Protecting Public Health and the Environment

Awards​

Western Chapter Winners of NYWEA Awards​

​(A description of all awards is available here.)

NYWEA Hall of Fame

  • ​Paul McGarvey (2022)

Industrial Achievement Award 

Municipal Achievement Award 

  • ​City of Olean (1985)
  • Town of Amherst (1988)
  • Erie County (1990)
  • The Chautauqua Lake Communities (2008)
  • Niagara Falls Water Board (2011)
  • Buffalo Sewer Authority (2014)
  • ​DTE Tonawanda – GM (2005)
  • 3M Tonawanda (2020)

Nelson A. Rockefeller Award

  • ​​​Congressman Henry Nowak (1983)
  • Mayor Byron Brown (2018)
  • Congressman Brian Higgins (2022)

Frank E. Van Lare Award

  • Mayor Anthony Masiello (1999)
  • Erie County Executive Joel Giambra (2001)
  • Legislator John J. Mills (2013)
  • Supervisor Joe Emminger (2016)
  • Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz (2019)

Beneficial Use of Biosolids Award

  • ​City of Salamanca (2001)

The Kenneth Allen Memorial Award 

  • A. Scott Weber (2006)

Charles Agar Memorial Award 

  • Charles Alessi (1982)
  • Nellie Brown (2009)

Lewis Van Carpenter Memorial Award 

  • Charles Alessi (1980)

​Ernest R. Carroll Award 

  • Nellie Brown (2020)

Collection Systems Safety Award

  • Erie County (2013)

​Alfred J. Schmidt Wastewater Treatment Facility Safety Award 

  • Amherst WPCF (1982, 1985)
  • Salamanca WWTP (1986)

Emmeline Moore Award 

  • Oluwole A. (OJ) McFoy (2020)​

Environmental Scie​nce Award

  • Kim Irvine (2013)

Environmental Engineer Award 

  • Charles Alessi (2004)
  • Richard Roll (2012)
  • Roberta Gaiek (2021)​

Uhl T. Mann Award

  • Jack Gaash (1982)
  • Richard Crist (1991)
  • Robert Game (1993)
  • Kenneth Maving (2002)
  • Dave Park (2002)
  • Douglas Crocker (2004)
  • Tim Lockhart (2009)
  • Michael Letina (2012)
  • Glenn Absolom (2018)

Milton T. Hill Award

  • Nellie Brown (2009)
  • Richard R. Roll (2020)

Collection System Operation & Maintenance Award

  • Erie County (2019)

Collection System Operator Award

  • Kirk Rowland (2009)
  • Frank Fanara (2012)
  • Angela Horton (2016)

Most New Student Members Award

  • A. Scott Weber (2002)

Public Education Award

  • Buffalo Sewer Authority (2019)
  • Western New York Stormwater Coalition (2020)

John Chester Brigham Award

  • J. Kirk Rowland (1995)
  • Mark Koester (2002)
  • Alan Rabideau (2003)
  • Paul McGarvey (2009)
  • David Barnes (2011)
  • Kenneth Maving (2014)
  • Lisa J. Derrigan (2016)
  • Bryan Smith (2017)
  • Roberta Gaiek (2018)
  • Rosaleen Nogle (2019)
  • William E. Schutt (2020)
  • Joseph Fiegl (2021)
  • Robert Lannon, Jr. (2022)

Jane Ork Award

  • Jane Ork (2007)
  • Dan Bentivogli​ (2010)

Young Professionals Service Award

  • Paul McGarvey (2004)
  • Lisa Derrigan (2005)
  • Joseph Fiegl (2009) 
  • Camie McGraw (2011)
  • Alex Emmerson (2015)
  • John Salvagno (2021)

Golden Manhole Award

  • David Barnes
  • Jerel Bogdan
  • Jaime Davidson
  • Lisa Derrigan
  • Frank DiMascio
  • Frank Fanara
  • Joe Fiegl
  • Angela Horton
  • Larry Krug
  • Bob Lannon
  • Greg McCorkhill
  • Rosaleen Nogle
  • Michael Quinn
  • Richard Roll
  • Kirk Rowland
  • Dave Smith
  • Marc Smith

​5S Gold Shovel

  • Glenn Absolom
  • Donald Becker
  • Daniel Bentivogli
  • John Camilleri
  • Anthony Canna
  • James Caruso
  • Donald Chase
  • Tom Cherry
  • Andrew Clifton​
  • Donald Constantin
  • Richard Crist
  • Alex Emmerson
  • Jack Gaasch
  • Bob Game
  • David Graff
  • Scott Halt
  • Robert Hockreiter
  • Kermit Hultberg
  • Mike Letina
  • Tim Lockhart
  • Ken Maving
  • Ryan Miller
  • Sean Morrison
  • Frank Nerone
  • Daniel O’Sullivan
  • Richard Roll
  • David Smith
  • Wendy Taber
  • Leonard Zlockie II

5S Silver Shovel

  • Jeff Angiel
  • Dave Barnes
  • Thomas Blodgett
  • Carl Calabrese
  • David Comerford
  • Lisa Derrigan
  • Joe Fiegl
  • Robbie Gaiek
  • Angela Hintz
  • Michael Kessler
  • Robert Lannon
  • Greg McCorkhill
  • OJ McFoy
  • Paul McGarvey
  • Rosaleen Nogle
  • Kirk Rowland
  • Angelo Sarkees
  • Bill Schutt
  • Bryan Smith
  • John Westendor
  • Thomas Whetham

5S Bronze Shovel​

  • Joe Fiegl
  • Ryan Laninga
  • Mary Padasak