Mover & Shaker
Posted on Friday, June 27, 2008
URL: http://www.nwanews.com/nwat/Business/66595/
Fortenberry receives George Warren Fuller
Memorial Award Alan D. Fortenberry, CEO of the Beaver Water District, received the George Warren Fuller Memorial Award from the American Water Works Association on June 11 during the association’s annual conference and expo in Atlanta. The Fuller awards were established in 1937 to commemorate the engineering skill, diplomatic talent and constructive leadership of the life of George Warren Fuller, one of America’s most renowned engineers. Members of the association are presented these awards for their distinguished service in the water supply field.
Fortenberry, a resident of Springdale, joined the Beaver Water District in 1991 as plant engineer and was named CEO in 2001.
His major accomplishments as CEO include the expansion of the district’s facilities by 60 million gallons a day to 100 mgd, the completion of an awardwinning new water intake on Beaver Lake, and a new solids handling facility with centrifuges, at a total cost of about $ 98 million.
In addition, he is responsible for all the activities at the district, including the demolition and renovation of the original Joe M. Steele plant, which will add another 40 mgd of capacity to the plant in 2009, and the construction of a new administration building being built in accordance with the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program, a green building rating system.