Tri- Counties Medium Plant of the Year and also the State Collection System of the Year ! On top of that , there will be Technical Certification Review classes, we will cover Lab Certification Grades 1 to 4, Collection Certification Grades 1 to 4, Environmental Compliance 1 and 2 , Operations Math/ Operations, Maintenance/ Instrumentation, Safety and Super Group classes. Please come and join us for a fun day of classes, plant tour, vendor exhibits, door prizes, OPS Challenge practice, excellent food and the Best and Worst Hawaiian shirt contest!
Thursday, June 14, 2012 8:00 am – 2:30 pm
City of Simi Valley Water Quality Control Plant
600 W. Los Angeles Ave., Simi Valley, CA 93065
See Flyer for more information.
Come and learn about:
Better understanding of basic design principles in applying pumps to systems
Trouble shooting problems
Proper installation techniques and identifying multiple types of equipment failures
How to better address failures
Learn proactive measures to take regarding equipment care
Learn how to properly operate and maintain plant equipment to extend life and decrease maintenance costs
When: Wednesday May 16, 2012
Where: Sanitation Districts of LA County, 1965 Workman Mill Rd Whittier, CA 90601
See Flyer for more information.
New – the venue is Hyperion’s beautiful, new Environmental Learning Center.
New – Jim Fisher and either Russell Norman or Victor Lopez of the SWRCB WDR have confirmed they will attend
New speaker - Adel Hagekhalil, City of Los Angeles, Wastewater Collection Systems Operations Watershed Protection Assistant Director
• Meet local collection system managers; local vendors; and collection system professionals
• SWRCB update – Jim Fisher (confirmed), Russell Norman or Victor Lopez (confirmed)
• LARWQCB update – Hugh Marley
• Four tracks of training including collection systems certification, maintenance and management seminars.
• Hosts: City of Los Angeles, Department of Public Works, Bureau of Sanitation
Register by mail – hurry seminar may sell-out.
$40 CWEA member
$50 non-member
Nov 3, 2011, 7:30-3:30
Hyperion Wastewater Treatment Plant
12000 Vista Del Mar
Los Angeles, CA 90293
(see flyer for detailed parking info)
Sample classes:
• SWRCB update – Jim Fisher (confirmed), Russell Norman, Victor Lopez
• Regulatory updates con’t – Hugh Marley, LARWQB
• Evolving your maintenance program
• Sewer system success - Adel Hagekhalil, City of Los Angeles
• Collection systems safety
• Sewer bypassing class – Anthony Gaddie, Rain for Rent
• Quality assurance and sewer cleaning – Robert Potter, City of Los Angeles
• Submersible pump maintenance – Randy Cowden, ITT FLygt
• VFD maintenance – Art Yee, Industrial Technical Services
• Overflow class including volume estimates – Duane Johnson, SSCSC
• Collection Systems Math Class – Pettit/Lopez (be sure to bring your CS study guide)
• Plant Maintenance Math – Bernard Rogers, City of Los Angeles (be sure to bring your PM study guide)
• Hyperion Treatment Plant Tour
Questions?
Attendees or volunteers: Alec Mackie, LABS alecm@jwce.com, (714) 428-4614
Volunteer speakers/trainers: Michael Flores, LABS MFlores@rmcwater.com
Exhibitors: Jim Aanderud, SSCSC, jaanderud@AOL.com
Click here for the event flyer >
CWEA plant maintenance math review; submersible pump maintenance; VFD maintenance tips and tricks.
PLC controller maintenance and troubleshooting;
Plus great buffet lunch and door prizes!
Hosts:
City of Los Angeles,
Department of Public Works,
Bureau of Sanitation
See flyer for more information
Planning on taking CWEA’s Environmental Compliance Inspector Exam? Then join Kent McIntosh (Industrial Waste Inspector II for Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts and LABS TCP Chairman) at the Los Coyotes WRP in Cerritos for a review covering the exam topics. If interested, please email Kent as soon as possible, and more detailed information will be provided.
Date: Friday, September 9, 2011
Time: 4 to 8 pm
Location: Los Coyotes WRP – 16515 Piuma Ave, Cerritos, CA 90703 (upstairs Maintenance Building lunch room)
RSVP: Email Kent McIntosh at kmcintosh@lacsd.org (as soon as possible)
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
The next GREEN workshop, dealing with Injury Illness Prevention Plan (IIPP) Preparation, is scheduled for Friday June 3, 2011 from 8 am – 12 noon at the South Whittier Education Center.
The South Whittier Education Center is located at 14307 E. Telegraph Rd., Whittier Ca 90604 and is in front of the Sheriff’s Training Center. There is free parking at the center.
All existing GREEN participants should bring your GREEN Training Binders to this next event. You will also be given the next set of training materials for your GREEN library. If you do not have a GREEN binder, one will be provided for you at the workshop.
If you know of any company or individual that can use and/or benefit from this much needed IIPP training, please invite them to attend this next training event.
Please contact Steve Katnik at 562-463-7501 or email me at skatnik@riohondo.edu if you have questions.
Map to South Whittier Education Center
ET 240 Solid Waste Management Applications course being offered this spring semester.
The course is Tuesday and Thursday nights from 7:00pm to 10:00pm, and it will be taught by the supervisors from the LA County Sanitation Districts solid waste department.
Your instructors will also take you on field trips to the various solid waste sites. The class received great reviews last Spring. Please try to pre-register, but if you are having difficulty adding the class, please feel free contact me at (562) 463-7501 or skatnik@riohondo.edu
ET 240: This course is designed to provide individuals, who are working in or seek employment in the solid waste management field, with an overview of the solid waste industry and its components. Emphasis is placed on the various aspects of integrated waste management including: waste prevention, recycling, composting, incineration, landfilling, environmental sampling and monitoring, facility siting and permitting, and compliance with environmental, health and safety regulations.
Environmental Compliance Inspectors (ECIs) inspect and investigate sources of pollution to protect the public and environment and ensure conformance with Federal, State, and local regulations and ordinances.
CWEA offers four grade levels for ECIs through their technical certification program (TCP). Join Bill to enhance your knowledge of wastewater treatment processes, laboratory procedures, mechanical equipment, industrial processes, safety codes, budgeting principles, regulations and management strategies as you prepare to achieve the next ECI grade level.
No cost or pre-registration but send an email Bill Garrett at bgarrett@lacsd.org to sign up for the review session.
Location:
Los Coyotes WRP
16515 Piuma Av
Cerritos, CA 90703
(upstairs in the Maintenance Building lunch room)
See flyer for more information
CWEA’s Certification Preparation Task Force (CPTF) has just released the 2nd edition of the four Collection System Maintenance (CSM) Study Guides. The new study guides have been revised to reflect the new CSM certification tests being rolled-out January 2011. The study guides have expanded descriptions of the new Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs) covered on the test and updated practice tests. Study guides are available free to all CWEA members as a searchable electronic PDF book.
Each year CWEA’s Technical Certification Program (TCP) will be revalidating and updating tests for one of the 24 vocations tested. After TCP completes the new KSAs, the CPTF takes the new KSAs and updates the study guides for that vocation. This year, the CPTF reviewed and updated 328 pages of Collection System Maintenance Study Guide content!
The CPTF is now working on updating the CSM Moderator Guides due to be released January 2011. These guides outline the curriculum for study session instructors. If your local section is planning a study session, be sure to get a moderator guide. You can contact Director of Member and Leader Services Chris Lundeen at clundeen@cwea.org or 510-382-7800 x104 for more information about getting a Moderator Guide. As the moderator guides will not be available until January, the CPTF would be happy to bring your study session instructors up to speed on any changes in the meantime. Just let Chris know and he can set-up a meeting or conference call with your instructor and members of the CPTF.
Many Thanks to the Collection System Maintenance Study Guide Update Team!
Certification Prep Task Force Co-Chairs:
Gina Cloutier, Victor Valley WRA
Joanna De Sa, City of Sunnyvale
One point of emphasis on directions, please enter the Glendale Civic Auditorium from Mountain Street:
Drive on Mountain St.
JUST PAST Verdugo St
On your right hand side is the parking lot
Glendale Auditorium entrance to the lot is under the trees. City of Glendale staff will be on hand to direct you.
That makes the parking lot address for Glendale Civic Auditorium:
1519 E Mountain St, Glendale, CA 91207
>> Click here for flyer and registration form
Thursday Nov. 4th
7:30-3:00 • 4 CEUs
Glendale Civic Auditorium
1401 N Verdugo Rd., Glendale
2-freeway
Exit Mountain St., go down the hill
CROSS Verdugo Road
1 block on right hand side
Enter parking lot from MOUNTAIN STREET.
Free parking! Vacuum trucks welcome.
LA’s meeting for collection systems workers, managers and superintendents – and anyone else who loves to talk wastewater collections! Featuring Jim Fischer SSO Office, SWRCB on SSMP audits and what the State is looking for. Hands-on training includes: truck safety, rodders, cleaning nozzles and more. Compliance case studies, live overflow simulation, SSO responses & SSMPs. Vendor training, great BBQ lunch and lots of great door prizes!
Nearly 200 people from dozens of Los Angeles agencies are attending including: Long Beach, Torrance, Burbank, Hawthorne, Glendale, Pasadena, Monrovia, Palmdale, Lancaster, IEUA, Simi Valley, LACSD and more! Register for collection systems training today!
$55 CWEA member/$65 non-member
***Sold Out!***
P&ID 101 – An engineering bootcamp to help you with reading, designing and understanding process & instrumentation diagrams.
Wednesday, Sept. 29th
11:00am – 3:00pm
Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County
Conference Rooms E & F
1955 Workman Mill Road, Whittier
Please check in with Security in the main lobby.
$50 CWEA members, $60 non, $25 students/retired. 3 CWEA contact hours. Pay at the door cash or checks, sorry NO credit cards or purchase orders.
Register: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/79Z6VY9
Training Summary
Pick-up the critical skills necessary to understand P&ID documents in our increasingly high-tech and automated industry. Participants will acquire skills needed to differentiate between the interconnection of process equipment and the instrumentation used to control the process. Modules in the seminar are designed to allow participants to learn how to read and interpret the standard set of symbols used in processes instrumentation drawings and their applications in process system design.
Instructor: Joe Chapman
Joe Chapman of Los Angeles Trade Tech frequently teaches on P&ID topics.
Audience:
Environmental engineers, technicians, operators, mechanics, environmental compliance inspectors and vendors.
See flyer for more information!
Register Online or Send in Your Registration
When and Where:
Tuesday, May 4 – Fresno/Clovis RWRF – Fresno – 1-5pm
Thursday, May 6 – Humboldt MUD – Eureka – 1-5pm
Tuesday, May 11 – City of Riverside – Riverside – 1-5pm
Thursday, May 13 – Ulatis Community Center Vacaville – 8am – 12noon
Earn up to 4.8 CWEA Contact Hours
Who Should Attend: Operators, maintenance personnel, design engineers, facility mangers and supervisors who would like more information about power and control systems used for the operations and monitoring of pumps.
What You Will Learn: It is important for operations and electrical maintenance personnel to fully understand the electrical system at each of the pump stations for which they are responsible. You should understand the function and operation of the overall system.
Discussion Topics will Include:
- Typical power distribution
- Various types of pump motor control including: variable speed and soft start
- Trouble shooting and preventive maintenance
- Station communication – status and alarms
- Various methods for achieving optimum utilization of status and alarm conditions
- The importance of understanding the operation of station’s electrical and control system by using the information available in the electrical and instrumentation operation systems
Need CEUs or test prep classes for T1-4 and D1-4? Joshua Casey offers classes to help attendees prepare for taking California Department of Public Health Operator Certification Exams.
Fee includes materials, instructor time and lunch. See Flyer for more details.
Recycled Water: What Goes Around… Comes Around
Attendees for this one-day workshop will gain a better understanding of recycled water issues and trends, upcoming regulations in California, and key factors for successful implementation of water recycling programs.
Northern California:
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Bay Café Clubhouse and Restaurant
1875 Embarcadero Rd
Palo Alto, CA 94303
Paul Friedlander, Carollo Engineers, Moderator
Southern California:
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts
1955 Workman Mill Rd
Whittier, CA 90601
Phil Ackman, LACSD, Moderator
Featured speakers:
- Fran Spivy-Weber, SWQCB
- Heather Collins, CDPH
- Andrew Salveson, Carollo Engineers
- Rich Nagel, West Basin MWD
- Shivaji Deshmukh, OCWD
- George Tchobanoglous, UC Davis
Earn up to 6.2 CWEA and/or Calif. Dept of Health Contact Hours!
Enrollment is now open for UCLA Extension Engineering PE Review classes. To enroll, go to www.uclaextension.edu. Select the “Quick Enroll” tab and enter the Reg#. For more information, call 310-825-4100.
Joshua Casey Corporate Training in Anaheim is offering December classes for drinking water and wastewater operators who need to certification credits before the end of the year. Joshua Casey is certified by the Calif Department of Public Health.
Flyer Link
Apply by November 31st for computer based testing - January 1 to March 31.
Applications available at www.cwea.org/cert or call 510-382- 7800 #119 to have one mailed to you.
To learn more about the computer based testing system visit www.cwea.org/cbt.
All day workshop features complimentary lunch. Workshop leader: Dr. Patti G. Trahern, Ph.D., P.E.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
City of Los Angeles
Industrial Waste Management Division
2714 Media Center Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90065
(turn left at the guard shack and go to the far building at the end)
Based in Arizona, Dr. Trahern works with municipalities, wastewater authorities, and other consulting firms providing technical expertise and direction on pretreatment programs, wastewater process design and analysis and regulatory issues. While working at Malcolm Pirnie Dr. Trahern managed numerous local limits projects for municipalities and authorities in USEPA Region 9.
Dr. Trahern concurrently developed local limits guidance materials for USEPA Region 9. Recent projects include development of pretreatment programs for the City of Prescott, AZ and the City of Surprise, AZ and local limit updates for the City of Mesa, AZ and the City of Hopewell, VA. Dr. Trahern earned her Master’s and doctorate at Virginia Tech University.
- Introduction to Local Limits
- Establishing Needs and Understanding the Process
- Identifying Pollutants of Concern
- Conducting A Preliminary Analysis
- Safety Factors
- Characterizing Flows & Loads
- Evaluating Allocation Methods
- Calculating Allowable Headworks Loadings
- Developing Control Strategies for Toxic and
- Conventional Pollutants
- Updating Pretreatment Ordinances
Attendees are requested to print and bring a copy of the EPA guidance manual to the workshop. The manual can be downloaded free as a pdf file from: www.epa.gov/npdes/pubs/final_local_limits_guidance.pdf
CWEA needs Collection System Maintenance volunteers of different grade levels to review and revise the current test content areas (what’s on the CSM cert tests). There are two ways to be involved:
- Post a comment on our revalidation wiki page. Create quick username and password and post on discussion boards. Other members can also add to your discussion
- Be part of the revalidation panel. Fill out this short application form and become part of at least 20 experts who will be reviewing CSM test content area.
