Lindsay Patterson, the Floor Water High quality Requirements Coordinator on the Wyoming Division of Environmental High quality (WDEQ) was just lately acknowledged by the Affiliation of Clear Water Directors (ACWA), in accordance with a WDEQ press launch.

Lindsay was chosen for the ACWA Rising Chief Award for 2022 and was introduced a plaque on August 3 on the ACWA annual assembly in Memphis, Tennessee.

“She cares deeply in regards to the work she does and her position as a public servant. She units excessive requirements and conjures up others to do the identical. These are attributes a pacesetter wants, and Lindsay exemplifies them.”

Julia Anastasio, Government Director and Basic Counsel for the ACWA, wrote in a letter to Lindsay saying the choice that the Rising Chief Award is given to members who’ve demonstrated notable management or contributions to the work of an ACWA committee, job pressure, and/or workgroup, and present potential for future management within the Affiliation.

Since August of 2021, Lindsay has served because the co-chair for the ACWA’s Monitoring, Requirements, and Evaluation Committee.  “Your service and dedication to the setting and to water high quality is vastly appreciated,” wrote Anastasio.

Lindsay’s involvement with ACWA is no surprise. It provides to what has been years of labor and schooling that symbolize her deep dedication to the setting and water high quality in Wyoming.

Based in 1961, the ACWA is a nationwide, nonpartisan skilled group. Its members are the State, Interstate and Territorial officers who’re accountable for the implementation of floor water safety applications all through the nation. Serving as a liaison amongst these officers, the ACWA additionally facilitates their communication with the Federal authorities and promotes public schooling as a way to prepared the ground in creating and realizing a imaginative and prescient for clear water in America.

“Serving as co-chair on the ACWA Monitoring, Requirements, and Evaluation Committee provides Wyoming a stronger voice in establishing nationwide water high quality coverage,” acknowledged Lindsay.

“Being on the desk is vital. Collaborating in conferences and discussions by ACWA supplies Wyoming a novel alternative to symbolize our pursuits and work with different states to assist craft growth of laws, steerage, and different instruments that facilitate implementation of the Clear Water Act. It is vitally rewarding to assist Wyoming and different states handle challenges and points associated to floor water high quality.”

Lindsay holds a Grasp’s diploma in Ecology from Colorado State College, a Bachelor’s Diploma in Environmental Biology from Colgate College, and likewise accomplished a one-year environmental schooling educating program with Teton Science Colleges in Grand Teton Nationwide Park.

Presently, she oversees growth of Wyoming’s Floor Water High quality Requirements, coordinates Wyoming’s efforts to deal with nutrient air pollution, and works with employees and companions to implement Wyoming’s dangerous cyanobacterial bloom program. Lindsay additionally works with WDEQ employees to make sure that initiatives defend water high quality by offering suggestions on analyses similar to these required below the Nationwide Environmental Coverage Act.

Previous to her present place, Lindsay labored with WDEQ’s floor water monitoring program in Sheridan and as a Watershed Specialist for Teton Science Colleges in Jackson, Wyoming.

Jennifer Zygmunt, Administrator of WDEQ’s Water High quality Division, was thrilled to obtain the information that Lindsay was chosen to obtain the ACWA Rising Chief award.  “Lindsay has been a powerful role- mannequin in our Division,” acknowledged Zygmunt.

“She cares deeply in regards to the work she does and her position as a public servant. She units excessive requirements and conjures up others to do the identical. These are attributes a pacesetter wants, and Lindsay exemplifies them,” Zygmunt mentioned. “We’re so happy to see her acknowledged nationally.”