WEF Announces Winners for 2011 Student Design Competition

The Water Environment Federation (WEF) announced that students from the University of Wyoming and the University of Florida were named winners of the 2011 Student Design Competition. The tenth annual competition took place last month in Los Angeles as part of WEFTEC 2011.

The University of Wyoming team’s project, “Preliminary Design for Upgrading the Littleton/Englewood Wastewater Treatment Plant for Phosphorus Removal” won in the wastewater design category, and the University of Florida team's project, "Stormwater Cycling Design Options In an Urban Industrial Watershed” won in the environmental design category.

This was the first win for the University of Wyoming, a student chapter of the Rocky Mountain Water Environment Assn., and the sixth in ten years for the University of Florida, a student chapter of the Florida Water Environment Assn.

A program of the WEF Students & Young Professionals Committee (SYPC), the competition promotes “real world” design experience for students interested in pursuing an education and/or career in water/wastewater engineering and sciences. Students are challenged to prepare a design to help solve a local water quality issue. Teams evaluate alternatives, perform calculations and recommend the most feasible solution based on experience and economics.

Source: Water Environment Federation