Left to right: Pat Natale, Greg Heitzman, Kay Ball, Jim Brammell, David Haas, Kathy Caldwell

 
ASCE has named the Louisville Water Company's Riverbank Filtration Tunnel and Pump Station project the Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement award winner for 2011. The winner was announced Thursday evening at the society's OPAL gala.

The world's only tunneling and well system produces 60 million gallons of potable water per day for the city of Louisville, Kentucky. The project was chosen from a field of five finalists:

Cowboys Stadium; Arlington, Texas
Incheon Bridge Project; South Korea
Taum Sauk Upper Reservoir Rebuild Project; Annapolis, Missouri
Washington Dulles International Airport Main Terminal APM Station; Dulles, Virginia.

Click here to view videos of all five contenders.

Entries are now being accepted for the 2012 OCEA competition. The deadline for entry is COB June 1, 2011. Learn more.