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Competitions
from Texas Water '22 r
by TEXAS AWWA
TUESDAY, APRIL 5–WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6 Operations Challenge
Tuesday, April 5, 8:30 am-4:45 pm Wednesday, April 6, 8 am-2:45 pm Wednesday, April 6, 2:45 pm-3:45 pm: Awards Ceremony Watch the nation’s best operators and maintenance staff compete in the Operations Challenge Competition at Texas WaterTM 2022. The competition returns in person this year with seven teams competing! The competition is open to any team that would like to sign up; teams of two to four can compete in as many as seven events. Sign up your utility today! The competition takes place in the Exhibit Hall on Tuesday and Wednesday. This multi-day competition showcases each team’s knowledge and skills in Process Control (Sponsored by Freese and Nichols), Laboratory Event (Sponsored by Hartwell Environmental), Maintenance (Sponsored by CP&Y), Collection System (Sponsored by AECOM), Safety (Sponsored by Carollo), and our three exhibition events: Electrical (Sponsored by Gupta), Vaughan Exhibition Event (Sponsored by Vaughan), and Victaulic Exhibition Event (Sponsored by Victaulic). Awards for the Operations Challenge Competition, as well as the Three Municipal Treatment Plant of the Year awards and Operator of the Year Award will be handed out at the Operations Awards Ceremony at 2:45 pm in the Exhibit Hall in the meter madness area.
Non-Utility teams and any person in attendance at the show can sign up and compete in the Exhibition Events where two divisions are available. Division I represents past teams who have competed in all events, and Division II represents new teams competing in any event for the first time. And finally, do not forget the Texas Shoot Out! An open quick competition where anyone can compete in multiple divisions to see who can cut an 8” PVC pipe the fastest with a hand saw. The winner gets extreme bragging rights and $100 cash! Competitors can receive up to 10 TCEQ CEU hours, t-shirts, entry into the technical sessions and exhibit halls, and bragging rights! The top Texas Teams earn a free trip to the National WEFTEC competition, which will be held in September in New Orleans. Contact Jeff Sober at 214-883-6263 or jlsober@garverusa.com or register at www.txwater.org.
TUESDAY, APRIL 5 Junior Meter Challenge Contest
1 pm-2:30 pm, Exhibit Hall 2 The Junior Meter Madness Contest matches students from high school environmental programs, for a test of their meter-assembling skills and dexterity in the Exhibit Hall from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Please support these “future water professionals” by attending on Tuesday.
Meter Challenge
2:30 pm-4:30 pm, Exhibit Hall 2 Contestants race to assemble a 5/8-inch meter from loose parts and test for leaks. The winner represents Texas at AWWA ACE22 in San Antonio in June. Limited to 12 competitors. For information and to sign up, visit www.txwater.org.
Texas Shoot Out
3:30 pm-5 pm, Exhibit Hall 2, Ops Challenge Area Who is the fastest draw on cutting a piece of 8-inch SDR 35 pipe with a hand saw? It’s time to show who really has the quickest hands in Texas at the annual Texas Shoot Out. This competition is designed to demonstrate elements of the Operations Challenge’s Collection event. The event is open to all. The $5 entry fee proceeds go to Curtis Smalley Memorial Fund. First place in all events will receive a plaque. Contact Grace Sober at gdsober@ lan-inc.com for more information and to sign up.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6
Top Ops
9:30 am-1:30 pm, Exhibit Hall 2 Water operations personnel can impress their coworkers and dazzle their bosses with their technical knowledge by competing in this quiz show-style event. The winning team advances to the National Top Ops Competition in June at AWWA ACE22 in San Antonio. For information and to sign up, visit www.txwater.org.
Hydrant Hysteria
9:30 am-4 pm, Exhibit Hall 2 Hydrant Hysteria is a fast-paced competition where twomember teams assemble a specified hydrant as quickly as they can. The Section winners will compete at AWWA ACE22 in San Antonio in June.
Pipe Tapping Contest
9:30 am-4 pm, Exhibit Hall 2 Four-person teams from across the state compete to determine who will represent Texas at the National Pipe Tapping Competition at AWWA ACE22 in San Antonio. For information and to sign up, visit www.txwater.org.
Best Tasting Drinking Water Contest
1:30 pm-3 pm, Exhibit Hall 2 The Best Tasting Drinking Water Contest brings together entries representing utilities across Texas. A panel of celebrity judges will grade the samples. Along with Texas bragging rights, the winning entrant competes at AWWA ACE22 in San Antonio in June. For information and to sign up, visit www.txwater.org. WWW.TXWATER.ORG | 11
Due to a variety of unforeseen circumstances the scheduled Guest Program has been cancelled.
Please visit our website for updates on self-guided tours and events in San Antonio, including links to the annual Fiesta San Antonio that is ongoing during the week of Texas Water™ 2022:
https://fiestasanantonio.org/official-fiestaevent-calendar/
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Texas WaterTM 2022 is a registered trademark of Texas AWWA for the exclusive use for this joint conference with WEAT. All rights reserved.
Texas WaterTM Code of Conduct
The Water Environment Association of Texas (WEAT) and Texas Section of American Water Works Association (TAWWA) are dedicated to providing a safe, harassment-free experience for everyone during Texas WaterTM and official Texas WaterTM conference events. WEAT and TAWWA will not tolerate harassment of conference attendees, exhibitors, speakers, volunteers, or staff. WEAT and TAWWA prohibit Texas WaterTM participants from intimidating, harassing, unwelcome, abusive, disruptive, violent or offensive conduct. Texas WaterTM participants asked to stop any such behavior must comply immediately. Violators may be subject to expulsion without refund. Harassment should be reported to conference staff immediately.
Please refer to our full Code of Conduct at www.txwater.org/codeofconduct_2022.cfm for more information including contact information for reporting actions contrary to the Texas WaterTM code of conduct.
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The room block at the host hotel for Texas WaterTM 2022 is SOLD OUT:
Hyatt Regency San Antonio Riverwalk - SOLD OUT
123 Losoya Street San Antonio, TX 78205
Please see www.txwater.org/hotel_info_2022.cfm or below for a list of alternate hotels.
Texas Water does not have room blocks or arrangements with any other hotels and are only providing them as options within walking distance of the convention center. Rates may be higher so if you make a
reservation at another hotel, note your cancellation date and check back often to see if more rooms become available at the Hyatt at the conference rate.
All hotels are walkable to convention center. Hyatt will have a bus shuttle to convention center.
TownePlace Suites San Antonio Downtown
Hilton Garden Inn Downtown Riverwalk
Below hotels are a short walk to the convention center:
Hilton Palacio Del Rio
San Antonio Marriott Riverwalk
San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter
La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham San Antonio Riverwalk
303 Blum San Antonio, Texas 78205 210-222-9181
See special information below regarding booking more than 5 hotel rooms.*
*Texas Water negotiates hotel rates to provide reasonable rates for conference attendees. As part of this agreement, Texas WaterTM 2022 assumes financial responsibility for any unsold rooms at the hotels where we have contracts.
The following policy will apply to anyone who books more than 5 hotel rooms at the negotiated Texas Water rate. Any person, group, company or organization that reserves more than 5 rooms at the Texas Water Conference rate agrees that they will cancel any rooms they do not plan to use earlier than the normal cut-off date for room reservations. The cutoff date for reservations in excess of 5 rooms is February 11, 2022.
By registering for Texas WaterTM 2022 at the conference rate, and/or within the Texas Water negotiated room block, any person, group, company or organization agrees that if they fail to cancel the rooms by the cutoff date above, they will assume full responsibility to pay for any unused rooms at the full conference rate including all taxes and other fees in the event the rooms go unsold and the hotel acts to hold Texas WaterTM 2022, WEAT and/or TAWWA, responsible for any unused rooms under the terms of the contract. Please direct any questions regarding this policy to info@txwater.org.
Register for the conference at www.txwater.org
Deadline for discounted early registration is March 11, 2022
After March 28, 2022, you must register onsite.
