To achieve Life Membership status in the Water Environment Federation (WEF), you must have been a dues-paying member of the WEF for at least 35 years and be at least 65 years of age.
Besides the honor of being a member of a very select group, Life members pay no Federation dues and receive, without cost, all those publications of the WEF received by the member class to which they belong.
The Kansas Water Environment Association Life Members include:
| Past Recipients of the Prestigious Award | |
|---|---|
| John Stukenberg | Kansas City, Kansas |
| Larry Erickson | Manhattan, KS |
| Aziz Samra | Switzerland |
| Walter O'Brien | Texas |
| Carl Burkhead | Lawrence, KS |
| J. Howard Duncan | LeCompton, KS |
| John Lastovica | Kansas City, KS |
| John Glidewell | Topeka, KS |
| Ray Golly | Leawood, KS |
| JR Halloway | Overland Park, KS |
| Keith Krause | Topeka, KS |
| Ross McKinney | Lawrence, KS |
| Dwight Metzler | Topeka, KS |
| Thomas Robinson | Kansas City KS |
| Edward Shaefer | Washington, D.C. |
| Lloyd Weller | Shawnee Mission, KS |
| Bob Crawford | Salina, KS |