Water quality professionals from all across New England competed in the Annual Operations Challenge Competition on June 9, 2015 during the NEWEA Annual Spring Meeting & Exhibit at the Omni Mount Washington Resort in Bretton Woods, N.H. Teams of four raced against the clock as they completed tasks in the fields of process control, maintenance, laboratory, safety, and collection systems, vying for first place and a chance to compete in the National Operations Challenge Competition at the Water Environment Federation (WEF) Annual Conference in September.
This year, the Rhode Island “Ocean State Alliance” team was victorious, tallying 425.56 points thanks in part to their strong showings in Process Control and Laboratory events. New Hampshire “Seacoast Sewer Snakes”, whose team also had two wins, came in second with 367.79 points, followed by the Maine “Force Maine” team who earned 306.98 points. The Massachusetts “Resource Revolution” team, who competed for the first time, earned 25 points on each challenge, finishing with 125 points total and fourth place overall.
The Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Maine teams will compete against teams representing WEF affiliates from across the country in the national Operations Challenge Competition at this year’s Annual WEFTEC Conference in Chicago, IL. The convention, which takes place September 23-27 at the McCormick Place Convention Center, is the largest water quality event in North America, and is expected to draw over 22,000 professionals from all water quality professionals.
For more information about WEFTEC, visit www.weftec.org.
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