NGWA congratulates the recipients of its 2023 Awards of Excellence, Outstanding Groundwater Project Awards, and Sectional Awards, which will be presented this December during Groundwater Week in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Long-time NGWA member Marvin F. Glotfelty, RG, is the recipient of NGWA’s most prestigious award, the Ross L. Oliver Award for outstanding contributions to the groundwater industry. Glotfelty is a principal hydrogeologist and cofounder of Clear Creek Associates, a Geo-Logic Company in Phoenix, Arizona.
Additional 2023 NGWA award recipients follow.
Awards of Excellence
- Dr. Jiu Jimmy Jiao of the University of Hong Kong in Hong Kong, China — M. King Hubbert Award
- Robert Schreiber, PE, BCEE, D.WRE, of CDM Smith in Boston, Massachusetts — Robert Storm Intersectional Cooperation Award
- Lawrence J. Sima, CWD/PI, of Sima Drilling Company Inc. in Cheshire, Connecticut — Life Member Award
- Kathryn J. Butcher, retired from NGWA in Westerville, Ohio — Honorary Member Award
- Ben Cardin, U.S Senator, Maryland — Groundwater Protector Award
- Richard Thron, MGWC, NGWAF, of Mantyla Well Drilling Inc. in Lakeland, Minnesota — Standard Bearer Award
Outstanding Groundwater Project Awards
- Orange County Water District — Increasing Local Water Supplies Through Recharge and Reuse: The Groundwater Replenishment System Final Expansion — Groundwater Supply Project Award
- Geosyntec Consultants Inc. — Gravity-Powered PFAS Remediation — Groundwater Remediation Project Award
Sectional Awards
- Dr. John T. Wilson of Scissortail Environmental Solutions LLC in Ada, Oklahoma — John Hem Award for Excellence in Science & Engineering
- Dr. Barry J. Hibbs of California State University, Los Angeles, in Los Angeles, California — Keith E. Anderson Award
- Tom Stephan of Xylem Inc. in Seneca Falls, New York — Manufacturers Special Recognition Award
- Edward King of Aquaflow Pumps Inc. in Bear, Delaware — Supplier of the Year Award
Read more about NGWA awards, which honor the best of the best in the groundwater industry, at NGWA.org/Awards.
Click here to learn more about Groundwater Week 2023, which is taking place December 5-7 in Las Vegas, Nevada.