RECAP OF 2022 FSAWWA FALL CONFERENCE

County Utilities, qualify to compete at ACE23 in Toronto in June in the AWWA competition. The following helped in the success of the tapping competitions:

S Mike Spriggs, A.Y. McDonald

S Josh Anderson, Florida Pipeline Sales

Backhoe Rodeo

Backhoe operators show their expertise by executing challenging lifts and drops of various objects in the fastest time.

Backhoe Rodeo Winners

First Place: JHI Arnold, City of West Palm Beach

Second Place: Tim Howard, City of West Palm Beach

Third Place: Cedric Walker, Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department

The judges for the event were:

S Jeff Elder, City of Deltona

S Josh Baur, Florida Pipeline Sales

S Tony Smith, Charlotte County

Operator Competitions Information

Operator competitions are always held at the annual FSAWWA Fall Conference.

SECTION LUNCH Passing the Gavel

You’re welcome to join the competitions, which are open to public and commercialfield operators working in Florida. Contact Mike George at (352) 200-9631 for more information.

Par-Tee at Topgolf

To wind down after the conference, our destination was Topgolf! A venue to entertain colleagues and clients with games and fun, delicious food, and drinks—it was a good time for all! We occupied the top floor of the golf complex with 34 bays.

The fundraising social benefited the three FSAWWA philanthropies:

S AWWA Water Equation

S Roy Likins Scholarship Fund

S Water For People

My thanks to everyone who made this conference such a success and I hope to see you at this year’s Fall Conference, which will be held November 26-30, 2023, at the Omni Resort at Championsgate in Orlando!

Peggy Guingona is the executive director of Florida Section AWWA. S