AWARDS

2026 Award Nominations

• 2026 Online Award Nomination Form - Nominations Closed

2026 Award Biographies

• 2026 Online Award Recipient Biography Form

• 2026 Fillable PDF Award Recipient Biography Form

Member award information

• Awards Description Booklet

• All Previous MWEA Award and Scholarship Winners

• All Previous WEF Member Association Award Winners

• WEF Awards and Recognition Program (link opens in a new window and takes you to the WEF site

Congratulations 2026 Award Recipients

MWEA Awards

Dan Wolz Clean Water Award for Environmental Excellence

• James Meenahan, Retired

Collections Systems Professional of the Year

• Jamie Sochocki, Bridgeport Charter Twp

Doris Van Dam - Operations Professional of the Year

• David W. Skiff, City of Cadillac 

Educational Professional of the Year

• Lutgarde Raskin, Yale University

Excellence in Service

• Chuck Meek, Solve for X Impact Corporation

Industrial Pretreatment Program (IPP) Professional of the Year

• Corrine M. Haybarker, Fishbeck

James R. Rumsey Award

• Patrick McNamara, GCDCWWS

Maintenance Professional of the Year

• Kyle Crump, Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority 

New Professional of the Year

• Tiffany Minder, City of Flint

Outstanding Vendor Support

• Sean Egan, Eganix, Inc

P.K. Sarda Lab Professional of the Year

• Albert Mayer, City of Greenville

President's Award

• Steve Aiken, Duperon 

Public Utility MGT Professional of the Year 

• Sean (Harold) Knapp, Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority 

Regulatory Professional

• Steven Eick, EGLE WRD

Select Society of Sanitary Sludge Shovelers

TBD

WEF Awards