NGWA announces 2025 industry award recipients

NGWA congratulates the recipients of its 2025 Awards of Excellence, Outstanding Groundwater Project Awards, and Sectional Awards, which will be presented December 9-11 during Groundwater Week 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Long-time NGWA member Todd Hunter, CWD/PI, is the recipient of NGWA’s most prestigious award, the Ross L. Oliver Award for outstanding contributions to the groundwater industry. Hunter owns Ground Water Pump Systems in Boulder, Colorado.  

2025 NGWA Awards of Excellence

• Marvin Glotfelty, RG, of Geo-Logic Associates in Phoenix, Arizona
  M. King Hubbert Award

• Jason House, LG, PG, of Woodard & Curran Inc. in Portland, Maine
  Robert Storm Intersectional Cooperation Award

• Judith Bird, CWD/PI, CVCLD, of Sperry Drilling Inc. in Berlin, Pennsylvania
  Life Member Award

• Charles, CWD, CVCLD, and Tammy Cole, CVCLD, of Cole’s Drilling LLC in Deridder, Louisiana
  Equipment Design Award

• Ed Butts, CPI, PE, of 4B Engineering in Salem, Oregon
  Technology Award

• Joe Testa of Ground Water Systems in Bloomfield, New York
  Special Recognition Award

• Timothy Parker, PG, CEG, CHG, of Parker Groundwater in Sacramento, California
  Standard Bearer Award

• Senator John Hickenlooper (D-Colorado)
  Groundwater Protector Award

Outstanding Groundwater Project Awards

• LRE Water - City of Peoria, ASR Program Project

  Groundwater Supply Project Award

• City of Dayton - Multi-Jurisdictional Source Water Protection Program
  Groundwater Protection Project Award

 Sectional Awards

• Kevin Svitana, Ph.D., of Otterbein University/BSI in Westerville, Ohio
  Keith E. Anderson Award

• Randall Hanson of One-Water Hydrologic LLC in San Diego, California
  John Hem Award for Excellence in Science & Engineering

• David Bumbalough of Franklin Electric in Monterey, Tennessee
  Manufacturer Special Recognition Award
  
  
• Blake Talkmitt of Winsupply Lubbock TX Co. in Lubbock, Texas

  Supplier of the Year Award
  
  Fellow Designation

  • Leslie Dumas, PE, D.WRE, of Woodard & Curran Inc. in Sacramento, California
  • Douglas Hunter of Cox Colvin & Associates Inc. in Columbus, Ohio
  • John Jansen, Ph.D., PG, RGp, of Collier Geophysics LLC in West Bend, Wisconsin
  • Jack Sheldon of Antea Group in West Des Moines, Iowa
  • Robert Sterrett, Ph.D., of Golden, Colorado.