Professional Regulation Commission names Alfredo Espino Most Outstanding Sanitary Engineer

Alfredo Espino, LWUA operations manager for Mindanao was conferred this year's Most Outstanding Sanitary Engineer Award by the Professional Regulation Commission during the awarding ceremonies held recently at the Grand Ballroom of the Sofitel Philippine Plaza, in Manila.

Department of Labor Secretary Arturo D. Brion, the affair's guest of honor and an awardee himself, together with PRC top officials headed by Chairperson Leonor Tripon-Rosero, presented the award and the PRC trophy of honor to Engr. Espino, before an audience composed of professionals who were similarly commended for their performance in their respective field of specialization.

From the long selection and list of nominees, Espino was named most outstanding in the field of sanitary engineering for his competence in the implementation of water supply development projects such as treatment plants, sewerage and sanitation systems in the different cities and provinces of the country.

The PRC selection committee also considered Espinos's academic excellence for having earned his degree in Sanitary Engineering (Master Equivalent) at the International Institute of Hydraulics and Environmental Engineering at Delft, The Netherlands, and his Civil and Sanitary Engineering degree from the Mapua Institute of Technology; for his active involvement in various professional organizations and continued participation in seminars and training here and abroad aimed to contribute in the advancement of the profession; and for dynamic contribution that gave far reaching effect in the water supply treatment and management in the country which included in role in updating and revising the LWUA Technical Standards Manual.

Espino is the second LWUA engineer who received the PRC citation. The first recipient is Engr. Armando T. Fernandez, currently the loans and water rates evaluation department manager for Luzon, who was cited by the same award giving body as the most outstanding sanitary engineer in year 2004 in a ceremony attended by then Executive Secretary, and currently press secretary Ignacio Bunye.

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) is the government instrument that systematically and scientifically controls the issuance of professional license to individuals in accordance with the value consensus and the knowledge base of the profession.
c July , 2007