Past Yuba Water Agency General Manager Curt Aikens Honored with Association of California Water Agencies’ Lifetime Achievement Award

December 3, 2020

During the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) Annual Meeting this year, CW3E partner Curt Aikens was honored with ACWA’s Lifetime Achievement Award, acknowledging his many accomplishments throughout his career. His acceptance speech can be viewed here.

Each year since 2002, ACWA’s Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes individuals who, throughout the course of their career, have made remarkable and lasting contributions to the California water community. The award is presented at the discretion of the ACWA Executive Director in consultation with the ACWA President and Vice President.

CW3E offers our deepfelt congratulations on this well-deserved honor recognizing Curt’s many impactful accomplishments, including the Yuba Accord, Forecast Coordinated Operations, and playing a lead role to bring a FIRO viability assessment to New Bullards Bar. We are grateful for the opportunity to work with this visionary and collaborative leader, and the truly amazing team that he has created and nurtured during his years at Yuba Water Agency.