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METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO
2009 BUDGET
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS RECOGNITION
American Academy of Environmental 1995 Honor Award for the Sidestream Elevated Pool Aeration stations
1989 Grand Prize Award for Planning the Sidestream Elevated Pool Aeration
stations
American Public Works Association 2003 Environmental Project of the Year, Over $10 Million Category, for the
Thornton Transitional Reservoir
Public Works Leader of the Year awarded to General Superintendent John C.
Farnan
2000 Reversal of the Chicago River, one of the "Top Ten Public Works Projects of
the Century"
Tunnel and Reservoir Plan Phase I, one of the "Top Ten Chicago Area
Public Works Projects of the 20th Century"
Tunnel and Reservoir Plan Phase I, Member's Choice for "Most Significant
Chicago Area Public Works Projects of the 20th Century"
1995 The American Public Works Association Award for the District's Innovative
Energy Audit and Control Program
1981 Outstanding Public Works Project of the Year for the Tunnel and Reservoir
Plan
American Rivers, Incorporated 1994 Scientific or Engineering Breakthrough Award for the Calumet River System
Sidestream Elevated Pool Aeration Project
American Society of Civil Engineers -
Illinois Section
2003 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement of the Year Award, Over $5
Million Category, for the Thornton Transitional Reservoir
2000 District's wastewater treatment system a "Civil Engineering Monument of the
Millennium"
1998 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award for the O'Hare-CUP
Reservoir Project
1996 Public Sector Employer Recognition Award
1994 Outstanding Civil Engineering Award received for Sidestream Elevated Pool
Aeration Project
1986 Outstanding Civil Engineering Award received for Tunnel and Reservoir
Plan
Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement of Past 100 Years in Illinois for
the Tunnel and Reservoir Plan
1985 TARP Mainstream System, Phase 1, the "Outstanding Civil Engineering
Achievement of 1985"
1974 Outstanding Civil Engineering Award received for the Prairie Plan in Fulton
County
Chicago Federation of Labor - AFL CIO 2001 Michael J. Bruton Workplace Safety Award
Chicago Wilderness and United States
Environmental Protection Agency
2007 Conservation and Native Landscaping Award for Native Prairie Restorations
at the Lemont and North Side Water Reclamation Plants
City of Chicago 2000 Best Practices in expanding employment opportunities for people with
disabilities
Conservation Foundation & DuPage River 2002 DuPage River Clean Water Award
2006-2005 Clean Water Award for Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plant
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