bottled vs.tap: - Virginia Water Environment Association

Young ProFESSionALS CommiTTEEBy Sonali Ambre2012 andUpcomingEventsThe Young ProfessionalsCommittee is now a joint VWEAand awwa committee. We are agroup of enthusiastic professionalswho get together with a commongoal of serving the members ofVWEA and awwa and contributingto our community through ouractivities. We believe in enhancingthe knowledge of youth andother professionals through ourevents. We also provide youngprofessionals a platform toimprove their leadership skills.We encourage all team leaders to promoteyoung professionals in their organizationto join the YP committee in their areaand benefit from all that we have to offer.The YP Committee consists of a chair,appointed by the president, and four (4)vice chairs – one chair for Northern Virginia,one for Central Virginia (Richmond area),one for Eastern Virginia (Hampton Roadsarea), and one for Western Virginia.The year 2012 has been another goodyear for the committee as we hosted a lotof activities and exposed our membersto a variety of events. We would like tocongratulate the committee members of2012 for an excellent year. We had severalactivities in which the YPs participated.These included:• Participation as judges for the2012 Stockholm Junior Water Prizecompetition held throughout Virginia.• hosting a Sewer Science Programbooth at the second USA Science andEngineering Festival 2012.• organizing a team and participatingin the Alice Ferguson Foundation’s24th Annual Potomac RiverWatershed Cleanup.• organizing a site visit of a microtunnelpipe installation project inNorfolk.• hosting an evening of baseball atHarbor Park for the members of VWEA,awwa, ASCE, ECHR, and VSPE.• hosted joint YP and NVRAC Afterhoursocial networking event.36 The Conduit – Fall 2012