The Sentral States Select Society of Sanitary Sludge Shovelers was organized in 1971. The Select Society was modeled after similar societies that had previously been organized in other Member Associations. The earliest of these was founded in Pennsylvania by H.E. "Ted" Moses in 1937. The group was known as the Ted Moses Sludge Shovelers Society. Moses noticed that many members were contributing a great amount of unrecognized time and effort and that no formal way existed to reward these members.

The Sentral States Select Society conforms to this tradition in many ways. Each member receives a certificate of membership and gold shovel that must be worn during all Central States functions. Central States members may become eligible for induction into the Select Society by activities worthy of recognition in the opinion of the Selection Committee. It is impossible to "join" the Select Society, as there are no dues. New members are initiated during a sacred ceremony at the Central States Water Environment Association Annual Meeting.

2005 Steve Godfrey John Olson	2004 Jay Kemp Tom Mulcahy
2003 Lamont Albers Frank Tiefert	2002 Dan Busch Phil Budde
2001 Rick Pace Phil Budde	2000 Thomas W. Sigmund William L. Marten
1999 Dean D. Falkner Joseph S. Mandala	1988 James J. Smith Peter C. Wachs
1997 Joan B. McNamee Steven R. Reusser	1996 Paul A. Lange Daniel L. Lynch
1995 James M. Force Kenneth L. Sedmak	1994 William C. Boyle Michael D. Doran
1993 Jeffrey Brochtrup Ralph B. Schroedel, Jr.	1992 Paul H. Nehm James G. Shaw Charles A. Sorber (Honorary)
1991 Ronald W. Dickrell Carol S. Strackbein	1990 Peter V. Cavegnaro John R. Leonard
1989 Dale F. Stiller Thomas E. Vik	1988 James J. Smith Peter C. Wachs
1987 Thomas J. Bunker Gordon H. Smith	1986 Lester O. Hoganson Roger W. Sherman
1985 Frank T. Lamm	1984 Robert W. Bues John W. Wagner
1983 Stanley P. Budrys John H. Schlintz	1982 James R. Carpenter Professor A. E. Zanoni Karl R. Zuehlke
1981 A. E. Becher, Jr. Karl G. Voelkel	1980 Jerold A. Kieffer James L. Nemke
1979 Phillip S. Davy Henry E. Dedinsky Martin Lang (Honorary)	1978 Lawrence A. Ernest Raymond J. Kipp William E. Stanley (Honorary)
1977 Lawrence B. Polkowski Joseph B. Hanlon (Honorary) Gladys H. Swope (Honorary)	1976 Gary K. Coates B. Victor Pfeiffer Victor G. Wagner (Honorary)

The Harrison Prescott Eddy Medal is awarded for research that makes a vital contribution to the existing knowledge of the fundamental principles or process of wastewater treatment, as comprehensively described and published in a Federal periodical.

The award honors Harrison Prescott Eddy, a prominent engineer and a pioneer in the field of wastewater treatment.

1955 William Katz	1971 Paul MacBerthouex Lawrence Polkowski
1975 Steven P. Graef	1989 William C. Boyle

The Gus J. Radebaugh award is presented to the author or authors of the technical paper that was judged to be the best presentation at last year's annual meeting.

1972 A.E. Zanoni Rutkowski		1991 Paul MacBerthouex
1977 Phillip E. Budde Paul Nehm William C. Boyle		1992 Thomas E. Vik James R. Kirk
1979 Bruce Snyder		1995 Thomas E. Vik David T. Redmon
1984 Thomas E. Vik Dennis J. Lammers Daniel L. Roder		1998 James J. Marx
1986 Brooks Newbry Diane Taniguchi-Dennis Tom Sigmund		1999 James A. Bilgo Kenneth E. Kazubowski
1987 Glen T. Daigger		2001 Dan Busch Mike Urbancic
1988 J. Willard DeBauche		2002 Steve Reusser Greg Zelinka
1989 Paul MacBerthouex D. Robert Gan		2005 Steve Reusser
1990 Steven R. Reusser

The Collection System Award is presented to an Association member in recognition of outstanding contributions in advancing collection system knowledge and direct or indirect improvement in water quality.

1986 Thomas F. Wolf		2001 Mike Pierner
1991 Paul A. Lange		2002 Nancy Schultz
1995 Donald C. Lythjohan		2005 Daniel Frye
1996 James T. Kunz		2006 Bob Bradley
1997 Ronald Eifler		2008 Steve Woodman
1998 Floyd L. Finney		2009 Ron Dickrell
2000 Stanley Kucharski

1986 Karl Voelkel 1987 Frank Lamm 1988 Jim Nemke 1989 O. Fred Nelson 1990 Jeff Brochtrup 1995 Ruth Ann Kolowith 1996 Dan Lynch 1997 Jim Shaw 1998 Tom Bunker 1999 Carol Strackbein

2000 John Leonhard 2001 Rusty Schroedel 2002 Paul Lange 2003 Tom Krueger 2004 Paul Nehm 2005 Dan Busch 2006 Ken Sedmak 2007 Tom Sigmund 2008 Dave Taylor 2009 Jane Carlson

The Academic Excellence Award is presented for academic achievement by a full-time student enrolled in a master's level or above program in environmental or sanitary engineering.

1980 David L. Mueller		1989 Sanjay Yadav
1981 David K. Stevens		1992 Matt Talarczyk Dr. Xiaochun Zhang Michele Pluta
1982 Jeffrey A. Brochtrup		1995 Julie A. Hoffman
1983 Thomas J. Simpkin		1998 Jason P. Parrillo Jenchie Wang
1984 William Marten Francis Mahuta, Jr.		2001 Mike Gitter
1985 William Marten Francis Mahuta, Jr.		2004 Phillip Bzdusek Leon Downing
1986 Kathleen M. Helf Rick Lee Fero

The Operations Award is given annually to an operator from each of the three member states in recognition of outstanding wastewater treatment plant operation. (Records missing for 1969-77 winners)

1978 Jerome Bersch		1992 J. Willard DeBauche, Jr.
1979 Willis Stubbe		1993 Nancy Mann
1980 William Behling		1994 Gerald Ellefson
1981 James Nemke		1995 Kenneth Johnson
1982 Richard Birner		1996 LaMont Albers
1983 John Budde		1997 John Leonhard
1984 Ed Kruger		1998 Daniel L. Busch
1985 Paul Nehm		1999 Paul A. Lange
1986 Thomas Bunker		2000 Ari Mathos
1987 Richard Neterval		2001 Tom Krueger
1988 Dean Falkner		2002 John Fales
1989 Steve Reusser		2003 Tom Zager
1990 Stephen Miller		2004 Joe Morrissey
1991 David Benner		2005 Ron Eifler

The George W. Burke, Jr., Facility Safety Award is given in recognition of active and effective safety programs in municipal and industrial wastewater treatment facilities. Established in 1982, the award was named in honor of Mr. Burke for his many years of service to the industry and the Federation as staff manager of technical services. He was instrumental in developing the Federation Annual Safety Survey.

1983 Jones Island Wastewater Treatment Plant

1986 Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District

1991 Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

1994 Janesville Wastewater Utility

1995 Sheboygan Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant

1996 Fox River Water Pollution Control Facility

1999 Racine Wastewater Utility

2000 Beloit Water Pollution Control Facility

2002 Heart of the Valley MSD

The Hatfield Award is given for outstanding wastewater treatment plant operation. Established in 1946, it is named for William D. Hatfield, who was affectionately known as "Doc" Hatfield. "Doc" served as president of both the Federation (1958-59) and this Association (1944-45). He was a former superintendent of the Decatur, Illinois Sanitary District.

1959 Frank I. Vilen		1985 Frank D. Munsey
1962 Raymond D. Leary		1989 Roger W. Sherman
1965 Clyde F. Lehman		1991 Joseph L. Gehin
1968 David W. Martin		1993 Ronald W. Dickrell
1974 Gary K. Coates		1994 Paul H. Nehm
1975 Grant Haugstad		1997 Dean D. Falkner
1976 Albert J. Winter		2002 Tom Bunker
1978 John W. Wagner		2004 Paul Thormodsgard
1983 James L. Nemke

2000 Paul A. Lange			2004 Tom Bunker Mike Pierner Joan Hawley
2002 Nancy Schultz			2005 Keith Alexander Jim Fratrick
2003 Tom Krueger Frank Tiefert Tim Bate John Leonhard Jim Smith

2003 Carol Strackbein Jim Force			2005 Tom Krueger
2004 Dan Lynch

The Bedell Award was established to acknowledge extraordinary personal service to a Water Environment Federation member association. Established in 1948, it is named in honor of Arthur Sidney Bedell, the second president of the Federation, who exemplified its purpose by his devotion and long service to the New York Water Pollution Control Association.

1969 Frank I. Vilen		1990 B. Victor Pfeiffer
1972 William N. Konrad		1992 Frank T. Lamm
1976 Raymond D. Leary		1995 James L. Nemke
1979 Lawrence A. Ernest		1998 Thomas J. Bunker
1981 O. Fred Nelson		2001 William C. Boyle
1984 Gary K. Coates		2005 Jim Smith
1985 A. E. Zanoni

Established in 1992 to recognize individuals for outstanding performance, professionalism, and contributions to the water quality analysis profession, the Laboratory Analyst Excellence Award is given to an individual employed by an educational facility, laboratory, industrial, commercial or municipal laboratory which performs wastewater related analysis.

1995 Jeffrey A. MacDonald		2005 Mike Urbancic
1998 Greg Zelinka		2007 John Kennedy
2002 Randy Thater		2008 Nora Erlandson
2004 Janet Tiffany		2009 Marc R. Zimmerman

1993 William C. Boyle

1989 Terry R. Larson Alan L. Berg

1970 Lawrence Ernest

2005 Bill Marten John Hung Jeff Schilling Dennis Dineen Gary Cressey

1997 Ralph B. Schroedel, Jr.

2005 Dan Lynch Jay Kemp

1995 Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District

1995 Snap-On Tools - Kenosha, Wisconsin

1996 Kerry Ingredients - Jackson, Wisconsin

2003 Wisconsin Plating Works - Racine, Wisconsin

1997 Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District