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NETWORKING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH OUR COMMUNITIES

SUPPORTING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND MEMBER ENGAGEMENT, COMMUNITIES AND GROUPS ENABLE OUR MEMBERS TO BUILD THEIR NETWORK OF CONTACTS AND GET INVOLVED IN ISSUES THEY ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT.

The BCWWA welcomed the Green Infrastructure Community of Practice with the addition of both open membership and municipal-only communities

The Drinking Water Community of Practice offered two webinars in 2022:

Truth and Reconciliation

Snowpack Monitoring

2 OPEN COMMUNITIES

2 MUNICIPAL COMMUNITIES

1 MEMBER GROUP

383 PARTICIPANTS

FACILITATING THE EXCHANGE OF KNOWLEDGE

THE BCWWA DELIVERS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EVENTS AIMED AT SHARING KNOWLEDGE AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD INDUSTRY NETWORKS.

ANNUAL CONFERENCE & TRADE SHOW

1,364 173

PEOPLE ATTENDED EXHIBITING ORGANIZATIONS

DELEGATE SATISFACTION

EXHIBITOR SATISFACTION

OF DELEGATES INDICATED THE EVENT INCREASED THEIR KNOWLEDGE

OF DELEGATES ARE WILLING TO RECOMMEND THE CONFERENCE TO OTHERS

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EVENTS

OF ATTENDEES ARE WILLING TO RECOMMEND THE EVENTS TO OTHERS

OF ATTENDEES INDICATED THE EVENTS INCREASED THEIR KNOWLEDGE

PROVIDING EDUCATION TO THE WATER COMMUNITY

OUR EDUCATION PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE IN ONLINE, VIRTUAL CLASSROOM, CUSTOM REQUESTED AND ON-DEMAND FORMATS. BCWWA PROVIDES BOTH OPERATOR-FOCUSED AND INTERPROFESSIONAL EDUCATIONAL OFFERINGS.

In 2022, the BCWWA Education program partnered with third-party training providers to increase the training repertoire for students A focus on creating quality, engaging virtual classroom offerings has expanded training opportunities and the student base across the province and into other jurisdictions

1,256

STUDENT SATISFACTION

STUDENTS INDICATED THE CLASSES INCREASED THEIR KNOLWEDGE

CROSS CONNECTION CONTROL

THE BCWWA IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE BODY FOR VOLUNTARY CROSS CONNECTION CONTROL (CCC) BACKFLOW ASSEMBLY TESTER CERTIFICATION IN BC AND THE YUKON, DELIVERING MORE THAN 85 EXAMS EACH YEAR.

The BCWWA provides real-time confirmation of Backflow Testers for all CCC Community program administrators

NEW AND RECERTIFYING TESTERS CERTIFIED 872

SUPP FOR THE THE ORG

54 EXAMS DELIVERED 85

COMMUNITIES WITH CCC PROGRAMS

3,306

CERTIFIED BACKFLOW TESTERS

197

JOB ADVERTISED IN 2022

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LEADERS MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT WATER SERVICES

SHARING INFORMATION WITH THE SECTOR

BCWWA SHARES INFORMATION WITH THE MEMBERSHIP AND DECISION MAKERS THROUGH POSITION PAPERS, RESEARCH REPORTS, WATERMARK MAGAZINE AND WATERLINE E-NEWSLETTER.

BUILDING CAPACITY WITH SMALL SYSTEMS OWNERS

BCWWA DELIVERED CAPACITY-BUILDING EDUCATION TO SUPPORT SMALL WATER PURVEYORS IN DEVELOPING LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY.

The following courses were offered free to small water systems purveyors and their teams:

‘Taking Care of Your Small Water System’ workshop

'Building System Resilience – Financial and Management Capacity’ workshop

‘So Apparently I Have a Small Water System Now What?’ online course

BC SMALL WATER SYSTEMS COMMUNITY NETWORK

THE COMMUNITY NETWORK PLATFORM PROVIDES A PLACE FOR SMALL WATER PURVEYORS AND THEIR TEAMS TO FIND RESOURCES AND CONNECT WITH THEIR PEERS AND SUPPORTERS.

Launched in February 2022, the BC Small Water Systems Community Network is a free website with a member directory, discussion forums, articles, resources, and a community news area Members can communicate through an internal messaging system

Staff provided support and programming for Community Network members, including Coffee with your Community, surveys and Weekly Digests

A considerable effort was used to develop relationships with supporters and to promote the website to supporters and purveyors

LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION IS FOSTERED WITHIN THE WATER COMMUNITY

INNOVATION THROUGH THE STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION

THE STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS INTERESTED IN PURSUING A CAREER IN WATER AND WASTEWATER ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES TO GAIN REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE.

In its ninth year of competition, the 2022 Student Design Competition asked students to develop a biosolids management strategy that includes new infrastructure sized to manage all biosolids from the four wastewater treatment plants for the next 50 years

Team Waternauts, comprised of Parsa Mivehchi, Ben Alberga, Caelan Accili, Ramzi Hijazi, and Mohamed El Badrawy from the University of British Columbia, won the BCWWA Student Design Competition and were presented with an award at the BCWWA Annual Conference & Trade Show in May 2022 The team went on to place second in the wastewater design division at the WEFTEC 2022 Student Design Competition held in New Orleans, Louisiana, in October 2022

RECOGNIZING OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP, SERVICE AND EXCELLENCE

OUR ANNUAL AWARDS PROGRAM RECOGNIZES INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS/ORGANIZATIONS FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE WATER AND WASTEWATER INDUSTRY AND FOR THE COMMITMENT AND SUPPORT THEY PROVIDE TO THE BCWWA.

2022 AWARD RECIPIENTS

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE BCWWA

STANLEY S COPP AWARD

Richard Yoo, British Columbia Institute of Technology

WEF BEDELL AWARD

Kevin Ramsay, Innova Strategy Group

EXCELLENCE IN WATER AND WASTE INDUSTRY

VICTOR M TERRY OPERATOR AWARD

Mike Humes, City of Kelowna

AWWA

GEORGE WARREN FULLER AWARD

James (Jim) Matheson, Retired

ORGANIZATIONAL

DEVELOPMENT

ENSURING SUFFICIENT

FINANCIAL AND HUMAN RESOURCES TO FULFILL OUR MISSION

2022 BCWWA STAFF

DELIVERING HIGH-QUALITY PROGRAMS AND SERVICES REQUIRES A FOCUS ON QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

This year the BCWWA team focused on building out the quality of deliverables to better serve a diverse water community It included the strategic planning of programs, events and services, identifying key areas to bolster membership value and implementing improved processes and practices to deliver relevant and industry-specific programming

Carlie Hucul

Chief

Executive Officer