ADVISORY/Finalists Announced for ACWA's Clair A. Hill Award Winner to be Announced at the ACWA Spring Conference May 9.News/Assignment Editors ADVISORY...for Wednesday (May 9) --(BUSINESS WIRE) The Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA ACWA Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America ACWA Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives ACWA Administrative Careers With America ACWA Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment ACWA American Civil War Association ACWA American Clean Water Association ) announced today the four finalists for the prestigious statewide Clair A. Hill Agency Award for Excellence. The winner of the award will be announced next week at the agency's semi-annual conference in South Lake Tahoe, May 9-11. The award is an annual program that recognizes outstanding achievements by public water agencies. The winning agency receives a $3,000 scholarship to award to a deserving student in the name of Clair A. Hill, founder of the consulting engineering firm CH2M Hill CH2M HILL is a global provider of engineering, construction, and operations services for corporations, nonprofits, and federal, state, and local governments with regional offices worldwide. . The winner is also recognized at the association's conference as well as throughout the year. There were eight finalists in four of the categories for the award. The finalists and the categories are: CATEGORY 1 -- Operations: The San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. County Water Authority for its systematic, proactive pipeline Condition Assessment Report (CAR). CATEGORY 2 -- Environment: East Bay Municipal Utility District The East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD), colloquially referred to as "EBMUD", "East Bay Mud" or sometimes just pronounced as "ebmud", provides water and sewage treatment for customers in portions of Alameda County and Contra Costa County in California, on the eastern side for its Lower Mokelumne River Partnership. CATEGORY 3 -- Public Information/Education: Eastern Municipal Water District for its Wetlands Water Education Program. CATEGORY 4 -- Innovations: Santa Clara Valley Water District The Santa Clara Valley Water District provides stream stewardship, wholesale water supply and flood protection for Santa Clara County, California, in the southern San Francisco Bay Area. for its "Clean, Safe Creeks and Natural Flood Protection Program." The Clair A. Hill Award was established by ACWA in 1988 at the request of CH2M Hill. Past award recipients include Irvine Ranch Water District (1989), Las Virgenes Municipal Water District (1990), Imperial Irrigation irrigation, in agriculture, artificial watering of the land. Although used chiefly in regions with annual rainfall of less than 20 in. (51 cm), it is also used in wetter areas to grow certain crops, e.g., rice. District (1991), Modesto Irrigation District (1992), Orange County Water District Orange County Water District (OCWD) manages the large groundwater basin that provides reliable, high-quality groundwater to 20 cities and water agencies and their 2.3 million customers in north and central Orange County, CA. (1993), Central Basin Municipal Water District/West Basin Municipal Water District (1994), East Bay Municipal Water District (1995), Calleguas Municipal Water District (1996), San Diego County Water Authority (1997), Kern Water Bank Authority (1998), the Western Canal Water District (1999), and the Water Forum (2000). To learn more about the award finalists or to obtain contact information at those agencies, contact ACWA at 916/441-4545, or visit the ACWA Web site at www.acwanet.com. ACWA is a statewide organization whose 438 public water agencies are responsible for about 90% of the water delivered in California. For more information, visit www.acwanet.com. |
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