William D. Hatfield Award_Jonathan BrownTHE CITY OF
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NEWS RELEASE
July 9, 2014 — For Immediate Release
W&RRC Manager Receives Hatfield Award for
Outstanding Performance
DUBUQUE, Iowa —Dubuque Water & Resource Recovery Center (W&RRC) Manager
Jonathan Brown is the 2014 recipient of the William D. Hatfield Award for outstanding
performance and professionalism in the treatment and maintenance of a wastewater plant.
Brown accepted the award at a June member association meeting of the Iowa Water
Environment Association (IAWEA).
The William D. Hatfield Award is presented annually to an active member of the Water
Environment Federation, a not-for-profit technical and educational organization of 36,000
individual members and 75 affiliated member associations representing water quality
professionals around the world.
Brown has been with the W&RRC, formerly known as the Water Pollution Control Plant, since
1979 and is a member of the Water Environment Federation, the American Water Works
Association, and president of the Iowa Water Environment Association. As manager of the
W&RRC, he is responsible for the operations of the plant, laboratory operations, and the City
of Dubuque's Industrial Pretreatment Program. Prior to his appointment as manager, Brown
served as laboratory technician, operator, laboratory manager, and assistant manager.
The William D. Hatfield Award was established in honor of Dr. William D. Hatfield,
Superintendent of the Decatur, III., Sanitary District, who was President of the Central States
Sewage Works Association in 1944-1945 and served as President of the Water Environment
Federation in 1958-1959.
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