CWEA One-Day Specialty Workshop
Biosolids: Energizing Your Gas Production.
FOG and Food Waste Co-Digestion Workshop
Get the latest information you need to know about
co-digesting FOG and food waste from suppliers to
operators. This workshop will provide information
about the state of the regulations, availability and
competition for FOG and food waste, operational
experiences, and considerations that can be
incorporated into new designs.
Who Should Attend:
Operators, practitioners, and managers practicing in
the wastewater, and resource recovery industries
throughout California.
Approved for CWEA Contact Hours:
- Environmental Compliance Inspector (ECI)
- Laboratory Analyst (LAB)
- Operator (OP)
- Biosolids Land Application Management (BLAM)
Earn up to 8.9 CWEA Contact Hours
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
City of LA Hyperion WTP
12000 Vista Del Mar
Playa del Rey, CA 90293
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Date: Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Time: 7:00 am to 3:00 pm
Location: Phoenix Club – 1340 S. Sanderson Avenue, Anaheim, CA 92806
Topics:
- Storm Water Prevention
- Emergency Preparedness
- Hazardous Materials-RCRA
- Arc Flash NFPA 70E
- Fall Protection
- OSHA Inspections
- And more!
- Traffic Control Certification Offered!
For additional information, or to register visit our website: www.cwea.org/conferences
For sponsorship or exhibiting information please contact:
Tray Hall
Municipal Maintenance Equipment
(916) 505.6497
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Please join Water For People for a “party with a purpose” at WEFTEC 2011. Enjoy great music by Luke Reynolds of the band Guster, cocktails, and hors d’oeuvres. All proceeds from this event will go to support Water For People’s important work helping to bring sustainable water, sanitation, and hygiene education solutions to Everyone — every family, every school, and every clinic — in the developing countries where we work.
Monday, October 17, 2011
5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
The Conga Room at L.A. Live
Tickets: $45 in advance, or $50 at the door.
Buy tickets here!
Click here for more information and to see our additional sponsors.
For more information on sponsorships or tickets sales, please contact Aaron Carlson at acarlson@waterforpeople.org
The biggest conference and exhibition in the wastewater and stormwater world is coming to Los Angeles Oct 15-19. WEF has kindly compiled a list of the California presenters (wow over 100 people !) – how many CWEA members can you spot?
Click here for a list of California speakers and session numbers (Excel) >
Click here to access My WEFTEC Planner >
***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
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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).
Maintenance: Safety, Reliability & Compliance Seminar
Key Learning Objectives:
- Maintenance practices for control panels and PLC systems that will enhance the reliability of your facility
- Appropriate measures to make your facility compliant with current arc-flash regulations and keep your staff safe
- Maintenance approaches to keep the equipment running smoothly and earn new-found respect for your maintenance
staff
Beyond Nitrification - the Benefits of Higher SRT Operation
Presenter: Michael Stenstrom Ph.D., P.E., BCEE
2011 CWEA Annual Conference
Engineering and Research Committee/American Academy of Environmental Engineers Breakfast
Friday, April 15, 2011
7:00 AM-8:30 AM
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Michael Strenstrom is a Distinguished Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering
Department at the University of California, Los Angeles. His research and teaching are in
the field of environmental engineering, with an emphasis on biological treatment methods
and applications of mathematical modeling and optimization to environmental engineering
research.
Be sure to sign up for the ERC Breakfast when you register for the annual conference!
Conference recap provided by Wendy Wert, LABS Vice President, LACSD with contributions from the CWEA Biosolids Committee and conference speakers
On January 18, the California Water Environment Association (CWEA) Biosolids Committee hosted a specialty conference, Biosolids: Putting Regulators and Researchers in Touch with YOU… the Practitioner, at the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts Joint Administration Office in Whittier. Another session was held on January 19, 2011 at the Shannon Community Center in Dublin. This one-day biosolids specialty conference, which trained 125 water environment professionals, consisted of a series of technical presentations separated by interactive discussions among leading experts and attendees. The morning session consisted of opening remarks presented by the conference Chairs (Dave Bachtel and Todd Jordan), followed by six technical presentations. The innovative networking lunch also served as a venue for a discussion of CWEA’s Biosolids Land Application Management Certification. The afternoon session consisted of five technical presentations, and closing remarks were delivered by the conference Chairs.
A total of nine speakers gave presentations at both venues that covered a wide range of relevant topics, including the following:
* State issues update from the California Association of Sanitation Agencies (CASA),
* National scientific research review from the Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF),
* Innovative look at Biosolids and Greenhouse Gas Accounting,
* Discussion of biosolids constituents,
* Analysis of specific trace organics, an update on dioxin and radiation biosolids research results,
* Overview of microorganisms in biosolids,
* Update on chemical research results from biosolids land application, and
* Discussion of case studies of urban gardening projects that use biosolids products
Review the presentations and findings from the nationally known Biosolids experts.<http://cwea.org/et_biosolids.shtml>
Please join us – bring your friends, family, co-workers, for fun including: live entertainment, behind the scenes water treatment tours, iPad raffle, silent auction, beach resort trip offers, food, drinks, networking and more!
Water For People Spring Mixer and Tour Benefit
When: Wednesday, March 30, 2011, 7:00 – 9:30 p.m.
Where: Long Beach Aquarium
100 Aquarium Way
Long Beach, CA 90802
Why: Join us and help raise money to provide clean water and sanitation to those in need.
See flyer to purchase tickets and to find out more information
- And, if you’d like to still help our fabulous hard working planning committee, OR can lend assistance the evening of the event, please email Uzid@westbasin.org for more info one how we need your help.
- You can also help by donating items for the raffle or auction – we will take un-used new holiday gifts; gift cards better donated; or solicit your company to donate an item or gift card for tax benefits. Donation receipts can be given!
April 12-15, Ontario
Need: several volunteers for registration desk, room monitoring, info desk, tour chaperones, YP mentors and so on.
Please note you need to register for the day(s) you’re volunteering.
Contact: Debra Bogdanoff, LACSD, AC-11 Co-Chair, dbogdanoff@lacsd.org
Flyer Artist
On-going
Need: Designer comfortable with producing monthly (sometimes 2x) LABS event flyers in a creative, accurate and timely manner. Previous experience is preferred.
Contact: Alec Mackie, JWCE, LABS Director, alecm@jwce.com
Open CWEA Leadership Positions
- Operations and Maintenance Training Committee Vice Chair
- Technical Certification Program (TCP) Executive Committee Vice Chair II
(***Update 1/31/2011 – This position has been filled***)
Contact: Debra Bogdanoff, LACSD, AC-11 Co-Chair, mailto:dbogdanoff@lacsd.org”>dbogdanoff@lacsd.org
Operations & Maintenance Seminar
2011 North and South One Day Seminar
Need: Technical expert to propose/gather speakers and host a 1 day CWEA training seminar on plant ops and maintenance issues.
Contact: Alec Mackie, JWCE, LABS Director, mailto:alecm@jwce.com”>alecm@jwce.com
The 2011 WEF Wastewater Challenge is a national competition that’s both
challenging and fun. This hands-on competition requires teams of students to
build a wastewater treatment system from an assortment of household products
in an effort to protect a sensitive wetland ecosystem from being
contaminated. This event offers students an opportunity to compete and
problem solve with fellow students from schools throughout North America.
Please help share the news of this event to your student chapters.
The competition will take place in Sacramento, California, at the 2011 WEF
Residuals and Biosolids Conference on May 25, 2011, at the Sacramento
Convention Center. To be eligible to compete, your team must submit a Design
Report to the WEF Students and Young Professionals Wastewater Challenge
Sub-Committee, and the top 12 teams will be selected to compete. The
deadline to submit reports for entry is April 1, 2011, at 5 PM PST. There
is a limit of one team per student chapter. The WEF Wastewater Challenge
Guidelines provide complete details on how to participate in this event.
Information is also posted on wef.org under the Public Information/College
Students. A monetary award will be presented to the top two teams. The
Case Scenario below provides a brief look at the challenge at hand.
A. Case Scenario
A 200 acre Biosolids Compost Facility that has 100,000 cubic yards of
composting, curing, and finished compost on site sits next to an earthen
levee and just up-gradient from a sensitive wetland type ecosystem. The
levee is expected to breach and for several hours 5,000 CFS of agricultural
runoff and snow melt will run through the site with the normal runoff
controls getting overloaded. It is expected that most of this now further
contaminated water will reach the site fence line and if not stopped or
successfully treated will devastate the wetland. The Army Corps of Engineers
will be repairing the breach within 12 hours and therefore the solution to
the problem should be considered temporary. The natural slope of the
facility would channel the flow to an area of no more than 100 yards wide at
the fence line.
Your team has been asked to design a system to control and treat the runoff
for solids, nutrients and bacteria before releasing it to the wetland, if
necessary. You are asked to design a system to control and mitigate the
nutrient rich water, and you and your team will be asked to construct and
run the emergency water treatment system component of the overall design at
the competition to demonstrate the system’s removal efficiencies. The
overall design will have to demonstrate the control strategies and removal
efficiencies of your system, in addition to the emergency water treatment
system.
Questions: WEFWastewaterChallenge@wef.org
WEF Staff: Dcrilley@wef.org
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)
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- Inside the Shoin Building
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- l-r: Gina Cloutier, VVWWA, Alec Mackie, JWCE, Barabara Santos, City of Simi Valley
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- The City of Los Angeles Japanese Gardens
By Barbara Santos
Through the combined efforts of the Laboratory Committee and the LABS and Tri-Counties Sections, an outstanding one-day Specialty Conference on Quality Assurance and Quality Control for Wastewater Laboratories was held at the Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant on November 18, 2010. With a venue of the famous SUIHO-EN (Shoin, Garden of Water and Fragrance) Building in the Japanese Garden adjacent to the Plant at 6100 Woodley Avenue, Van Nuys, attendees enjoyed a great experience hosted by the Bureau of Sanitation, Department of Public Works, City of Los Angeles.
The CWEA Biosolids Committee has put together an all-star lineup of biosolids experts to provide up to date information about biosolids regulations and research. Speakers are comprised of nationally recognized biosolids experts from the EPA, USDA, and Academia.
One workshop will be held for each the Northern and Southern regions. The workshops will provide a wider outlook and understanding about what is known, what is needed, and where research and regulations are going in the biosolids industry.
- Gain knowledge about implications of recent research, what detection vs. non detection of constituents in biosolids means.
- Find out how you can contribute to ongoing studies that can help develop and employ strategies to deal with biosolids issues.
- Walk away with more knowledge and how to comply with research and regulations!
See flyer for more information
| Biosolids: Putting Regulators and Researchers in Touch with YOU… the Practitioner |
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| Tuesday, January 18, 2011 – Whittier Los Angeles County Sanitation District 1955 Workman Mill Rd, Whittier, CA 90601Wednesday, January 19, 2011 – Dublin Dublin Library 200 Civic Plaza, Dublin, CA 94568Register online or send in your registration form Register by January 4, for the Early Registration Member Discounted Rate – $165 Earn up to 7.5 CWEA Contact Hours |
On October 5, 2010 California Water Environment Association’s (CWEA) LA Wrecking Crew placed second in the first division of the Water Environment Federation’s (WEF) Operations Challenge competition held at the New Orleans Morial Convention Center. Coached by Dale Dollins and Captained by Jeff Valdes the LA Wrecking Crew: Mario Gomez, Jesus Garibay; Paul Johnson, competed against 37 teams from the United States, Canada, and Argentina during the fast-paced, two-day event.
The full competition results include:
Division 1
First Place: Terminal Velocity, Virginia WEA
Second Place: LA Wrecking Crew, California WEA
Third Place: Seacoast Sewer Snakes, New England WEA
Division 2
First Place: Team HRSD, Virginia WEA
Second Place: Dillo XXPress, WEA of Texas
Third Place: Liquid Force, WEA of South Carolina
The Operations Challenge is a friendly competition among wastewater treatment plant operators sponsored by CWEA and WEF each year at state and international conferences. Over the last several decades, the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts team (the LA Wrecking Crew) has won a number of CWEA state and WEF international competitions.
The competition is divided into five events, which include: collection systems, laboratory, process control, maintenance and safety. Participants are also organized into two divisions and there are winners from each division for each event. A cumulative score for each team is assessed based on overall performance and the conference title is presented to the team with the highest score. This program was established as a way to bring industry professionals from varying applications and disciplines together in an interactive forum.
Operations professionals competing at the international level are so talented that as Jeanette Brown (incoming WEF President) stated during the 2010 awards ceremony, “The field is so tight that only half a second separates the overall Division 1 winners.” Jeanette went on to express her appreciation for these accomplished professionals, who are integral to the water quality industry.
Now in its 23rd year, the Operations Challenge has grown from an original 22-team event to its current 37-team, two-division format. Winners are determined by a weighted point system for five events. The events are designed to test the diverse skills required for the operation and maintenance of wastewater treatment facilities, their collection systems and laboratories, which are all vital to the protection of public health and the environment.
The Operations Challenge was presented in conjunction with WEFTEC 2010, the 83rd annual technical exhibition and conference, which ran from October 2-6, 2010 at the New Orleans Morial Convention Center. WEFTEC is the largest annual water quality conference and exhibition in the world, and this year’s event drew thousands of water professionals and exhibitors from around the globe and showcased the latest in research, training, solutions and cutting-edge technologies. Plan to attend next year’s WEFTEC 2011, which will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center (1209 Figueroa Street) from October 15-19. Congratulations to the LA Wrecking Crew and good luck for the upcoming training season!
Southern Regional Safety Conference 2010
When: Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Where: Escondido Performing Arts Center
340 North Escondido Boulevard
Escondido, CA 92025
Click here for more information!
Registration on line link:
http://www.cwea.org/et_attendees_conferences.shtml
On September 29, 2010 the California Water Environment Association (CWEA) Los Angeles Basin Section (LABS) held a Process and Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID) training seminar at the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts in Whittier. LABS Director Basil Hewitt initiated the proceedings by introducing an eminent water quality professional in attendance, Tim Haug. Dr. Haug retired Deputy City Engineer and Wastewater Program Manager for the City of Los Angeles, currently holds the office of Trustee-At-Large for the American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE). Dr. Haug has both an M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford and a B.S. from LMU, where he maintains a position as Professor Emeritus. Tim Haug introduced the distinguished course instructor, Bill Hartnett. Bill is a Principal Engineer with Montgomery Watson Harza, and acting Chief Process Engineer for City of Los Angeles. Bill started the seminar with a bang. He stated that the “P” stands for “piping” rather than “process”. Tim immediately interrupted with a contrary position, and as it turns out both experts are correct, the wastewater industry tends to prefer “process” whereas the petrochemical industry uses the term “piping”. Regardless of the name used, the profession universally agrees that these diagrams are essential to effective practice.
