SDC Presentation to the BCWWA Board of Directors

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AGENDA

12:00 – 12:10 pm   Introductions: Student Design Competition Committee, BCWWA Board of Directors, Team BioWise Solutions
12:10 – 12:40 pm   Presentation
12:40 – 12:55 pm   Q&A
12:55 – 1:00 pm     Closing

PRESENTATION & LEARNING OBJECTIVES

The winning team, BioWise Solutions, from the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT), includes students Brian Castillo, Prabhkirat Singh, Alexander Reis, Benjamin Mendoza and Gianmarco Urbano.

For this year’s competition, we partnered with the City of Abbotsford to challenge teams to develop a strategy for improving water quality in the Fishtrap Creek watershed.

The team was recognized with an award at the 2026 BCWWA Annual Conference & Trade Show in Penticton, BC, this April. They will go on to compete on September 27 at the Water Environment Federation’s Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC) Student Design Competition in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Special thanks to our municipal sponsor, the City of Abbotsford.

Thank you to all the sponsors who made this competition possible: Carollo Engineers, Urban Systems, AECOM, Kerr Wood Leidal, City of Kelowna, CDM Smith, Associated Engineering, Mequipco, and Computational Hydraulics Inc. (CHI). 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

You should attend this webinar if you are:

• Interested in learning more about BCWWA’s Student Design Competition, meeting the team, or getting involved in the competition.
• Interested in providing feedback to the team before they compete at WEFTEC; please join the Q&A session.
• A BCWWA Director, Student Design Competition Committee member, sponsor, or simply interested in the topic and presentation.
• Interested in learning more about projects related to green infrastructure, stormwater, and flood management.

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