Student Chapters

Student chapters are affiliated directly with American Water Resources Association national. At least 15 student members and/or candidates for Student Chapter membership may petition AWRA Headquarters for recognition as a student chapter. They must have two sponsors who are members of AWRA, one of whom must be a faculty member at the petitioning campus, and their bylaws must be approved by the AWRA President. Any university or college can have a student chapter. AWRA-WA sponsors student chapter dinner meetings each year, and student chapter members are liaisons to the AWRA-WA board of directors. Please contact us if you are a student interested in starting a new AWRA chapter!

We currently have two active student chapters: The University of Washington (UW) and Central Washington University (CWU).

Chapter Leadership

Alessandro Martinex, 2025-26 UW Chapter President 

Alessandro is an environmental engineering undergraduate at the University of Washington and the current AWRA UW Student Chapter President. Since this past summer, he has been working as a research assistant in UW’s Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, helping collect field samples and run experiments investigating 6PPD-Quinone in urban streams and stormwater. Additionally, Alessandro is a member of the Engineers Without Borders UW Chapter and is on a team helping design a pit Latrine for a primary school in Malawi. Outside of engineering, Alessandro plays clarinet in the UW Wind Ensemble, enjoys time with family, and relishes winter weather activities.

Visit the AWRA-UW Student Chapter website for more information about the UW Student Chapter.

Maggie Egan, 2025 CWU Chapter President

Contact Emily Polizzi for more information about the CWU Student Chapter.