2025 NAFSMA Awards

Congratulations to our 2024 Excellence in Communications

and Innovative Water Projects Awards Programs

NAFSMA’s Excellence in Communications Awards Program includes two categories — “Public Awareness of Flooding and/or Flood Prevention and/or Emergency Preparedness” and “Improving Water Quality.” This program recognizes outstanding communication and outreach programs that provide examples of successful flood awareness, pollution prevention and/or environmental protection that are being carried out throughout the country.

This year’s communications winners for flooding and/or flood prevention and emergency preparedness include:

• First Place – King County Flood Control District, Seattle, WA – Lower Green River Corridor Flood Hazard Management Plan Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement

• Second Place – Henrico County, VA – Floodplain Map Change Communication Campaign

Winners for water quality communications campaigns include:

• First Place – City of Kirkland, WA – Interactive Creek Health Dashboards

• Second Place – City of Phoenix – Stormwater Awareness

NAFSMA’s innovative water projects category was established in 2022 to recognize the importance of multi-benefit water projects. This awards program recognizes community flood risk and/or stormwater and water quality management projects that accomplish multiple benefits.

This year’s innovative water projects winners including the following:

• First Place - King County  Flood Control District, Kent, WA – Lower Russell Levee Setback Project

• Second Place (Tie) – Texas Water Development Board, Austin, TX – Texas Regional Flood Plans

• Second Place (Tie) – Los Angeles County Public Works, La Alhambra, CA – Los Angeles  County Water Plan

Smaller population innovative project winner:

• First Place - City of Kirkland, WA – 132nd Square Park Stormwater Retrofit