The SARBS chapter of CWEA is proud to bring Systems you the Math, Operations, and Maintenance for Biosolids Systems training seminar presented by local industry experts. They will provide you with the information you need to improve your biosolids-specific math skills and O&M know-how while earning continuing education credits in a one-day training course.
The topics included in this seminar address some of the most relevant solids handling issues facing treatment plants today – from maximizing and treating digester gas to dewatering equipment maintenance and handling struvite problems. If math interests you more than one of the process-related topics, you can also choose to attend one or both of the math sessions scheduled in the morning and early afternoon.
Operations and maintenance personnel involved with biosolids processes at wastewater treatment plants will benefit from attending this training session and are encouraged to register early. Register Early to Guarantee Entry in the SARBS Door Prize Giveaway!
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The Phoenix Club
1340 S. Sanderson Avenue
Anaheim, CA 92806
See flyer for more information
Please join us to visit the Burbank Water Reclamation Plant (BWRP), where BWRP and LABS SYPC (California Water Environment Association Los Angeles Basin Section Students & Young Professional Committee) are hosting a facility tour introducing City of Burbank’s full scale wastewater treatment and reclamation processes.
BWRP is a tertiary wastewater treatment plant that currently treats 9 million gallons of sewage per day (MGD). The BWRP was built in 1966 to meet the wastewater and sewer needs of the growing residential population and expanding commercial industries located in the City of Burbank. Originally built to treat 6 MGD, the City upgraded the BWRP to the current 9 MGD in 1971. The plant was upgraded in 2000 to ensure that its meets new stringent regulations raising the quality of the cleaned wastewater it discharges after the treatment process. The plant was upgraded again in 2002 to remove ammonia from the wastewater.
Time: September 27, Tuesday 8:30-10am
Venue: 740 North Lake Street, Burbank CA
RSVP: nicole.you@lacity.org
Parking: On Lake Street, entrance of the plant is at Lake & Chestnut
Cost: Free!
***POSTPONED TO 2012***
Sustainable Infrastructure is the foundation for creating a strong and prosperous economy in communities around the world. The Los Angeles Basin Section (LABS) of California Water Environment Association is organizing a Sept. 8th specialty conference to promote sustainable practices that help ensure we continue to enjoy the benefits of clean and safe water.
We will hear from industry leaders about projects and practices that will help us realize and maintain sustainable communities.
• Jim Clark, Senior Vice President, Black & Veatch
• Mark Gold, President, Heal the Bay
• Adel Hagekhalil, Asst. Director, Watershed Protection, City of Los Angeles, Dept. of Public Works, Bureau of Sanitation
• Nancy Steele, President, Los Angeles & San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council
• Deborah Weinstein, TreePeople
• Jim Yannotta, Asst Director of Water Resources, Los Angeles Department of Water & Power
See flyer for more information
Date: Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Time: 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm ET
Webinar Overview:
The City of Los Angeles is the first of five 2011 U.S. Water Prize Winners profiled in this webinar series. Sponsored and administered by the Clean Water America Alliance, the United States Water Prize Program is a celebration of sustainable solutions that advance holistic, watershed-based approaches to water quality and quantity challenges. The City of Los Angeles’ Water Integrated Resources Plan (IRP) started with a simple yet ambitious vision: City Departments working with the community to manage water resources holistically. This innovative approach led the City down a seven-year path toward a plan for Los Angeles’ future. The IRP integrates supply, conservation, recycling and runoff management with wastewater facilities planning through a regional watershed approach, enlisting the public in the planning and design development process. Attendees to this webinar earn one Professional Development Hour.
Speaker:
Adel Hagekhalil, P.E., BCEE
Assistant Director
Board Certified Environmental Engineer
Bureau of Sanitation – City of Los Angeles
Adel Hagekhalil is a registered civil engineer with the State of California and a national Board Certified Environmental Engineer. Adel has a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering. He has participated in many leadership development programs including the Water and Wastewater Development Program at the University of North Carolina.
Adel is currently an Assistant Director with the City of Los Angeles’ Bureau of Sanitation where he is responsible for the Bureau’s wastewater collection system management, storm water and watershed protection program, water quality compliance, and facilities and advance planning.
Register online: http://video.webcasts.com/events/pmny001/viewer/index.jsp?eventid=39294
Cloth media filters provide solution for California wastewater treatment plant
by Robert Batek, P.E.
The Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant (DCTWRP) in Los Angeles began operation in 1985. The plant’s treatment scheme consists of primary sedimentation, activated sludge, secondary clarification followed by traveling bridge sand filters, a chlorination pathogen removal process and dechlorination prior to water reclamation or discharge. The flow design criteria for the plant are 80 million gal per day (mgd) average dry weather flow (ADWF), 120 mgd dry weather peak flow (DWPF) and 160 mgd peak wet weather flow (PWWF).
Challenge
In recent years, the traveling bridge sand filters have experienced serious mechanical, structural and performance degradation. Chemical enhancement, as well as repeated shock chlorination, have been necessary to maintain acceptable filter performance. These tertiary filtration issues made it difficult for the Bureau of Sanitation operational and maintenance staff to guarantee long-term performance and reliability, so DCTWRP needed a solution—one that included expanded flow capacity.
Solution
After evaluating the options for a resolution, eight AquaDiamond cloth media filters were installed at the plant. These filters were selected because they are specifically designed for retrofitting into existing sand filter beds with minimal modification to the existing civil works. They also can provide more than twice the hydraulic capacity than sand filters with an equivalent footprint, and produce high-quality filtered effluent to meet California’s stringent reuse requirements.
The diamond laterals are covered with 10-micron OptiFiber PES-13 cloth filtration media, which is constructed of polyester pile fibers woven into a polyester support backing material. The cloth media provide an increased filtration surface area with higher solids and hydraulic loadings per square foot compared to sand media. These benefits minimized spatial requirements and construction costs for DCTWRP.
Each AquaDiamond filter is designed to handle an average flow of 12.5 mgd and a maximum flow of 24 mgd. Under these flow rates, the filters must achieve Title 22 California Department of Public Health Water Recycling Criteria, which stipulate that a turbidity daily average effluent must not exceed 2 NTU, while influent filter turbidity values range from zero to 10 NTU. The specifications also required the filter units to run without continuous backwashing with average influent TSS concentrations up to 10 mg/L and maximum TSS concentrations of 17.6 mg/L.
Results
DCTWRP conducted field performance tests on four diamond filters installed during the first phase of the project. The testing ran from Dec. 4, 2009, to Jan. 21, 2010, to confirm compliance of the filters’ performance with design specifications.
The performance tests were successful, and indicated a 240% average increase in treatment capacity while exhibiting comparable solids removal rates at design flow with a superior ability to achieve elevated performance. During a 24-hour test period, average daily backwash rates were low—generally less than 0.45% of the forward flow. No continuous backwashing occurred during the tests.
The AquaDiamond filters are able to consistently achieve reuse quality effluent at the designed hydraulic conditions of 12-mgd-per-filter average flow and 24-mgd-per-filter peak flow.
AquaDiamond Filter Performance Data – DCTWRP
Parameter Influent Effluent
Turbidity (NTU) 1.3 – 3.6 0.5 – 1.4
TSS (mg/L)* 2.4 – 14.2 = 2.0
The remaining four filter units went online soon after the successful field performance testing. The AquaDiamond filters continue to meet the expectations of DCTWRP with expanded treatment capacity in a smaller footprint and consistent reuse-quality effluent.
Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc.
6306 N. Alpine Road Loves Park, IL 61111
P: 815.654.2501
F: 815.654.2508
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Come join LABS for our annual Past Presidents Event to be held at the Getty Villa located in beautiful Malibu!
When: Saturday, August 27th, 2011
Lunch: 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM – The Founder’s Room
Architectural Tour: 2:00 PM & 2:30 PM
RSVP: Please RSVP to Hala Titus at titush@bv.com by August 19th
COST: $45.00 Members/$55.00 Non-Members/$25.00 Students
Parking: Parking Reservations are under “California Water Environment Association” and each car costs $15 to park.
Directions:
The Getty Villa is located at 17985 Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades, California, one mile north of Sunset Boulevard and approximately 25 miles west of downtown Los Angeles. From Los Angeles, take the I-10 (Santa Monica Freeway) west until it turns into Route 1 (Pacific Coast Highway) going north along the Pacific Ocean. Continue on Route 1 for approximately five miles to the Getty Villa.
Please note that visitors must approach the Getty Villa from the south. Access to the Getty Villa entrance is only from the northbound right-hand lane of Pacific Coast Highway (PCH). Turning left across PCH is illegal and any attempt to enter the site via Coastline Drive is not permitted.
See flyer for more information
***Due to popular demand, this event is Sold Out***
It’s an environmental learning experience for children of all ages. It’s home to five coastal habitats and SoCal’s only coastal prairie. It’s an oasis. It’s an environmental cleaning machine for the ocean.
It’s the heart of Malibu. It’s one smart park. The Legacy Park Project, the centerpiece of the City of Malibu’s $50 million dollar commitment to clean water, is a cutting-edge concept with far-reaching civic, educational, and environmental benefits for residents, visitors, and the generations to come.
Employing state-of-the-art technology, it is a central park that will work as an environmental cleaning machine, reducing pollution impacts in Malibu Creek, Malibu Lagoon, and the world famous Surfrider Beach, and will provide a
living learning center for five coastal habitats.
Featured Dinner Speakers:
Bob Brager, Public Works Director, City of Malibu
Elizabeth Shavelson, Public Works Analyst, City of Malibu
Steve Clary, Principal, RMC Water & Environment
When:
Thursday, July 29, 2011
5:00 p.m. Tour
6:00 p.m. Dinner
7:00 p.m. Presentation
Where:
Tour: Stormwater Treatment Facility
(salmon colored building):
Legacy Park
23500 Civic Center Way
Malibu 90265
Dinner: Guido’s Malibu (walk next door)
3874 Cross Creek Road, Malibu
RSVP:
By July 22nd with meal choice to:
alecm@jwce.com or call Alec Mackie
at (714) 428-4614.
See flyer for more information
Operating a Water Recycling Plant
NOW AND IN THE FUTURE
Long Beach Water Department Senior Operator Richard Salas will present several high-tech pilot projects LBWD is working on to improve operations and then lead us on a tour of the Leo J. Vander Lans water treatment facility. The facility takes 3MGD of tertiary treated wastewater from LACSD’s Long Beach treatment plant and purifies it through microfiltration, reverse osmosis and UV disinfection. The clean water is then injected into a seawater intrusion barrier to protect local groundwater. Lunch on-site.
Please no open toed shoes or high heels / Limit 30 people / RSVP Today!
Pay at the door: $18 CWEA members / $25 Non-members /
$10 students or retirees. 1 CWEA contact hour available.
Where:
Long Beach Water Dept.
Vander Lans AWTF
7380 E. Willow
Long Beach 90815
(next to LACSD Long Beach Plant)
When:
Thursday, September 15, 2011
11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Lunch:
Passion Fruit Catering
Sandwiches, salads, sodas and cookies.
Please RSVP by 9/12
alecm@jwce.com
or call Alec Mackie
(714) 428-4614
See flyer for more information
CWEA is proud to announce that Justin Choe of Rancho Palos Verdes High School is the state winner of the Stockholm Junior Water Prize. He received $250 and a trip with his teacher to attend the National Competition in Chicago in June. His winning paper “The efficacy of harnessing and induced magnetic field for the purpose of recycling and reusing Ag-Fe nanoparticles in the wastewater treatment process,” will run in the August Wastewater Professional.
***Due to popular demand, this event is SOLD OUT***
After successfully operating a 10-gallon-a-minute ocean-water desalination pilot and producing desalinated ocean-water that exceeds current state and federal drinking water standards, West Basin Municipal Water District is now taking the next step: desalinating ocean-water for its customers through an Ocean-Water Desalination Demonstration Project (SEA Lab in Redondo Beach, California) on a fully developed urban site. This facility utilizes limited quantities of full-scale equipment to refine operating parameters, perform additional water quality testing, evaluate environmentally-protective source intake methodologies, and assess energy e fficiency. IDA, CWEA SARBS and LABS now joint organize an exciting tour to the Ocean-Water Desalination Demonstration Facility in Redondo Beach, CA on August 11th. Water wastewater professionals and those are interested in desalination and water treatment in general are welcome to join the tour and socialize with peers at the beautiful Redondo Beach.
Date: August 11st 2011
Time: 6-8 PM including a gathering for happy hour around 7 PM
Location: 1021 N Harbor Dr, Redondo Beach, CA
Parking: Limited, carpool desirable
RSVP: Nicole You
E-Mail: Nicole.you@lacity.org
Phone: 323-342-6265
See attached flyer for more information
Bill Garrett retires today from the Industrial Waste section of the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts. In honor of Bill’s achievements in the wastewater industry the Board of Directors for both LABS and CWEA’s P3S Committee unanimously approved the following resolution…
PRETREATMENT, POLLUTION PREVENTION & STORMWATER (P3S) COMMITTEE
and LOS ANGELES BASIN SECTION
Resolution No. 3 • July 7, 2011
Commending William C. Garrett III
WHEREAS, Mr. Garrett has committed his professional life to protecting the water environment, and
WHEREAS, Mr. Garrett has been an active member of the California Water Environment Association and the Pretreatment, Pollution Prevention, and Storm Water Committee (formerly the Industrial & Hazardous Waste Committee) for 31 years, and
WHEREAS, Mr. Garrett has been a member of the Water Environment Federation throughout his career, and
WHEREAS, Mr. Garrett has served as Local Arrangements Chair, Session Chair, Moderator, Speaker, and all-around “go to guy” at numerous P3S and CWEA annual conferences and Chair of the 1990 Industrial & Hazardous Waste Conference, and
WHEREAS, Mr. Garrett was inducted into the Order of the Silver Cover in 1991 for long-term, dedicated, high effort-level service to the Industrial & Hazardous Waste Committee, and
WHEREAS, Mr. Garrett was recognized in 1990 by the Los Angeles Basin Section as Industrial & Hazardous Waste Control Person of the Year, and was inducted into the elite Select Society of Sanitary Sludge Shovelers (5S) in 1994, and
WHEREAS, Mr. Garrett has been a longtime active and committee member of the Los Angeles Basin Section (LABS) of CWEA, and
WHEREAS, Mr. Garrett has mentored past, current, and future leaders working in both the wastewater industry and the California Water Environment Association, and
WHEREAS, Mr. Garrett “wrote the book” on source control inspection guidelines and techniques, and
WHEREAS, Mr. Garrett was a leader and dedicated contributor to the CWEA Technical Certification Program since its inception, and
WHEREAS, Mr. Garrett has actively supported involvement of his staff in California Water Environment Association activities as Supervising Industrial Waste Inspector at the County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the California Water Environment Association commends William C. Garrett III, for his years of dedicated service to the wastewater industry on this occasion of his retirement from the County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: The California Water Environment Association wishes Mr. Garrett every success in his future endeavors.
UNANIMOUSLY PASSED AND ADOPTED this 29th day of June 2011.
John Boyd
Chair, P3S Committee
Wendy Wert
President, LABS of CWEA
New BMP Database Results for Four Pollutant Categories and Volume Control Too!
Date: Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Time: 02:00 to 03:00 PM EDT
Duration: 60 Minutes
Price: FREE TO WERF SUBSCRIBERS
What level of treatment is typical for various BMPs and green infrastructure practices? What pollutant removal mechanisms do they employ? How can I use this information to help select and design effective stormwater controls?
Representatives from the International Stormwater BMP Database will answer these questions and more, as they provide stormwater managers, consultants, and others with the latest BMP performance evaluation results for four pollutant categories – bacteria, nutrients, sediment, and metals – as well as volume reduction.
This evaluation is based on analysis of the data contained in the International Stormwater BMP Database and is summarized in a new series of technical memos. To learn more, visit www.bmpdatabase.org.
LOS ANGELES, CA— What do Heal the Bay Founder Dorothy Green, Southern California Public Radio, Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, Carpet Manufacturer Bentley Prince Street, Monrovia Mayor Mary Ann Lutz and Temple City Councilman Carl Blum all have in common? The answer: they’ve all worked to end Southern California’s dependence on imported sources of water.
On July 14, to celebrate its 15th Anniversary, the Los Angeles & San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council will present awards to those who have worked to ensure a sustainable future for the Los Angeles region, home to almost one-third of all Californians. The Watershed Council will also make a major announcement at the event, marking a positive strategic move forward for the organization. Policy makers, environmentalist and citizens concerned with sustainability won’t want to miss this fun event that will feature great food, special guests, music, unique auction items and actors portraying pioneers of California’s water past. LA City Councilman Ed Reyes has confirmed his attendance and several other local elected officials are tentatively scheduled to attend.
About the Honorees:
Southern California Public Radio/89.3 KPCC is being honored for its consistent and comprehensive coverage of local environmental issues by journalists such as Molly Peterson, Patt Morrison, Ilsa Setziol, and Larry Mantle. In addition to consistent high quality reporting on stormwater management and other water issues, the station’s commitment to becoming the “greenest radio station in the nation” has taken an important first step in the building of its new LEED certified studio and office headquarters in Pasadena.
Zev Yaroslavsky is in his fourth term on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. Since first being elected in 1994, Zev has been a leader in environmental issues. His major priorities and accomplishments include leading efforts to conserve public lands and save open space especially in the Santa Monica Mountains, ban the use of plastic bags in grocery stores, and implementing the County’s Low Impact Development ordinance to capture stormwater. The Supervisor championed the Sun Valley Watershed Project, which has been a boon to local environmental efforts while also helping residents solve very serious flooding issues. Zev authored Proposition A, which provided funding to preserve open space lands and triggered the development of urban parks throughout Los Angeles County and coauthored the North Area Plan in 2000, which reined in development in the Santa Monica Mountains. Thanks to his efforts, he was able to save significant mountain ridgelines and notable parcels of land, such as Ahmanson Ranch, King Gillette Ranch and others.
Bentley Prince Street is committed to sustainable commerce and innovations to integrate style and function with environmental practices through its Mission Zero goal of eliminating any negative impact it has on the environment by the year 2020. For 30 years the company has manufactured and marketed award-winning broadloom and carpet tile products for commercial interiors across the globe. With the industry’s most comprehensive vertical carpet manufacturing facility, the company maintains third-party certification to the ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System and the ISO 14001:2004 Environmental Management System. Statistics back up the company’s commitment to sustainability – over the past 15 years water use per unit has been reduced by 52 percent, waste sent to landfills has been reduced by 97 percent, absolute greenhouse gas emissions have been reduced by 48 percent, and energy use per unit has been reduced by 40%. Today, renewable sources provide 100 percent of electrical energy requirements.
Mary Ann Lutz was elected as Mayor of the City of Monrovia in 2009 and re-elected in 2011 having served on the City Council since 2003. Prior to elected office, Mary Ann led a successful campaign to have the City of Monrovia purchase and create a wilderness preserve in the foothills. In her current role, Mary Ann has been a champion of water independence and was appointed the Vice Chair of the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board by Governor Schwarzenegger in 2003. She is the Founding Chair and current Vice Chair of the Environmental, Energy, and Natural Resources Committee for the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments, Chair of the Water Resources Working Group for SGVCOG, and a member of the Los Angeles County Integrated Waste Management Task Force.
Carl Blum was an early board member of the Los Angeles & San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council, and served as Vice- President from 2000-2002. Over his 36-year career working for the Los Angeles County Flood Control District and Department of Public Works, Carl led a shift in thinking toward a broader watershed management perspective including the creation in 2000 of the Watershed Management Division at the Department of Public Works. Notable accomplishments include the development of the Los Angeles River Master Plan and the formation of a steering committee for the development of a master plan on the San Gabriel River. Carl was influential in the formation of the Mountains and Rivers Conservancy, a state agency, and the formation of the Sun Valley Watershed Project. Since retiring from the District, Carl has remained active in leadership positions with the American Society of Civil Engineers. In 2010, Carl was appointed to the Temple City Council and was elected for a four year term in 2011.
About the Watershed Council
The Watershed Council supports a healthy watershed for the region by serving as a robust center for the generation of objective research and analysis. The Council has established a platform for meaningful collaboration between governmental organizations, academic institutions, businesses and other nonprofit organizations with a vested interest in preserving the watershed.
Founded in 1996 by leading environmental activist Dorothy Green and others, the Watershed Council produces continuing research programs that examine water usage and quality as well as create and enhance preservation and conservation tactics. The trustworthy expertise and analysis that comes from the Watershed Council’s ongoing programs connects a diverse set of groups with overlapping missions in an effort to drive polices that will continually improve watershed quality.
Tickets are only $50 and can be purchased by visiting the Watershed Council’s website at www.lasgrwc.org
Tickets are tax-deducible to the amount allowed under the law.
The 2011 Water Quality Symposium, 21st Century Science and Technology, promises to enlighten. Research projects that have taken many years and thousands of hours of analysis are ready for presentation. Subjects range from water quality source identification to the economics of sea level rise. This event will provide a unique opportunity to interact with recognized experts and researchers who have studied our rich coastal habitats.
Please join us for a day of learning, exploration, and discussion.
See event flyer for more information
http://www.malibucity.org/news/index.cfm/fuseaction/story/ID/1182/
The 2012 CWEA P3S Conference seeks presentations for workshop sessions in the following tracks:
- Non-Industrial Source Control
- Pretreatment Automation Tools
- Pretreatment 101 – how and why did the pretreatment regulations come to be
- Regulatory Issues
- EPA Audit Experiences
- Stormwater Issues
- Pollution Prevention Outreach Successes
- Permit Writing War Stories
The 2012 CWEA P3S Conference will be held February 27-29, 2012 in Southern California.
We would love to have you present your work and interesting “war stories” as we all spend some time learning together. Please send a brief description of your presentation for consideration to Mike Zedek (mzedek@ocsd.com).
LABS is saddened to report wastewater operator Fred Crumb was killed last week in a tank explosion at the City of Redding’s Clear Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant. Fred was a CWEA member.
Marcia Ames Industrial Waste Supervisor from City of Redding, CA writes…
The City of Redding recently had a tragic accident at one of our wastewater treatment plants when the recycled plant water (or #2 water) tank exploded. One of the operators was nearby and was fatally wounded. The 4500 gallon tank was installed in the 1970’s during the original plant construction. Since this is a pressurized water tank, there is no OSHA requirement to test this type of tank.
Please inform your own wastewater staff and other treatment plants in your area, particularly if they are older treatment plants, about the potential dangers of these systems.
http://www.redding.com/news/2011/jun/16/city-osha-investigate-explosion/
The next P3S committee meeting will be held at 10:00 am on Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011 in the City of Santa Monica. The meeting location is the City Water Assembly Room at the City Yards – 2500 Michigan Ave. Santa Monica, CA 90404.
Sarah Woodard, Project Manager of the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission/Foundation, will be speaking about the Clean Bay Restaurant Certification Program.
All P3S members and other interested parties are welcome to attend. Remote attendance via conference call and GoToMeeting will be available. Please RSVP to Preeti Ghuman, pghuman@lacsd.org Committee Secretary (562) 908-4288 ext 2904 if you will be attending in person to insure we have enough lunch for everyone. For CWEA members lunch is on the Committee.
Please join us for our next collection systems luncheon to be held on June 23, 2011 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
AQMD Fleet Rules (15 min)
Dean Saito, AQMD
An explanation of AQMD’s Clean Natural Gas vehicle requirements for new municipal equipment operating within the LA Basin as well as recent examples of the waiver process.
Equipment Options and Capabilities (15 min)
Dave Thomas, Haaker
The options available for purchasing CNG vehicles and equipment specifications and capabilities.
Clean Fleet Success Story (30 min panel discussion)
Barry Berggren, City of Los Angeles, Bureau of Sanitation
The panel includes Mr. Berggren and members of the BOS field crew and fleet staff. They’ll describe the challenges CNG equipment poses in the field and for fleet management, along with ways the City of Los Angeles is addressing those challenges.
Please RSVP by June 22nd to:
Cathy Macklin,
RMC Water & Environment
cmacklin@rmcwater.com
(310) 566-6460
Location:
City of Los Angeles
Bureau of Sanitation
Media Center
2714 Media Center Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90065
See flyer for more information
Join Fast Company writer and bestselling author Charles Fishman for a deep dive into the wonderful world of water and hear amazing stories about the people and projects providing clean, safe water in America and around the world. In a country with an abundance of clean water, available 24/7 and for less than a penny a gallon, are we missing a bigger picture? What happens when the water runs out.
Hosted by the UCLA Chapter of ASCE we’ll also discuss the state of America’s infrastructure, where the jobs will be in the water industry and the business opportunities available in cleaning water.
Join us as Charles takes us on a journey to cities who went to the abyss of massive water issues only to pull themselves back with smart, innovative and economical water management solutions.
Read the book and join us for a lively discussion about water and the engineers and workers who clean it, deliver it, and then take it away in the Los Angeles Basin and around the world.
To learn about water industry careers visit the Water Environment Federation website www.WorkForWater.org <http://www.workforwater.org/>
FREE Event
FREE refreshments
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
UCLA Boelter Penthouse, Samueli School
Use NW elevator in Boelter Hall (Elevator #137). 8th Floor.
Please RSVP by June 20th: kendrarusinek@gmail.com<mailto:kendrarusinek@gmail.com>
To view the event flyer click here<https://mail.jwce.com/media_IOE/files/June-22_UCLA-ASCE_Fishman_Big-Thirst-ff-n3j.pdf>.
Special Instructions:
Directions: Use Westwood Plaza entrance and Park in Lot #9. $8. Boelter Hall is north of Lot 9, to the right of large brick building with brown glass windows (Engineering IV bldg). Boelter Hall cannot be seen from the street, so ask parking attendant for precise directions.
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Join bestselling author Charles Fishman for a deep dive into the wonderful world of water and hear amazing stories about the people and projects providing clean, safe water in America and around the world. In a country with an abundance of clean water, available 24/7 and for less than a penny a gallon, are we missing a bigger picture? What happens when the water runs out.
Join us as Charles takes us on a journey to cities who went to the abyss of massive water issues only to pull themselves back with smart, innovative and economical water management solutions.
Hosted by the LA Chamber, Los Angeles & San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council, Water for People LA and LABS of CWEA (LA’s association of wastewater professionals) we’ll also share an interesting story about one of LA’s innovative water projects with Charles and the audience.
Read the book and join us for a lively discussion about water and the people who clean it, deliver it, and then take it away in the LA Basin and around the world.
Author bio: Charles Fishman is the author of The Wal-Mart Effect, a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller. Fishman is a former metro and national reporter for The Washington Post. Since 1996, he has worked for the business magazine Fast Company. He has won numerous awards, including twice winning UCLA’s Gerald Loeb Award for outstanding business writing, the most prestigious award in business journalism. His story about bottled water, “Message in a Bottle,” was a finalist for the 2008 Gerald Loeb Award for magazine writing.
To attend, please click to RSVP:
http://events.lachamber.com/default.asp?cale_id=2938&details=true
10:30am – Noon
Wednesday, June 22nd
Hosted by: Los Angeles & San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council
FREE
Parking $6
LA Chamber
350 S. Bixel Street
Los Angeles, CA 90017
