Lyman Ketcham Award (PNCWA Award)

This award is established to honor PNCWA members who have made
outstanding contributions in the field of wastewater collection system
maintenance and operation. It is the equivalent of the Hatfield Award
for treatment plant operations and maintenance.

Submit a nomination online now

Criteria

a) A nominee must be an active PNCWA member.
b) A nominee has demonstrated sustained and ongoing contributions for at
least five years to further and improve the field of collection system
maintenance and operations.
c) The nominee's area of service must have been in one or more of these
areas: management, planning, operations, maintenance facility design,
education, training and research.
d) Activities that demonstrate contributions include:

Active participation in PNCWA, WEF, and other organizations on projects
and committees focused on collection system maintenance and operations
issues
Presentation of papers on collection system maintenance and operations
at conferences of PNCWA, WEF, APWA, and other relevant organizations
Publication in a Federation periodical of a formal report or article on
collection system maintenance and operations challenges and successes
Implementation of successful programs and policies that improve
efficiency, productivity, and cost-effectiveness within the nominee's
organization

The online nomination form asks for the following information:
1. Nominee contact info
2. Biography of the nominee to include professional and volunteer
history in operation of treatment plants and collections systems.
3. Description of the nominee's accomplishments in the collection systems maintenance and operations field and reference to any supporting material documenting the nominee's accomplishments.

Submit a nomination online now

PNCWA recipients of the Lyman Ketcham Award

2009 Kim Ashmore, City of Centralia, WA

2008 Rich Cunningham, City of Albany, CA

2007 Dan O'Malley, City of Bend, OR

2006 Linda Dartsch, City of Portland, OR
2005 Jim Peterson, HDR, Bellevue, WA
2004 Richard Dees, City of Boise
2003 Lynn Moser, Eagle Sewer District, Eagle, ID
2002 Mike Myers, City of Aberdeen, WA
2001 Victor Cole, Municipal Service Company
2000 Bill Peacock, City of Spokane, WA
1999 John Jurgens, Trenchless Resources International
1998 Don Jacoby, City of McMinnville OR
1997 John Lewis, Clackamas Community College
1996 Wes Reynolds, City of Seattle WA
1994 George Kneese, City of Hillsboro OR
1993 Jimmie D. Robbins, Chelan County PUD WA
1992 Jene Prudent, Idaho Falls ID
1991 C.E. "Corky" Mattingly
1990 Craig Johns, City of Stayton OR
1989 Clint Read, Des Moines Sewer District WA
1988 W. H. (Dub) Burnum, Clackamas County OR
1987 Tom Liston, City of Coeur d’Alene ID
1985 Larry Zandi, City of Longview WA
1982 Francis Olmstead, City of Spokane WA
1982 Duane Worley, Clackamas County OR
1980 Don Proctor, City of Bremerton WA
1978 Bud Toy, City of Corvallis OR
1975 Leland Spahr, Concrete Products Association of WA
1973 Jim Day, City of Spokane WA
1971 Lyman Ketcham, City of Tacoma WA