Thursday Nov. 4th
7:30-3:30 • 4 CEUs
Glendale Civic Auditorium
1401 N Verdugo Rd., Glendale
Enter 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!
$55 CWEA member/$65 non-member
Click here for event flyer and registration form (event might sell out). Exhibitor booths welcome.
Join us for a presentation by David Drake (Hardronex) and Sean Zahedi (City of LA) and a great Italian lunch in the South Bay! Topics will include trends in sewer monitoring and a discussion of the Venice Force Main project.
When: Thursday, June 24, 2010
10:30 – 11:30 am - Join us to plan LA’s FIRST Collections Training Day
11:30-1:00 pm – Speakers and Luncheon
Where: Torrance Cultural Center Garden Rooms
(next to Armstrong Theatre)
3330 Civic Center Drive, Torrance, CA
Earn 1 CWEA contact hour!
See flyer for more information and to RSVP.
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.
The City's dedicated and award winning sewer cleaning crews are one of the reasons for the outstanding performance this year.
The City reached an important milestone this year, recently announcing they achieved a record performance for their 6,500 miles of wastewater pipelines with the lowest number of wastewater overflows this decade. The City’s Bureau of Sanitation provides wastewater collection and treatment for over 4 million people and 100,000 businesses within the 600 square mile LA basin.
Officials point to four key Bureau programs:
- Fats, oil and grease (FOG) control programs
- Focused tree root control program
- Improved sewer planning and renewal
- More sewers inspected, more cleaned and more of those ancient sewer lines are being upgraded or replaced
From Bureau Director Enrique C. Zaldivar…
“These numbers show that the Bureau of Sanitation has taken an aggressive approach in developing and executing programs to reduce SSOs. I am very proud of our wastewater conveyance and collections staff and crew. Rain or shine, day or night, our committed staff is in the community, keeping the pipes flowing. These excellent results demonstrate the City’s continued commitment to the protection of public health and the environment.”
And praise from environmental organizations…
“My congratulations to the Bureau for consistently designing, constructing and maintaining the sewerage infrastructure that protects our communities and our coast; the 77% reduction in spills is a wonderful accomplishment,” said Tom Ford, Executive Director, Santa Monica Baykeeper
Read the City’s press release here…
The famous elephants at the Rancho La Brea Tar Pits (credit: notaboutwill, Flickr CC)
Tar oil from the La Brea Tar Pits oozed out a manhole Saturday and onto Wilshire Blvd reports KNBC. Los Angeles City Fire closed lanes and cleaned up 20 gallons of tar before turning the incident over to City DOT and Public Works crews.
Cora Fosset Jackson of Department of Public Works says crews discovered the oil did not enter the wastewater system.
Southern Sections Collection Systems Committee will host three workshops this year - in Riverside, Orange County and San Diego County
CWEA’s Southern Sections Collection Systems Committee is profiled in the February issue of MSW. The group helps organize three collection systems workshops throughout SoCal every year.
We were not satisfied with just fulfilling the contact hour requirements. We wanted to provide quality education that keeps our members on the cutting edge of new technology and best practices. – Mark Chamberlin, Past President
