Tri- Counties Medium Plant of the Year and also the State Collection System of the Year ! On top of that , there will be Technical Certification Review classes, we will cover Lab Certification Grades 1 to 4, Collection Certification Grades 1 to 4, Environmental Compliance 1 and 2 , Operations Math/ Operations, Maintenance/ Instrumentation, Safety and Super Group classes. Please come and join us for a fun day of classes, plant tour, vendor exhibits, door prizes, OPS Challenge practice, excellent food and the Best and Worst Hawaiian shirt contest!
Thursday, June 14, 2012 8:00 am – 2:30 pm
City of Simi Valley Water Quality Control Plant
600 W. Los Angeles Ave., Simi Valley, CA 93065
See Flyer for more information.
(photos by Miluska Propersi, RMC Water and Environment)
Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant (City of Los Angeles) combines advanced wastewater treatment technology with the beauty and tranquility of its landscaped gardens. The plant provides 26MGD reclaimed water to many users in the San Fernando Valley. The Japanese Gardens built adjacent to the treatment plant, are irrigated with reclaimed water from the plant and are open to the public on a year round basis.
When: March 20, 2012 Tuesday @ 10am
Venue: 6100 Woodley Ave, Van Nuys, CA 91406
Cost: Free
RSVP: Rachel Deco rdeco@lacsd.org
(Photos by Kent McKintosh, LACSD)
On Nov 10th 45 members of LABS participated in a unique, behind the scenes tour of the rapidly expanding Space X manufacturing facility in Hawthorne. The event was LABS’ annual Industrial Waste tour and arranged by members of the Los Angeles County Sanitations Districts’ Industrial Waste Section.
Founded just a few years ago by Elon Musk, the entrepeanuer behind PayPal and Tesla electric cars, Space X is working on designing and building the next generation of rockets that will take people and supplies to the international space station, whicle also cutting the cost of building, launching and recovering the rockets. The company is building new rockets in response to competitions created by NASA to fund the next generate of private rocket launching companies.
***Sorry, this event is SOLD OUT..***
Established in 2002 by Elon Musk , the founder of PayPal and the Zip2 Corporation, SpaceX has already developed two brand new launch vehicles, established an impressive launch manifest, and been awarded COTS funding by NASA to demonstrate delivery and return of cargo to the Space Station.
SpaceX is privately developing the Dragon crew and cargo capsule and the Falcon family of rockets from the ground up, including main and upper stage engines, the cryogenic tank structure, avionics, guidance & control software and ground support equipment. Sign-up to tour this amazing new facility in Hawthorne and learn more about the next generation of space travel.
$30 CWEA members; $35 non-members; $15 students
Notes: ITAR Security regulations allow only US citizens to take the tour; please bring ID; closed toe shoes. RSVP today – tour limited to 40 people.
Dinner
Buffet dinner at Nat’s Airport Ballroom next door, including choice of chicken, beef, veggies and carrot cake for dessert.
RSVP
RSVP by 11/8 please:
alecm@jwce.com
or call Alec Mackie
(714) 428-4614
See flyer for more information
Please join us to visit the Burbank Water Reclamation Plant (BWRP), where BWRP and LABS SYPC (California Water Environment Association Los Angeles Basin Section Students & Young Professional Committee) are hosting a facility tour introducing City of Burbank’s full scale wastewater treatment and reclamation processes.
BWRP is a tertiary wastewater treatment plant that currently treats 9 million gallons of sewage per day (MGD). The BWRP was built in 1966 to meet the wastewater and sewer needs of the growing residential population and expanding commercial industries located in the City of Burbank. Originally built to treat 6 MGD, the City upgraded the BWRP to the current 9 MGD in 1971. The plant was upgraded in 2000 to ensure that its meets new stringent regulations raising the quality of the cleaned wastewater it discharges after the treatment process. The plant was upgraded again in 2002 to remove ammonia from the wastewater.
Time: September 27, Tuesday 8:30-10am
Venue: 740 North Lake Street, Burbank CA
RSVP: nicole.you@lacity.org
Parking: On Lake Street, entrance of the plant is at Lake & Chestnut
Cost: Free!
Come join LABS for our annual Past Presidents Event to be held at the Getty Villa located in beautiful Malibu!
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.
See flyer for more information
***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
Operating a Water Recycling Plant
NOW AND IN THE FUTURE
Long Beach Water Department Senior Operator Richard Salas will present several high-tech pilot projects LBWD is working on to improve operations and then lead us on a tour of the Leo J. Vander Lans water treatment facility. The facility takes 3MGD of tertiary treated wastewater from LACSD’s Long Beach treatment plant and purifies it through microfiltration, reverse osmosis and UV disinfection. The clean water is then injected into a seawater intrusion barrier to protect local groundwater. Lunch on-site.
Please no open toed shoes or high heels / Limit 30 people / RSVP Today!
Pay at the door: $18 CWEA members / $25 Non-members /
$10 students or retirees. 1 CWEA contact hour available.
Where:
Long Beach Water Dept.
Vander Lans AWTF
7380 E. Willow
Long Beach 90815
(next to LACSD Long Beach Plant)
When:
Thursday, September 15, 2011
11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Lunch:
Passion Fruit Catering
Sandwiches, salads, sodas and cookies.
Please RSVP by 9/12
alecm@jwce.com
or call Alec Mackie
(714) 428-4614
See flyer for more information
***Due to popular demand, this event is SOLD OUT***
After successfully operating a 10-gallon-a-minute ocean-water desalination pilot and producing desalinated ocean-water that exceeds current state and federal drinking water standards, West Basin Municipal Water District is now taking the next step: desalinating ocean-water for its customers through an Ocean-Water Desalination Demonstration Project (SEA Lab in Redondo Beach, California) on a fully developed urban site. This facility utilizes limited quantities of full-scale equipment to refine operating parameters, perform additional water quality testing, evaluate environmentally-protective source intake methodologies, and assess energy e fficiency. IDA, CWEA SARBS and LABS now joint organize an exciting tour to the Ocean-Water Desalination Demonstration Facility in Redondo Beach, CA on August 11th. Water wastewater professionals and those are interested in desalination and water treatment in general are welcome to join the tour and socialize with peers at the beautiful Redondo Beach.
Date: August 11st 2011
Time: 6-8 PM including a gathering for happy hour around 7 PM
Location: 1021 N Harbor Dr, Redondo Beach, CA
Parking: Limited, carpool desirable
RSVP: Nicole You
E-Mail: Nicole.you@lacity.org
Phone: 323-342-6265
See attached flyer for more information
Photographs by Amanda Schmidt, RMC
In early March a delegation of Chinese urban planning, construction and water officials from Sichuan Province visited Southern California to tour water and wastewater treatment facilities. The delegation asked LABS for assistance in locating facilities to tour and LABS Directors were happy to provide assistance. The delegation of Chinese officials toured water treatment plants, water reclamation facilities in El Segundo and Fountain Valley and wastewater treatment facilities in Los Angeles and Glendale among other sites.
One of the highlights of their visit was an in-depth tour of the award winning Groundwater Replenishment System (GWRS) in Fountain Valley. GWRS is a microfiltration, reverse osmosis and UV treatment facility which purifies water and sends it to seawater intrusion barriers and the Anaheim spreading grounds. It is joint project of the Orange County Water District and Orange County Sanitation District.
Lo Tan, a Senior Engineer with Orange County Water District, provided a briefing in Chinese on Orange County’s need for the GWRS and on the projects development over the last ten years. Lo then led the delegation on a tour of the various treatment systems and processes, including a look at the impressive array of reverse osmosis canisters.
Members of the delegation pointed out Sichuan, China is well-known for their Giant Panda Research Center.
Photographs by Miluska Propersi, RMC.
CWEA LABS Student and Young Professionals Committee
is proud to invite you to our first tour of 2011!
Join other students and young professionals as we tour Terminal Island Water Reclamation Plant (TIWRP) on March 29th.
TIWRP has won the 2009 LABS award of Plant of the year!
Location: Terminal Island Water Reclamation Plant
455 Ferry Street
San Pedro, 90731
When: Tuesday, March 29 from 10:30am to 1 pm – Lunch is included!
RSVP with Nicole You (Nicole.You@lacity.org) by Friday March 18
Click here for event flyer and to RSVP >
Thursday, February 17, 2011 Tour 11 am – noon, Tacos at noon
Join the Los Angeles Basin Section of CWEA for a Tour and Tacos luncheon Event featuring the Walt Disney Concert Hall, designed by architect Frank Gehry. The tour of Walt Disney Concert Hall is architectural in nature, focusing on the projects history from conception to completion as well as significant highlights of prominent interior and exterior areas of the building.
The interior spaces include viewing the Library of Congress/Ira Gershwin Gallery. Walt Disney Concert Hall is the only venue in which the Library of Congress has allowed artifacts from their facility to be displayed. The Gallery is changed every 6 – 8 months and focuses on a specific subject such as Music and Architecture. The exterior levels include the almost 1 acre Blue Ribbon Garden where the lovely Lillian Fountain is located and the 5th level Aerial Pathway which offers guests a wonderful view of downtown Los Angeles.
LABS of CWEA regretfully reports that the Coca-Cola Bottling Company has postponed its plant tour. LABS will inform you of the tour status when more information is available.
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.
Join the YPs as they tour San Jose Creek WRP on Thursday, August 19 at 5pm!
The San Jose Water Reclamation Plant (WRP) began operation in June 1971 and provides primary, secondary and tertiary treatment for 100 million gallons of wastewater per day.
View flyer and more information!
Bixby Marshlands, a 17-acre wetland, located in Carson, Ca, was formerly part of a large fresh water marshland called Bixby Slough. History of the marshlands goes way back as far to the early 1900’s, to where it had stretched out as far from 223rd to the LA Harbor. In the 1970s, after the 110 freeway was built (1960s), when construction of the Wilmington Drain (built to protect flooding), 95% of the marshlands were destroyed by development.
Since then, in 1995, the Sanitation Districts completed the Joint Outfall Systems (JOS) 2010 Master Facilities Plan (certified to restore wetlands). In 2000, the marshlands were filled, & digesters were infiltrated.
According to the March 2009 biological survey, the marshlands is home to 43% of the federal-listed endangered & threatened species & a total of 135 native, non-native plants, 65 species of birds, as well as fish, such as the Western Mosquito Fish, animals; the Desert Cottontails, amphibians; the Pacific Tree Frogs, & reptiles; the Western Fence Lizards, trees such as willows & sycamores.
Why the marshlands are so important, besides providing habitat (homes), its part of the “Pacific Flyway” where birds that are traveling a place to rest. Wetlands are sometimes called “the kidneys of the marshlands” because they receive water the rushes off during storms. In wetlands, water is cleansed of sediments & pollutants before it slowly enters the ocean or underground aquifers.
Today, it is helped run from volunteers from the Audubon Society & it is open to the public of the 1st Saturdays of every month from 8 a.m. to 12 noon. If you are interested in becoming a docent and would like to become an active service crew, you can contact Rupam Soni at (562) 908-4288 ext 2303.
Don’t miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to tour *MWD’s Robert B. Diemer Treatment Plant on Wednesday, June 30, 2010*! Come and see one of Orange County’s most impressive treatment plants while it is *undergoing construction*. Only the first 40 people to sign up will be provided the opportunity to tour this dynamic treatment plant, and a few years down the road when all this construction is complete, we will be able to return and see what the finished product looks like!
Please note: Because this plant is undergoing construction and has limited parking availability, we will be *meeting at Graziano’s and carpooling to the Diemer Plant.*
If you are interested in our SARBS June tour, please send in the completed form to Megan Yoo <meganyoo@gmail.com>
