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
LABS has posted a new set of videos on CWEA’s YouTube site. The hour-long six-part series is a recording of its April dinner meeting, which featured Sam Espinoza from the LA Sanitation Districts of LA County speaking about wastewater collection system operation and maintenance.
Comment on this post and let us know what you think. Does your workplace allow access to YouTube? Are the videos useful for information sharing? Want to provide footage of your events or tours of your facility?
By: Wendy Wert, LABS Vice President
On July 22, 2010, the California Water Environment Association (CWEA) Los Angeles Basin Section (LABS) presented an overview of Los Angeles County’s Stormwater Monitoring programs. The featured speaker was Oliver D. Galang, P.E., Section Manager with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works’ Watershed Management Division. Oliver described the Los Angeles County’s existing National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Stormwater Program and provided an update of efforts to modernize and expand these into a systemwide water quality monitoring system.
Here is the entire presentation in PDF format as requested…
City of LA Venice VDFM LABS (PDF), Sean Zahedi, PE, Project Manager
By Wendy Wert
On May 20, 2010, the California Water Environment Association (CWEA) Los Angeles Basin Section (LABS) presented a regional composting update at the Monterey Hill Steakhouse in Monterey Park. The featured speaker was Jeff Ziegenbein, Deputy Manager of Operations for Inland Empire Regional Composting Facility (IERCF). The IERCA was created in 2002 by a joint powers agreement between the Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA) and the County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County (CSDLAC). The agencies have evaluated composting as an economically and environmentally sound method of beneficially reusing biosolids from publically owned treatment works (POTWs).
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.
Join us for our next LABS dinner and presentation on Thursday, July 22 at 6pm!
Our featured guest is Oliver Galang with the LA County Flood Control District!
Join us for a presentation by David Drake (Hardronex) and Sean Zahedi (City of LA) and a great Italian lunch in the South Bay! Topics will include trends in sewer monitoring and a discussion of the Venice Force Main project.
When: Thursday, June 24, 2010
10:30 – 11:30 am - Join us to plan LA’s FIRST Collections Training Day
11:30-1:00 pm – Speakers and Luncheon
Where: Torrance Cultural Center Garden Rooms
(next to Armstrong Theatre)
3330 Civic Center Drive, Torrance, CA
Earn 1 CWEA contact hour!
See flyer for more information and to RSVP.
