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Rollins Roger Clark Award
Belen Manny Belen, Deputy City Engineer, Memphis
Curtis
This year’s Roger Clark Award recipient is Manny Belen of the City of Memphis.
Belen has provided great service to TCAPWA and to Memphis over the years. He is
currently serving as Vice President of our organization and as chairman of several
different committees including the Diversity Committee. He has been involved in
the planning and coordination of our annual conferences, especially those in West
Tennessee. The branch meetings he helped set up while he was the West Tennessee
Branch Director were superb. Under his leadership the West Tennessee Branch won at
least one membership drive.
Charles Walter Nichols Award
Bruce Curtis, Sanitation Services Supervisor, Alcoa
This year’s Charles Walter Nichols Award recipient is Bruce Curtis of the City of
Alcoa. Curtis has a 30-year career with the City of Alcoa. He started out as a Laborer
in Alcoa’s Water Department. He has progressed up the ranks to his current position of
Sanitation Services Supervisor. He also started Alcoa’s Backflow and Cross Connection
Program and the Public Works Safety Program. He has served as Environmental and
Safety Compliance Officer. He has been married to his wife Sandy for 28 years and they
have a daughter and son who are both in college.
TCAPWA Project of the Year
The Pigeon Forge Wastewater Treatment Plant
Mark Miller, Public Works Director, Pigeon Forge
Kenny Diehl, Senior Vice President, Smith Seckman Reid, Inc.
This year’s recipient of the TCAPWA Project of the Year Award is Pigeon Forge
Wastewater Treatment Plant. This is one of those projects we all dream about: under
budget and finished ahead of schedule. The estimated cost was approximately $37
million and it came in at about $31 million. Before construction, the planning team
visited 15 wastewater treatment facilities and asked the operators what was good,
bad and what they would like to change. Several features of this project are original,
sustainable and innovative. It is the first wastewater treatment plant in the state to use
drones for aerial inspection of processes. It has decreased the use of potable water by
96 percent from the old plant. Water coming from the plant is used for irrigation for
several athletic complexes including the Pigeon Forge High School football field and
the new Cal Ripken Baseball Experience and for an aquatic feature in front of the plant.
The team that accomplished this remarkable project is the City of Pigeon Forge, Smith
Seckman Reid Inc. Engineering, and Judy Construction Company. See the full story on
page 14 of this issue of TPW.
Pigeon Forge
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Miller (left) and Diehl (right) View online at tnpublicworks.com 13
Belen Manny Belen, Deputy City Engineer, Memphis
Curtis
This year’s Roger Clark Award recipient is Manny Belen of the City of Memphis.
Belen has provided great service to TCAPWA and to Memphis over the years. He is
currently serving as Vice President of our organization and as chairman of several
different committees including the Diversity Committee. He has been involved in
the planning and coordination of our annual conferences, especially those in West
Tennessee. The branch meetings he helped set up while he was the West Tennessee
Branch Director were superb. Under his leadership the West Tennessee Branch won at
least one membership drive.
Charles Walter Nichols Award
Bruce Curtis, Sanitation Services Supervisor, Alcoa
This year’s Charles Walter Nichols Award recipient is Bruce Curtis of the City of
Alcoa. Curtis has a 30-year career with the City of Alcoa. He started out as a Laborer
in Alcoa’s Water Department. He has progressed up the ranks to his current position of
Sanitation Services Supervisor. He also started Alcoa’s Backflow and Cross Connection
Program and the Public Works Safety Program. He has served as Environmental and
Safety Compliance Officer. He has been married to his wife Sandy for 28 years and they
have a daughter and son who are both in college.
TCAPWA Project of the Year
The Pigeon Forge Wastewater Treatment Plant
Mark Miller, Public Works Director, Pigeon Forge
Kenny Diehl, Senior Vice President, Smith Seckman Reid, Inc.
This year’s recipient of the TCAPWA Project of the Year Award is Pigeon Forge
Wastewater Treatment Plant. This is one of those projects we all dream about: under
budget and finished ahead of schedule. The estimated cost was approximately $37
million and it came in at about $31 million. Before construction, the planning team
visited 15 wastewater treatment facilities and asked the operators what was good,
bad and what they would like to change. Several features of this project are original,
sustainable and innovative. It is the first wastewater treatment plant in the state to use
drones for aerial inspection of processes. It has decreased the use of potable water by
96 percent from the old plant. Water coming from the plant is used for irrigation for
several athletic complexes including the Pigeon Forge High School football field and
the new Cal Ripken Baseball Experience and for an aquatic feature in front of the plant.
The team that accomplished this remarkable project is the City of Pigeon Forge, Smith
Seckman Reid Inc. Engineering, and Judy Construction Company. See the full story on
page 14 of this issue of TPW.
Pigeon Forge
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Miller (left) and Diehl (right) View online at tnpublicworks.com 13
