Upcoming Activities, Events and Volunteer Activities

• SCIF Raingarden Annual Maintenance
• Date: Friday, April 6, 2012
• Times: 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
• Notes: Our group has constructed several sustainable rain gardens around campus and they have been a huge success–now we need to trim back the shrubs and make them look nice for Graduation. Meet at the rain garden on the South Side of the HEDCO building. After an hour of work, Dinner and beverages will be served promptly at 5.
  Questions? Contact Dasch: d.houdeshel@utah.edu. See the flier here.

• Science Olympiad Championship: Awesome Aquifers Volunteer Opportunity
• Date: Saturday, April 14, 2012
• Times: 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM
• Notes: The University of Utah will be hosting the State Competition for the Science Olympiad competition that will be held on Saturday, April 14th. (Information on the Event can be found here: http://soinc.org/). The Civil & Environmental Engineering Department will be hosting the Awesome Aquifers event and we need help!
  We need 6-8 people to help between 8am and 3:30pm. Students can sign up for shifts or attend the entire day. If you cannot attend the whole day the shifts are 8:00 - 11:15 am and 11:00 am - 3:45 pm. If you would like to volunteer to help run the event or find out more about what help is needed please contact Tiffany. You can stop by her office or email her at pannier@civil.utah.edu. Thank you!

Previous Activities

Check out the fun activities we have had in the past!

• Bio-Retention Build Project
• Date: Monday - Friday, March 12 - 16, 2012
• Times: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
• Notes: The group decided to pitch in a hand and help out Graduate student John Heiberger build a large bio-retention garden on campus (south of the Humanities building). The project was a huge effort but also a huge success. Thanks everyone for your help!!

• Design Build Bluff Project Planning Meeting
  • Date: Thursday, November 17, 2011, 3:00 - 4:00 PM
  • Notes: This meeting was an information and project planning meeting for our collaboration on the annual College of Architecture Design and Build Bluff Project. The collaboration will culminate in a working spring break project, building the designed structure. Be sure to check out their website here. Also, check out photos of our group hard at work immediatly below:
  
• EWB Nepal Water Supply Project Kickoff Meeting
  • Date: Thursday, November 17, 2011, 2:00 - 3:00 PM
  • Notes: This meeting was a great kick off to the combined effort between EWB and AWRA-WEF to help build a much needed pipeline in rural Nepal. Information was exchanged and assignments were made, we look forward to our next meeting!
• Jordan River Cleanup service activity
  • Date: September 2011
• AWRA-WEF annual kickoff meeting
  • Date: September 2011
  • Notes: This meeting was a great kick off to the year. Several new members joined our ranks and our current President, Thomas Walsh, outlined some of the exciting plans for the upcoming year. Thanks all who attended!
• Cinco de Mayo Party
  • Date: May 5, 2011
• Rio Mesa Project service project
  • Date: May 5, 2011
  • Info: The club helped construct 20 camping platforms for the University of Utah Rio Mesa sustainabilty extension center.
• Jordan River Cleanup
  • Date: April 2011
• Rain Garden Spring Cleaning
  • Date: April 2011
  • Info: The club gathered together to help clean up the two civile engineering Sustainable Campus Initiative Fund (SCIF) projects.
• Annual Christmas Party
  • Date: December 2010
• Award of AWRA 2009-2010 Outstanding Student Chapter of the Year Award
  • Date: November 2010
  • Location: Philadelphia, PA
  • Info: The chapter was awarded the prestigious Outstanding Student Chapter of the Year Award, presented by the National AWRA board. This award was earned largely in part because of the two rain gardens that were constructed the previous year.
• Low Impact Development Rain Garden Project #2 Construction
  • Date: September 2010
  • Info: This project was designed by a student member of the club and was constructed by members of the club. The project was funded by the Sustainable Campus Initiative Fund (SCIF).
• U of U Football Tailgate Party
  • Date: September 2010
• AWRA-WEF Annual Kickoff Meeting
  • Date: September 2010
• AWRA Utah Section Annual Conference, presentation by a member
  • Date: May 2010
• Low Impact Development Rain Garden Project #1 Construction
  • Date: April 2010
  • Info: This project was designed by a student member of the club and was constructed by members of the club. The project was funded by the Sustainable Campus Initiative Fund (SCIF).
• AWRA Paul J. Riley Student Paper Competition
  • Date: April 2010
  • Info: This year's undergradute winner was one of our own!
• WEAU Conference
  • Date: April 2010
  • Location: St George, UT
  • Info: One of our student members presentated on Anammox
• Tour of a water treatment facility
  • Date: April 2010
  • Location: Sandy, UT
• Design Build Bluff Service Project
  • Date: March 2010
  • Location: Bluff, UT (Native American Reservation)
  • Info: Students participated in the construction of an on-site graywater reuse system for individual dwelling, Bluff, UT
• “Blue Gold” movie night
  • Date: January 2010
• Annual Christmas Party
  • Date: December 2009
• Hobble Creek Tour
  • Date: October 2009
  • Info: Students learned about the June Sucker fish
• U of U Football Tailgate Party
  • Date: September 2009
• AWRA-WEF Annual Kickoff Meeting
  • Date: September 2009