Water Buffalo's Ride with Purpose Raises $130,000

V&A's President, Debra L. Kaye, PE

Ready to #ridewithpurpose

V&A's President, Debra L. Kaye, PE joined other motorcycle enthusiasts, in the Water Buffalo's Ride with Purpose. All of this fun is in the spirit of raising money and awareness for non-profit organizations that provide for safe drinking water, sanitation services and environmental stewardship to communities in need. V&A was also a sponsor contributing to the overall $130,000 raised for Water for People and AWWA's Community Engineering Corp.

WATER FOR PEOPLE is an international non-profit working across 9 countries to bring safe water and sanitation to 4 million people. It exists to develop high quality drinking water and sanitation services, accessible to all, and sustained by strong communities, businesses, and governments.
https://www.waterforpeople.org

Community Engineering Corps is an alliance between AWWA, American Society of Civil Engineers and Engineers Without Borders-USA. The alliance combines the strengths of three organizations to provide technical expertise to underserved communities in the United States and ensure that their infrastructure meets their community's needs. https://www.awwa.org/membership/get-involved/community-engineering-corps.aspx

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UESI Pipelines 2018 Conference

Revitalizing Global Underground Utility Infrastructure
Toronto, Canada | July 15-18, 2018

Join us at the premier conference for buried utility engineering, underground infrastructure management, and surveying practice.

Why Should You Attend?

• Expand your knowledge base to enhance the success of your projects at this leading industry event for practitioners covering the most current state-of-the-art engineering technologies for pipeline and utilities infrastructure.
• Take advantage of the international setting to network with your peers, potential clients and project team leads.
• Earn up to 26 PDHs via thought-provoking interdisciplinary education, inspiring and enlightening keynote speakers, tours, and short courses on topics relevant to pipeline and trenchless technologies in water, wastewater, storm drainage, gas and oil pipeline systems.
• Connect with exhibitors show-casing over one hundred top products and services in pipelines technologies.
• Explore the Canadian heritage in Toronto and the larger surrounding area including the breathtaking Niagara Falls, and neighboring cities of Mississauga and Brampton.

Pipelines 2018 is part of the new ASCE Utility Engineering & Surveying Institute (UESI). The conference will continue to provide a forum for pipeline engineers and practitioners from all around the world to share their experiences in meeting the challenges of today's pipeline infrastructure. This premier industry event has become the conference of choice for utility and pipeline owners, design and consulting engineers, contractors, manufacturers, suppliers, students, educators, researchers, and pipeline professionals. The conference will also include surveying as it relates to pipeline and utility projects. The Pipelines 2018 Conference will provide a dynamic and inspiring venue for participants to share and gain valuable knowledge related to planning, designing, constructing, renewing, operating, managing and maintaining the lifeline assets.