PAST WINNERS
2023 BCWWA STUDENT DESIGN TEAM
Team Source Water Solutions was presented with an award at BCWWA's 51st Annual Conference & Trade Show in Penticton, BC, in May 2023. The team competed internationally at the WEFTEC 2023 Student Design Competition in Chicago, Illinois.- Project statement: Develop a design solution to address landfill leachate discharging to a wastewater treatment plant.
- Winning team: Team Source Water Solutions - Kate Alexander, Waverly Seale, Victor Pham (team leader), Mark Peralta, Atoussa Farboud, and Christopher Tang.
2022 BCWWA STUDENT DESIGN TEAM
Team Waternauts was presented with an award at BCWWA's 50th Annual Conference & Trade Show in Victoria, BC, in May 2022. The team also placed second in the wastewater design division at the WEFTEC 2022 Student Design Competition held in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- Project statement: Develop a centralized biosolid facility for the Regional District of Nanaimo.
- Winning team: Team Waternauts – Parsa Mivehchi, Ben Alberga, Caelan Accili, Ramzi Hijazi, and Mohamed El Badrawy.
2020 BCWWA STUDENT DESIGN TEAM
Placed third in the WEFTEC Student Design Competition environmental category.
- Project statement: Provide two innovative solutions to control and treat onsite rainfall runoff from townhomes in the Cambie Corridor.
- Winning team: Team CIVVIC – Noah Fanos, Brett Mikkelsen, Jacob Riedl, Robin Jory, Liam Kirchner, and Felix Motard.
2019 BCWWA STUDENT DESIGN TEAM
Placed first in WEFTEC Student Design Competition environmental category.
- Project statement: Complete a comparative analysis and design of two treatment, conveyance, and disposal solutions for aircraft de-icing fluid runoff and stormwater runoff at the Vancouver International Airport (YVR).
- Winning team: Team DTE – Johnson Li, James Craxton, Lutz Subagio, and Daniel Luo.
2018 BCWWA STUDENT DESIGN TEAM
Placed first in WEFTEC Student Design Competition environmental category.
- Project statement: Submit a design to upgrade Ellis Creek in the City of Penticton, aiming to better equip the Creek to deal with the effects of climate change.
- Winning team: Team DTE - Johnson Li, James Craxton, Steven Rintoul, Lutz Subagio.
2017 BCWWA STUDENT DESIGN TEAM
Placed second in WEFTEC Student Design Competition wastewater category.
- Project statement: Design a secondary treatment upgrade for the Tsawout First Nation wastewater treatment plant (WWTP).
- Winning team: UBSea Tec - Kit Caufield, Brad Jenks, Tim Burton, Jennika Javinson, Antonio Castro, and Gregory Vettese.
2016 BCWWA STUDENT DESIGN TEAM
- Project statement: Design a treatment process for the Resort Municipality of Whistler’s (RMoW) wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) to reduce the amount of phosphorus discharged to the Cheakamus River with the treated effluent.
- Winning team: Team Aquatech Solutions - Leah MacGillivray, Matthew Waldie, Kelsey Baker, Danielle Gutwillinger, Trudy Miller, and Travis Reid.
2015 BCWWA STUDENT DESIGN TEAM
Placed third in WEFTEC Student Design Competition wastewater category.
- Project statement: Design a resource recovery system for the City of Kelowna's wastewater treatment plant (WWTP), which will focus on anaerobic digestion of fermented primary sludge and waste secondary sludge to produce biogas.
- Winning team: Team Undine Energy Solutions - Maureen Long, Clayton McBride, Allison Matfin, Brenden Vissers, and Stephanie Doherty.
2014 BCWWA STUDENT DESIGN TEAM
Placed first in WEFTEC Student Design Competition environmental category.
- Project statement: Design a baseflow augmentation facility and water quality treatment facility in Northeast Coquitlam which will sustain minimal baseflows to Star Creek, keep water temperatures low and address water quality. In addition, produce options for the sizing of the two facilities based on the extent of source control applications on single family lots within the catchment area. Evaluate these options using quantitative and qualitative criteria and present your recommended approach with reasons.
- Winning team: Team FloBeau - Stephen Bertulli, Michael Thiessen, Robert D’Amours, David Saabas, and David Houghton.
2013 BCWWA STUDENT DESIGN TEAM
Placed first in WEFTEC Student Design Competition environmental category.
- Project statement : Design a pilot-scale microalgae cultivation and harvesting system for installation at Metro Vancouver’s Sustainability Academy – Annacis Wastewater Centre. Develop concepts and budget for the longer term goal of co-locating operational-scale microalgae cultivation processes at Metro Vancouver’s Iona Island wastewater treatment plant.
- Winning team: Laith Furatian, Michal Simhon, Christopher Lawson, Connor Wilson, and Rony Das.