Each year winners are recognized as industry champions and groundwater advocates.

(WESTERVILLE, OH — August 18, 2023) The National Ground Water Association congratulates the recipients of its 2023 Awards of Excellence, Outstanding Groundwater Project Awards, and Sectional Awards, which will be presented this December during Groundwater Week in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Long-time NGWA member Marvin F. Glotfelty, RG, is the recipient of NGWA’s most prestigious award, the Ross L. Oliver Award for outstanding contributions to the groundwater industry. Glotfelty is a principal hydrogeologist and cofounder of Clear Creek Associates, a Geo-Logic Company in Phoenix, Arizona.

Additional 2023 NGWA award recipients follow.

Awards of Excellence

• Dr. Jiu Jimmy Jiao of the University of Hong Kong in Hong Kong, China — M. King Hubbert Award
• Robert Schreiber, PE, BCEE, D.WRE, of CDM Smith in Boston, Massachusetts — Robert Storm Intersectional Cooperation Award
• Lawrence J. Sima, CWD/PI, of Sima Drilling Company Inc. in Cheshire, Connecticut — Life Member Award
• Kathryn J. Butcher, retired from NGWA in Westerville, Ohio — Honorary Member Award
• Ben Cardin, U.S Senator, Maryland — Groundwater Protector Award
• Richard Thron, MGWC, NGWAF, of Mantyla Well Drilling Inc. in Lakeland, Minnesota — Standard Bearer Award

Outstanding Groundwater Project Awards

• Orange County Water District — Increasing Local Water Supplies Through Recharge and Reuse: The Groundwater Replenishment System Final Expansion — Groundwater Supply Project Award
• Geosyntec Consultants Inc. — Gravity-Powered PFAS Remediation — Groundwater Remediation Project Award

Sectional Awards

• Dr. John T. Wilson of Scissortail Environmental Solutions LLC in Ada, Oklahoma — John Hem Award for Excellence in Science & Engineering
• Dr. Barry J. Hibbs of California State University, Los Angeles, in Los Angeles, California — Keith E. Anderson Award
• Tom Stephan of Xylem Inc. in Seneca Falls, New York — Manufacturers Special Recognition Award
• Edward King of Aquaflow Pump & Supply Company in Bear, Delaware — Supplier of the Year Award

Read more about NGWA awards, which honor the best of the best in the groundwater industry, at NGWA.org/Awards.

For more information or additional comments, please contact Ben Frech at bfrech@ngwa.org or call (614) 898-7791, ext. 1570.

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The National Ground Water Association is a not-for-profit professional society and trade association for the global groundwater industry. Our members around the world include leading public and private sector groundwater scientists, engineers, water well system professionals, manufacturers, and suppliers of groundwater-related products and services. The Association’s vision is to be the leading groundwater association advocating for responsible development, management, and use of water.