The Sidney L. Allison Award is given by WEAT to either an individual person or an entity who has made significant contributions to the engineering, science, and/or operation and maintenance of wastewater collection and pumping stations with the mission to transport wastewater to a treatment plant. Sidney L. Allison, former Head of the Sanitary Sewer Division of the City of Corpus Christi for 31 years, dedicated his life to improving the wastewater industry. He was instrumental in the early formation of and served as a charter member of the Coastal Bend Water Sanitary Association (later a district of Texas Water Utilities Association). He helped establish the Ladies Auxiliary of TWUA and served as its sponsor in later years. He assisted with the original publishing of the Texas Water Utilities Manual and served as President of the Texas Water and Sewage Works Association (TWUA) in 1947. In 1950, he served as Chairman of the Texas Section Sewage & Industrial Waste Federation (later WEAT). Mr. Allison held a Grade "A" Sewage Works Operator's Certificate Number 2. He encouraged and helped further the education of water and wastewater operators and was a strong advocate for good construction, operation, and maintenance of sanitary sewer collection systems and pumping stations throughout the State of Texas. In 1967, the City of Corpus Christi recognized Mr. Allison's contributions to the water environment industry by naming their 5 MGD Allison Wastewater Treatment Plant in his honor.