National Ground Water Association Reveals 2024 Industry Award Recipients

Every year, winners are honored as leading figures in and industry.

(Westerville, OH – August 9, 2024) - The National Ground Water Association congratulates the recipients of its 2024 Awards of Excellence and Sectional Awards, which will be presented this December during Groundwater Week in Las Vegas, Nevada. Long-time NGWA member Jeffrey Williams, MGWC/CVCLD, is the recipient of NGWA’s most prestigious award, the Ross L. Oliver Award for outstanding contributions to the groundwater industry. Williams is President of Spafford and Sons Water Wells in Jericho, Vermont.

Additional 2024 NGWA award recipients follow.

Awards of Excellence

• Stavros Papadopulos, Ph.D., of S. S. Papadopulos & Associates on Rockville, Maryland—M. King Hubbert Award
  
• W. Richard Laton, Ph.D., PG, CPG, CHG, EG, of Earth Forensics Inc. in Santa Ana, California—Robert Storm Intersectional Cooperation Award
• Tom Braziel (posthumous) of Statewide Drilling Inc. in La Luz, New Mexico; Robert Sterett, Ph.D., of RJS Consulting Inc. in Golden, Colorado; and Andrew Stone of American Ground Water Trust (retired) in Concord, New Hampshire—Life Member Award
• Randy St. Germain of Dakota Technologies Inc. in Fargo, North Dakota—Technology Award
• Tucker Green of the Georgia Association of Ground Water Professionals in Jasper, Georgia, and Kent Madison of 3R Valve LLC in Echo, Oregon—Special Recognition Award
• David Rouzer, U.S. House of Representatives, North Carolina 7th District—Groundwater Protector Award
• Merritt Partridge of Partridge Well Drilling Company Inc. in Jacksonville, Florida—Standard Bearer Award

Sectional Awards

• David Major, Ph.D., of Geosyntec Consultants in Guelph, Ontario Canada—John Hem Award for Excellence in Science & Engineering
• Jonathan Kim, Ph.D., of Vermont Geological Survey in Montpelier, Vermont, and Taryn McKnight of Eurofins Environment Testing America in West Sacramento, California—Keith E. Anderson Award
• Dan Painter, CSP, of Flint & Walling Inc. in Kendallville, Indiana—Manufacturers Special Recognition Award
• Gulf Coast Pump and Supply in Houston, Texas—Supplier of the Year Award

Fellow Designation

• Prabhakar Clement, Ph.D., of The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
• W. Richard Laton, Ph.D., PG, CPG, CHG, EG, of Earth Forensics Inc. in Santa Ana, California
• John McCray, Ph.D., of Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado
  

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

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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.