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Student Chapters

Students pose with NYWEA President Lisa Derrigan during the 2024 Annual Meeting at the NYC Marriott Marquis

NYWEA Student Chapters: On the Road to Exceptional Clean Water Careers

Get involved in NYWEA and enrich your college experience while growing your skillsets, sharing ideas with other like-minded  students and networking with industry experts at meetings and local events. Many of our current professional members started their NYWEA journey in a student chapter and have been active ever since, which is a testament to not only the value of student membership, but being a part of NYWEA overall.   

NYWEA Student Design Competition

The SDC provides students with real world design experience. Competing teams design and present a project solution in the subject fields of Water Environment or Wastewater. This will be the third annual SDC at the state level for New York.​ Winning teams from each category will meet at the national SDC hosted by the Water Environment Federation ​at this year’s WEFTEC in New Orleans, LA, scheduled from October 5-9, 2024. Competition expectations and judges’ scoring will align with WEF SDC guidelines. The NYWEA Young Professionals Committee will facilitate the competition. 

2024 NYWEA Student Design Competition Information​  

Student Chapter Recognition

Chapter Recognition Grants Application​   (Deadline to submit November 1)

Chapter Recognition Description, Metrics and Procedures Document​

 

​Schools with NYWEA Student Chapters: