Vere R. Ewing Award

From 1952  to 1979 this award was known as the Izaak Walton League Award.  In 1979 the award was re-designated as the Vere R. Ewing Award.  Although the name changed, the basis of the Award remained the same. 

The Vere R. Ewing Award is a plaque on which the recipients name, sponsor, and year are engraved.  The sponsor is Ewing Industries, Inc. of Sioux Falls, SD, in honor and memory of Vere R. Ewing, co-founder of Richards-Ewing Chemical Co. (1935) which has served the water and wastewater industry.  The plaque becomes the permanent property of the award winner.

The basis of the award is improved operation and maintenance at a wastewater treatment plant in South Dakota which results in a better plant effluent and/or stream condition.  The operator is judged with respect to operation and utilization of the facilities he has in his particular plant; therefore, an operator of a stabilization pond has the same chance of winning the award as does the operator of a complex secondary or tertiary treatment plant.

Obtain an Award Nominating Form in .pdf format here.

Obtain an Award Nominating Form in .rtf format here.

 Ewing Award (1979-present)- Izaak Walton Award (1952-1978)