NGWA Announces 2014 Award Winners

The National Ground Water Association congratulates the recipients of its 2014 Awards of Excellence, Outstanding Groundwater Project Award, and Divisional Awards, which will be presented this December during the NGWA Groundwater Expo and Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Long-time NGWA member W. Richard Laton, Ph.D., PG, CHG, CPG, has received the Association's top honor as the recipient of the Ross L. Oliver Award for outstanding contributions to the groundwater industry. Laton is an associate professor of hydrogeology at California State University, Fullerton.

The other 2014 NGWA award recipients follow.

Awards of Excellence

• Fred Molz, Ph.D., research professor and distinguished scientist emeritus at Clemson University, Anderson, South Carolina -- M. King Hubbert Award for major contributions to groundwater science
• Henry Baski, Baski Inc., Englewood, Colorado; Richard Henkle, Garden City, Kansas; Steven
• P. Maslansky, Maslansky GeoEnvironmental,Prescott, Arizona -- Life Member Awards
• James Rumbaugh, Environmental Simulations Inc., Reinholds, Pennsylvania -- Technology Award
• The late Ralph Cadwallader, Loop Tech International Inc., Crabbs Prairie, Texas; Miami
• Conservancy District, Dayton, Ohio -- Special Recognition Awards
• U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) -- Groundwater Protector Award
• Beverly L. Herzog, Champaign, Illinois -- Standard Bearer Award

Outstanding Groundwater Project Award

• Essential Management Solutions LLC, former Herington, Kansas, Army Air Base Project -- Groundwater Remediation Award
• Divisional Awards
• Paul Barlow, Ph.D., U.S. Geological Survey, Northborough, Massachusetts, and Stanley Leake, U.S. Geological Survey, Tucson, Arizona -- John Hem Award for significant scientific or engineering contributions to the understanding of groundwater
• W. Richard Laton, Ph.D., PG, CHG, CPG, California State University, Fullerton, Santa Ana, California -- Keith E. Anderson Award for outstanding contributions to NGWA's Scientists and Engineers Division
• Kris Jackson, Pentair, Delevan, Wisconsin -- Manufacturers Division Special Recognition Award
• Mark Durham, Gicon Pumps & Equipment Ltd., Abernathy, Texas -- Supplier of the Year Award

Read more about NGWA awards, which honor the best of the best in the groundwater industry.

About NGWA
NGWA, a nonprofit organization composed of U.S. and international groundwater professionals -- contractors, equipment manufacturers, suppliers, scientists, and engineers -- is dedicated to advancing groundwater knowledge. NGWA's vision is to be the leading groundwater association that advocates the responsible development, management, and use of water.