In November too, Waterschap De Dommel, valued modelEAU research partner in The Netherlands, celebrated its 150 year existence. On that occasion, 150 persons that have contributed to the quality of this water utility's operations were awarded with a medal. Peter Vanrolleghem received one of these medals for his contribution to the better understanding and upgrading of the Eindhoven wastewater treatment plant (see www.dommel.nl/150_jaar_waterschap/fotoalbum_0/fotoalbum_3, soon the winter picture taken at -20C will be included...). Of course this recognition would not have been possible without the dedication of a number of modelEAU collaborators: Janelcy Alferes, Lisha Guo, Coralie Lamaire Chad and Sovanna Tik.