George W. Burke, Jr. Safety Award
Type: Municipal and Industrial Wastewater Facilities
Description: The George W. Burke, Jr. Award was established in 1982 in honor of George W. Burke, Jr. for his many years of service both to the water pollution control field and the Water Environment Federation as staff manager of technical services. Mr. Burke was instrumental in developing the Federation’s annual safety survey and assisting in the production of several safety training aids and promotional packets. The purpose of the award is to encourage an active and effective safety program in municipal and industrial wastewater facilities and to stimulate the collecting and reporting of injury data.
Criteria:
- The documented and illustrated safety program and safety record of the facility for the preceding calendar year are the primary criteria for the award.
Awarding Organization: Water Environment Federation
Deadline: May 31, 2024
Previous Awardees:
2023 Cohasset WWTP
2022 Billerica, MA WRRF
2021 Woodard & Curran, North Haven Facility
2018 Uconn Reclaimed Water Facility
2017 Veolia/Sturbridge, MA WPCF
2016 Woodard & Curran/Pinehills PSTF
2015 Narragansett Bay Commission
2014 Winnipesaukee River Basin WWTP
2013 Town of Provincetown
2012 Veolia Water Lynn Regional WPCF
2011 Town of Merrimack
2010 City of Leominster WPCF
2009 Narragansett Bay Commission
2008 City of Saco Wastewater Treatment Plant
2007 Killingly Water Pollution Control Authority/United Water
2006 Lynn Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility
2004 Rockland, MA Wastewater Treatment Facility
2003 Nashua Wastewater Treatment Facility, Nashua, NH
2002 Biddeford, ME Wastewater Treatment Facility
1999 Augusta Sanitary District, Augusta, ME
1998 Leominster Wastewater Treatment Facility, Leominster, MA
1997 City of Brewer, ME Water Pollution Control Facility
1996 Lowell Regional Water and Watewater Utilities, Lowell, MA
1995 Nashua Wastewater Treatment Facility, Nashua, NH
1994 Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, Boston, MA
1993 Chicopee Wastewater Treatment Plant, Chicopee, MA
1992 George P. Riley, Jr. Wastewater Treatment Plant, Gloucester, MA
1991 Hartland, ME Pollution Control Facility
1990 Rockland, MA Wastewater Treatment Facility
1989 Plainville, CT Water Pollution Control Facility
1988 Manchester, NH Treatment Facility
1987 Upper Blackstone Water Pollution Abatement District
1986 The Maine Wastewater Control Association
1985 Advanced Wastewater Treatment Facility, Rockland, MA
1984 Paris Utility District Treatment Plant – South Maine
1983 Somersworth, NH Treatment Plant
