West Virginia Section American Water Works Association

Beckley Water Company Team Wins 2012 Pipe Tapping Competition

wvawwa — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 04:01:13 +0000

After a several year hiatus, the WV-AWWA section’s pipe tapping competition returned at the 2012 West Virginia Construction and Design Expo on Wednesday, March 22 at the Civic Center in Charleston. Each team consisted of three workers and one coach. All persons on the team must be either WV-AWWA members or must be regular employees of a utility or organization that is a member of AWWA.

The WV-AWWA section is covering travel, accommodations and conference related expenses for the champions of the 2012 WV-AWWA Pipe Tapping Competition to compete in the AWWA National Pipe Tapping Competition at ACE June 10-13 in Dallas, Texas. Congratulations to winning team from Beckley Water Company:

John Allen – Coach
Paul Radford – Setter
Bill Milam – Cranker
Josh Bradley – Copper Man

Special thanks to Shelley Watkins Porter for coordinating the team registrations and to HD Supply and The C.I. Thornburg Co., Inc. for providing the equipment and materials for this competition.

2013 Boy Scouts Jamboree

wvawwa — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 03:52:19 +0000

We encourage all WV-AWWA members to plan ahead now to participate with the section at the 2013 Boy Scout Jamboree, scheduled for July 15-23, 2013. The Jamboree is being built to accommodate 40,000 Scouts and 7,000 leaders at the Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve, located on 1,300 acres of the 10,600 acres owned by the Boy Scouts of America next to the New River Gorge National River Park and the New River. There will be a “Summit Center” available to visitors and scouts where the new Conservation Trail will be located in addition to other exhibits and an 80,000-capacity arena. Last year’s Conservation Trail had more than 49,000 participants.

The WV-AWWA section has been asked to participate as an exhibitor and provide hands-on demonstrations and activities on drinking water and the waterworks industry for thousands of scouts next summer. For more information on how you can participate, please contact our section’s Jamboree liaison Allen Gibbs at (304) 523-3484 or allen.gibbs@cithornburg.com. More details will be forthcoming on our website and in future newsletters.

Terry Smith Memorial Golf Tournament

admin — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 19:38:52 +0000

Sunday, May 20^th, 2012

AWWA/WEA Annual Golf Outing

Golf Club of West Virginia

Winners will be announced immediately at the conclusion of the outing. Trophies will be awarded for 3 flights. This year we also have a $10,000 hole-in-one prize, as well as special prizes for all hole-in-ones on other par 3’s: longest drive, straightest drive & longest putt hole will receive $50 in cash. And look-out for some surprise events along the course.