Southern Regional Safety Conference 2010
When: Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Where: Escondido Performing Arts Center
340 North Escondido Boulevard
Escondido, CA 92025
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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.
LABS is searching for a volunteer to help host this event. If you’re a LABS member and willing to help with registration and distributing lunch, please send an email to Alec Mackie at alecm@jwce.com Thank you!!
Workshop Overview:
Quality Assurance is the definitive program for laboratory operations that specifies the measures required to produce defensible data of known precision and accuracy. A brief overview will be given on current QA/QC practices and requirements.
This workshop will address many areas to help you implement and improve on your laboratory’s Quality Assurance Program.
Key Learning Objectives:
- Explore Quality Assurance: Past, Present and Future
- Learn about Quality Assurance Foundation
- How to use Quality Assurance in your Lab
- Understand Current Quality Control Terminology and its Meaning
Who Should Attend:
- Lab Personnel
- Environmental Compliance Inspectors
- Operations Managers
- Operations Staff
- Anyone who Reviews Laboratory Data
> See flyer for more information
Registration on line link:
http://www.cwea.org/et_attendees_conferences.shtml
The Students & Young Professionals Committee (SYPC) of the Santa Ana River Basin Section (SARBS) of the California Water Environment Association (CWEA) would like to introduce the first of many seminars/webinars on water/wastewater related topics geared towards students and young professionals (YPs).
TARGET AUDIENCE: Students and YPs in the water and wastewater industry. YPs are described as individuals under the age of 35 with less than 10 years experience in the water industry. As with any of the events hosted by the SARBS SYPC, our events are open to anyone and everyone who is interested in participating.
SEMINAR LOCATION
HDR Irvine
3230 El Camino Real, Suite 200
Irvine, CA 92602
WEBINAR LOCATION
At Your Computer!
MONTHLY HAPPY HOUR NETWORKING EVENT LOCATIONTacoRosa
13792 Jamboree Road
Irvine, CA 92602
See flyer for registration information
Questions? Contact Megan Yoo 949-278-5761 or meganyoo@gmail.com
SSMP Requirement 1: Developing Your Plan
Tuesday, May 18 – JoshuaCasey Training Center – Anaheim
Pre-Registration Rate – $199
Earn up to 7 CWEA Contact Hours in Collection Systems
Come learn about the critical requirements in the GWDR-SSMPs. In this full-day workshop, you will learn what’s required by reviewing the 12 components of the SSMP requirements with a team of industry experts. You will receive a reference manual written by the industry experts and reviewed and approved by the State Water Resources Control Board. The manual contains descriptions, resources and information for each of the 12 components and will help you know how and when to comply.
Who Should Attend:
- Those who work for an agency in need of developing an SSMP
- New agency staff who will work on the SSMP
- Consultants actively helping agencies develop their SSMP
The Water Environment Federation is pleased to announce the 2nd Membrane Applications Specialty Conference covering the latest research and experience in the design and operation of membrane treatment systems for municipal and industrial wastewater treatment plants. The conference will focus on Tertiary Membrane Filtration, Membrane Bioreactors and Nanofiltration/Reverse Osmosis applications. Recent membrane system developments, more stringent effluent limits, and market economics have led to membranes having broad acceptance and application. Membranes are being used to achieve very high quality effluent for reuse, water source protection, and sensitive receiving waters applications.
LABS/SARBS is looking for room monitors for the 2010 WEF Membrane Applications Conference in Anaheim, CA this June!
This is a great opportunity for students and young professionals. If interested in serving as a room monitor for the conference, please type your name, address, and contact information into the Google Document!
See website for full conference schedule and information.
If you have any questions, please contact Megan Yoo at meganyoo@gmail.com or 949-278-5761.
The American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE) presents the Excellence in Environmental Engineering Awards Luncheon & Conference Wednesday on April 28th from 11:30 to 4:45 p.m., at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.
In addition to honoring excellence in state-of-the-art environmental engineering practice and research among Consulting Firms, Public Agencies, and Universities, AAEE will recognize four distinguished members:
- Rao Surampalli, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE, Gordon Maskew Fair Award
- Stephen R. Maguin, P.E., BCEE, Edward J. Cleary Award
- Michael W. Selna, P.E., BCEE, Stanley E. Kappe Award
- George R. Crombie, Honorary Member
See Flyer for more information on how to register.
The American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE) has teamed up with the New Jersey Water Environment Association to provide our members and theirs with a thought-provoking AAEE PreConference Workshop on Monday, May 10, at the New Jersey Annual Conference at Bally’s in Atlantic City followed by a Tuesday, May 11th AAEE Breakfast “Momentum for Change.”
AAEE’s Workshop and Seminars Work Group worked tirelessly with AAEE Past President Alan Vicory to create this event and lineup of expert panelists including:
- Alan Vicory, Jr., PE, BCEE, Executive Director and Chief Engineer Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (moderator),
- Richard Dewling, PE, BCEE, former Commissioner New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection,
- G. Tracey Mehan, Cadmus Group, former US EPA Assistant Administrator for Water,
- Mary Buzby, Global Water Lead, Merck & Co. Industrial,
- Jeffrey Eager, General Manager, Sanitation District No. 1 of Northern Kentucky Wastewater Utility
- Christopher Len, Staff Attorney, Hackensack Riverkeeper and NY/NJ Baykeeper -Environmental NGO.
Following discussion and Q&A, attendees will breakout into groups to discuss and report on critical elements such as identify changing needs, roles of engineers and scientists, and more that need to evolve for the Act to achieve fruition. CEUs/PDHs in Water/Wastewater will be available including New York P.E.s.
Please consider registering for this event and help to bring the Clean Water Act closer to reality!
For Registration please click here
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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
By Wendy Wert
Chair
CWEA Training Coordination Committee
Dr. Wes Eckenfelder – friend, colleague, and pioneer in the Environmental Engineering Profession – passed away Saturday evening, March 27, 2010. A few days before, on March 22, 2010 the California Water Environment Association (CWEA) hosted a tribute and technical seminar honoring Wes Eckenfelder’s contributions to the field. The seminar was held at the Hyperion Wastewater Treatment Plant in Los Angeles. The program began with an outline of the program presented by moderator David Greenwood. Mr. Greenwood introduced the first speaker David Jenkins, professor emeritus of UC Berkeley.
Dr. Jenkins initiated proceedings by showing attendees a photograph of Wes Eckenfelder and presenting a brief biography of Eckenfelder. Wes has been deemed the “godfather” of wastewater treatment by many of his colleagues, former students and peers, Wes played a significant role in the development of wastewater treatment. Through research, numerous technical publications and multiple courses and seminars, his name has become well known in the industry. Wes’ sense of humor has enlightened many presentations. It has been noted that he has a way of presenting highly technical information such that it can be easily understood. He encouraged his students to expand think for themselves, and never hesitated to share his knowledge with others in his field, which as Dr. Jenkins noted, was the purpose of the CWEA seminar.
There are nice interviews with Dr. Eckenfelder on the WaterWorld website and in the 2000 issue of Quarterly from Brown and Caldwell. Dr. Eckenfelder is the namesake for WEF’s Industrial Water Quality Lifetime Achievement Award.
Eat, Drink, Bowl, and Support Water for People!
Join Water for People at Lucky Strike Lanes in Hollywood as we knock down some pins and beers in support of clean water and sanitation projects in distressed communities.
| Date: | Wednesday, March 31, 2010 |
| Time: | 6 PM til ??? |
| Location: | Lucky Strike Lanes 6801 Hollywood Blvd. Hollywood CA, 90028 |
| Cost: | $15/hour to bowl for each person in a team of six, cheaper with more people  |
| Deadline: | Join us there, no reservations needed to have fun! |
| Additional Info: | www.waterforpeople.org www.bowlluckystrike.com |
Meet your local chapter at the VIP Lanes at 6 p.m. for networking, prizes, and more!
Just bring this Flyer and present to your server. 20% of the proceeds will go to support Water for People. It’s that easy!
If you are interested in learning more about WFP and are attending the CA-NV AWWA conference, please join the committee meeting. See attached Agenda for location and call-in information.
Inspired by the WEF YP Summit on Leadership in April 2009, the Students and Young Professionals Committee (SYPC) is proud to announce that the first SYPC Specialty Conference ever will be held Wednesday, March 24, 2010. This SYPC Specialty Conference is titled, “Planting a Successful Future: Cultivating Leaders,” and the goal of this event is to do just that.
In an effort to create a program that promotes and fosters growth and development of our leaders from the younger generation, we have gathered an energetic and engaging group of fearless leaders from CWEA to share their ideas and experiences with our future CWEA leaders.
Below is a quick look at the topics that will be offered at this inspirational event:
Navigating Through the Storm – Setting a Course to Clean Water!
CWEA P3S Conference – Pretreatment, Pollution Prevention and Stormwater Treatment
March 1-3, 2010
Long Beach Hilton
Sign-up forms:
Sponsored by:
MWD (administrative sponsor); TetraTech (food and breaks); and our session sponsors: Malcolm Pirnie; MWH; Larry Walker Associates; Stormwater Solutions Magazine; and JWC Environmental
For exhibitor or sponsorship information please contact co-chairs Greg Kent (stormwater) or Alec Mackie (Ww).
Conference Contacts:
Chair – Michael Simpson
City of Los Angeles
michael.simpson@lacity.org
Programs Chair – Preeti Ghuman
Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts
pghuman@lacsd.org
Conference Brochure – Joe Petchuk
City of Santa Monica
Joe.Petchuk@SMGOV.NET
Exhibitors and Sponsors Co-Chairs
Greg Kent
BioClean Environmental Services
Alec Mackie
JWC Environmental
alecm@jwce.com
Tel: 714-428-4614
CWEA Contacts
Marci Chase
Senior Meeting Planner
mchase@cwea.org
Julie Taylor, CAE
Dir. Education and Training
jtaylor@cwea.org
For PDF copies of the presentations click here>
The southern meeting took place in the conference center at the LACSD's Joint Adminstration Offices in Whittier.
By Wendy Wert
CWEA Training Coordination Committee Chair
LACSD
and Jon Hay
CWEA Biosolids Committee Chair
Black & Veatch
On January 26, 2010, the California Water Environment Association (CWEA) Biosolids Committee hosted a specialty conference “Understanding Future Regulatory Trends and Impacts on Biosolids Management in California” at the Los Angeles Sanitation Districts Joint Administration Office in Whittier. This one-day biosolids specialty conference, which trained 76 people, consisted of a series of technical presentations separated by interactive discussions between leading experts and attendees. The morning session consisted of opening remarks and a review of the Part 503 regulations presented by the conference Chair, followed by six technical presentations. The innovative networking lunch also served as a venue for an update on Assembly Bill 32 and Green House Gas emissions standards (GHGs) presented by Patrick Griffith. The afternoon session, consisted of five technical presentations, and closing remarks delivered by the conference co-chair.
A total of 12 speakers gave presentations that covered a wide range of relevant topics, including current trends in biosolids regulations, application and limitations of the general order, an overview of the biosolids composting rule, county ordinances and local issues, national regulatory trends, impacts of air quality regulations, methods of managing biosolids that generate renewable power, and several case studies that demonstrated emerging technologies and illustrated successful regional solutions. The speakers also presented on these same topics at SFPUC in San Francisco on January 27. This event trained 160 CWEA members and non-members.
“Can I Have Your Attention Please?” Part II: Getting Your Message to the Public.” This full day workshop will provide those in public education, public relations, government affairs, tour guides and management the resources they need to develop and produce proficient quality marketing materials to get their message across. Speakers include LACSD’s very own Basil Hewitt and Joe Haworth.
The one-day session will be hosted at the Metropolitan Water District’s downtown LA facility on Thursday, Oct. 29th. CWEA members can register at the discounted rate of $160! Earn up to 6.3 contact hours.
WEF is reminding attendees they have a Utility Partnership Program to help municipalities during the current economic crisis. Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts and the City of Los Angeles are already members of the discount program. WEF writes…
WEF recognizes the importance of utility participation in making WEFTEC “The Water Quality Event” of the year, and is aggressively working to ensure that utilities can participate. Only WEFTEC has a discount program specifically designed to ensure that utilities can participate.
WEF Utility Partnership Program
The CWEA Board of Directors needs your help predicting attendance for ’09-’10 training conferences.
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The P3S Conference Committee is calling for abstracts right now in order to prepare for the 2010 conference. The conference covers industrial wastes, pretreatment, pollution prevention and stormwater.
P3S will be held March 1-3 at the Long Beach Hilton. Information on attending, sponsoring and/or exhibiting is coming soon. This year’s Conference Chair is Michael Simpson (City of Los Angeles); Program Chair is Preeti Ghuman (LACSD) and Vendor Chairs Alec Mackie (JWC) and Greg Kent (Bioclean).
Please submit short abstract (less than 200 words) and bio on one of the following topics:
- Pretreatment Programs
- Pollution Prevention Programs
- Storm Water Programs
- Emerging Issues in Pretreatment and Pollution
- Prevention
- Public Education and Outreach
- Leadership
- Doing More With Less (!)
- Water Reuse
- Local Limits
- Salinity Management
- Pesticides and Water Quality
Submit abstracts and bios to:
Preeti Ghuman, Conference Program Chair
pghuman@lacsd.org
Due date: July 20, 2009
Marjorie presents the main door prize to Pat (OCSD) - an XBox 360!!!
By Marjorie Boone,
Southern Regional Safety Conference-Chair
June 4th, 2009, Carson – The Annual Southern Regional Safety Conference (SRSC) hosted by LABS, is the kind of event where CWEA declares “We care for our members” and many, many agencies responded by sending employees – despite the economic times. It was an amazing turnout – attendees traveling from across this great State. We had several people from many different vocations, including operators, collections workers, managers, directors, vendors and so on – who came together to share their dedication for compliance and employee safety.
The 2009 SRSC resoundingly strengthened this traditional safety event by offering a full range of solid technical content. As we talked with attendees, a theme emerged: they overwhelmingly got what they came for – a technical transfer of knowledge and interaction with fellow safety professionals, field personnel and managers with similar issues. Pat Carnahan of the Orange County Sanitation District was our lucky winner that got to take home the X-Box 360 door prize!
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Tri-State announces conference program
Aloha! Welcome to the 25th TRI-STATE SEMINAR On-the-River. We’re excited about the program Jake and Tim are putting together. We’re going to have a ton of interesting presentations, starting TUESDAY MORNING and running through THURSDAY AFTERNOON. If you’re a training maniac, there’s 20 contact hours you could get. If your math is rusty, the main man, Eric Wahlberg will be going at it again. We’re putting Safety back on a separate track, too.
