Bowling Green Municipal Utilities received several awards at the Water Professionals Conference July 8-11 in Nashville.

James Dillon, a class IV water treatment plant operator, earned the operator of the year award for the Kentucky/Tennessee area. This award is given annually to a water treatment plant operator who has demonstrated leadership and excellence in the operation of a water treatment plant or water distribution system.

Scott Neighbors, senior project manager in the water engineering department, was recognized for completing the Water Professionals Leadership Academy. The academy was established to identify and develop the next generation of leaders in the water industry.

BGMU’s wastewater treatment plant received the operational excellence award for the eighth consecutive year. This award is given annually to publicly owned and industrial wastewater treatment facilities that have achieved permit compliance during the previous calendar year by having no more than one violation of their National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit.