2017 Honorees
Federal
The Honorable Cory Booker
U.S. Senate
The Honorable James M. Inhofe
U.S. Senate
State
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 (service area population less than 250,000)
The Honorable John Dickert
Mayor, City of Racine, WI
2016 Honorees
Federal
The Honorable Tammy Baldwin
U.S. Senate
The Honorable Ken Calvert
U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Rob Portman
U.S. Senate
State
Felicia Marcus
Chair, California State Water Resources Control Board
Local (service area population greater than 250,000)
The Honorable Penelope A. Gross
Supervisor, Mason District, VA
Local Public Service (service area population less than 250,000)
The Honorable Peter Buttigieg
Mayor, City of South Bend, IN
2015 Honorees
Federal
The Honorable Bill Shuster
U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Tim Walz
U.S. House of Representatives
State
The Honorable Bill Northey
Secretary, Iowa Secretary of Agriculutre, IA
Local (service area population greater than 250,000)
The Honorable Thomas C. Henry
Mayor, City of Fort Wayne, IN
Kevin L. Shafer
Executive Director, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, WI
Local (service area population less than 250,000)
The Honorable David Condon
Mayor, City of Spokane, WA
2014 Honorees
Federal
The Honorable Sheldon Whitehouse
U.S. Senate
The Honorable Bob Latta
U.S. House of Representatives
State
Walter L. Baker
Director - Division of Water Quality, Utah Department of Environmental Quality, UT
Local (service area population greater than 250,000)
Bevin Beaudet
Director, Palm Beach County Water Utilities Department, FL
Daniel M. Pierce
Vice President of the Board of Trustees, North Shore Sanitary District, IL
Dick Champion, Jr.
Director, Independence Water Pollution Control Department, MO
Local (service area population less than 250,000)
Jan Vanthen Wilking
Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Snyderville Basin Water Reclamation District, UT
Brian Carlson
Public Works Director, City of Vancouver, WA
2013 Honorees
Federal
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
Alberto Lázaro
Executive President, Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, PR
Michael Tate
Director, Kansas Department of Environment & Health - Bureau of Water, KS
Local (service area population greater than 250,000)
Maggie Brooks
County Executive, Monroe County, NY
Todd Portune
Commissioner, Hamilton County Board of Commissioners, OH
Local (service area population less than 250,000)
The Honorable David J. Berger
Mayor, City of Lima, OH
2012 Honorees
Federal
The Honorable Debbie Stabenow
U.S. Senate
Local (service area population greater than 250,000)
Jerry Johnson
General Manager, Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, MD
The Honorable Charles Meeker
Mayor, City of Raleigh, NC
Local (service area population less than 250,000)
Susan Tanner Holmes
Chairwoman, Central Davis Sewer District, UT
2011 Honorees
Federal
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
Marcia Willhite
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, IL
Ellen Gilinsky
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, VA
Local (service area population greater than 250,000)
Andrew “Chuck” Vaccaro
Chairman, Bergen County Utilities Authority Board of Commissioners, NJ
Local (service area population less than 250,000)
Sidney J. Holbrook
Executive Director, Greater New Haven Water Pollution Control Authority, CT
2010 Honorees
Federal
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
Sandra Allen
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, NY
Local (service area population greater than 250,000)
The Honorable Michael Nutter
Mayor, City of Philadelphia, PA
2009 Honorees
Federal
The Honorable John Boozman
U.S. House of Representatives
State
Paul Marchetti
Executive Director, Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority, PA
Ronald Poltak
Executive Director, New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission, MA
Local (service area population greater than 250,000)
James E. Swarthout
President - Board of Trustees, North Shore Sanitary District, IL
Local (service area population greater than 250,000)
The Honorable Richard M. Daley
Mayor, City of Chicago, IL
2008 Honorees
Federal
The Honorable Barbara Levy Boxer
U.S. Senate
State
Kathleen McGinty
Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Local (Service Area Population Greater than 250,000)
The Honorable Martin J. Chavez
Mayor, City of Albuquerque, NM
Local (Service Area Population Less than 250,000)
Charles R. Mickelson
Director of Public Works, City of Boise, ID
2007 Honorees
Federal
The Honorable James L. Oberstar
U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Frank R. Lautenberg
U.S. House of Representatives
State
The Honorable James Hodges Harrison
State of South Carolina House of Representatives
Local (Service area of more than 250,000)
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
Local (Service area of less than 250,000)
Ron Labelle
Commissioner, City of New Bedford, MA
2006 Honorees
Federal
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY)
Chair, Subcommittee on Superfund and Environmental Health, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC
Representative Thelma Drake (R-VA)
U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC
Representative Norman Dicks (D-WA)
Interior Appropriations Subcommittee, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC
Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)
Chairwoman, Subcommittee on Water Resources & Environment, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC
State
LaJuana S. Wilcher
Kentucky Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet, Bowling Green, KY
Local (Service Area Population Greater than 250,000)
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
Bart Peterson
Mayor, City of Indianapolis, IN
Local (Service Area Population Less than 250,000)
Bruce Paone
Mayor, Onancock, VA
2005 Honorees
Federal
The Honorable Lincoln Chafee (R-RI)
Chairman, Fisheries, Wildlife & Water Subcommittee, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C.
The Honorable Dave Camp (R-MI)
Chair, Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee Member, Health & Human Resources Subcommittee, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.
The Honorable John J. Duncan (R-TN)
Chairman, Water Resources & Environment Subcommittee, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.
The Honorable Bill Pascrell (D-NJ)
Member, House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee
U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.
State
The Honorable J. Joseph Garrahy
Former Governor, State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations, R.I.
Local (Service Area Population Greater than 250,000)
Dennis Grzezinski
Commissioner, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, Milwaukee, Wis.
2004 Honorees
Federal
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
The Honorable Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr.
Governor, State of Maryland
Local (Service Area Population Greater than 250,000)
The Honorable Shirley Franklin
Mayor, City of Atlanta, Ga.
The Honorable Anthony Williams
Mayor, City of Washington, D.C.
Local (Service Area Population Less than 250,000)
E. Jane Rebhuhn
Commissioner, Great Neck Water Pollution Control District, Great Neck, N.Y.
2003 Honorees
Federal
The Honorable George V. Voinovich (R-OH)
Member, Environment and Public Works
The Honorable Don Young (R-AK)
Chair, Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure
State
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 (Service Area Population Greater than 250,000)
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.
Local (Service Area Population Less than 250,000)
William J. Ancell
Former Public Works Director, City of Boise, Idaho
Charles Lyons
First Vice President, National League of Cities,
Chair, Board of Selectmen, Arlington, Mass.
2002 Honorees
Federal
The Honorable Sue Kelly (R-N.Y.) & Ellen Tauscher (D-Calif.)
Members, Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure
State
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 (Service Area Population Greater than 250,000)
The Honorable Louise Miller
Former Council Member, Metropolitan King County, Seattle, Wash.
Local (Service Area Population Less than 250,000)
The Honorable Bruce Tobey
Mayor 1994 - 2001, City of Gloucester, Gloucester, Mass.
2001 Honorees
Federal
The Honorable Robert C. Smith, (R-N.H.)
Chair, Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
The Killer "Bs":
Sherwood Boehlert (R-N.Y.)
Robert Borski (D-Pa.)
Michael Bilirakis (R-Fla.)
Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)
Co-Chairs, Water Infrastructure Caucus, United States House of Representatives
State
Craig D. Pedersen
Executive Administrator, Texas Water Development Board, Austin, Texas
Local (Service Area Population Greater than 250,000)
John J. Carroll
Town Manager, Norwood, Mass.
Hugh H. McMillan
General Superintendent
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Ill.
Local (Service Area Population Less than 250,000)
Leonard L. Battaglia
Secretary, Board of Directors, West County Wastewater District, Richmond, Calif.
2000 Honorees
Federal
The Honorable Christopher S. "Kit" Bond (R-MO)
Member, Senate Appropriations Committee and Chair, Senate VA, HUD & Independent Agencies Subcommittee
The Honorable James T. Walsh (R-NY)
Member, House Appropriations Committee and Chair, House VA, HUD & Independent Agencies Subcommittee
The Honorable Bud Shuster (R-PA)
Chair, House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure
State
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
Marc H. Morial
Mayor, City of New Orleans, LA
Richard A. Kennedy
President, Sanitation District No. 1 Board of Directors, KY
1999 Honorees
Federal
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
J. Dale Givens
Secretary of Louisiana's Department of Environmental Quality, LA
Local
Brian J. Martin
City Manager, Lowell, MA
1998 Honorees
Federal
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
Governor Parris Glenndenning
Governor, the 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
The Honorable Edward G. Rendell
Mayor, City of Philadelphia, PA and Chair of Rebuild America Coalition
1997 Honorees
Federal
John T. Rhett
Former Deputy Assistant Administrator of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Water Program Operations
State
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
K. Ray Harrington
Former Director of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County Department of Water & Sewerage Services, TN
1996 Honorees
Federal
Robert Perciasepe
Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
State
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
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
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.
Honorable John Chafee (R-RI)
Chair, Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
State
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
George A. Brinsko
Director, Pima County Wastewater Management Department, AZ Leader in establishing the Western Coalition of Arid States (WESTCAS).
1994 Honorees
Federal
The Honorable Robert A. Roe (D-NJ)
Former Chair, House Public Works & Transportation Committee
State
Allan E. Stokes
Administrator, Environmental Protection Division-Iowa Department of Natural Resources, IA
Local
The Honorable Jerry Abramson
Mayor, Louisville, KY
1993 Honorees
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
The Honorable Dirk Kempthorne (R-ID)
U.S. Senator and former Mayor of Boise, ID
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
1985 Honoree
No recipient
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