Western Chapter Winners of NYWEA Awards
(A description of all awards is available here.)
NYWEA Hall of Fame
- Paul McGarvey (2022)
Industrial Achievement Award
Municipal Achievement Award
- City of Olean (1985)
- Town of Amherst (1988)
- Erie County (1990)
- The Chautauqua Lake Communities (2008)
- Niagara Falls Water Board (2011)
- Buffalo Sewer Authority (2014)
- DTE Tonawanda – GM (2005)
- 3M Tonawanda (2020)
Nelson A. Rockefeller Award
- Congressman Henry Nowak (1983)
- Mayor Byron Brown (2018)
- Congressman Brian Higgins (2022)
Frank E. Van Lare Award
- Mayor Anthony Masiello (1999)
- Erie County Executive Joel Giambra (2001)
- Legislator John J. Mills (2013)
- Supervisor Joe Emminger (2016)
- Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz (2019)
Beneficial Use of Biosolids Award
- City of Salamanca (2001)
The Kenneth Allen Memorial Award
- A. Scott Weber (2006)
Charles Agar Memorial Award
- Charles Alessi (1982)
- Nellie Brown (2009)
Lewis Van Carpenter Memorial Award
- Charles Alessi (1980)
Ernest R. Carroll Award
- Nellie Brown (2020)
Collection Systems Safety Award
- Erie County (2013)
Alfred J. Schmidt Wastewater Treatment Facility Safety Award
- Amherst WPCF (1982, 1985)
- Salamanca WWTP (1986)
Emmeline Moore Award
- Oluwole A. (OJ) McFoy (2020)
Environmental Science Award
- Kim Irvine (2013)
Environmental Engineer Award
- Charles Alessi (2004)
- Richard Roll (2012)
- Roberta Gaiek (2021)
Uhl T. Mann Award
- Jack Gaash (1982)
- Richard Crist (1991)
- Robert Game (1993)
- Kenneth Maving (2002)
- Dave Park (2002)
- Douglas Crocker (2004)
- Tim Lockhart (2009)
- Michael Letina (2012)
- Glenn Absolom (2018)
Milton T. Hill Award
- Nellie Brown (2009)
- Richard R. Roll (2020)
Collection System Operation & Maintenance Award
- Erie County (2019)
Collection System Operator Award
- Kirk Rowland (2009)
- Frank Fanara (2012)
- Angela Horton (2016)
Most New Student Members Award
- A. Scott Weber (2002)
Public Education Award
- Buffalo Sewer Authority (2019)
- Western New York Stormwater Coalition (2020)
John Chester Brigham Award
- J. Kirk Rowland (1995)
- Mark Koester (2002)
- Alan Rabideau (2003)
- Paul McGarvey (2009)
- David Barnes (2011)
- Kenneth Maving (2014)
- Lisa J. Derrigan (2016)
- Bryan Smith (2017)
- Roberta Gaiek (2018)
- Rosaleen Nogle (2019)
- William E. Schutt (2020)
- Joseph Fiegl (2021)
- Robert Lannon, Jr. (2022)
Jane Ork Award
- Jane Ork (2007)
- Dan Bentivogli (2010)
Young Professionals Service Award
- Paul McGarvey (2004)
- Lisa Derrigan (2005)
- Joseph Fiegl (2009)
- Camie McGraw (2011)
- Alex Emmerson (2015)
- John Salvagno (2021)
Golden Manhole Award
- David Barnes
- Jerel Bogdan
- Jaime Davidson
- Lisa Derrigan
- Frank DiMascio
- Frank Fanara
- Joe Fiegl
- Angela Horton
- Larry Krug
- Bob Lannon
- Greg McCorkhill
- Rosaleen Nogle
- Michael Quinn
- Richard Roll
- Kirk Rowland
- Dave Smith
- Marc Smith
5S Gold Shovel
- Glenn Absolom
- Donald Becker
- Daniel Bentivogli
- John Camilleri
- Anthony Canna
- James Caruso
- Donald Chase
- Tom Cherry
- Andrew Clifton
- Donald Constantin
- Richard Crist
- Alex Emmerson
- Jack Gaasch
- Bob Game
- David Graff
- Scott Halt
- Robert Hockreiter
- Kermit Hultberg
- Mike Letina
- Tim Lockhart
- Ken Maving
- Ryan Miller
- Sean Morrison
- Frank Nerone
- Daniel O’Sullivan
- Richard Roll
- David Smith
- Wendy Taber
- Leonard Zlockie II
5S Silver Shovel
- Jeff Angiel
- Dave Barnes
- Thomas Blodgett
- Carl Calabrese
- David Comerford
- Lisa Derrigan
- Joe Fiegl
- Robbie Gaiek
- Angela Hintz
- Michael Kessler
- Robert Lannon
- Greg McCorkhill
- OJ McFoy
- Paul McGarvey
- Rosaleen Nogle
- Kirk Rowland
- Angelo Sarkees
- Bill Schutt
- Bryan Smith
- John Westendor
- Thomas Whetham
5S Bronze Shovel
- Joe Fiegl
- Ryan Laninga
- Mary Padasak