WWTP Employees Win Awards

Jeanne McKenzie Named Laboratory Analyst of the Year and Jon Clay, Operator of the Year.
Posted on 07/23/2026

🏆 Big Congratulations to Two of Our Award-Winning Wastewater Treatment Plant Professionals! 🎉

We are SOOOOOOO pleased to announce that the Pacific Northwest Clean Water Association has named Jeanne McKenzie the Laboratory Analyst of the Year and Jon Clay the Operator of the Year.

There is a competitive process in which people are nominated from our region and a panel of wastewater treatment plant professionals evaluate the nominations and select the recipients. Jeanne and Jon are both eligible to compete at the state and multi-state level for further recognition. 

"The commonality of wastewater operators is the dedication to their job, which is to protect the environment by cleaning up wastewater before it enters the environment. The world without plant operators would be a very unpleasant place. These two employees have stepped up, gone above and beyond countless times, and I'm pleased their peers throughout the region recognized them for what they've done and what they continue to do daily." -Andy Rheaume, Public Works Director