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BCWWA is proud to announce a brand-new member benefit! BCWWA Members will now have access to Perkopolis - a member discount program that provides exclusive access to discounts on a variety of products and services across Canada! Members can choose whether or not to opt into the program.

Thank you to everyone who attended the 2019 Operator Continuing Education Day held on November 27 in New Westminster - we appreciate your contribution to making the event the success that it was! The event, which we host every year, provides engaging education sessions, hands-on equipment demonstrations, and plenty of networking opportunities in a relaxed environment.

Thank you to everyone who attended the SCADA & IT Conference & Trade Show held on November 20 - 21 in New Westminster - we appreciate your contribution to making the event the success that it was!

Registration for BCWWA's SCADA & IT Conference & Trade Show closes November 11, 2019! BCWWA members receive a $130 discount on the event. 

To register, click here.

BCWWA is thrilled to announced that Natalie Panek (rocket scientist, adventurer, advocate for women in technology and engineering) will be delivering the keynote at our 2020 BCWWA Annual Conference and Trade Show!

"Our water sector can be quite exciting, and we are only limited by our imagination. That the industry is so broad...should not stop us from bringing new perspectives and new ideas of what can be accomplished" - Timothy Phelan, AWWA Director

Click here to read our Fall 2019 Watermark, 'Water Sector Workforce'. 

The staff at BC Water and Waste Association wish you a fun and stress-free long weekend! It has been exciting past few months for BCWWA - winners of our 2019 Student Design Competition won first place at WEFTEC2019 conference for the second year in a row and the winners of BCWWA’s Operator Challenge, the Wet Well Warriors from Metro Vancouver, took home a special spirit award for being the competition’s “Most Friendly Team.

WEFTEC 2019 was another memorable and exciting one for us at BCWWA, as we had UBC's team DTE, winners of our Student Design Competition both this year and last, representing us for the second year in a row at WEFTEC’s Student Design Competition. We’re thrilled to announce that they won first place at WEFTEC once more! Well done! 

Team DTE — the winners of BCWWA’s 2018 and 2019 Student Design Competition — are Chicago-bound for the upcoming WEFTEC Student Design Competition on September 22, 2019.