At each Annual Meeting, ECOS honors outstanding state initiatives with State Program Innovation Awards.
State Innovation Awardees
2019
- Indiana Department of Environmental Management: Stormwater ePortal
- Texas Commission on Environmental Quality: Environmental Internship Program
- West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection: Muddy Creek Restoration Project
- Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality: Oil & Gas Emission Reductions
2018
- Arizona Department of Environmental Quality: Water Watch
- Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment: Innovations Shark Tank
- Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection: What’s In? What’s Out? Recycling Campaign
- South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control: One River, Many Partners
View all 2018 ECOS State Innovation Award videos.
2017
- Alabama Department of Environmental Management: Electronic Inspections
- Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment: Oil & Gas Health Information & Response
Program - District of Columbia Department of Energy & Environment: Green Workforce Development
- Idaho Department of Environmental Quality: Dixie Drain Project
- Missouri Department of Natural Resources: Local Government Portal or “Assistance Gateway”
Application - Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection: Brownfields to Playfields Initiative
2016
- The District of Columbia’s Stormwater Retention Credit Trading Market
- Virginia’s Wetland Monitoring and Assessment Program
- Washington’s First-of-its-Kind App Warns Emergency Responders
2015
- Arkansas’ Mobile Application for Apple and Android
- Iowa’s Water Resource Restoration Sponsored Project Initiative
- Washington’s Ferries for Science and Washington’s Eyes over the Puget Sound
2014
- Hawaii’s E-Permitting Portal Implementation
- North Carolina’s Integrating Environmental Customer Service Initiative
- North Carolina’s Division of Air Quality Assistance Project on Facility Pollution Reduction
- Oregon’s Environmental Complaint Electronic Management System
- Tennessee’s Healthy Watershed Initiative
2013
- Indiana’s Institutional Controls Registry
- Missouri’s ePermitting System
- Oregon’s Public Hearing Communications Model
