2021 Excellence in Environmental Engineering and Science™ Awards Competition Winners

The award recipients are listed below.

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Superior Achievement

Sustainable Green Fleet: Clean Fuel for LA Today
Entrant: Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts
Engineer in Charge: Robert C. Ferrante, P.E., BCEE
Location: Los Angeles, California

Design

Grand Prize

Logan Township MUA 0.5 MGD Water Reclamation Facility Expansion
Entrant: Remington & Vernick Engineers
Engineer in Charge: Richard B. Czekanski, P.E., BCEE, CME
Location: Logan Township, New Jersey

Honor Award

None for 2021.

Environmental Sustainability

Grand Prize

Transformation of the Mt. Tom Coal-Fired Power Plant
Entrant: Tighe & Bond, Inc.
Engineer in Charge: Brian Huntley, P.E.
Location: City of Holyoke, Massachusetts

Honor Award

None for 2021

Industrial Waste Practice

Grand Prize and W. Wesley Eckenfelder Industrial Waste Management Medal Recipient sponsored by AquAeTer

None for 2021

Honor Award

None for 2021

Operations/Management

Grand Prize

None for 2021

Honor Award

None for 2021

Planning

Grand Prize

San Gabriel River Watershed Project to Reduce River Discharge in Support of Increased Recycled Water Reuse
Entrant: Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts
Engineer in Charge: Robert C. Ferrante, P.E., BCEE
Location: Whittier, California

Honor Award

None for 2021

Research

Grand Prize

BV Innovation Platform - MABR Research Collaborative
Entrant: Black & Veatch
Person in Charge: Sandeep Sathyamoorthy, Ph.D.
Location: Hayward, California

Honor Award

OCWD PFAS Treatment Study
Entrant: Orange County Water District
Engineer in Charge: Megan Plumlee, Ph.D., P.E.
Location: Anaheim, California

Small Firms

Grand Prize

Last Dollar PUD Homeowner Association Wastewater Treatment System Improvement Project
Entrant: AquaWorks DBO, Inc.
Engineer in Charge: Adam Sommers, P.E.
Location: Telluride, Colorado

Honor Award

None for 2021

Small Projects

Grand Prize

None for 2021

Honor Award

Floating Wetlands in Pulau Ubin
Entrant: Housing & Development Board
Person in Charge: Vincent Lim Han
Location: Singapore

University Research

Grand Prize

COVIDPoop19: Global COVID-19 Wastewater Monitoring Dashboard
Entrant: Colleen C. Naughton, Ph.D.
Person in Charge: Colleen C. Naughton, Ph.D.
Location: University of California Merced

Honor Award

Locally Enhanced Electric Field Treatment (LEEFT) for Disinfection
Entrant: Xing Xie, Ph.D.
Person in Charge: Xing Xie, Ph.D.
Location: Atlanta, Georgia