Craig Reinsch, lead engineer with Olsson’s Water and Wastewater team, will receive the George Warren Fuller Award at the American Water Works Association conference in Denver.

The honor recognizes Reinsch for 24 years of helping communities meet water supply challenges through master planning, studies, modeling, facility design, and sanitary sewer trunk and collection systems.

Reinsch has a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and a Master of Science in Environmental Engineering from the University of Lincoln-Nebraska. He launched his career in 2001 as an intern at Olsson.

Reinsch holds professional registrations in seven states. He also is a board-certified Environmental Engineer and an Envision Sustainability Professional.

His professional contributions include leadership with the following organizations:

·        Nebraska Section AWWA

·        Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure

·        Water Environment Federation

·        Chi Epsilon Civil Engineering Honor Society

He has advised UNL engineering students with their senior capstone projects and is a frequent mentor to young engineers. Reinsch also has written and presented on detection and treatment of iron complexation and high manganese in drinking water.

The award commemorates George Fuller, the pioneering engineer who designed the first modern water filtration plant and chlorination system. It will be presented June 11 to winners selected by each of the AWWA’s 43 geographic sections.

Past Olsson honorees are Ben Day and John S. Olsson.