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Recognition & Awards

RTW is an award-winning firm that has received recognition at both the local and national levels. In addition to our project-specific achievements, individual staff members have received highly regarded honors for their significant contributions to the water and wastewater industry.

Corporate Awards
Bureau of Reclamation Paradox Valley Unit Salinity Control – Surface Facilities Construction – 1988-1989 – Southwest Contracting, Inc.

Computer Control System Upgrade at the Ralston Water Treatment Plant, City of Arvada, Colorado - 1991 ACEC/CO Engineering Excellence

Price Park Reservoir Rehabilitation, City of Longmont, Colorado - 1991 Architectural and Engineering Design Excellence

Tri-Lakes Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant in Monument, Colorado - 1992 ACEC, Washington, D.C., National Engineering Honor Award

Dos Rios Water Treatment Plant “Inbank” Intake Structure, Gunnison County, Colorado - 1995 ACEC/CO Engineering Excellence; Finalist in ACEC national competition

Wastewater Collection System Hydraulic Model & GIS Development, Metro Wastewater Reclamation District, Colorado - 1996 ACEC/CO Engineering Excellence; Finalist in ACEC national competition

Ralston Water Treatment Plant Process Innovation, City of Arvada, Colorado - 1997 ACEC/CO Engineering Excellence Honor Award

Canyon Village Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant, Yellowstone National Park, National Park Service - 1998 ACEC/CO Engineering Excellence Honor Award

RTW was presented with an award for 15 years of outstanding service to the water environment and for faithful, steadfast support of Rocky Mountain Water Environment Association throughout that time, September 1999. RTW was the first to receive this special honor.

ACEC/CO Certificate of Recognition – Vail Pass Rest Area Wastewater Treatment Plant – 1999

RMWEA – Friends of the RMWEA – For Valuable Support to the Success of the Organization – 2001

McGraw Hill Construction – Golden Hard Hat Award / Outstanding Engineering Design Project – Plum Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant #1 – 2002

Wyoming Engineering Society Awards – Old Faithful Wastewater Treatment Plant – Honorable Mention for President’s Project of the Year – 2002

Montana Contractors’ Association Building Excellence Award - Honorable Mention Lake McDonald Wastewater Treatment Plant – 2004

ACEC/CO Merit Award - Monument Creek Exchange System – 2005

ACEC/CO Merit Award - Plum Creek WWTP Number 1 Expansion and Improvements Project – 2006

ACEC/CO Merit Award - Copper Mountain WWTP Expansion - 2007

Individual Awards
Michael Rothberg: George J. Schroepfer Medal, for excellence in conception and design of innovative wastewater treatment facilities that achieved substantial economic benefit while also achieving environmental objectives, Water Environment Federation, October 1994.

Ron Schuyler: Walter A. Weers Award, for continuous, long-term dedication and service to Rocky Mountain Water Environment Association and Rocky Mountain American Water Works Association members and for recognition of exceptional efforts in the water and wastewater industry to include education, operations, management, consulting, manufacturing, and equipment, September 1999.

The Rocky Mountain Water Environment Association, and local section of the Water Environment Association, has awarded the “Select Society of Sanitary Sludge Shovelers” award for outstanding and meritorious service (in the profession) to numerous RTW Senior Project Managers, including:

Sherri D. Jones, P.E. (2001)
Ronald G Schuyler, PE, BCEE (1955)
Joseph U Tamburini, PE, BCEE (1987)
David W Oerke, PE (1991)
Jose Velazquez, PE, BCEE (1995)

Sherri D Jones, PE was awarded the “Outstanding Woman in Engineering” award for 2008 presented by the American Council of Engineering Companies – Colorado (ACEC).