People/AwardsSonia Maassel Jacobsen, a hydraulic engineer with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in St. Paul, Minn., has been elected president of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers for 2011-12.The Spring Lake (Fla.) Improvement District Water Utilities Department received the Public Water System of the Year Award from the Florida Rural Water Association.The National Rural Water Association announced award recipients:• West Virginia Rural Water Association, Association of the Year• Fred Shelton, president, Man of the Year• Gary Rhoades and Travey Hunter of Evergreen Rural Water of Washington, President’s Award• Ken Blomberg of Wisconsin Rural Water Association, President’s Award•
