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February 2003

 
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SFBS Announces 2002 Award Winners and Installs New Board
2003 San Francisco Bay Section Board
2002 Awards Winners
Additional Photos from the Awards Banquet
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SFBS Announces 2002 Award Winners and Installs New Board

By Leo Gonzalez

The San Francisco Bay Section held its annual awards and installation banquet on Friday, January 10th at Scotts Restaurant in Jack London Square. Approximately 150 people packed the "Pavilion Room" at Scotts Restaurant to enjoy a night dedicated to honoring outstanding performances within our industry. It is one time a year that we can all join together and visit with friends and have the opportunity to make new acquaintances.

We started off the evening with a toast from Leo Gonzalez, thanking all employees and their facilities for their dedication and support, because without it the San Francisco Bay Section wouldn't be what it is today. He proceeded with the introduction of SFBS, CWEA, and WEF Past Presidents.

It was an honor to have Elizabeth Allen - Executive Director of CWEA, Julie Taylor - Director of Professional Development and Member Services, and Angela Nielsen - Executive Assistant and Coordinator of Leadership Development attend the awards banquet. Elizabeth addressed the audience with a warm welcome. Denis Pollack, President of CWEA greeted everyone and spoke about a few changes within CWEA. He also spoke about recent changes within his own personal career.

Teresa Herrera, Past President of the San Francisco Bay Section assumed the duties of awards chair for the banquet and also acted as master of ceremony.

After an excellent dinner program, we moved to the main event of the evening which was the installation of new officers for the San Francisco Bay Section and the presentation of awards.

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2003 San Francisco Bay Section Board

President: Sandeep Karkal
DDSD
Vice President:  Ray Busch
Oro Loma SD
First Year Director: Paul Louis
CCCSD
Second Year Director: Kevin Calderwood
Brown & Caldwell
Treasurer: Kevin Krajewski
V&A Consulting Eng.
Past President: Leo Gonzalez
CCCSD

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2002 Awards Winners

Al Ditman Professional Development Florence Wedington, EBMUD
Collection System of the Year
Small (<249 miles)

Large (>500 miles)
 

Castro Valley Sanitary District
Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
Engineering Achievement EBMUD “Power Generation Station Fuel Upgrade”
Mechanical Technician of the Year Prabha Karan, Oro Loma Sanitary District
Public Education

Small Budget (under $20K)

Large Budget (over $20K)
 

Dublin San Ramon Sewer District – Project WET

EBMUD – Recycled Water Irrigation Customer Training
Research Achievement EBMUD – Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion Project
Andy Stamatelos Memorial Service Award Paul Louis, CCCSD
Supervisor of the Year Jim Chen, Union Sanitary District
Treatment Plant Operator of the Year Scott Beckman, Oro Loma Sanitary District
Treatment Plant of the Year CCCSD

Congratulations go to this year's award recipients!

We wish them good luck at the Annual Conference.

The evening ended with closing remarks from Sandeep Karkal, President of the San Francisco Bay Section. He encouraged everyone to attend the monthly dinner meetings and is looking forward to a prosperous year.

The award winners assembled for the annual picture taking ceremony. As always, it was an enjoyable evening and the section looks forward to accomplishing many tasks over the upcoming year and once again assembling for the banquet in 2004.

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Additional Photos from the Awards Banquet

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