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Photo Contest

2022 VWMC Photo Contest Winners

Thank you to all who participated, and congratulations to the winning photos.  One winner was selected in each category: Water Monitoring, Water in Nature, and Water Treatment. All entries will be shown during the VWMC Conference on August 4, 2022.

Water Monitoring

Winning Photo:

    • Maintenance of monitoring buoy at Stingray Point, off mouth of the Rappahannock. (Photo taken by Kaitlyn Parker)

 

 

 

 

 

Honorable Mention:

    • Sondes at sunset on the York River (Photo taken by Kaitlyn Parker)

 

 

 

 

 

 

    • Rapid bioassessment in Blackwater Creek by Randolph College environmental science students (Photo taken by Karin Warren)

 

 

 

 

 

Water in Nature

Winning Photo:

    • Photo of Foggy sunrise at Lee Hall Reservoir. Foggy sunrise at Lee Hall Reservoir (Photo taken by Andrew Rich)

 

 

 

 

Honorable Mention:

    • Piankatank River at Freeport Landing (Photo taken by Kaitlyn Parker)

 

 

 

 

    • Photo of snake in water. Snake playing peek-a-boo at Lee Hall Reservoir (Photo taken by James McCabe)

 

 

 

    • Great Blue Heron over the James River in Richmond (Photo taken by Jenn Clarke)

 

 

 

Water Treatment

Winning Photo:

    • Baptist Run stream restoration project in York County (Photo taken by James McCabe)

 

 

 

 

Honorable Mention:

    • Photo of Richmond treatment plant with city in background.Richmond’s skyline from its wastewater treatment plant (Photo taken by Jenn Clarke)

 

 

 

    • Oxygenation system repair at Falling Creek Reservoir (Photo taken by Cecelia Wood)