The National Ground Water Association Announces 2025 Industry Award Recipients

Annual awards highlight exceptional contributions to the groundwater industry

The National Ground Water Association congratulates the recipients of its 2025 Awards of Excellence, Outstanding Groundwater Project Awards, and Sectional Awards, which will be presented this December during Groundwater Week 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 and Tammy Cole of Coles Drilling 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 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

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 pr@ngwa.org.