Competitions 

Check out this unique opportunity to network with peers -
while building camaraderie through fun, industry-related competitions!

Rocky Mountain Section AWWA hosts several competitions at its Annual Conference. Winning team may move on to compete during AWWA's national ACE conference each year.  Each Competition has different rules and requirements.  Click on the 'official rules' for more information about each event.

Hydrant Hysteria

This Competition is a measure of the team’s skill at assembling a hydrant quickly, totally and accurately. All parts will be assembled in the proper manner and the reassembled hydrant shall be tested by the judges for its ability to operate correctly.

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2019 Men's Hydrant Hysteria Winning Team
City of Westminster Great White Buffalos

2019 Women's Hydrant Hysteria Winning Team
City of Westminster Bonnie Bonnets

AWWA Meter Challenge

The Competition is a measure of an individual's skill at assembling a meter quickly, totally, and accurately. All parts will be assembled in a proper manner and the re-assembled meter shall be tested by the judges for the ability to meter water and for water leakage from the meter.

| Official Rules |

2019 Meter Madness Winner
Shane Fellman– Denver Water

Pipe Tapping

The teams will be required to tap a water pressurized ductile iron pipe, install a corporation stop, cut and flare 3/4’’ copper tubing for installation of a water service line with a curb stop and connect this line to a meter yoke.

| Official Rules |

2019 Men's Pipe Tapping Winning Team
Denver Water

2019 Women's Pipe Tapping Winning Team
Denver Water

Tap Water Taste Test

2019 Water Taste Test Winners
1st Place - Gregg Stonecipher - Fort Collins Utilities
2nd Place - Ralph Haight - Aurora Water
3rd Place - Dena Egenhoff - Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities 

Top Ops

The purpose of the AWWA ACE Top Ops Competition is to recognize and promote excellence and professionalism in all aspects of water operations by establishing a competition that gives operators the opportunity to showcase their talents. The AWWA ACE Top Ops Competition is a competitive, question-and-answer tournament where a moderator asks a broad range of technical questions to the participating teams and they have limited time to answer. Strategy is involved since points are awarded for correct answers, deducted for incorrect answers, and no change occurs to the score for not answering a question.

Placed Fourth at the national competition at ACE18 in Las Vegas

For more information on RMSAWWA Competitions contact:
Roger Harshman, committee chair RHarshma@CityofWestminster.us or the RMSAWWA office - info@rmsawwa.com