Typically, award recipients would be honored at the Awards Ceremony & Luncheon, which takes place during the last day of the Annual Conference & Exhibit, but the 2021 Annual Conference was held entirely virtually.
In lieu of a virtual awards ceremony, NEWEA will be sharing a several months-long digital promotional campaign. Each of the award recipients listed below will be highlighted on NEWEA’s social channels and website.
If you’d like to support your colleagues, check out our awards promotional plan to download templates and content that can be customized and shared in support of awardees.
Congratulations again to our slate of 2020-21 awardees!
NEWEA Recognitions
Colin Speaker, Greenwich, CT
Amara Ifeji, Bangor, ME
Scholarship Recipients 2020-21
Kennedy Brown, Undergraduate Student
Cassidy Yates, Graduate Student
Anna LeClair, Undergraduate Student
NEWEA Awards
Margaret Dwyer, Stratton,VT
Asset Management Award
John Vogl, Salem, NH
Biosolids Management Award
Hawk Ridge Compost, Hermon, ME
Clair N. Sawyer Award
Nora Lough, Providence, RI
Committee Service Award
Kate Biedron, Manchester, NH
E. Sherman Chase Award
John Esler, Enfield, NH
Elizabeth A. Cutone Executive Leadership Award
John Sullivan, Roxbury, MA
Energy Management Achievement Award
Greater Lawrence Sanitation District, North Andover, MA
Jeanette Brown, Darien, CT
James J. Courchaine Collection Systems Award
Don Kennedy, Lowell, MA
Operator Award
Mark Bukowski, Windsor Locks, CT
Scott Lausier, Sanford, ME
Carl Thurston, Chicopee, MA
Ray McNeil, Rollinsford, NH
Jose Da Silva, Bristol, RI
Marty Frizzell, Brighton, VT
Operator Safety Award
Shannon Eyler, Portland, ME
Past President’s Plaque and Pin
Ray Vermette, Dover, NH
Paul Keough Award
Bonnie Combs, Whitinsville, MA
Wastewater Utility Award
Montville WPCA, Uncasville, CT
Young Professional Award
Kate Roosa, Boston, MA
Youth Educator Award
Kerry Reed, Framingham, MA
NEWEA Committee Awards
Walter Palm, Providence, RI
Golden Manhole
Tom Loto, Amston, CT
Amy Schofield, Roxbury, MA
Green Steps
RMI
WEF-MA Awards
Dennis Palumbo, Stamford, CT
Laboratory Analyst Excellence Award
Andy Wendell, Newport, ME
Operations Challenge Competition – Div II, 3rd Place Overall
Force Maine
William D. Hatfield Award
Jeff Gamelli, Westfield, MA
Ian Kosnik, Jake Senecal, Olivia Nachbauer, Sam Mikell, University of Vermont
WEF Fellow
Charles Tyler, Sherborn, MA
EPA Region I New England Awards
Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant Operation and Maintenance Excellence Award
South Kingstown, Rhode Island
Kathy Perez, Superintendent
Jackman Utility District, Maine
Sara Giroux, Superintendent
Woodstock, New Hampshire
Kathy Welch, Chief Operator
Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator of the Year Excellence Award
Mark Batorski
Farmington, Connecticut
Jim Pouliot
Epping, New Hampshire
Dylan Chase,
New Shoreham, Rhode Island
Regional Wastewater Trainer of the Year
Mike Caso
Technology Sales NE
Industrial Pretreatment Program of the Year
City of Somersworth, New Hampshire
Stephanie Rochefort
Chemist/Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator
Lifetime Achievement Award
Don Kennedy
NEIWPCC
I am so excited and appreciative of receiving the Alfred E. Peloquin award for Vermont. Thank you for this honor, it is nice to be recognized after working in the business of water and wastewater for over 33 years!
Congratulations again Margaret. A well earned award!