Events

Northern Virginia YPs, join the VWEA | VA AWWA Northern Virginia YP Committee for a planning meeting and happy hour!

Come share ideas for events and activities you’d like to see in 2027. We’ll work together to put together a calendar for the year and find members interested in helping plan.

After the meeting, we’ll head over to Caboose Commons for happy hour, with appetizers provided.

Come for the planning, the happy hour, or both!

📍 Planning Meeting | Fairfax Water Headquarters
8570 Executive Park Ave., Fairfax, VA 22031

🍻 Happy Hour | Caboose Commons
2918 Eskridge Rd., Fairfax, VA 22031

VWEA and VA AWWA offer two scholarships for attendance at the WEF | AWWA Young Professionals Summit. 

The scholarship covers travel to and from the conference, registration and lodging.

Deadline to apply:  Friday, December 4, 2026

Summit Details: 

The AWWA/WEF Young Professionals (YP) Summit is the premier water and wastewater industry workshop for young professionals. Join other young leaders by exploring your role in water and discussing how you can best serve the water sector at large. This skills development workshop provides supplemental training and networking opportunities to emerging leaders and students in the water sector.

Hosted by the American Water Works Association and the Water Environment Federation, this event will allow attendees to:

💧Foster meaningful peer connections that support career growth and advance the future of the water sector.
💧Develop interpersonal and leadership skills within the context of the water and wastewater industry.
💧Broaden understanding of the water sector through increased awareness of industry roles, challenges, and opportunities.
💧Discuss emerging challenges and identify how these may impact their goals.
💧Recognize the skills they have and the ones they might need to develop further as future leaders.
💧Explore trending workforce issues and how those offer opportunities for growth.
💧Learn from peers and current water leaders the value of their perspectives as young professionals.
💧Engage with hands-on water and wastewater tools and approaches in a team-setting to expand practical knowledge and build lasting peer-to-peer support networks.

The 2027 YP Summit is now open for registration here

Schedule 
Plan to be in Vancouver from February 14 - 16 to participate in all the YP Summit-related activities.

Events that week will include:

📅 Sunday, February 14

• Pre-Summit Activity

• WEF Member Association (MA) YP Leaders Workshop
• AWWA Young Professionals (YP) Leader Training Day
• WEF Emerging Young Professionals Leadership (EYPL) Workshop
• Welcome Reception

📅 Tuesday, February 16

• Young Professionals (YP) Summit
• Networking Reception

📅 February 16 - 19

• Utility Management Conference

🎄 Central VA YP Holiday Tacky Light Tour 🎄

It's not the holidays in Richmond without a Tacky Light Tour!

Join the Central VA Young Professionals as we hit the road to see some of Richmond's most talked-about holiday displays! Think thousands of lights, oversized inflatables, and homes that take holiday decorating to a whole new level.

📅 Friday, December 4

📍 Pickup & Drop-Off: Hardywood Park Craft Brewery in Richmond

🕕 Tour Time: 5:30 to 8:00 PM

Please arrive at least 15 minutes early, by 5:15 PM. The bus will be leaving at 5:30 PM.

Stick around after the tour for a drink at Hardywood! 

💲 Cost:

• Members: $10

• Non-Members: $20

✨ Limited Spots Available
Space is limited to 23 attendees due to shuttle capacity, so register early to save your spot!

🍕 Pizza Provided
Pizza will be provided by the YP Committee!

🚗 Parking Information

• Free street parking: Overbrook Road, Ownby Lane, and Botetourt Street

• Paid parking: Credit Union of Virginia lot at 1601 Ownby Ln, Richmond, VA 23220