Operations Challenge History
Find out the full history of Operations Challenge. Since the event's inception in 1988, WEF's magazines have chronicled the details of each competition. The links below connect to PDF articles of the full coverage. Each entry is marked by the year, city of the competition, and the Division 1 winning team.
Water Environment & Technology magazine (2010 to current)
- 2023 - Chicago - Controlled Chaos
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2023 Photo Archive - 2022 - New Orleans - Elevated Ops
Watch the 2022 Awards Ceremony on Facebook - 2021 - Chicago - Controlled Chaos
Watch the 2021 Awards Ceremony on Facebook - 2020 - Virtual - Controlled Chaos
Watch the entire virtual 2020 Operations Challenge on GoToWebinar. - 2019 - Chicago - Elevated Ops
2019 Photo Archive - 2018 - New Orleans - TRA CreWSers
- 2017 - Chicago - TRA CreWSers
- 2016 - New Orleans - Blue Ridge Brawlers
- 2015 - Chicago - TRA CReWSers
- 2014 - New Orleans - Terminal Velocity
- 2013 - Chicago - Terminal Velocity
- 2012 - New Orleans - Terminal Velocity
- 2011 - Los Angeles - Terminal Velocity
- 2010 - New Orleans - Terminval Velocity
Operations Forum section of Water Environment & Technology magazine (2000 to 2009)
- 2009 - Orlando, Fla. - TRA CReWSers
- 2008 - Chicago - TRA CReWSers
- 2007 - San Diego - Commode Commandos
- 2006 - Dallas - TRA CReWSers
- 2005 - Washington, D.C. - TRA CReWSers
- 2004 - New Orleans - Fluid Dynamics
- 2003 - Los Angeles - Fluid Dynamics
- 2002 - Chicago - HRSD Bio-Force
- 2001 - Atlanta - LA Wrecking Crew
- 2000 - Anaheim, Calif. - LA Wrecking Crew
Operations Forum magazine
- 1999 - New Orleans - Commode Commandos
- 1998 - Orlando, Fla. - Team HRSD G-Force
- 1997 - Chicago - LA Wrecking Crew
- 1996 - Dallas - Team HRSD G-Force
- 1995 - Miami Beach, Fla. - LA Wrecking Crew
- 1994 - Chicago - LA Wrecking Crew
- 1993 - Anaheim, Calif. - LA Wrecking Crew
- 1992 - New Orleans - HRSD Pink & Black Attack
- 1991 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada - HRSD Ches-Eliz Lightening
- 1990 - Washington, D.C. - HRSD Ches-Eliz Lightening
- 1989 - San Francisco - East Bay MUD
- 1988 - Dallas - East Bay MUD
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