People/Awards
The city of Barrie (Ontario) received a Healthy Water Award from the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority for a retrofit and upgrade of the Sunnidale Stormwater Management Facility.
The Water Environment Federation named recipients of its National Municipal Stormwater and Green Infrastructure Awards. They included:
· Phase I MS4: Anne Arundel County Department of Public Works, Maryland (overall winner); city of Colorado Springs Stormwater Enterprise, Colorado (program management winner); Anne Arundel County Department of Public Works, Maryland (innovation winner)
· Phase II MS4: City of Frisco, Stormwater Division Texas (overall winner); St. Louis MS4 Co-permittee Group, Missouri (program management winner); city of Richmond, Stormwater Utility, Virginia (innovation winner)
· Program Management: Gold Recognition
o Phase I: City of Colorado Springs Stormwater Enterprise, Colorado
o Phase II: St. Louis MS4 Co-permittee Group, Missouri; city of Frisco, Stormwater Division Texas; city of Alexandria, Virginia
· Program Management: Silver Recognition
o Phase I: Anne Arundel County Department of Public Works, Maryland; city of Dayton Department of Water, Ohio; Fairfax County Government, Virginia; Louisville Metropolitan Sewer District, Kentucky
o Phase II: Kansas Department of Transportation, Kansas
· Program Management: Bronze Recognition
o Phase I: Jefferson Parish Environmental Affairs, Louisiana
o Phase II: City of San Marcos, Texas
· Innovation: Gold Recognition
o Phase I: Anne Arundel County Department of Public Works, Bureau of Watershed Protection & Restoration, Maryland
o Phase II: City of Richmond Department of Public Utilities, Stormwater Utility, Virginia; city of Frisco, Stormwater Division Texas
· Innovation: Silver Recognition
o Phase I: Fairfax County Government, Virginia; city of Colorado Springs Stormwater Enterprise, Colorado
o Phase II: St. Louis MS4 Co-permittee Group, Missouri; city of Alexandria, Virginia
· Innovation: Bronze Recognition
o Phase I: Jefferson Parish Environmental Affairs, Louisiana
o Phase II: Kansas Department of Transportation, Kansas
The city of Albemarle (North Carolina) received $250,000 in funding from the Golden LEAF Foundation to assist with the city’s proposed stormwater management program planning.
Burns & Levinson announced that partner John F. Shea received the William H. McGinnis Award from the Massachusetts Water Works Association, of which he has been an active member for nearly 20 years. Stormwater topics are among Shea’s specialty areas.
The American Public Works Association awarded Storm Water Services two top honors. Daryl Hammock, assistant manager, was awarded the H. Rooney Malcom Stormwater Professional of the Year Award. The Cedars East Storm Drainage Improvement Project won the North Carolina Stormwater Project of the Year Award.
Calendar
March 1-3
Michigan Stormwater-Floodplain Association Conference, H Hotel, Midland, Michigan. Visit www.mifloods.org.
March 28-31
American Water Works Association / Water Environment Federation Utility Management Conference, SAFE Credit Union Convention Center, Sacramento, California. Visit www.awwa.org or www.wef.org.
April 16-19
American Public Works Association North American Snow Conference, Omaha, Nebraska (hotel TBA). Visit www.now.apwa.net.
April 16-19
American Water Works Association Sustainable Water Management Conference, Minneapolis (site TBA). Visit www.awwa.org.
April 24-27
Center for Watershed Protection 2023 National Stormwater and Watershed Conference, The Westin San Diego Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego. Visit www.cwp.org.
May 1-3
International Erosion Control Association Municipal Wet Weather MS4 Stormwater Conference, Doubletree by Hilton Hotel, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Visit www.ieca.org.
May 10-12
Ohio Stormwater Association Conference, Kalahari Conference Center, Sandusky, Ohio. Visit www.ohioswa.com.
June 11-14
American Water Works Association ACE23, Toronto, Canada (site TBA). Visit www.awwa.org.
June 27-29
Water Environment Federation Stormwater Summit, Kansas City Convention Center, Kansas City, Missouri. Visit www.wef.org.
July 17-19
American Water Resources Association Summer Conference, Hyatt Regency Denver Tech Center, Denver. Visit www.awra.org.
