Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee Member, Health & Human Resources Subcommittee, U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable John J. Duncan (R-TN)
Chairman, Water Resources & Environment Subcommittee, U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Bill Pascrell (D-NJ)
Member, House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, U.S. House of Representatives
State Public Service
The Honorable J. Joseph Garrahy
Former Governor, State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations, R.I.
Local Public Service
Dennis Grzezinski
Commissioner, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, Milwaukee, Wis.
2004 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)
Ranking Member, Subcommittee on VA, HUD & Independent Agencies
The Honorable John Warner (R-VA)
Member, Environment & Public Works Committee
State Public Service
The Honorable Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr.
Governor, State of Maryland
Local Public Service
The Honorable Shirley Franklin
Mayor, City of Atlanta, Ga.
E. Jane Rebhuhn
Commissioner, Great Neck Water Pollution Control District, Great Neck, N.Y.
The Honorable Anthony Williams
Mayor, City of Washington, D.C.
2003 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable George V. Voinovich (R-OH)
Member, Environment and Public Works
The Honorable Don Young (R-AK)
Chair, Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure
State Public Service
The Honorable Edward G. Rendell
Governor, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pa.
The Honorable W. Tayloe Murphy, Jr.
Secretary of Natural Resources, Commonwealth of Virginia, Richmond, Va.
J. David Holm
Former Director, Colorado Water Quality Control Division, Boulder, Colo.
Local Public Service
William J. Ancell
Former Public Works Director, City of Boise, Idaho
The Honorable Rudolph “Rudy” C. McCollum, Jr.
Mayor, City of Richmond, Richmond, Va.
Parke L. Boneysteele
Member, Board of Directors, Central Contra Costa Sanitary District, Walnut Creek, Calif.
Clean Water Coalition
Chip Maxfield, Chairman, Clark County Sanitation District. Nev.
Steve Kirk, Councilman, City of Henderson, Nev.
Larry Brown, Councilman, City of Las Vegas, Nev.
Charles Lyons
First Vice President, National League of Cities, Chair, Board of Selectmen, Arlington, Mass.
2002 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable Sue Kelly (R-NY) & The Honorable Ellen Tauscher (D-CA)
Members, Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure
State Public Service
Tom Morrissey
Director, Planning and Standards Division, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, Newington, Conn.
Alan H. Vicory, Jr.
Executive Director & Chief Engineer, Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission, Cincinnati, Ohio
Local Public Service
The Honorable Louise Miller
Former Council Member, Metropolitan King County, Seattle, WA
The Honorable Bruce Tobey
Mayor 1994 - 2001, City of Gloucester, Gloucester, MA
2001 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Killer "Bs":
Michael Bilirakis (R-FL)
Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY)
Robert Borski (D-PA)
Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Co-Chairs, Water Infrastructure Caucus, United States House of Representatives
The Honorable Robert C. Smith (R-NH)
Chair, Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
State Public Service
Craig D. Pedersen
Executive Administrator, Texas Water Development Board, Austin, Texas
Local Public Service
Leonard L. Battaglia
Secretary, Board of Directors, West County Wastewater District, Richmond, Calif.
John J. Carroll
Town Manager, Norwood, Mass.
Hugh H. McMillan
General Superintendent
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Ill.
2000 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable Christopher S. "Kit" Bond (R-MO)
Member, Senate Appropriations Committee and Chair, Senate VA, HUD & Independent Agencies Subcommittee
The Honorable Bud Shuster (R-PA)
Chair, House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure
The Honorable James T. Walsh (R-NY)
Member, House Appropriations Committee and Chair, House VA, HUD & Independent Agencies Subcommittee
State Public Service
Arleen O'Donnell
Past President, Association of State & Interstate Water Pollution Administrators and Assistant Commissioner for Bureau of Resource Protection, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, MA
Local Public Service
Richard A. Kennedy
President, Sanitation District No. 1 Board of Directors, KY
Marc H. Morial
Mayor, City of New Orleans, LA
1999 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable Robert Aderholt (R-AL)
Member, House Appropriations Committee
The Honorable Robert Borski (D-PA)
Ranking Member, House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee on Water Resources & the Environment
State Public Service
J. Dale Givens
Secretary of Louisiana's Department of Environmental Quality, LA
Local Public Service
Brian J. Martin
City Manager, Lowell, MA
1998 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The HonorableJames L. Oberstar (D-MN)
Ranking Minority Member, House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee
Aggressively pursued amendment to the Clean Water Act to control and prevent nonpoint source pollution.
State Public Service
Governor Parris Glenndenning
State of Maryland
John Langdon Marsh
Director, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, OR
The Honorable Vincent J. Mesolella
Member, Rhode Island General Assembly & Chairman
Narragansett Bay Commission, RI
Local Public Service
The Honorable Edward G. Rendell
Mayor, City of Philadelphia, PA and Chair of Rebuild America Coalition
1997 Honorees
Federal Public Service
John T. Rhett
Former Deputy Assistant Administrator of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Water Program Operations
State Public Service
The California State Water Resources Control Board
Chair John Caffrey and members Mary Jane Forster, James Stubchaer, Marc Del Piero and John Brown
George E. Meyer
Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Local Public Service
K. Ray Harrington
Former Director of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County Department of Water & Sewerage Services, TN
1996 Honorees
Federal Public Service
Robert Perciasepe
Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
State Public Service
Robert J. Zimmerman
President, The Association of State & Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators and Administrator of the Delaware Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Controls Division of Water Resources, DE
Local Public Service
T.J. "Ted" Hackworth
Former Chairman and Current Member of the Board of Directors of the Metro (Denver) Wastewater Reclamation District, CO
1995 Honorees
Federal Public Service
Honorable John Chafee (R-RI)
Chair, Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
The Honorable Edmund S. Muskie (D-MA)
Retired Senator Capped a decade-long effort to enact workable national clean water policy with the passage of the 1972 Clean Water Act.
State Public Service
Bruce Baker
President, Association of State & Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrator and Director of Bureau of Water Resources Management, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, WI
Local Public Service
George A. Brinsko
Director, Pima County Wastewater Management Department, AZ Leader in establishing the Western Coalition of Arid States (WESTCAS).
1994 Honorees
Federal Public Service
The Honorable Robert A. Roe (D-NJ)
Former Chair, House Public Works & Transportation Committee
State Public Service
Allan E. Stokes
Administrator, Environmental Protection Division-Iowa Department of Natural Resources, IA
Local Public Service
The Honorable Jerry Abramson
Mayor, Louisville, KY
1993 Honorees
The Honorable Dirk Kempthorne (R-ID)
U.S. Senator and former Mayor of Boise, ID
Felicia A. Marcus
President, City of Los Angeles-Board of Public Works, CA
Nicholas J. Melas
Former President, Board of Commissioners, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, IL
1992 Honoree
The Honorable Henry J. Nowak (D-NY)
Chair, House Committee in Public Works & Transportation
1991 Honoree
Lee Thomas
Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1990 Honoree
Joe G. Moore, Jr.
Distinguished federal career
1989 Honoree
The Honorable Robert Stafford
Chair, Senate on Environment & Public Works Committee
1988 Honoree
The Honorable James L. Howard
Chair, House Committee on Public Works & Transportation
1987 Honoree
The Honorable Jennings Randolph
Chair, Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
1986 Honoree
Honorable John Blatnick
Chair, House Committee on Public Works & Transportation
1984 Honoree
The Honorable Don H. Clausen
Ranking Member, House Committee on Public Works & Transportation
1983 Honoree
The Honorable Biz Johnson
Chair, House Committee on Public Works & Transportation