(photos by Amanda Schmidt, RMC Water & Environment)
Over thirty young professionals attended the Los Angeles-Glendale Water Reclamation Plant (LAG) tour on January 26, 2010. Mr. Hiddo Netto from the City of Los Angeles provided an overview of the City of Los Angeles’ wastewater treatment plants and LAG’s role in the overall system.
The Students and Young Professionals Committee (SYPC) of the Santa Ana River Basin Section (SARBS) is proud to offer a tour of IEUA RP-5 and Chino Desalter as the second of many more quarterly events to come. This event is open to all those who are interested, and students and young professionals (YPs) are especially encouraged to attend. The purpose of these events will be to meet quarterly, network with other students and YPs in the water and wastewater
industry, and learn more about job advancement, leadership skills, and other SYPC programs and events.
Date: Friday, February 19, 2010
Time: 1 pm to 4 pm; Happy Hour Networking 4 pm to end
Location:
IEUA Headquarters
6075 Kimball Avenue
Chino CA, 91708
Cost:
$20.00 Non-Members
$15.00 CWEA Members
$5.00 Students
Deadline: February 17, 2010
Additional Info: Megan Yoo meganyoo@gmail.com
Join LABS young professionals on the Los Angeles-Glendale Water Reclamation Plant tour, followed by lunch, on January 26th.
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By Wendy Wert
LABS Director
Chair, CWEA Training Coordination
On October 15, 2009 the Los Angeles Basin Section (LABS) of California Water Environment Association (CWEA) hosted its annual Industrial Tour. This year’s event included a tour of the THUMS (Texaco, Humble (now Exxon), Union, Mobil, and Shell) Island White facility located in Long Beach harbor. LABS attendees joined the more than 1,800 visitors who tour THUMS each year.
Upon arrival at the Port of Long Beach, participants were shown a safety video and then ferried across the harbor to Island White. Upon arrival, LABS participants were introduced to the facility by tour guides Diana Lang and Jim Van Camp. Currently THUMS employs approximately 200 people.
Cheers West Basin!
On Wednesday Sept. 9th over 60 professionals from LABS and SARBS took a guided tour of the West Basin Municipal Water District’s water recycling facility in El Segundo.
West Basin’s Manager of Public & Gov’t Affairs Ron Wildermuth gave an enlightening talk on SoCal’s dire water situation and what West Basin is doing to secure more local supplies for their customers. Their plan, called Water Reliability 2020 involves several different projects to diversive the region’s water supplies and move away from dependence on expensive and dwindling imported supplies. One of West Basin’s main messages is – spread the word about water efficiency in your community, Southern California needs public support for clean water projects now more than ever.
Public tours of the Edward C. Little Water Reclamation Facility are offered the second Saturday of each month at 9:30am – it is a fantastic tour and well worth taking. Contact info is on West Basin’s website at www.westbasin.com.
Join LABS as we tour THUMS Island as part of our annual industrial pretreatment tour.
The City of Long Beach’s THUMS Island is a collaborative project between five oil companies to remove oil & gas from the site.
*Please wear flat, closed-toe tennis or walking shoes*
*Please be aware we will be traveling by boat to the site*
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Join LABS and SARBS on West Basin MWD’s tour of Edward C. Little Water Recycling Facility!
Ron Wildermuth, the Public & Governmental Affairs Manager for West Basin MWD, is one of the principal architects of West Basin’s Water Reliability 2020 Plan. Ron will talk about West Basin’s water recycling program and their 2020 Plan, which is a road map to increase dependable local supplies in the West Basin Service area.
The Edward C. Little Water Recycling Facility (ELWRF) is the largest water recycling facility of its kind in the United States. The ELWRF is the only treatment facility in the country that produces five different qualities of “designer” or custom-made recycled water that meet the unique needs of West Basin’s municipal, commercial and industrial customers.
Attendees with featured Speaker Dave Snyder at the Leo J. Vander Lans Advanced Water Treatment Facility (credit: Wendy Wert, LABS)
By Wendy Wert
LABS Director, CWEA
On July 22, 2009 the Water Replenishment District of Southern California (WRD) hosted a tour of the Leo J. Vander Lans Advanced Water Treatment Facility (AWTF), which provides advanced treatment (microfiltration and reverse osmosis) to effluent from the Long Beach Water Reclamation Plant (WRP). The Long Beach WRP is owned and operated by the County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County (CSDLAC). Representatives from both agencies explained their unique partnership that is responsible for advancing responsible, local management of water resources by increasing opportunities for water reuse.
Dave Snyder of the Districts began the tour with a brief overview of the Long Beach WRP. The 25 million gallon per day (mgd) Long Beach Water Reclamation Plant began operation in 1973 and serves a population of approximately 250,000 people. Almost 5 mgd of the treated effluent is reused at over 40 sites, this includes landscape irrigation of schools golf courses, parks, and green belts and the re-pressurization of oil-bearing strata.
Artwork courtesy of Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts
LACSD will be hosting a dedication party and tours of their newly restored Bixby Marshland on the grounds of the Joint Water Pollution Control Plant in Carson.
Thursday, July 16th
9 – 10am Dedication
10-Noon Tours
Bixby Marshland
Sepulveda and Figueroa Ave.
Event flyer
By Patrick Griffith
LABS President
One of the largest groups this year for a LABS event attended the tour of the MillerCoors brewing, packaging and wastewater treatment processes. The success of this event was largely due to the efforts of Bill Garrett, Industrial Waste Supervisor with the Los Angeles
County Sanitation Districts and Pat Cashen with MillerCoors. The tour was so large, it had to be divided into two halves: one group toured the brewing/bottling plant while the other simultaneously toured the waste treatment processes. Attendees later convened at the Marriott to enjoy an excellent meal and attend “Beer University.”
The LACSD’s Joint Water Pollution Control Plant in Carson has been improving the wetlands area located next door to the facility in accordance with their 1995 Master Facilities Plan. The 17-acre wetlands, known as Bixby Marshland, was there long before people came to the South Bay, but was chopped up when the Harbor Freeway and local housing developments were created.
The Districts is working with San Rafael based WRA Environmental to redesign and restore the marshland so it can be opened for public access. The marsh will have trails, shade structures and plenty of ponds and islands for birds and animals. The trails and parking lot will open to the public in Spring 2009.
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On Tuesday May 13th over 30 professionals involved with the Los Angeles Basin Section Young Professionals group visited the Santa Monica stormwater treatment facility. A free dinner followed. Stay tuned for future events. Read more
The Whittier Narrows plant (LACSD) is featured on Time Warner Cable’s So-Cal News. The plant was originally built in 1962.
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Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa pays his first visit to the City’s largest wastewater treatment plant. Accoding to a Bureau of Public Works release “Mayor Villaraigosa conducted a ‘meet and greet’ with the more than 400 Department of Public Works staff at the plant. The Mayor thanked employees for doing the behind-the-scenes work that Angelenos rely on, but often fail to recognize. Since this was his first visit to the plant, the Mayor also took a tour of the facility.” (photo credit: Bureau of Public Works, Public Affairs).
By Wendy Wert, Editor
On November 15, 2007 Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation (Gulfstream) hosted the Los Angeles Basin Section (LABS) of California Water Environment Association on a tour of their Long Beach Facility followed by a dinner presentation at the Lakewood Country Club. Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, founded in 1958, is a subsidiary of General Dynamics. The company has produced more than 1,500 aircraft for corporate, government, private and military customers around the world. More than one-quarter of Fortune 500 companies operate Gulfstream aircraft.
By Wendy Wert
Editor
On September 13, 2007 the Orange County Water District and the Orange County Sanitation District hosted LABS and SARBS participants on their annual joint facility tour. This year attendees were given the opportunity to visit the Groundwater Replenishment (GWR) System, which is the largest water purification project of its kind in the world. When completed the system will have the capacity to produce 70 million gallons per day of finished water or enough the meet the needs of 144,000 families.
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