Heroism Award

This award shall constitute recognition of an act of heroism on the part of an employee(s) in the water utility or wastewater utility profession. To be eligible for this award the rescuer(s) must, within the past 12 months, have performed a significant rescue act either on or off the job toward saving another person or persons from loss of life or extreme injury and in the process, must have placed himself/herself at great personal risk.

Purpose
This award shall constitute recognition of an act of heroism on the part of an employee(s) in the water utility or wastewater utility profession.

Military duty, in and of itself, while certainly commendable and honored, will not be considered for this award.

Nominee Eligibility Requirements
To be eligible for this award the rescuer(s) must, within the past 12 months, have performed a significant rescue act either on or off the job toward saving another person or persons from loss of life or extreme injury and in the process, must have placed himself/herself at great personal risk.

Each award may be presented to an individual member of any grade of VA AWWA or VWEA membership or an employee of any water or wastewater utility, whether or not that utility holds membership in AWWA or VWEA.

The Virginia Section AWWA award requirements match the AWWA National award requirements. This will allow VA Section AWWA awardees to be submitted to and be considered for the award at the National level.

Nomination or Submission Deadline
Recommendation by a VA AWWA or VWEA member through the submission of an online form below. Entry form submission must be received by July 15th for consideration.

Award Committee Membership
The VA AWWA Board of Trustees shall serve as the Heroism Award judging committee.

Method of Selecting Award Recipient
The procedure for selecting an award recipient shall be as follows:

  1. The act of heroism shall be brought to the attention of the VA AWWA Executive Director in the manner of online submission of the incident.
  2. The Executive Director shall investigate the act of heroism and, if deemed worthy, shall be presented to the VA AWWA Board of Trustees for approval.

Frequency
Annually, if deserved.

Presentation of the Award
The Award shall be presented at the Awards Luncheon during the VA AWWA Annual Meeting (WaterJAM).

 

All awards need to be submitted using the online form.  Please click "Nominate" below to begin the process. If you wish to review the questions asked before getting started, please click here for a copy of the entry form.  
 

To download a copy of the guidelines, click here.

 
 
 
 
  

Past Winners

2023  John Faha
2016   Michael Stokes
2014   Ronald Dixon
            Lance Gilbert
2012   Staff Sergeant Priestly Mitchell