Each year, students and young professionals present for the local poster competition. Winners receive a monetary prize and the 1st place winner receives the opportunity to present at AWWA's national poster competition. 2021 Winners Alma Rocha 1st Place San Diego State University "Persistence Of SARS-CoV-2 In Natural Water" Meena Ejjada 2nd Place University of Nevada, Las Vegas "Impact Of Runoff On Trihalomethanes (THM) Formation Potentials" George W. Kajjumba 3rd Place University of Nevada, Las Vegas "Managing Disinfection Byproducts At The Household Level" Nishanth Senthilkumar 4th Place University of California, Los Angeles "Predicting The Functioning Status Of Water Pumping Systems Using Deep Learning Architectures"