PEOPLE/AWARDS
The City of Delray Beach (Florida) received a Sustainable Practices Recognition Award from the American Concrete Pavement Association in recognition of its use of pervious pavements in the Osceola Park Neighborhood Project. City leaders said that employing the latest technological innovations and proven best practices with that project will reduce stormwater runoff and flooding.
The Clayton County (Georgia) Water Authority earned the Georgia Association of Water Professionals Consumer Confidence Report Award for large surface water systems during the association’s fall conference in November. The Authority’s Communications & Community Relations Department also won a 2021 Public Relations Society of America - Georgia Chapter Phoenix Award in the Community Relations — Associations/Government/Nonprofit Organizations category for its I’m Invested! CCWA Rate Awareness Campaign. The campaign was a collaboration with Jacobs Engineering.
The Friends of Skagit Beaches (Washington) received a $74,400 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to expand its Anacortes Stormwater Monitoring Project to other local communities.
Birch Street and the Magnolia Underpass in Kennett Square — two major connectors of the 14-mile Kennett Greenway (Pennsylvania) — will be developed thanks to a $1.471 million grant received by the Commonwealth Financing Authority’s Multimodal Transportation Fund. The Birch Street Streetscape portion of the project will address stormwater issues, including the implementation of stormwater best management practices.
The RiverLink group received a $35,000 grant from the Pigeon River Fund of the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina. The funds will aid construction of the Southside Community Stormwater Project to collect and treat runoff at Erskine Apartments to solve flooding issues and improve surface water quality at Town Branch.
Project Clean Water, an initiative of San Diego County (California) dedicated to protecting water quality, received a Gold Award at the MarCom Awards, an international creative competition that recognizes outstanding achievement in marketing and communications. The award was presented for “52 Ways to Love Your Water,” a video that was created as part of a five-year, county-wide public education and outreach initiative around stormwater pollution and water quality.
CALENDAR
March 2-5
National Utility Contractors Association Annual Convention and Exhibit, Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort and Spa, San Antonio. Visit nuca.com.
March 13-16
American Society of Civil Engineers Operation and Maintenance of Stormwater Control Measures Conference, Wilmington Convention Center, Wilmington, North Carolina. Visit asce.org.
April 10-13
American Public Works Association Snow Conference, (hotel TBA), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Visit snow.apwa.net.
April 24-27
American Water Resources Association Spring Conference, Bryant Conference Center, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Visit awra.org.
May 2-4
Montana Stormwater Association Annual Conference, Holiday Inn Downtown, Missoula. Visit mtstormwaterconference.org.
June 12-15
American Water Works Association ACE22, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio. Visit awwa.org.
June 27-29
Water Environment Federation Stormwater Summit, Hyatt Regency, Minneapolis. Visit wef.org.
Aug. 28-31
American Public Works Association Public Works Expo 2022, (hotel TBA), Charlotte, North Carolina. Visit pwx.apwa.net.
Sept. 26-28
StormCon and National Rural Water Association WaterPro Conference, Gaylor National Resort and Conference Center, National Harbor, Maryland. These events are being held as parallel conferences. Visit nrwa.org or stormcon.com.
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