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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Biosolids: Energing Your Gas Production. FOG and Food Waste Co-Digestion Workshop

When: January 18, 2012 – Southern California
City of Los Angeles Hyperion WTP
12000 Vista Del Mar
Los Angeles, CA

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For additional information/questions contact Serena Miller at 510-382-7800 x 115 or visit: www.cwea.org/conferences

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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● All nominations must be received or postmarked by November 16, 2011 ●

Each year LABS, CWEA and WEF present awards to deserving professionals in the water pollution control field. These prestigious awards acknowledge personal achievement and dedication to the profession. Now is the time for you to nominate those deserving individuals with whom you work or associate.

There are so many deserving wastewater professionals – who will you nominate?

1) Download LABS / Hala Titus cover letter. Award submissions must be mailed to:

Black & Veatch Corporation
Attn: Hala Titus
800 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 600

Los Angeles, California 90017

2) Visit www.cwea.org/mlr_member_awards_forms to choose and download your award submission forms.

NOMINEES MAY SELF NOMINATE.
NOMINEES MUST BE MEMBERS OF LABS TO WIN AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
For more information contact: Hala Titus.

When:   Saturday, August 27th, 2011

Lunch: 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM – The Founder’s Room
               Architectural Tour: 2:00 PM & 2:30 PM

RSVP:  Please RSVP to Hala Titus at titush@bv.com by August 19th

COST:  $45.00 Members/$55.00 Non-Members/$25.00 Students

Parking: Parking Reservations are under “California Water Environment Association” and each car costs $15 to park.

Directions:
The Getty Villa is located at 17985 Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades, California, one mile north of Sunset Boulevard and approximately 25 miles west of downtown Los Angeles. From Los Angeles, take the I-10 (Santa Monica Freeway) west until it turns into Route 1 (Pacific Coast Highway) going north along the Pacific Ocean. Continue on Route 1 for approximately five miles to the Getty Villa.

Please note that visitors must approach the Getty Villa from the south. Access to the Getty Villa entrance is only from the northbound right-hand lane of Pacific Coast Highway (PCH). Turning left across PCH is illegal and any attempt to enter the site via Coastline Drive is not permitted.

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Established in 1929, CWEA’s awards program has grown to acknowledge outstanding achievement in more than 20 categories honoring exceptional California water environment professionals, collection systems, and treatment plants. Categories include Plant of the Year, Collection System of the Year, Public Education Program of the Year as well as awards of individual professionals in various vocations. The program seeks to recognize outstanding achievements within the water environment field, improve the professional status of all personnel working in the field, and stimulate public awareness of the importance of wastewater treatment to public health and the water environment.

Nominations that advance through CWEA’s 17 local sections’ awards programs are eligible to compete statewide. Congratulations to the more than 150 nominees in the 2010 awards program for their diligent work to keep California’s water clean and workforce strong. Application materials for the 2011 awards cycle will be posted on www.cwea.org/awards in July.

CWEA officers are available to make a presentation to CWEA award recipients at agency board or City Council meetings. Please contact Lola Dvorak, Communication and Membership Manager, at ldvorak@cwea.org or (510) 382-7800 x 114.

CWEA 2010 Awards Winners

5S Society
Jim Aanderud, SARBS
Tom Adams, CSJ
Catherine Allin, SAS
Tish Berge, SDS
Karen Falk, SDS
Mike Fritschi, NCS
Jerry Jimenez, CORBS
Andy Morrison, SFBS
Tim Potter, SFBS
Hala Titus, LABS
Wendy Wert, LABS
Megan Yoo, SARBS

Collection System of the Year (0-250 Miles)
Las Gallinas Valley Sanitary District Small Collection System

Collection System of the Year (250-500 Miles)
Oro Loma Sanitary District

Collection System of the Year (Over 500 Miles)
City of Roseville Wastewater Collection

Collection System Person of the Year
Mark McGrath, City of Hayward

Electrical/Instrumentation Person of the Year
Casey Larsen, San Elijo Joint Powers Authority

Engineering Achievement
Sacramento Area Sewer District: Central Trunk Sewer Rehabilitation Project

Film Festival
Professional Winner: Ingrid Hellebrand, OCSD, Wastewater 101
Semiprofessional Winner: Michael Scahill, Central Costa County Sanitation District, FOG: How to keep fats, oils and grease out of the sewer system and why it’s important.
Honorable Mention: North Bay Watershed Association, The Case of the Leaking Lateral

Gimmicks & Gadgets
Ist Place: Leonard Pompa, Delta Diablo Sanitation District
2nd Place: Daniel Huston, Bill Cronin and Bret Boatman Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency
3rd Place: Rob Northcote and Ryan Hughes Padre Dam MWD

Kirk Brooks Scholarship
Chi Cheung To
Megan Yoo, SARBS
Karina Simpson
Roberta Lau
Patrick Wiley

Laboratory Person of the Year
Ku-Chung Chen, City of Simi Valley

Mechanical Technician
James Kemp, South Bayside System Authority

Operator of the Year
Jeff Valdes, Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts

Outstanding Young Professional of the Year
Meg Herston, Fairfield-Suisun Sewer District

P3S Facility of the Year
Small: KKMI Sausalito, LLC
Large: Nestle, USA (Glendale, CA);
             Shaw Diversified Services, Inc (Santa Fe Springs, CA)

Certificates of Merit for Outstanding Achievement:
The Boeing Co
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
Kozy Snack Enterprises
Royal Chemical Company
Natural Formulas
Morgan Advanced Ceramics

P3S Person of the Year
Michael Simpson, City of Los Angeles (Bureau of Sanitation, Industrial Waste Management Program)

PICK
Mark McGrath, City of Hayward
Michael Reilly, County of Santa Cruz Sanitation Division
Vivien Malig, CWEA
Chris Lopez, Rancho California Water District
John Hough, Sacramento Area Sewer District
Juan Coca, West Bay Sanitary District
Gordon Times
Francisco Ortega

Photo Contest
1st Place: Ddaze Phuong, OCSD
2nd Place: Paul Ward, OCSD
3rd Place: Justin A. McKeever, OCWD
Honorable Mention: Adam Newsom, OCSD
Roger Lee, DSRSD

Plant of the Year, 5-20 MGD
Vallejo Sanitation & Flood Control District

Plant of the Year, Greater than 20 MGD
Orange County Sanitation District

Plant of the Year, Less than 5MGD
Ojai Valley Wastewater Treatment Plant

Plant Safety, Large
Union Sanitary District

Plant Safety, Medium
Vallejo Sanitation & Flood Control District

Plant Safety, Small
Stantec/City of Lincoln Wastewater Treatment and Reclamation Facility

Public Education Person of the Year
Teresa Kistner, Goleta Sanitary District

Public Education, Large
City of Los Angeles
(for LA Stormwater Outreach (www.lastormwater.info) Shahram Kharaghani, PhD, P.E. Stormwater Program Manager for the City of Los Angeles)

Public Education, Small
Goleta Sanitary District: Goleta Sanitary District Public Education Booth

Research Achievement
Domenec Jolis, Bonnie Jones, Lock Kwan, Alex Miot, Manisha Shetie, Natalie Sierra and Karri Ving. San Francisco Public Utilities Commission: Oceanside WPCP FOG-to-Biodiesel Demonstration Project
Richard D. Pomeroy
John Larson

Supervisor of the Year
Joaquin Gonzalez, Delta Diablo Sanitation District

CWEA/Water Environment Federation Awards
Arthur Sidney Bedell
Darren Greenwood, City of Livermore

George W. Burke Award
Union Sanitary District
William D. Hatfield
Gilbert Perez, Victor Valley Wastewater Reclamation Authority

Laboratory Analyst Excellence Award
Ku‐Chung Chen, City of Simi Valley

WEF Quarter Century Operators Club
Doug Hauser, Retired
Paul Louis, Retired

When: Thursday, April 21 at 6pm
Where: Taix French Restaurant
1911 West Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

RSVP to Wendy Wert (wwert@lacsd.org) with meal preferences by April 14, 2011.

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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!

Wednesday, March 23:            

Northern California: Walnut Creek
Central California: Fresno
Southern California: Irvine

Discounted Member Rate – $50
Earn up to 4.8 CWEA Contact Hours  

Workshop Brochure 
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During this workshop, you will learn: 

Build strong communication skills that lead to diverse opportunities and higher productivity
Hear key concepts about communication skills and how they can be effective for you in the workplace and your personal life
Gain valuable tips and examples how to apply new communication skills and achieve the next level of success
Learn from lessons of leaders from all backgrounds, experiences, and career paths  

 In an effort to keep up with technological and economical times, and to ensure attendees throughout California hear all the great topics the speakers have to share, we will be hosting the conference simultaneously in three locations, one in the North, one in Central California and one in the South.