Here’s your opportunity to share your knowledge and best practices in one or more of our eleven core disciplines, with over 400 water and wastewater professionals at the Northern Regional Training Conference in Modesto, California, September 12-14th. This year’s training conference theme, “Merging Generations – H2O Training Apps” is sure to draw a wide range of skilled and experienced water professionals. By May 24th, send in your 150 word (maximum) abstract that addresses a diverse water profession audience, as it unifies all of us in our commitment to keeping water clean for all Californians. Authors and Presenters of Abstracts accepted will be notified in late June.
Operations & Maintenance 101 and Beyond is the one-day specialty workshop where operators, maintenance technicians and managers will gain a better understanding of basic design principals in applying pumps to systems. You’ll learn proper installation techniques, how to identify multiple types of equipment failures and how to address the equipment failures. The proactive equipment care techniques presented in the workshop will give plant operators, technicians and managers the ability to extend their plant’s equipment life, helping to reduce plant maintenance costs.
O&M 101 and Beyond will take place on May 23rd at the Fresno Police Regional Training Facility in Fresno, CA, and May 24th at the Wedgewood Banquet Center in San Ramon, CA. Register online or by fax/mail.
The 7 Laws of Leadership is the one-day specialty workshop where supervisors and managers will learn 7 proven leadership concepts, and how to translate the concepts into action by designing a personal vision and action plans. You’ll learn and practice skills, such as effective listening, conflict management, strategic thinking, working with different behavior and communications styles, and coaching. The fresh ideas learned on how to manage the daily challenges of leading and managing work teams in this workshop, will help you improve work team efficiency and productivity, reduce conflict, and enhance professionalism within the work team.
The 7 Laws of Leadership will take place on May 31st at the Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant in Van Nuys, CA, and Wedgewood Banquet Center in San Ramon, CA. Register online or by fax/mail.
Please contact Serena Miller at 510-382-7800 ext. 115 or smiller@cwea.org with registration questions.
Iluminating the vital role water plays in our lives, exposing the defects in the current system and depicting communities already struggling with its ill-effects, the film features activist Erin Brockovich and such distinguished experts as Peter Gleick, Alex Prud’homme, Jay Famiglietti and Robert Glennon.
The Water Environment Federation (WEF) proudly announces the 2012 state winners of the U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP)—the most prestigious youth award for a water-related science project (see complete list below). WEF Member Associations selected and will sponsor state winners and their science teachers to attend the national competition, hosted by the New England Water Environment Association, June 14-16, 2012 at the Hilton Logan Airport Hotel in Boston.
The California Winner is:
Natalie Ng
Rapid Pathogen Detection in Drinking and Irrigation Water Using Conductometric Biosensor Technology
Monta Vista High School Science Teacher – Elizabeth McCracken
Sponsored by the California Water Environment Association
SSO Webinar Presenters -- Andy Morrison, Shawn Nesgis and Sam Rose
The CWEA two part webinar series on SSO Volume Estimations has just completed with over 70 sites participating. Part 1: The Changing World of SSO Volume Estimation took place on Tuesday, May 8th. The webinar provided valuable information on the key changes surrounding SSO volume estimation and why it is important for agencies to improve documentation in light of the changing landscape and audits.
Part 2: SSO Volume Estimation: It’s not your Grandfather’s Tools and Techniques was held on Tuesday, May 15th. This webinar reviewed the volume estimation tools and techniques to improve spill documentation. The presenters conducted an in-depth look at the techniques including when and how to use the tool.
A special thanks to our presenters, Andy Morrison and Shawn Nesgis from Union Sanitary District and Sam Rose from South Placer MUD. If you missed either of these webinars, be sure to check out the presentations and handouts at www.cwea.org/sso .
Be sure to check back for more information on our hands-on volume estimation workshops. They will take place in late June and early July.
On May 8, the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) released draft amendments to the Recycled Water Policy in response to the June 2010 report from the Science Advisory Panel on constituents of emerging concern (CECs) in recycled water. CASA, ACWA and WateReuse jointly recommended in 2010 that the SWRCB accept and adopt the Panel’s recommendations. Many CASA member agencies echoed these comments in individual letters and testimony. An initial review of the draft Policy amendments indicate they are generally consistent with the Panel’s recommendations.
• Constituents to be monitored for percolation, injection and landscape irrigation and their respective MRLs are consistent with the Panel’s recommendations. [Read more]
Conference Planning Volunteers
This year’s CWEA Annual Conference in Sacramento proved to follow CWEA tradition in providing quality and value to our members. The conference was jam-packed with training and networking -oriented events and opportunities, setting new standards with respect to information and training access. As is the tradition for CWEA, this year’s conference was a model for how stretching our boundaries enables better and better events each year. Please read on to for highlights of the many great events and programs that took place at AC12.
