The Water Environment Federation has awarded Post Falls Mayor Clay Larkin one of its 2010 Excellence Awards, for his work in water conservation and in protecting the Rathdrum Aquifer and Spokane River from pollution. Larkin and Jerry N. Johnson, General Manager of the Washington Suburban Sanitation District (Md.) were named as winners of the Public Officials Awards. The awards will be presented to recipients at the federation's  83rd annual technical exhibition and conference next month in New Orleans, La.  Formed in 1928, the Water Environment Federation (WEF) is a not-for-profit technical and educational organization with 36,000 individual members and 75 affiliated Member Associations representing water quality professionals around the world. Full list of Water Environment Federation awards here.