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A Message from AWWA CEO David LaFrance
“Since 1881, the American Water Works Association has been the constant variable in solving the water equation.”
DEAR SUPPORTER: AWWA has a solid history of sharing water knowledge to advance public health. Since 1881, the American Water Works Association has been the constant variable in solving the water equation. It is because of this history of gathering and sharing water knowledge that AWWA created The Water Equation, where knowledge+sharing=transformation. The Water Equation focuses on the world’s ever-growing need for safe drinking water and the interconnection to storm, waste, and reuse waters. It’s no simple problem, but like all equations, it is solvable. In 2014, with the help of AWWA’s Strategic Development Advisory Committee, an ad hoc committee of volunteers, the business plan was finalized that launched AWWA’s new philanthropic initiative. While operational readiness was the main focus throughout 2014 and part of 2015, many of you answered the call to invest in The Water Equation and to promote the dissemination of our water knowledge. The business plan included three fundraising objectives: workforce advancement, community and educational outreach, and global efforts. We were pleased and proud that many of you showed your support by investing personally and financially in The Water Equation. Addressing the workforce concerns of our members, AWWA recognizes
that providing scholarship opportunities to the best and brightest minds will ensure that communities have access to clean and safe water, now and in the future. In 2016 The Water Equation Campaign will focus on workforce advancement efforts—doubling our scholarship awards, supporting the student and young professional programs, and partnering with participating Sections on a new scholarship—the One AWWA Operator Scholarship. I hope you will join me and become part of The Water Equation Campaign by investing in the future of the water profession. Just as small streams flow together to form powerful rivers, donations, no matter the size, have a cumulative impact. Together, we can keep the knowledge flowing.
DAVID LAFRANCE AWWA CEO
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A Banner Year
THE AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION (AWWA) took its 135–year mission to keep water knowledge flowing to new heights in 2015 through the launch of The Water Equation Campaign. “This has been such an exciting year for AWWA,” said Gene Koontz, president of the AWWA Executive Committee. “The organization has concentrated its fundraising prowess behind a single mantra—that together, we can transform the world’s water. The coming year will move us even closer to solving The Water Equation.” Donations to The Water Equation help focus AWWA’s formidable skills and know-how on meeting the world’s
ever-growing need for safe drinking water and efficient wastewater treatment systems, and to address the critical shortage of skilled water professionals. It provides undergraduate and graduate scholarships, conference and continuing education funding for young professionals, and, through the new One AWWA Operator Scholarship, support for additional certification, licensure courses, and other training for current and new water operators. The campaign calls on water professionals, AWWA members and supporters of the water industry to jointly solve the tough issues surrounding drinking water, waste water, storm water, and reuse water through donations to The Water Equation.
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2015 Campaign Highlights
»» In response to the launch of The Water Equation Campaign, the AWWA Board of Directors pledged and delivered more than $9,000 to fund a Larson Aquatic Research Support Scholarship. The recipient (profiled on Page 7) was William Rhoads, a Ph.D. candidate at Virginia Technical University. »» AWWA’s Abel Wolman Fellowship and Larson Aquatic Research Support (LARS) Scholarship awarded $42,000. »» Corporate-sponsored scholarships totaling $77,500 were awarded to undergraduate and graduate students. »» More than 150 individuals, as well as the AWWA headquarters staff, AWWA Sections in Minnesota, New York, South Carolina, and Virginia, and numerous corporations and organizations made donations to The Water Equation Campaign. »» Nearly $50,000 was raised in the fourth quarter of 2014 and 2015 for The Water Equation. These donations went in large part to scholarships, but also aided the student and young professionals programs, Community Engineering Corps©, AWWA’s new office in India, and the Priorities Fund. »» As of November 2015, AWWAIndia, part of AWWA’s vision of “A better world through better water,” is up and running, signing up members and developing strategies to improve drinking water quality for the nation’s 1.29 billion people. Located in Mumbai and staffed by three paid workers and five volunteers, AWWAIndia’s short-term goals are: creating operator training and certification facilities, increasing individual and corporate memberships, promoting member interaction through seminars in India, participation in AWWA’s Annual Conference & Exposition (ACE), and creating opportunities to discuss safe and reliable water supplies.
“The campaign is moving steadily toward its goal to double the number of scholarships awarded annually, thus creating and maintaining the World’s Largest Water Scholarship Fund.” THE CAMPAIGN is moving steadily toward its goal to double the number of scholarships awarded annually, thus doubling the positive impact to the water industry that naturally flows from supporting the brightest young minds today. Scholarships have long been a focus of AWWA. Since the first Larson Aquatic Research Support Scholarship was awarded in 1989, LARS scholarships totaling $312,000 have gone to outstanding students. Similarly, the Abel Wolman Fellowship, first awarded in 1985, has provided $390,000 in assistance to tomorrow’s water experts. The Water Equation’s initial focus on workforce advancement recognizes that AWWA must do more. Many of the dedicated professionals in the water industry are reaching the ends of their careers. In fact, a recent report from the Water Research Foundation, a partner of AWWA, finds that 30 to 50 percent of water utilities’ workforce will retire in the next decade. Black & Veatch’s 2013 report, Strategic Directions in the U.S. Water Industry, lists an aging workforce among the top 10 issues affecting water utilities.
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Silent Auction Benefits AWWA Scholars
ACE15 IN ANAHEIM SAW THE UNVEILING OF THE WATER EQUATION BRAND and a silent auction to benefit the AWWA Scholarship Program. Twenty of AWWA’s 43 Sections each donated an item to the auction with 50 percent of net proceeds from their items going back to those Sections for their scholarship and training programs. Several companies also donated items. In all, more than $8,700 was raised with $2,027 going back to the Sections. AWWA especially thanks the Chesapeake and Florida Sections, which voted to donate their proceeds back to The Water Equation Campaign.
AWWA thanks the following auction donors: AWWA SECTIONS: California-Nevada Chesapeake Florida Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas
Kentucky/Tennessee Mexico Missouri Montana New Jersey North Carolina Pacific Northwest
COMPANIES/EXHIBITORS: AWWA-Conferences & Events Cla-Val Company EMD Millipore Ford Meter Box Company Fox Fury Lighting Greeley and Hansen JL Wingert Co. M.E. Simpson Company, Inc. MWH-Portland, Oregon Office
S.E.H. SEKISUI SPR Americas, LLC Specification Rubber Products Steve Dennis-Alameda County Water District Warminster Fiberglass Company Zenner USA
National Drinking Water Week Targets The Water Equation Campaign DURING NATIONAL DRINKING WATER WEEK in May 2015, AWWA members nationwide focused on raising awareness and support for The Water Equation with events that contributed $3,021 to the Campaign. Among activities: »» Tualatin Valley Water District employees in Oregon “dressed down” to raise scholarship dollars. »» Metro Water Services event in Nashville, TN., featured a cookout, duck race, karaoke, and a cakewalk. »» M.E. Simpson Co. employees in Indiana vied for top taste honors in a chili cookoff. »» AWWA headquarters staff in Denver sold tamales and desserts, held a raffle and enjoyed a water pong tournament.
Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rocky Mountain Virginia Western Canada Wisconsin
PIE THROWING CONTEST AT METRO WATER SERVICES
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2015 Scholarship Recipients
Abel Wolman Fellowship, an AWWA Award Kimberly Parker, Stanford University
American Water Scholarship Allison Bergquist, University of Illinois
Carollo Engineers Thomas R. Camp Scholarship, sponsored Scholarship by CDM Smith Emily Palmer, University of Texas Paul Biscardi, University of Central Florida
ARCADIS Scholarship Stephen Timko, University of California
Holly A. Cornell Scholarship, sponsored by CH2M Nora Sadik, University of Illinois
Henry “Bud” Benjes Scholarship, sponsored by HDR Maria Tchamkina, Duke University
Hazen & Sawyer Scholarship Brandon Moss, University of Wisconsin
Black & Veatch Scholarship Morgan DiCarlo, Stony Brook University
Larson Aquatic Research Support Scholarship, an AWWA Award
Dave Caldwell Scholarship, sponsored by Brown and Caldwell Erica Marti, University of Nevada
Larson Aquatic Research Support Scholarship, an AWWA Award
Doctoral: William Rhoads, Master’s Degree: Virginia Tech Victoria Klug, University of North Carolina
To donate to The Water Equation Campaign and Scholarship Program visit http://www.awwa.org/donate/ or call 1-800-926-7337.
MWH Scholarship Vernon Lucy III Scholarship, sponsored Mojtaba Azadi Aghdam, by Infilco Degremont University of Arizona Theresa Chu, Cornell University
Neptune Technology Group Scholarship Alexandra Leader, University of Buffalo
Charles “Chick” Roberts Scholarship, sponsored by The Roberts Filter Group Adam Uliana, Pennsylvania State University
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William Rhoads Receives LARS Scholarship
Brandi Clark 408 Durham Hall Blacksburg, VA 24061 May 1, 2013
WILLIAM RHOADS, a Ph.D. candidate in Civil Engineering, Environmental and Water Resources at Virginia Tech, was awarded a Larson Aquatic Research Support Scholarship, funded through a pledge drive by the AWWA Board of Directors. Rhoads expects to graduate from Virginia Tech in May 2016. He plans a career as a professor with a niche at the water-energy-public health nexus of waterborne disease arising from premise plumbing pathogens in green buildings.
hip. As you know, this scholarship was designed to celebrate water supply and treatment. For recipients of this award, the Scholarships Make a Lasting Impact further exceed expectations and reach for even higher goals.
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BRANDI CLARK was the first in her family to attend college. As a first-generation student, she has a special appreciation for the value and cost of higher education.
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The Abel Wolman Fellowship she was awarded in 2013 for her research at Virginia Tech made a difference. “I truly appreciate the opportunity that programs like the Abel Wolman Fellowship provide,” says Clark. The fellowship supported her work to better understand deposition corrosion in water distribution systems.
y A Photo of Me with Galvanized Steel Pipes ed a The Water Equation Campaign, recognizing the need to foster career growth e Corrosion Affected by Deposition for young people who are studying for or launching new water careers, this student during her independent study research project, supported thewhich training of 45 young professionals from AWWA Sections to be Section Young Professional Committee Chairs, and the provision of more than 20 free webinars about technical topics to AWWA student chapters.
a particular awareness of both the value and the cost of y that programs like the Holly A. Cornell Scholarship
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Strategic Development Advisory Committee 2014-2015
AWWA thanks the Strategic Development Advisory Committee, led by Andy Richardson, Chairman, and Charlie Anderson, Vice-Chair. The committee was formed as an ad hoc advisory group to CEO David LaFrance. Its members included current and past board members, Section leaders, and members-atlarge. The committee assisted staff in finalizing the philanthropic business plan, then divided into three workgroups: Scholarship Growth & Outreach, chaired by Martha Segal; Communications & Marketing, chaired by Tom Moulton; and Section Research, chaired by Reid Campbell. The workgroups focused on expanding the initiatives outlined in the plan. Members were: Charlie Anderson, CDM Smith Reid Campbell, Halifax Regional Water Commission Steve Dennis, Alameda County Water District Kyla Jacobsen, City of Elgin, Ill., Water Department Gene Koontz, Gannett Fleming Denise Kruger, Golden State Water Jim Malley, University of New Hampshire/Environmental Research Group Joe Mantua, Black & Veatch Tom Moulton, Emco Waterworks Issam Najm, WQTS Inc. Jeff Nash, CH2M Michael O’Connell, Burns & McDonnell Engineering Nancy Quirk, Green Bay Water Utility George Raftelis, Raftelis Financial Consultants Dave Rager, Kentucky Sanitation & Water District Andy Richardson, Greeley-Hansen Lee Roberts, Roberts Filter Group Martha Segal, Metro Water Services Steve Shoaf, retired Mike Simpson, ME Simpson Co., Inc. Rosemary Smud, ACIPCO Brian Steglitz, City of Ann Arbor, Mich. Jacqueline Torbert, Orange County Government Steve Werner, Steve Werner Consulting Bob Willis, RH2 Engineering Inc. Tim Wilson, Marshalltown Water Works
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The Water Equation Campaign 2014-2015 Donors
In 2016, The Water Equation is targeting its campaign on critical workforce issues and will focus on doubling the number of scholarships awarded through AWWA’s Scholarship Program. In addition, it has created a new scholarship to increase funding for operator education and training. The Water Equation Campaign has established a program to support the new One AWWA Operator Scholarship Fund, which will match contributions of $500 or $1,000 to participating AWWA Sections.
1881 SOCIETY
In recognition of a lifetime of giving, members of the 1881 Society are donors whose extraordinary generosity to AWWA is unmatched. Through the 1881 Society, AWWA is pleased to recognize gifts of $5,000 and above. The 1881 Society is named after the year AWWA was established by 22 visionaries who collaborated to build a vital American Water Works Association.
SUSTAINER LEVEL $5,000–$19,999 Jeffrey & Lynn Rosen
WATER INVESTORS $2,500-$4,999 Virginia Section-AWWA Neal Hagiwara
$1,500-$2,499 AWWA HeadquartersDenver Staff
$250-$1,499 Malcolm Bailey David Caddick Tom W. Curtis Andrew F. DeGraca Melissa Essex Elliott Susan M. Franceschi Kathleen Holmes John Kantner Gene C. Koontz P.E. KW ABSC-ACE15 David LaFrance Paula MacIlwaine James P. Malley Jr. Kevin Mann Joseph P. Mantua P.E. Lucas A. Martin P.E. G. Wade Miller Minnesota Section-AWWA New York Section-AWWA William R. Oatey Michael J. O’Connell P.E. Michael G. Orth Warner Palermo Martha Segal Michael D. Simpson South Carolina Section-AWWA Jacqueline W. Torbert Utility Service Co., Inc. Water for People-ACE15 event Randall WeeksIn memory of Orelle Rodgers Weeks Martin A. Wessler
$100-$249 Charles Anderson Aurel Arndt Tony Averbeck
Jennifer Baldwin Jeanne Bennett-Bailey Kevin Bergschneider Kristin Bisgard Teri Blacketor Philip Brun, Jr. Gary Burlingame Malynda Cappelle Jonathan Carpenter Richard H. Cox Steve A. Dennis Jon B. Eaton Duane Allen Gilles Marvin C. Gnagy Jr. P.E. Liz Haigh Christopher Hill Jeffrey R. Hines P.E. Alexander Hogreve Michael E. Hooker Gary L. Hopkins Walter F. Hunter Lynsey Hurley Peter Johns Jane M. Johnson Sanjay Kamat P.E. Mitch Kannenberg Masaharu Kobayashi Sunil Kommineni Kay Kutchins Brenda Lennox Daniel F. Lesnieski Dan J. Limacher Gary Logsdon P.E. H. Ali Mahan P.E. Jim Mansour Charlie Marr Jon H. Martens Terry J. McGhee Logan M. McInnis P.E. Ray Miller Sally Mills-Wright Edmund Molyneux FENG Thomas J. Moulton Issam N. Najm P.E. Ken Ota Timothy J. Paustian P.E. Lela Perkins Nancy Quirk David E. Rager
Mansel M. Rubenstein Pete Samson, PENG David C. Scholler Thomas F. Schrempp P.E. Connie K. Schreppel Chi Ho Sham Ph.D. Stephen R. Shoaf Curtis B. Skouby Matthew W. Stanley Brian D. Steglitz P.E. Larry Thelen Mark A. Tompeck Robert Torielli Grover Townsend Brian L. Tripp Mark Trujillo Maddi Valinkski Uma Sankar Vempati Mark Vieaux West Yost Associates Laurie Wiegand Jackson Timothy S. Wilson Thomas S. Wolf F. Adam Yanulis
$10-$99 David W. Abbott Mariam Alkattan Pamela Avery Amy Baker Randy R. Beavers Jean-Francois Berard Russ Brown Nicole Brown Jeanne-Marie Bruno Rhonda Burnette Turner E. Campbell Adam Carpenter James A. Chaffee, P.E., BCEE Delwin Ching Mark Conklin Alberto Corrales Alan C. Cranford Mary Lou Dennis Sadyrbek Djighitekov Clayton Edwards Dawn M. Flancher P.E. Dale A. Folen P.E. Gregory F. Heck
AWWA thanks each of our 2014-2015 donors for their generous support.
Tarrah Henrie Daniel B. Horne P.E. Brent Houle Richard D. Kuchenrither Julio C. Laracuente Bruce W. Lewis P.E. James L. Long F. Madi James L. McDonnell Jr. Robert D.G. Monk Meghan Moody John C. Moore Janet A. Mortimore John E. Olsson Michael J. Opaleski Sharon Powers Robert Raczko Suzanne Rainey Mark A. Ross Martha M. Russell Andrew Schranck Brian Sheridan Cliff Shrive Bill R. Smith Glenn Terrell Kevin Turntine Kriangsak Udomkidecha Cary J. Walton Jeffrey WilcoxIn honor of Alex Payton
AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION $1,250 In Memory of Orrelle Weeks In Memory of Rosalie J. Rush In Memory of the Mother of Don Hershey In Memory of Vernon Thelen In Memory of C. Michael Elliott In Memory of Ruth Lynch In Memory of Connor Clancy In Memory of Carlson Phillips In Memory of Ed Singley father of Margaret Singley Moyan In Memory of Lillian Mehan Mother of Tracy Mehan
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Advancing Workforce Solutions in 2016
WORKFORCE ADVANCEMENT will be the driving force of The Water Equation in 2016. In addition to various activities, the Campaign will focus on the ideas behind the “Power of 2.” It takes two sides—AWWA and its partners, Sections, and supporters—to solve the water equation and double the scholarships awarded through AWWA’s Scholarship Program. In addition, The Water Equation Campaign has established the One AWWA Operator Scholarship Fund, which will provide matching funds of $500 or $1,000 to participating
For more than a century, AWWA’s scientists, engineers, environmentalists and innovators have helped ensure high-quality water and wastewater service throughout the world.
Sections to support the education and training of operators in their regions—the professionals on the frontlines of water knowledge, safety and delivery.
The Water Equation counts on all of us to help keep water knowledge flowing.
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Help build a better world through better water. Become part of The Water Equation. For more information about The Water Equation Campaign, visit www.awwa.org/donate or contact:
[email protected], 1 -800-926-7337 or 303-794-7711
