Each year winners are recognized as industry champions and groundwater advocates.

(WESTERVILLE, OH — August 22, 2022) The National Ground Water Association congratulates the recipients of its 2022 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 David Henrich CWD/PI, CVCLD, is the recipient of NGWA’s most prestigious award, the Ross L. Oliver Award for outstanding contributions to the groundwater industry. Henrich is president of Bergerson-Caswell Inc. in Maple Plain, Minnesota.

Additional 2022 NGWA award recipients follow.

Awards of Excellence

• Dr. Peter Dillon of Wallbridge Gilbert Aztec in Adelaide, South Australia — M. King Hubbert Award
• Scott King, PG, P.Geo., LHG, of Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions in Buffalo, New York — Robert Storm Intersectional Cooperation Award
• Scott Andres of the Delaware Geological Survey (semiretired) in Newark, Delaware — Life Member Award
• Dora Taggart of Microbial Insights in Knoxville, Tennessee — Technology Award
• Mark Kelly, U.S. Senator, Arizona — Groundwater Protector Award
• David Lipson, Ph.D., PG, of HRS Water Consultants Inc. in Lakewood, Colorado — Standard Bearer Award

Outstanding Groundwater Project Awards

• Daniel B Stephens & Associates Inc. — Hopi CARES Water Supply Project — Groundwater Supply
• LRE Water — Terry Ranch Project — Groundwater Supply
• 4B Engineering and Consulting LLC — City of Keizer Risk and Resilience Assessment — Groundwater Protection
• Arizona Department of Environmental Quality — Expedited Site Characterization and Remediation of PFAS in Groundwater Protects City of Tucson Drinking Water Wellfield — Groundwater Remediation
• Illinois State Water Survey at the University of Illinois — The Private Well Class — Groundwater Awareness

Sectional Awards

• Stewart Krause of Wyo-Ben Inc. in Billings, Montana — Manufacturers Section Special Recognition Award
• Oscar and Christine LaBorde (posthumously) of Wholesale Pump & Supply in Shreveport, Louisiana — Supplier of the Year

Read more about NGWA awards, which honor the best of the best in the groundwater industry, at NGWA.org/Awards.

For more information or additional comments, please contact Ben Frech at bfrech@ngwa.org or call (614) 898-7791, ext. 1570.

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The National Ground Water Association is a not-for-profit professional society and trade association for the global groundwater industry. Our members around the world include leading public and private sector groundwater scientists, engineers, water well system professionals, manufacturers, and suppliers of groundwater-related products and services. The Association’s vision is to be the leading groundwater association advocating for responsible development, management, and use of water.