National Water Protection
Award
The Pennsylvania
Master Well Owners Network (MWON) was
selected by the National
Ground Water Association to receive
its 2005 Outstanding Ground Water Project
Award in Ground Water Protection.
The MWON, created through a 2003 NIFA
National Integrated Water Quality Program grant, increases dissemination of existing
drinking water protection resources and programs
to private water system owners. This is achieved
through collaborative, interagency training
and the professional development of a network
of volunteers.
The National Ground Water Association promotes
sound scientific, economic, and beneficial
development, protection, and management of
the world's ground water resources. Its award
recognizes outstanding science, engineering,
or innovation to protect ground water through:
- excellence in protecting ground water
from either overdraft or contamination;
- originality or uniqueness in providing
new insights into ground water protection;
and/or
- creativity and imagination in the engineered
or constructed solution.
Stephanie Clemens, the Pennsylvania MWON
Coordinator and an important contributor
to the project’s success, accepted
the award on behalf of Bill Sharpe and Bryan
Swistock, co-principal investigators. The
award presentation took place December 15
in Atlanta, Georgia. More information about
the Pennsylvania
MWON is available online.
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