PEOPLE/AWARDS

The Illinois Association of Floodplain and Stormwater Managers announced the following award recipients for 2013:

• Stormwater Management of the Year Award: DuPage County Stormwater Management
• Floodplain Manager of the Year Award: Lake County Stormwater Management Commission
• Outstanding Service Award: Sarah Harbaugh of the Illinois Association of Floodplain and Stormwater Managers
• Mitigation Award: City of Champaign
• Public Education Award: River Action organization
• Lifetime Achievement Award: Patrick J. Glithero

Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett and the city’s Storm Water Quality Division received the Patriot Award from the Department of Defense for extraordinary support of employees serving in the Oklahoma National Guard and Reserve.

The City of Rome, N.Y., received an Environmental Excellence Award from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation for its Canopy Restoration Project. The innovative approach to stormwater management focused on using urban forestry to reuse vacant building space, increase property value, reduce runoff and reinvest in the city’s urban core.

Sen. Thad Cochran was the guest of honor at the Mississippi Rural Water Association’s 2013 Technical Conference in Jackson, Miss.

The American Public Works Association announced its Top Ten Public Works Leaders of 2013 honorees. They include:

• Wylie Bearup, street transportation director/city engineer, City of Phoenix, Ariz.
• Julia Bueren, public works director, Contra Costa County, Calif.
• Christopher B. Burke, Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Rosemont, Ill.
• John Edlebeck, director of public works/city engineer, City of Waupaca, Wis.
• Melissa Gentry, assistant city manager for operations, City of Columbia, S.C.
• William Hadley, public works director, Town of Lexington, Mass.
• Donald Jacobovitz, public works director, Putnam County, Fla.
• Howard Lazarus, director of public works, City of Austin, Texas
• Thomas Montgomery, public works director, City of Hastings, Minn.
• Allen Persons, director of public works, Village of Plainfield, Ill.

MSW welcomes your contribution to this listing. Please send notices of new hires, promotions, service milestones, certifications or achievements to editor@mswmag.com.

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

American Society of Civil Engineers

The ASCE has these courses:

• Aug. 1-2 – Pumping Systems Design for Civil Engineers, Hyannis, Mass.
• Aug. 6 – Cold-Weather Stormwater BMPs That Work, online
• Aug. 12 – Aging Infrastructure, Risks and Making Tough Decisions, online
• Sept. 19 – Stormwater BMPs: What Works, What Doesn’t and What About Maintenance, online
• Sept. 23 – Creating Design Storms for Rainfall-Runoff Models, online
• Sept. 26-27 – Pumping Systems Design for Civil Engineers, Austin, Texas

Visit www.asce.org

American Water Works Association

The AWWA has a Dam Safety 2013 seminar on Sept. 8-12 in Providence, R.I. Visit www.awwa.org

Wisconsin

The University of Wisconsin Department of Engineering-Professional Development has a Using WinSLAMM v. 10: Meeting Urban Stormwater Goals P010 seminar on Oct. 14-15 in Madison. Visit http://epdweb.engr.wisc.edu.

CALENDAR

Aug. 6-8
Water Environment Federation/International Society of Automation’s Water/Wastewater and Automatic Controls Symposium, Crowne Plaza Orlando-Universal Hotel, Orlando, Fla. Visit www.wef.org.

Aug. 18-22
StormCon: North American Surface Water Quality Conference and Exposition, Myrtle Beach Convention Center, Myrtle Beach, S.C. Visit www.stormcon.com.

Aug. 25-28
American Public Works Association International Public Works Congress & Exposition, McCormick Place, Chicago. Call 816/595-5241 or visit www.apwa.net.

Oct. 1-3
National Rural Water Association H2O-XPO, Louisville, Ky. Visit www.h2o-expo.org.

Oct. 5-9
Water Environment Federation’s Technical Exhibition and Conference, McCormick Place South, Chicago. Visit www.wef.org.

Oct. 10-12
American Society of Civil Engineers 2013 Annual Conference, Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, N.C. Visit www.asce.org.

Nov. 4-7
American Water Resources Association Annual Conference, Red Lion Hotel, Portland, Ore. Visit www.awra.org.