Seattle-Based Water Quality Professional to Receive Prestigious Graduate Studies Scholarship

Alexandria, Va. – Linda Gaulke will receive the prestigious Canham Graduate Studies Scholarship from the Water Environment Federation (WEF), an international not-for-profit technical and educational organization of water quality professionals.  The award will be presented during ceremonies at WEFTEC®.07 – WEF’s 80th annual technical exhibition and conference – later this month in San Diego, Calif.

The Canham Graduate Studies Scholarship is honor of former WEF Executive Director Robert A. Canham and provides $2500 for a post-baccalaureate student in the water environment field. Gaulke, is a Ph.D. candidate in environmental engineering at the University of Washington (Seattle) whose dissertation research project focuses on the environmental impacts of endocrine disruptors from wastewater. Through the university’s Huckabay teaching fellowship program, Gaulke is co-developing a senior-level engineering course in decentralized wastewater treatment and water reuse. She has a B.S. degree in mathematics, an M.S. in environmental engineering, and an M.S. in soil science, all from the University of Washington.

Gaulke will be honored during WEFTEC.07, the largest water quality event in North America, scheduled for October 13-17 at the San Diego Convention Center. More than 18,000 of the world’s leading water quality experts and over 1,000 companies featuring the latest in water quality technology are expected for this major event. For more information, visit www.weftec.org.  

About WEF
Formed in 1928, the Water Environment Federation (WEF) is a not-for-profit technical and educational organization with 32,000 individual members and 80 affiliated Member Associations representing an additional 50,000 water quality professionals throughout the world. WEF and its member associations proudly work to achieve our mission of preserving and enhancing the global water environment.