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.
Excellence in Environmental Engineering: Chairman Tim Brick and Dr. Kent Sorenson to Speak at MWD on September 23, 2010
The American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE) has organized a dinner meeting to present two Excellence in Environmental Engineering award-winning projects, to be held at the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California on September 23, 2010. Details and registration information are contained in the attached flyer. This AAEE annual event will showcase two of California’s winning projects from the international competition, including the overall top prize. Dr. Kent Sorenson will discuss CDM’s Technology for InSitu Biodegradation of Perchlorate and Nitrate, the Superior Achievement Award winner and Chairman Tim Brick will speak about MWD’s Inland Feeder Program, the Environmental Sustainability Honor Award winner. Come and learn from industry leaders about these outstanding projects and AAEE’s initiatives.
Click here to view the flyer for more information!
If you have additional questions about the event or wish to register, please contact Sylvia Williams at swilliams@lacsd.org or phone 562-908-4288 ext 1700.
Thank you,
Wendy Wert
Board Certified Environmental Engineer (BCEE)
***Note change of date. Please re-send your RSVP***
Join LABS and Senior Attorney David Beckman for a discussion of triple bottom line solutions that address regional stormwater from an inclusive perspective. Attendees will be challenged to consider rainfall as a potential local resource in Los Angeles’ arid, urban environment. David will highlight a report on which NRDC and the Bren School at UC Santa Barbara collaborated that may contribute local water supply benefits through specific control of runoff with tie-in’s to green infrastructure.
When: Thursday, September 24, 2010
11:30 am – mixer
12:00 pm – lunch
12:30 pm – presentation
Where: World Cafe
2820 Main Street,
Santa Monica, CA
Cost: CWEA Members – $30
Non-Members – $40
See event flyer for more details
On August 19, the LABS Young Professionals Committee hosted a tour of the San Jose Creek Water Reclamation Plant (SJC-WRP), owned and operated by the Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County.
***Update: New! Buy 3, get 1 free registration!***
P&ID 101 – An engineering bootcamp to help you with reading, designing and understanding process & instrumentation diagrams.
Wednesday, Sept. 29th
11:00am – 3:00pm
Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County
Conference Rooms E & F
1955 Workman Mill Road, Whittier
Please check in with Security in the main lobby.
$50 CWEA members, $60 non, $25 students/retired. 3 CWEA contact hours. Pay at the door cash or checks, sorry NO credit cards or purchase orders.
Register: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/79Z6VY9
Training Summary
Pick-up the critical skills necessary to understand P&ID documents in our increasingly high-tech and automated industry. Participants will acquire skills needed to differentiate between the interconnection of process equipment and the instrumentation used to control the process. Modules in the seminar are designed to allow participants to learn how to read and interpret the standard set of symbols used in processes instrumentation drawings and their applications in process system design.
Instructor: Joe Chapman
Joe Chapman of Los Angeles Trade Tech frequently teaches on P&ID topics.
Audience:
Environmental engineers, technicians, operators, mechanics, environmental compliance inspectors and vendors.
See flyer for more information!
New for the 2010/2011 LABS program year, Cortech Engineering has stepped up to cover LABS’ expenses for our website, email outreach and a possible new event registration system. This support is critical in helping move LABS forward in the digital age. Thank you Cortech Engineering!
The municipal sales contacts are Marc Sanchez or Gabriel Zink.
A bit about Cortech:
Cortech Engineering offers a broad range of pumps, process equipment products and services for industrial applications in chemical processing, food and beverage, electric utilities, pulp and paper, Oil and Gas, Refining, OEM, and general industry.
Cortech Engineering also has three separate business divisions; Industrial Pumps, Engineered Skids with Pumps and Controls and Municipal Pumps and Process Equipment.
Serving the California and Nevada for 20 years, Cortech Engineering has the knowledge, products, and expertise to help solve your pump and process equipment applications.
Cortech Engineering brings added value to our customers with expert product knowledge and implementation. You can count on Cortech Engineering to assist you in:
- Product selection
- Basic design support
- Training (on and off site)
- Installation support
- Turn-key support
- Hot and cold alignment
- Troubleshooting
- Spare parts
- Full service capabilities for most product lines
- Modular Process Systems including metering pump skids
Their website is www.CortechPumps.com
Interested in supporting LABS as a regular sponsor, contact LABS Corporate Director Alec Mackie at alecm@jwce.com or by calling 714-428-4614.
Forbes ran the numbers and calculated the Top 10 Thirstiest Cities in America. And the metropolitan of Los Angeles-Long Beach-Inland Empire is #1 – the thirstiest.
Wrote Forbes “The Golden State is in desperate need of solutions–it has the unfortunate distinction of holding four spots on Forbes’ list of the Top 10 Thirstiest Cities, the American cities most likely to face dire water shortages in the next decade. Among these cities (of 750,000 population or more), the greater Los Angeles metroplex takes first place, followed by San Diego. Bakersfield comes in fifth, while Sacramento, despite being on a river, ranks eighth.”
No. 1: Los Angeles, California
Population: 18 million*
Water usage: 175 gallons per person per day
Annual rainfall: 15 inches
Drought score: 121
*Population includes nearby Long Beach, Santa Ana, Oxnard, Thousand Oaks, Ventura, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ontario. The component cities of the greater Los Angeles metroplex would have taken three of the top four slots on this top 10, so we simply consolidated them.
The Annenberg Space for Photography in Century City presents an exhibit examining the precarious state of the world’s fresh water. Coinciding with National Geographic’s special issue “Water: Our Thirsty World,” this exhibit features the work of award-winning photographers looking at our most precious resource from environmental, social, political and cultural perspectives.
The Annenberg staff has sent LABS a personal invitation encouraging members to take a tour of the Water photo exhibition. Parking and entry are free for everyone.
Explore the causes and consider the ramifications of the world’s impending fresh water crisis through stunning images and larger-than-life video – HD in a gallery like you’ve never seen.
When: The exhibit will be open to the public from March 27 through June 13, 2010.
Where: 2000 Avenue of the Stars, #10
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Read the full story on the CWEA E-Bulletin blog >
Treatment Plant of the Year - Terminal Island Water Reclamation Plant
(click next to browse through award winners)
By Wendy Wert
LABS Director
On January 23, 2010, the Los Angeles Basin Section (LABS) of California Water Environment Association (CWEA) hosted the 2009 annual LABS awards from the Royal Salon of the Queen Mary. The celebration began with an energized social gathering of CWEA leaders, members, and award winners.
The featured speaker, CWEA Past President Dave Greenwood highlighted specific steps CWEA has taken in 2009 and those planned for 2010 to reach the organizational training objectives in light of current economic conditions. Greenwood reported that CWEA has remained strong during this economic cycle. Although conference attendance was slightly lower than expected, the organization remains energized and plans to roll out stellar training opportunities in 2010. He urged the organizations present to continue to partner with CWEA to support training opportunities for their staff and emphasized the value of workforce engagement.
