Awards and Honors

Here are just a few of the numerous honors and awards VWD facilities and staff members have earned over the years:

MEADOWLARK RECLAMATION FACILITY:

2009 “2008” Recycled Water Agency of the Year at the Water Reuse Associations 2009 California Section Annual Conference

March 23, 2009 attributed in part to the upgrade that took place between 2005- 2008 that more than doubled output capacity from 2.25 (mgd) t0 5 MGD.

TWIN OAKS RESERVOIR NO. 2:

2010 Engineering Excellence Merit Award by

American council of Engineering Companies

December, 2009 Clean/Green Technology Nominee

by the San Marcos Chamber of Commerce, San Diego North Economic Development Council  

Project Achievement Award presented by the Construction Management Association of America (San Diego Public Works)

2008 Project of the Year in the State of California for the 40 Million Gallon Twin Oaks Reservoir No. 2 by ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) Section 9

2008 Excellence in Engineering Awards Program for Special Use Structures for the 40 Million Twin Oaks Reservoir No. 2 awarded by the Structural Engineers Association of California.

2007 Outstanding Civil Engineering Project for the 40 million Twin Oaks Reservoir No. 2 from the San Diego Section of American Society of Civil Engineers

2007 – Big Tank Award- Twin Oaks Reservoir No. 2 from the San Diego International Chapter of American Concrete Institute

2004 Project of the Year in the State of California for the 40 million gallon Twin Oaks Reservoir No. 2 by ASCE  

LAND OUTFALL

2005 Project of the Year for slipline underneath Interstate 5 presented by the American Public Works Association San Diego Imperial Counties Chapter

SOLAR PORT PROJECT

2008 Excellence in Energy Conservation by the SDGE Sempra Energy Company “Go Green Save Green” for leadership and participating in the region’s demand response programs which are designed to conserve energy resources and maintain energy reliability

50^th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF VALLECITOS WATER DISTRICT

2005 50 Years of Service to the Water Industry for 50 years of support of the programs and goals of the AWWA

EDUCATION AND OUTREACH:

2008 Outstanding Outreach Participation by recognition for outreach participant as the top agency in the ACWA’s Region 10 Building Relationships Achieving Results Leadership Advocacy Information.

SAFETY:

2005 Safety Award – presented to management and employees in recognition of safety achievement from American Water Works Association