🔄 Dual Applicants
Dual applicants: Please carefully review the information and criteria for both scholarship programs before proceeding.
🌿 WEAT-NTS Scholarship Information
The North Texas Section of the Water Environment Association of Texas (WEAT-NTS) is a section of WEAT, which is a Member Association of the Water Environment Federation. Like its parent organizations, WEAT-NTS is dedicated to advancing both fundamental and practical knowledge related to the nature, collection, treatment, and reclamation of domestic and industrial wastes, as well as the environmental dispersion of these wastes.
Additional goals include advancing knowledge in the evaluation, design, construction, operation, and management of water and wastewater systems; educating the public; and promoting sound environmental legislation. In recognition of these goals, WEAT-NTS offers this scholarship to students pursuing an education and career that will further this mission.
The WEAT-NTS Scholarship was established in 1996 with an initial endowment from funds developed by the North Texas Section. This endowment was built over several years through the efforts of officers and volunteers who organized annual seminars to educate members about issues and regulations affecting the profession. Attendance fees and sponsorships from these seminars provided the initial funding for the scholarship.
Ongoing annual seminars, donations, and investment growth continue to provide funding for this scholarship.
Scholarship assistance is paid in two installments: 50% of the total award for the fall semester and 50% for the spring semester.
To receive the spring semester payment, recipients must:
- Submit official copies of their fall semester transcripts to WEAT-NTS, and
- Provide a one-page typewritten summary of their fall semester experiences and goals for the spring semester.
Recipients are required to maintain a 3.0 GPA (unless a specific exemption is granted by the Scholarship Committee) and must be considered either a full-time student (generally enrolled in a minimum of 12 credit hours per semester) or a part-time student (generally enrolled in a minimum of 6 credit hours per semester).
📋 WEAT-NTS Scholarship Selection Criteria
The Scholarship Committee will use the following criteria when selecting scholarship recipients:
- Preference will be given to students who are WEAT-NTS members or the children/dependents of WEAT-NTS members.
- Preference will be given to students attending a four-year college or university with accredited degree programs in the field of study; however, students attending junior colleges will also be considered.
- Preference will be given to students pursuing degree programs in Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Computer Science, Management, or Public Administration. Other degree programs are not excluded from consideration.
- Preference will be given to:
- Students who maintain a high grade point average, and
- Students who have high SAT/ACT scores (or other standard admissions test scores).
- Preference may be given to students who have demonstrated special accomplishments or achievements and/or active participation in community service activities.
- Preference may be given to students who have demonstrated leadership abilities in extracurricular activities.
- Preference may be given on the basis of financial need.
Completed applications must be received by WEAT-NTS no later than 5:00 p.m. on the application deadline date. This allows adequate time for review and for the award to be presented prior to the start of the upcoming collegiate semester.
🎗 Daryl Hall Scholarship Information
The Daryl Hall Scholarship Fund was established in memory of Daryl Hall, former Chief Maintenance Mechanic at the Trinity River Authority Central Regional Wastewater System, who passed away in 2003 after a hard-fought battle with cancer. Over the years, funds have been raised through the efforts of the Hall family, WEAT-NTS officers, and volunteers, including annual golf tournaments and various other fundraising events.
Separate funds have been raised to support Daryl’s family and to provide educational assistance to his children. In addition, the Hall family and WEAT-NTS created the Daryl Hall Scholarship Fund to benefit the working men and women involved in operations, maintenance, and laboratory work for North Texas utilities, as well as their children.
Scholarship assistance is paid to recipients in one installment. Recipients must re-apply for the Daryl Hall Scholarship for each fall or spring semester in which they seek an award.
📋 Daryl Hall Scholarship Selection Criteria
The Scholarship Committee will use the following criteria when selecting scholarship recipients:
- Preference will be given to students who have affiliations with a North Texas utility, are WEAT-NTS members, or are the children/dependents of WEAT-NTS members.
- Preference shall be given to recipients pursuing a two-year college degree program.
- Preference may be given to degree programs or technical courses in fields directly related to water and wastewater treatment.
- Preference shall be given to those who maintain a high grade point average.
- Preference may be given to recipients who have demonstrated special accomplishments or achievements.
- Preference may be given to recipients who have demonstrated active participation in community service activities.
Completed applications must be received by WEAT-NTS no later than 5:00 p.m. on the deadline date. This allows adequate time for review and for the award to be presented prior to the start of the upcoming collegiate semester.