2026 Competition Winners

Eugene Stephens, Henrico Water, Virginia Section, Best of the Best Trophy

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Pipe Tapping

Women’s Pipe Tapping

First Place: Lady Lonestar Tappers, Texas Section, 2:19.33
Second Place: Grit City Grind, Pacific Northwest Section, 2:43.43
Third Place: Lansing Lethal Ladies, Michigan Section, 2:47.22

Men’s Pipe Tapping

First Place: SADM Apodaca, Mexico Section, 1:19.50
Second Place: Big Blue Tappers, Chesapeake Section, 1:29.46
Third Place: Alamo Drillerz, Texas Section, 1:32.65
Fourth Place: BJWSA, South Carolina Section, 1:35.75
Fifth Place: Water Boys, Florida Section, 1:46.05

Top Ops

First Place: Turbidity Chasers, Indiana Section
Second Place: Str8 Drippin’, Chesapeake Section
Third Place: Floc University, New York Section
Fourth Place: The Incompressibles, Illinois Section

AWWA Meter Challenge

1st Place: Craig Dalton, South Carolina Section, Time: 34.60
2nd Place: Scott Wall, California Nevada Section
3rd Place: Jacob Harrison, Virginia Section
4th Place: Ruffin Colson, South Carolina Section

Tap Water Taste Tests

The “Best of the Best” Water Taste Test is comprised of regional AWWA section winners of water taste test competitions.

A panel of esteemed judges rates each water sample on its flavor characteristics.

People’s Choice

Southwest Section – City Corporation, Russellville, Arkansas

Best of the Best

1. Atlantic Canada Section – City of Fredericton, New Brunswick
2. Illinois Section – Village of Sugar Grove, Illinois
3. Intermountain Section – Central Utah Water Conservancy District, Vineyard, Utah