1st Place – Gimmicks & Gadgets – The Nocardia Foam Catcher
Larry Lemire, Charles Harris, Marcos Alvarez & Phil Ackman, LACSD

1st Place, Ops Challenge
LA Wrecking Crew

Public Education Person of the Year
Michael Simpson, City of Los Angeles

Research Achievement
County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County, Combining UV & Chlorination for Disinfection of Wastewater Effluents & Recycled Water

Safety, Large Plant
County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County

Sludge Trudge
Wendy Wert, LACSD, 1st Place Individual Category

By Alec Mackie, LABS Corporate Director

The City’s Bureau of Engineering has completed design work on a critically needed second sewer force main to manage peak flows from the Venice Pumping Plant to the Hyperion Wastewater Treatment Plant. The City is ready to start building the $60 million, 2 mile force main but a new court case has stopped the project.

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By Wendy Wert
Chair
CWEA Training Coordination Committee

In May 2010, the California Water Environment Association (CWEA) presented specialized Electrical and Instrumentation (E&I) training to 160 participants at four locations across the State of California.  The seminar was held in: Fresno on Tuesday, May 4, 2010, Eureka on Thursday, May 6, 2010, Riverside on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 and Vacaville on Thursday May 13, 2010. Featured Speaker Bruce Borders of Control Systems West provided training on Electrical Controls and Instrumentation of the type that are typically found at Pump Stations.   Record numbers of CWEA attendees were presented with detailed training modules related to the selection of control schemes that optimize operations at sewage and stormwater pump stations.  Operators, Maintenance Personnel, Design Engineers, Facility Managers and Supervisors were in attendance at the training sessions.  The program was structured to add to the knowledge and skills of station operators and maintenance personnel, as well as provide improved personnel performance, along with financial and safety benefits.

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Young Professionals Event

Tuesday May 25th 5:00 PM

Bixby Marshland is a 17 acre wetland recently restored by the Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County.

Tour participants will have the opportunity to visit and learn more about the marsh, understand the role of the marsh in protecting our water quality, enjoy native plants and marsh wildlife, and discuss the importance of restoring wetlands. 

 After the tour, join us at El Paso Cantina banquet room for appetizers. Located at 2404 W. Sepulveda Blvd. Torrance, CA, 3 miles from Bixby Marshland following Sepulveda Blvd westward.

RSVP by Friday May 21^th by emailing Nicole You – (323)-342-6265  OR nicole.you@lacity.org

Click here for more info!

    

 

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:

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Tuesday, March 9 – Elk Grove
Thursday, March 11 – Fountain Valley (***SOLD OUT***)

Register by February 23 and save $20!
Early Bird Discounted Member Rate – $165

Register Online Now...or…Check out the Workshop Brochure

Earn Up to 7.2 CWEA in the Following Vocations:
*Environmental Compliance Inspector (ECI)
*Laboratory Analyst (LAB)
*Operations (OP)
*Collections System Maintenance (CSM)
*Biosolids Land Application Management (BLAM)
*Plant Maintenance (PM)
*Mechnical Technician (MT)
*Electrical Instrumentation (E/I)

Who Should Attend:
Managers, supervisors, engineers, technicians and all others who write as part of their job.

Workshop Overview:
Written communication is one of the most important work tasks that all technical people must perform. Unfortunately, technical people are often unable to write clearly or produce concise reports, usually  because of their focus on technical knowledge at the expense of   writing proficiency.

Dr. Tchobanoglous has developed a writing course for technical   people to provide them with the tools needed to produce quality technical reports, memorandums, and other written communication. To reinforce the subjects discussed at the seminar and to serve as a reference source for self-study, each participant will receive a copy of A Study for the Preparation of Technical Reports, Papers and Presentations developed by Dr. Tchobanoglous.

Normally, this course would be conducted over several weeks to cover the many facets of technical writing at a much higher participant cost. However, as a favor to CWEA Members, Dr. Tchobanoglous has agreed to condense it into a single day seminar focused on techniques that can be used to improve your writing through self-study.

This seminar is a unique opportunity to improve your written communication skills!

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:

• New! - 2010 Catalog and Registration form
• Sponsorship form
• Exhibitor registration form

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>

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.

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2010 CWEA Biosolids Conference – Understanding Future Regulatory Trends & Impacts on Biosolids Management

January 26, 2010
LACSD Conference Center, Whittier

January 27, 2010
San Francisco

(PDFs)  “The posted presentations are for the personal use of CWEA Biosolids Conference attendees. These presentations may not be reproduced without the authors written consent.”

1. Opening Remarks - Part 503 – Jon Hay, Black & Veatch / Dave Bechtel, Lee & Ro, Southern Conference Hosts
2. Agenda - (North Conference)
3. State General Order for Biosolids - Jarrod Ramsey-Lewis, SWRCB
4. Biosolids Composting Rules – Ken Decio, Cal-Recycle (presented by Greg)
5. Local Regulatory Issues and Ordinances – Matt Bao, LACSD
6. Air Pollution Control Regulations – Layne Baroldi, Synagro
7. National Regulatory Trends & Issues - Greg Kester, CASA
8. Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Strategies – Patrick Griffith, LACSD 
9. Rialto Slurry Carb® Facility - Ray Kearney, Enertech
10. IEUA Composting Facility – Jeff Ziengenbien, IEUA
11. Ventura Regional Biosolids - Mark Lawler, VRSD
12. City of Los Angeles TIRE Project - Omar Moghaddam, City of LA
13. Biosolids to Energy – a Coalition Approach – Caroline Quinn, Delta Diablo SD (North conference)
14. California’s First Design-Build Biosolids Thermal Dryer - Ruben Robles, Sacramento Regional County SD (North conference)
15. SFPUC San Francisco Greasecycle - Todd Jordon, Carollo (North conference)