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May 18 – A special California State Legislature Hearing: The Future of Stormwater: Capture, Store and Supply

mcopeland — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:27:45 +0000

May 18^th at TreePeople

I am delighted to invite you to join me at an important state event we are hosting next week. For twenty years, TreePeople has demonstrated the technical, economic and social feasibility of rainwater harvesting and watershed management to create a sustainable local water supply. We are pleased to host a special California State Assembly Hearing on the “Future of Stormwater: Capture, Store and Supply.”

When: Friday, May 18,2012

10:00 am tour of the LaKretz Urban Watershed Garden and TreePeople’s 216,000 gallon cisternand unique urban rainwater harvesting facilities.
Hearing from 10:30 am -12:30 pm. Public testimony to follow.

Where:

The LEED Platinum Conference Center at the TreePeople Center for Community Forestry, 12601 Mulholland Drive, at the intersection of Coldwater Canyon Blvd.

What:

This hearing of the State Assembly’s Select Committee on Regional Approaches to Addressing the State’s Water Crisis, chaired by Assemblyman Jose Solorio, will highlight innovations that government agencies and organizations, including TreePeople, have built over the past 20 years. These demonstrate how harvesting and better managing local rainwater can be scaled region-wide to provide a substantial portion of our water supply.

Join us and learn with our legislators about the tremendous opportunities as well as the obstacles that must be addressed to allow a major investment in developing rainwater into a vital local water supply.

Please see the attached agenda for details.

How:

Space is limited. To register, RSVP to Gordon Welty – gwelty@treepeople.org. or call (818) 623-4870. Registration deadline: Wednesday, May 16^th.

In appreciation for your support of the vision and work which has made this possible,

Andy Lipkis,

President and Founder

World Water Day LA Speakers Call for Local, Sustainable Water Supplies

admin — Tue, 01 May 2012 20:23:16 +0000

By Alec Mackie
LABS of CWEA

The LA Basin’s water situation is looking grim – aging infrastructure, tighter regulations, rising energy costs, falling municipal budgets, pumping restrictions in the Sacramento Delta and a drought along the Colorado River. It all adds up less water for LA.

Despite all the challenges there are glimmers of hope, according to speakers at LABS’ World Water Day LA Seminar held March 22 at the LA Chamber of Commerce. LA’s water future actually looks pretty bright if we recycle more water, capture more rainwater and rethink how cities work with water.

LABS’ Past President Hala Titus of Black & Veatch started the seminar by listing cities and the amount they import – from 50% for Long Beach to 60% for Pasadena and 85% for the City of Los Angeles. Ms. Titus then shared an inspiring story about the City of Santa Monica. The City and Black & Veatch recently finished a groundwater filtration plant to remove MTBE and purify the drinking water, and the City cut its water supply needs to only 22% imported. The City wants to get to 100% local supplies by 2020.

James Clark with Black & Veatch gave the first presentation and discussed expanding the region’s purple pipe network – a secondary water system carrying highly purified water from treatment plants to outdoor landscaping, agriculture and industrial applications. He pointed to SoCal’s proud history as a recycled water leader– with LA County Sanitation Districts, City of Los Angeles, West Basin Municipal Water District, Irvine Ranch Water District, and Orange County Water District. A joint project between Orange County Sanitation District and OCWD started Water Factory 21 in 1972, and has grown into the world famous Groundwater Replenishment System.

Mr. Clark called for a shift in thinking – calling wastewater treatment plants “resource recovery” plants. One resource to recover is drinking water. In Orange County, the Groundwater Replenishment System produces 70 million gallons per day of highly purified water which is then sent to basins to percolate into the groundwater aquifer. Started in 2008 the water is cleaner, more reliable and more affordable than imported water supplies. Imported water costs $731 per acre feet (an acre foot supplies 2 houses for 1 year). GWRS purified water is $750/af and with local and Federal rebates costs only $395/af.

Andy Lipkis, the leader of Tree People called for integrating various local water agencies and bringing the natural environment back into the cities we’ve built. Trees act like giant sponges soaking up and holding water until it’s needed. City infrastructure can do the same thing. By capturing and storing large amounts of rainwater we can use local supplies rather than importing them.

What we need to do is build large water storage projects throughout the LA Basin and retrofit homes, neighborhoods and buildings with rain gardens, massive cisterns, bioswales and infiltration basins. The projects capture more rainwater and also create construction jobs – a double bonus in this down economy said Mr. Lipkis.

Next James Yannotta, newly appointed Manager of the LA Aqueduct, explained how LADWP is moving forward to diversify LA’s water supplies. Currently 85% is imported from the Owens Valley, Sacramento Delta and Colorado River, the balance is made up of local groundwater and recycled water. Currently water recycling makes up only 1.5%. “We need to dramatically increase that along with other local water supplies such as stormwater capture and groundwater” said Mr. Yannotta.

“Having water supply challenges is not new, our historical climate patterns typically provide more dry years than wet years. Thus we need to develop local water supplies especially since the recent reduction of imported water to Southern California due to environmental mitigation and legal restrictions. We can’t just go out hundreds of miles away and start importing more water that won’t be available, we need to be a lot more environmentally conscience.”

To extend LA’s supplies further, Mr. Yannotta said LADWP is working with LA residents on five key initiatives such as increasing conservation, expanding the recycled water network (the purple pipe system Mr. Clark described earlier), capturing more stormwater, purifying groundwater and ensuring new LA buildings use low impact development. Eventually, LADWP would like to dramatically increase the City’s local supplies such as recycled water and stormwater.

“Local water supply is much more reliable, particularly during drought years,” said Mr. Yannotta. “Purified recycled water can recharge local aquifers and is the highest quality water available for recharge.”

Mr. Yanotta explained LADWP is working with residents to ensure a comprehensive and transparent planning process – involving hundreds of residents in community meetings. LADWP also formed a dedicated citizens Recycled Water Advisory Group to help the City shape its future recycled water projects.

“New water projects are expensive but over the long term this is cheaper than imported water,” said Mr. Yannotta. “I can guarantee you we will have recycled water however we cannot guarantee how much imported water will be available.”

Mike Antos from LA’s Council for Watershed Health noted watershed issues are typically local, but not in our case, we are relying on huge man made systems to get water to us. Mike talked about water and wastewater engineering 100 years ago and explained sanitary engineers of the late 1800’s thought of cities like a body – getting clean water in and getting the dirty water out. Over the past 100 years that’s the system we built.

Mr. Antos points to UCLA researcher Stephanie Pincetl who argues we need to convert from Sanitary Cities to Sustainable Cities. The nature of government in cities and how their departments function creates blind spots – they focus on individual water tasks such as importing water or sanitation or flood control, but not on overall watershed management. Mr. Antos argues the LA Basin must continue its shift towards a “mētis” way of thinking – holistic, technically creative, inter-agency projects that generate multiple benefits for all stakeholders.

The Council is working on projects that combine both technical water knowledge and holistic watershed management. In one study the Council looked at the safety of infiltrating stormwater and found no significant trends in root-zone water or groundwater quality from the introduction of stormwater through BMPs. Using the US Bureau of Reclamation Groundwater Augmentation Model, the Council also found that in an average rainfall year, 380,000 acre feet (AF) of stormwater flows over the LA Basin and into the ocean. Common estimates imagine this is enough water for nearly 1 million homes for 1 year.

To take stormwater infiltration further the Watershed Council led the construction of the Elmer Avenue demonstration project – a partnership between several LA City agencies and residents. The bioswales, infiltration basins and curb cuts capture all of the dry weather flow and the first 1” of a rainstorm.

Council estimates suggest only 15% of rainwater falling within the City of Los Angeles is currently captured and infiltrates into the aquifer, or roughly 62,000 AF. If we capture and infiltrate 50% of the rainwater we will add 193,000 AF to the groundwater basin. This goal could be accomplished if each property and neighborhood was retrofitted to capture about the first ¾”of a rainstorm.

In closing Mr. Antos asked the audience, “Do we have water security? Do we have generational water security? We have enough water today, but is the way we are managing water today the right way to ensure enough water 50 years from now or 100 years from now. I’m not sure. Is sustaining our current patterns enough? First we have to describe the city we agree to sustain and I’m not sure we’ve done that yet.”

The seminar was sponsored by Haaker Equipment Co. and Contech Engineered Solutions. It was co-hosted with Townhall LA and at lunch Townhall presented a panel discussion exploring LA’s sustainable water issues. LABS looks forward to hosting another World Water Day seminar in 2013.

>>Click here to view PDF versions of the presentations.

March 29 – LA County Flood Control District – Water Quality Funding Initiative

mcopeland — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:25:55 +0000

The burden of addressing stormwater pollution is a challenge every city is facing. Engineer Russ Bryden with the LA County Dept. of Public Works will explain the Water Quality Funding Initiative – a ballot initiative that, if approved by the voters, will provide an on-going stable funding source to enhance water quality through implementation of clean water projects and programs while reducing pollution in stormwater and urban runoff. If the voters do not approve the Water Quality Funding Initiative, cities will have to continue funding water quality improvement needs from general funds or other less reliable sources.

Thursday March 29th
6 pm Mixer, 7 pm Dinner

Monterey Hill Steakhouse
3700 W Ramona Blvd
Monterey Park 91754
(323) 264-8426

RSVP by March 23rd
alecm@jwce.com
or call Alec Mackie
(714) 428-4614

See flyer for more info

Reclaimed bus yard out of service; Next stop urban wetland

mcopeland — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:05:42 +0000

A nine-acre park at Avalon Boulevard and 54th Street offers walking paths, native plants and pools with bacteria that clean polluted storm water.

It took three years and more than $26 million to turn an old MTA bus yard in South Los Angeles into what it is today: a sprawling park and urban wetland that will store and clean millions of gallons of storm water — while also giving children a place to play.

Unlike most parks, which feature green lawns and picnic tables, this one is composed of walking paths, native plants and several kidney-shaped pools filled with storm water. Naturally occurring bacteria clean pollutants from the water, which eventually feeds into a storm drain.

Full Article

Tons of L.A. River trash to be captured before hitting the sea

phall — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:24:26 +0000

Tons of trash normally swept to the ocean by the Los Angeles River should be captured by thousands of trash screens that have been installed beneath nearly every storm drain in the lower reaches of the river. The project is believed to be the largest debris-capturing effort in the nation and marks the most aggressive attack yet on river trash in the Los Angeles region. The project spans 16 cities and is expected to keep 840,000 pounds of debris — the equivalent of about 450 Volkswagen Beetles — from reaching the ocean each year, according to the Gateway Authority, a coalition of cities and public water agencies in southeastern L.A. County.

The biggest winner from the project is Long Beach, where workers routinely have to scoop floating islands of plastic bottles, grocery bags and other debris flowing from dozens of communities upstream before it litters the city’s coastline. In August 2010, crews began installing the stainless-steel, full-capture trash devices inside nearly 12,000 catch basins. The simple mesh contraptions sit just below the drains where water from city streets flows into the storm-water system and can catch debris as small as a cigarette butt.

Another 5,400 drains in the most-littered areas also were outfitted with street-level retractable screens as a second layer of defense.

Link to article

L.A. County May Appeal Stormwater Ruling to the Supreme Court

phall — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:45:07 +0000

Los Angeles County is likely to appeal to the Supreme Court after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit denied a rehearing of Natural Resources Defense Council, et al. v. County of Los Angeles, et al. on July 13. The landmark appellate ruling, made in March, stated that cities with municipal separate storm sewer (MS4) permits are strictly liable for all stormwater runoff pollution at their monitoring stations, regardless of whether the pollutant originated outside the MS4 system. Even if the municipality is working to address known violations—an iterative process—penalties may be incurred.

The lawsuit was brought against the county because the county’s flood control district exceeded the pollutant limits of its MS4 permit. However, the county claims that upstream neighbors are responsible for some of the pollutant loads. There are concerns that this ruling could lead to litigation between municipalities regarding who is responsible for stormwater pollutants.

WEFTEC-11: California Presenters at This Year’s Conference in Los Angeles

admin — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:38:54 +0000

The biggest conference and exhibition in the wastewater and stormwater world is coming to Los Angeles Oct 15-19. WEF has kindly compiled a list of the California presenters (wow over 100 people !) – how many CWEA members can you spot?

Click here for a list of California speakers and session numbers (Excel) >
Click here to access My WEFTEC Planner >

Abraham, Kenneth, Black and Veatch ~ When/Why/How of Anaerobic Digestion Pretreatment Processes: A California Experience
Adams, Russel, Advanced Organic Methods LLC ~ Re-Orienting Municipal Wastewater Management Systems for Energy Reduction and Energy Production
Andrews, Howard (Andy), Black & Veatch Corporation ~ Water Quality Modeling of Best Management Practices to Support Rehabilitation of Historic Echo Park Lake in Los Angeles
Asvapathanagul, Pitiporn, University of California at Irvine ~ Predicting and Proposed Control of Gordonia amarae Occurrence in an Activated Sludge Process and Physicochemical Factors in Plant Operation Related to the Foaming Event
Bambic, Dustin, Tetra Tech ~ Identification and Control of Bacteria Sources: Lessons Learned from the Los Angeles River Watershed
Berge, Tish, RMC Water and Environment ~ Indirect Potable Reuse – Regulatory Impacts
Berko, Kwasi, City of Los Angeles ~ Wet Weather Hydrodynamic Modeling as a Planning Tool for the City of Los Angeles
Brown, Clem, City of San Diego ~ Strategic Planning to Implement Bacteria TMDLs in San Diego – Balancing Practicality with Success
Burbano, Marie, CDM ~ Biosolids Enhancements to Increase Gas Production
Burror, James “Jim”, Orange County Sanitation District ~ Controlling a Large CIP Using a Project Clearinghouse Team
Caliskaner, Onder, Kennedy Jenks Consultants ~ Comparison of Three Filtration Technologies to Meet Tertiary Level Discharge and Unrestricted Reuse Requirements
Caliskaner, Onder, Kennedy Jenks Consultants ~ Evaluation of the New Compressible Media Filter at the Highest Filtration Rates used for California Title 22 Unrestricted Water Reuse Applications
Chakraborti, Rajat, CH2M Hill ~ Performance of a Pilot Constructed Treatment Wetland for Membrane Concentrate Produced from Reclaimed Water
Cox, Huub, City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation ~ Multi-Agency Approach to Implementing the Monitoring Requirements of the Ballona Creek Metals and Estuary Toxic Pollutants TMDL
Crites, Ronald, Brown and Caldwell ~ Decentralized Technologies for Rural Areas of Hawaii
Dadakis, Jason, Orange County Water District ~ Orange County’s Groundwater Replenishment System: Water Quality Monitoring and Facility Expansion in the Face of Changing Regulations
Doudar, Phil, Los Angeles County Flood Control District ~ Dealing with Financial Challenges of Water Quality Improvement: Regional Water Quality Funding Initiative
Drennan, Philippa, Loyola Marymount University ~ Green Roofs: Developing a Native Plant Palette for Use in Southern California
Eftekharzadeh, Shahriar, HDR Engineering Inc. ~ Mathematical Modeling of Airflow in The City Of Los Angeles Main Interceptor System
Ekster, Alex, City of San Jose ~ A Change in Filter Control Almost Doubles Filtered Water Production per Filter Run
Erdal, Ufuk, CH2M HILL ~ Contrasting Finished Water Stabilization Approaches at Two Full-Scale Indirect Potable Reuse Plants
Erdal, Ufuk, CH2MHILL ~ A State of the Art Concentrate Management Technology Selection Tool and Application of the Tool to a Full-Scale Study
Erdal, Zeynep, CH2M HILL ~ Making Anaerobic Digestion Work with High Strength Wastes: Lessons Learned from Pilot to Full Scale
ESKRIDGE, KARI, LA COUNTY ~ Reducing SSO’s through CCTV Inspection
Falk, Michael, HDR Engineering ~ Development of a WERF Compendium on Design, Operations, and Research Needs for Tertiary Denitrification Processes to Meet Low N and P Limits
Feger, Naomi, Regional Water Quality Control Board – San Francisco Bay Region ~ Regulating Nutrients in a Dynamically Changing Ecosystem Like San Fransco Bay: First Step – Build a Framework for Water Quality Objectives
Flores, Michael, RMC Water and Environment ~ Implementation of a Risk-Based Approach to Sanitary Sewer Asset Management
Garvey, Elisa, Carollo Engineers ~ Technical, institutional and economic challenges and opportunities for stormwater diversions
Gaur, Sanjay, Raftelis Financial Consultant ~ Cutting-Edge Financial Plan Tool to Facilitate Communications between Agency’s Staff and Elected Stakeholders
George, Angela, Los Angeles County Flood Control District ~ Multi-Pollutant TMDL Implementation Plans for Los Angeles County – a Quantitative and Practical Approach
Gerges, Hany, HDR engineering ~ Flow Distribution at Wastewater Treatment Plants: Real Problems and Proven Solutions
Gerges, Hany, HDR engineering ~ Selecting the Right Digester Mixing System Using Computational Fluid Dynamic Analysis
Gilani, Cyrous, Wastewater Conveyance Construction Division ~ Los Angeles UtilizesBio-trickling Filter/Activated Carbon for Collection System Odor Control
Goel, Nitin, carollo engineers ~ Not Just for Milk Anymore, Pasteurization of Reclaimed Water in Ventura CA
Grantham, Robert, FCS Group ~ “Green” Credits – Considerations to Incentivize Green Technology and Prevent Financial Challenges
Gray, Donald, East Bay Municipal Utility District ~ New (First Ever) Site Specific PSRP-Equivalent Anaerobic Digestion Process Increases Digestion Capacity by Fifty Percent
Gray, Gloria, ~ The Delta Plan
Haimann, Richard, HDR ~ Applying an Asset Management Program to Integrated Storm Water Quality and Flood Control Management
Haimann, Richard, HDR ~ Dry Weather Urban Runoff Diversion Program – The Benefit to Beach Water Quality, and the Impacts on Wastewater Systems
Hanks, Keith, City of Los Angeles ~ Los Angeles Sewers, Past, Present, and Future
Hanna, Mark, Geosyntec Consultants ~ Stormwater as a Resource: Rainwater Harvesting in Los Angeles
Harding, David, Biosolid Reduction Technologies, LLC ~ Biosolids Mass Reduction to Produce Fuel
Hay, Jonathan, Black & Veatch ~ Assessing the Condition of OCSD’s 20 Year Old Ocean Outfall Piping System Using State of the Nondestructive Testing Techniques
Hokanson, David, Trussell Technologies, Inc. ~ Pilot Testing to Evaluate Advanced Oxidation Processes for Water Reuse
Hutton, Matt, MicroBio Engineering, Inc. ~ OPTIONS FOR ENERGY FROM ALGAE AT WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES
Jackson-Fossett, Cora, City of Los Angeles ~ Dangerous Liasons: How Stakeholders Can Make or Break Your Wastewater Projects
Kaur, Jagjit, CH2M HILL ~ Stakeholder success for Stormwater Quality Benefits
Kohagura, Ligaya, Sacramento Area Sewer District ~ Best Bang for Your Buck: Applying Flow Monitoring to Enhance Dynamic Hydraulic Modeling
Kolb, Ruth, City of San Diego ~ Multiple Benefits of Third-Party TMDL Development – Recent San Diego Examples
Kubick, Karen, City of San Francisco ~ Development and Implementation of Innovative Urban Watershed Planning for San Francisco
Lau, Rowena, City of Los Angeles – Bureau of Sanitation ~ Impacts of Sewer Capacity Assessment in Los Angeles
LeClaire, Joe, Wildermuth Environmental Inc. ~ TOC Removal From Tertiary Effluent in the Chino Basin Recycled Water Groundwater Recharge Program: Results From the Monitoring Program
Lee, Andy, Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts ~ Removing Hydrogen Sulfide from Digester Gas Using Aerobic and Anoxic Biological Trickling Filters
Lehman, Peggy, CA Department of Water Resources ~ Factors That Affect the Growth and Toxicity of the Toxic Cyanobacterium Microcystis in San Francisco Estuary
Lemma, Issayas, City of San Jose ~ A Successful Chemical Cleaning of Struvite Scale Prolongs the Life Span of Sludge Exporting Pipeline
LEW, ALBERT, City of Los Angeles ~ A Los Angeles Marathon – Building 60 Miles of Sewers a Year
Luker, Mike, EMWD ~ Asset Management: Ten Years After Commitment at Eastern Municipal Water District
Lundeen, Chris, California Water Environment Association ~ Discovering Core Competencies in the Collection Systems Maintenance Profession
Lundquist, Tryg, California Polytechnic State University ~ Advances in Wastewater Treatment Pond Performance
Mansell, Bruce, LA County Sanitation Districts ~ Pilot-Scale Testing of a High Recovery NF/RO Integrated Treatment System for Indirect Potable Reuse
Marks, Kathleen, Carollo Engineers ~ Engineer’s Perspective
Marrero, Lenise, City of Los Angeles ~ Water Recycling: Pathway to Sustainable Wastewater Management in Los Angeles
Matthews, Bob, CDM ~ Need and Guideline Development Approach
Mayrena, Regidia, City of Los Angeles ~ Predicting Sewer Conditions for Large Collection Systems: The L.A. Experience
McPherson, James, Union Sanitary District ~ A Competency Based Training System, That Really Works!
Melton, Lyndel, RMC Water and Environment ~ Monterey Bay Regional Desalination Project
Merlo, Rion, Brown and Caldwell ~ Nitrogen Removal Using the Reverse Osmosis Process
Meyerhoff, Richard, CDM ~ Green Los Angeles Stormwater: Regional Solutions
Moke, Adam, Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation ~ Quantifying the Greenhouse Gas Emissions at the City of Los Angeles, Bureau of Sanitation
Morris, John, The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California ~ California’s Water Crises
Mullen, Matthew, FCS Group ~ Santa Ana Water Project Authority Strategic Financial Plan: Garnering Support
Munakata, Naoko, Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County ~ AOP Treatment of Nitrosamines in Recycled Water
Neethling, JB, HDR Engineering ~ WERF Nutrient Challenge – Nutrient Regulations, Treatment Performance, and Sustainability Collide
Neethling, JB, HDR Inc ~ Converting BOD to Nitrification/Denitrification in Same Reactor While Maintaining Capacity
Nurmi, Joshua, Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District ~ Automating Control in Biological Reactors for Diurnal Loadings
Olson, Betty, University of California ~ Nitrite Levels in an Incomplete Nitrifying Plant and How Increasing Denitrification Could Decrease Nitrate and Disinfection Issues
Orphan, Lynn, HDR ~ Opening Panel: Stormwater in Los Angeles
Parker, Denny, Brown and Caldwell ~ A Biological Selector for Preventing Nuisance Foam Formation in Nutrient Removal Plants
Patel, Mehul, Orange County Water District ~ Monitoring of Water Quality in the Orange County Groundwater Basin Replenished by MF/RO/AOP Treated Secondary Effluent
Patel, Mehul, Orange County Water District ~ UV/AOP – A Key Part of the Groundwater Replenishment System
Paulsen, Susan, Flow Science Incorporated ~ Automated Flow-Weighted Composite Sampling of Storm Runoff in Ventura County, CA
Pretorius, Coenraad, Carollo Engineers ~ COD Mass Balance as a Tool to Evaluate Anaerobic Digester Performance
Pretorius, Coenraad, Carollo Engineers ~ Using Residual Syrup to Increase Digester Gas Production
Rasmus, Jim, Black & Veatch ~ Bringing a Sustainable Sparkle to the Jewel of Los Angeles: The Rehabilitation of Echo Park Lake
Reed, Brian, Orange County Sanitation District ~ pH Enhancement of Iron Salts with Magnesium Hydroxide to Control Malodorous Compounds in the Wastewater Collection and Treatment Systems
Rodrigo, Dan, CDM ~ Measuring the Benefits of Total Water Management Using a Systems Modeling Approach
Rogers, Kathryn, Carollo Engineers ~ Packed Tower Air Stripping: An Economical Alternative for Meeting California’s Stringent THM Limits
Rosso, Diego, UCI ~ Energy Footprint Analysis of Orange County Sanitation District’s Operations
Roy, Sujoy, Tetra Tech Inc. ~ Model Selenium in the North San Francisco Bay
Salveson, Andrew, Carollo Engineers ~ Pathogen Reduction Through SAT: Demonstration of Title 22 Filtration and Disinfection Compliance As Part of WaterReuse Research Foundation Project 10-10
Sandu, Alex, MWH Americas, Inc. ~ Rollercoaster Ride to GREEN for Major Food Industry Manufacturer
Sarullo, Michael, City of Los Angeles ~ Microfiltration and Reverse Osmosis Membrane Replacement: Understanding Operating Process Data and Autopsy Data/Projection of Useful Remaining Life
Schilling, William, CDM ~ Paying for Themselves – An Evaluation of Turbo Blower Life-Cycle Costs
Seeta, Vamsi, Parsons Corporation ~ “Free” Solar Power – A Big Leap Towards Energy Self-Sufficiency at WWTPs
Sen, Dipanker, Aquaregen-Vialytics ~ Development and Application of a Real Time Control System to Improve Nutrient Removal and Water Reuse in North American and Asian Geographies
Sim, Youn, Los Angeles County Flood Control District ~ Integrated Water Quality Improvement Approach with Economic Consideration Using a Decision Support System and Application for Water Quality Design Storm Development
Sinclair, Ryan, Loma Linda University School of Public Health ~ A Health Effect Evaluation of a Drinking Water System for Areas of the United States of America Without Water Infrastructure
Skager, Paul, Parsons ~ Bakersfield Wastewater Treatment Plant 3 – Innovative, Sustainable, and a Good Neighbor
Smal, Nick, Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts ~ Pilot Study of Advanced Treatment Processes to Recycle JWPCP Secondary Effluent
Smith, Mark, Brown and Caldwell ~ Full-Scale Interceptor Drop Structure Ventilation Analysis in Los Angeles Reveals Keys to Odor Release
Stenstrom, Michael, UCLA ~ Economic and Feasibility Analysis Of Process Selection and Resource Allocation in Decentralized Wastewater Treatment for Developing Regions
Susilo, Ken, Geosyntec Consultants ~ LID: Distributed Green Solutions
Susilo, Ken, Geosyntec Consultants ~ New Public domain Technologies: Structural Stormwater BMP Prioritization and Analysis Tool
Tremblay, Ray, Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County ~ Maximizing Recycled Water Use in Southern California
van Buskirk, Rod, Westin ~ Integrating Core Wastewater Business Processes: Lessons Learned from Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
van Buskirk, Rod, Westin ~ IT Strategic Planning: Catalyst for Utility-Wide Performance Improvement
Vermande, Stephanie, Water Pollution Control Plant – City of San Jose ~ Aeration Improvements to Save Energy
Villacorta, Brian, Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts ~ Service and Success Go Hand-in-Hand: A Look at the LACSD Engineering Mentoring Program
Vitasovic, Zdenko, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California ~ IT in Wastewater Utilities: End User Survey
Wallis, Michael, EBMUD ~ Water Utility Response to Climate Change
Weissert, Toby, Carollo Engineers ~ Establishing Equitable Rates for Treatment of Solids Streams from a Satellite Water Reclamation Plant
Wetterau, Greg, CDM ~ Improved Operating Conditions for L.A.’s Future Indirect Potable Reuse Facility
Whitman, Eliza, Brown and Caldwell ~ Southern California : Innovative and Forward Thinking Approaches to Managing Water
Wong, Joseph, Brown and Caldwell ~ Membranes for Wastewater Reclamation and Reuse for Petrochemical and Petroleum Refining Industries

July 28 – City of Malibu’s Legacy Park and Stormwater Treatment Facility (SOLD OUT)

phall — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:00:59 +0000

***Due to popular demand, this event is Sold Out***

It’s an environmental learning experience for children of all ages. It’s home to five coastal habitats and SoCal’s only coastal prairie. It’s an oasis. It’s an environmental cleaning machine for the ocean.

It’s the heart of Malibu. It’s one smart park. The Legacy Park Project, the centerpiece of the City of Malibu’s $50 million dollar commitment to clean water, is a cutting-edge concept with far-reaching civic, educational, and environmental benefits for residents, visitors, and the generations to come.

Employing state-of-the-art technology, it is a central park that will work as an environmental cleaning machine, reducing pollution impacts in Malibu Creek, Malibu Lagoon, and the world famous Surfrider Beach, and will provide a
living learning center for five coastal habitats.

Featured Dinner Speakers:
Bob Brager, Public Works Director, City of Malibu
Elizabeth Shavelson, Public Works Analyst, City of Malibu
Steve Clary, Principal, RMC Water & Environment

When:
Thursday, July 29, 2011
5:00 p.m. Tour
6:00 p.m. Dinner
7:00 p.m. Presentation

Where:
Tour: Stormwater Treatment Facility
(salmon colored building):
Legacy Park
23500 Civic Center Way
Malibu 90265

Dinner: Guido’s Malibu (walk next door)
3874 Cross Creek Road, Malibu

RSVP:
By July 22nd with meal choice to:
alecm@jwce.com or call Alec Mackie
at (714) 428-4614.

See flyer for more information

July 12 – WERF Webcast: How Well Do BMPs Work?

phall — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:52:14 +0000

New BMP Database Results for Four Pollutant Categories and Volume Control Too!

Date: Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Time: 02:00 to 03:00 PM EDT

Duration: 60 Minutes

Price: FREE TO WERF SUBSCRIBERS

What level of treatment is typical for various BMPs and green infrastructure practices? What pollutant removal mechanisms do they employ? How can I use this information to help select and design effective stormwater controls?

Representatives from the International Stormwater BMP Database will answer these questions and more, as they provide stormwater managers, consultants, and others with the latest BMP performance evaluation results for four pollutant categories – bacteria, nutrients, sediment, and metals – as well as volume reduction.

This evaluation is based on analysis of the data contained in the International Stormwater BMP Database and is summarized in a new series of technical memos. To learn more, visit www.bmpdatabase.org.

2012 CWEA P3S Conference: Call For Papers

phall — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:13:00 +0000

The 2012 CWEA P3S Conference seeks presentations for workshop sessions in the following tracks:

Non-Industrial Source Control
Pretreatment Automation Tools
Pretreatment 101 – how and why did the pretreatment regulations come to be
Regulatory Issues
EPA Audit Experiences
Stormwater Issues
Pollution Prevention Outreach Successes
Permit Writing War Stories

The 2012 CWEA P3S Conference will be held February 27-29, 2012 in Southern California.

We would love to have you present your work and interesting “war stories” as we all spend some time learning together. Please send a brief description of your presentation for consideration to Mike Zedek (mzedek@ocsd.com).