As seems to be the case every year the WPC goes off without a hitch! The 2011 WPC was no exception to the rule. Common place to most of us and almost an after-thought for those in attendance, but if not for the significant effort and countless hours of those behind the scenes the WPC would not be possible. A special thanks to Adam Westermann, Gary Haubner, Valerie Lucas, and Kay Sanborn for putting together a wonderful conference. In addition, the folks from Northern Kentucky Water District and Sanitation District No. 1 for being such gracious hosts.

If ever a conference exceeded expectations I think WPC 2011 was the one! From begin-ning to end WPC 2011 provided something for everyone. I am very appreciative of the opportunity availed to me to be part of such a successful event and those who worked so hard to make it happen.

See you in Memphis WPC 2012!

KY TN Water Professionals Conference - Another Record Breaking Year by Mike Flynn, Past President

A Publication of the Kentucky Tennessee Water Environment Association | Volume 2 Issue 3 | November 2011

Join us for the 2012 KY-TN WEA Watershed Conference. January 24-25, 2012 at the Seelbach Hilton Hotel in Louisville, KY. Speakers from: WEF, EPA Region IV, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Kentucky Division of Water, and ORSANCO.

The Watershed Conference is a great opportunity to hear the latest technological trends and regulatory updates in water quality topics, while networking with your fellow KY-TN water professionals.

Watershed Conference Registration

Find out more at: www.kytnwea.org

Kay Ball, Mike Flynn, Ron Lovan, Mark Wurschmidt

Local planning committee members - Valerie Forsyth, Lori Simpson, Peggy Casey

2011 KY TN WEA officers - Leanne Scott, Paul Bowen (WEF), Saya Qualls, Robin Fothergill, Donald Blackburn, Valerie Lucas, Ron Taylor, Tim Kraus, Wes Sydnor, Mike Flynn

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Kentucky Operational Excellence Award Winners

Tennessee Operational Excellence Award Winners

Number of Utility Name Facility Name Consecutive Years Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District Derek R. Guthrie WQTC 4 Bancroft WQTC 3 Chenoweth Hills WQTC 3 Berrrytown WQTC 3 Ken Carla WQTC 3 Starview WQTC 3 Silver Heights WQTC 3 Cedar Creek WQTC 3 Timberlake WQTC 2 McNeely Lake WQTC 2 Lake of the Woods WQTC 2 Lake Forest WQTC 2 Jeffersontown WQTC 2 Hite Creek WQTC 2 Floyds Fork WQTC 2Hardin County Water District #1/Veolia Water Fort Knox Wastewater Treatment 3Bowling Green Municipal Utilities STP #2 1City of Nicholasville Jessamine Creek Environmental Control Facility 1Hardin County Water District #1/Veolia Water Radcliff WWTP 1Lexington Fayette Urban County Government West Hickman Creek WWTP 2

Number of Utility Name Facility Name Consecutive Years City of Crossville Crossville WWT Facility 7Metro Water Services Whites Creek WWTP 6City of Cookeville Cookeville WWTP 4City of Johnson City Brush Creek WWTP 3City of Johnson City Knob Creek WWTP 9City of Johnson City Regional WWTP 1Newport Utilities Newport WWTP 7City of Elizabethton Elizabethton WWTP 4Packaging Corporation of America Counce Mill 3Morristown POTW/Veolia Water NA Morristown POTW 1Eastman Chemical Company Tennessee Eastman Division Wastewater Treatment Plant 2West Knox Utility District Karns WWTP 1Oneida Water and Wastewater Oneida WWTP? 1Hallsdale-Powell Utility District Beaver Creek WWTP 4Hallsdale-Powell Utility District Raccoon Valley WWTP 3First Utility District of Knox County Turkey Creek WWTP 1City of Bristol Tennessee and Virginia Bristol TN/VA Wastewater Treatment Plant 1Knoxville Utilities Board Kuwahee WWTP 4Knoxville Utilities Board Eastbridge WWTP 4Knoxville Utilities Board Loves Creek WWTP 1Athens Utilities Board North Mouse Creek WWTP 15Athens Utilities Board Oostanaula WWTP 5Hallsdale-Powell Utility District Beaver Creek WWTP 3Hallsdale-Powell Utility District Raccoon Valley WWTP 2

Bedell Award: Mike GardnerThe Bedell Award was established to acknowl-edge extraordinary personal service to a WEF Member Association.

Hatfield Award: Killis SinkhornThe Hatfield Award is presented to operators of wastewater treatment plants for outstanding performance and professionalism.

S. Leary Jones Award: Dwayne Frye, Saya Qualls, Jerry McClary

Past President Award: Mike Flynn & Leanne Scott

Tennessee Golden Manhole Award: Bobby Nutt

Kentucky Control Authority Pretreatment Award: Sanitation District #1

Operational Excellence Award: Ken Cox - Nashville Metro - Whites Creek WWTP

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OFFICERS: KY TN WEA Officer Profiles

Leanne Scott Paul Maron

Paul Maron, P.E. (Vice-President) grew up in Columbia, South Carolina and moved to Louisville, KY after graduating from Vanderbilt University with a degree in Civil Engineering in 1999. He has been a project engineer and manager with Strand Associates since graduation. Paul’s work has focused primarily on wet weather issues such as overflow abatement, I/I control, sewer rehabilitation, and Clean Water Act compliance. He is currently the KY vice president, past chair for the KY/TN WEA Management and Young Professionals Committee, co-founder of the Young Professionals Committee, and has served on or led numerous conference and event planning efforts for WEA and AWWA. Paul is a member of 5S and was the 2007 ASCE Kentucky Outstanding Young Engineer of the Year. He recently celebrated his tenth wedding anniversary with his wife Valerie, enjoys going for runs with their dog Brady, home-brewing beer, and great books.

Leanne Scott (President), is currently serving as the President of the KY-TN WEA. For the past 25 years, she has worked for Metro Water Services in Nashville, TN – beginning at the water and wastewater plants, then at System Services working with the water distribution and sewer collection systems and for the past 15 years in the Engineering Division. Leanne’s job responsibilities for Planning and System Improvement, include flow monitoring, computer modeling, master planning, leak survey, water audit, operations support and the Water Infrastructure Rehabilitation/Renewal program. Prior to working at MWS, she worked for three years in Calhoun, GA for a carpet mat manufacturer as the plant engineer.

Leanne has been married to Joe for 25 years and have two teenagers. Rachel is a sophomore at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga and Andrew is a junior at Franklin High School. Leanne’s favorite activities are sitting on the porch with Joe and cheering on her children in all of their athletic endeavors. Leanne is an avid sports fan – even though she says that she is terrible at them! She also loves to read, cook and dig in the dirt. “All of the clay and rock in my back yard make the digging a challenge, but it is a great stress reliever!”

Leanne has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Tennessee Tech University and a Masters in Engineering Management from the University of Tennessee. She also maintains Grade 4 Water Treatment, Grade 2 Distribution and Grade 2 Collection licenses and is a licensed professional engineer in Tennessee. “Being from West Tennessee and working at Allen Steam Plant in Memphis as a co-op student makes having the 2012 Water Professionals Conference there seem like coming home.”

Operational Excellence Award: Carrol Proffit - Newport Utilities WWTP

Operational Excellence Award: Alex Novak - Louisville MSD

5 S Award: Tim Kraus & Danny Sullivan

5 S Award: Charles Poskas & Ken Martin

Industrial Pretreatment AwardsKentucky Hydro Aluminum - Henderson (Recommended by Henderson Water and Sewer Utility)Tennessee SI Group, Inc. (Recommended by Newport Utilities)

Control Authority Pretreatment Excellence Awards Cleveland Utilities, Cleveland, TNSanitation District No. 1, Northern KYTennessee Outstanding Overflow Abatement Award Fayetteville Public Utilities Laten Bottoms and Pitts SSO Elimination ProjectTennessee Beneficial Reuse of Effluent Award City of Murfreesboro, TN Sinking Creek WWTP

Now Accepting Abstracts and Presenter Biographies for the following Focus Areas:

For complete selection criteria and to submit your abstract and bio visit the www.kytnwpc.orgDeadline for submitting online abstracts and presenter bios is December 30, 2011.

Drinking Water Topics

•Distribution•DrinkingWaterQuality•WaterPlantOperations&

Maintenance•WaterResources/

Conservation

NEW THIS YEAR: Exhibitor SessionSelection for this session is limited to 2012 exhibitors. Exhibitors are encouraged to submit. Time allotted for presentation will be between 15 and 30 minutes depending on the level of response. Also be advised that acceptance of yourabstractwillbeconditionedonyourreservingspace(includingpaymentoffees)byFebruary1,2012.Advertisementormarketingofproducts andprocesseswillnotbeconsidered.Specifictopics include:

•Casestudypresentationsbasedonnew technologiesand/orinnovativesolutions forwaterqualityproblemsusingexisting technologiesInnovativeproducts/processesunder development

•NewApplicationsofexistingtechnologies

• Innovativesolutionstohistoricaloperationalchallenges

Finaldeterminationwillbemadebythecommitteeregarding going forward with this session based on response.

•Presentersshallprovideabrief(onepageorless)writtenabstractsummarizingtheirtalk.

The abstract shall include the presentation title along with other requested information listed on theaccompanyingform.

•Presentationsshallbe20to25minutesinlength, and allow 5 minutes for questions and answers.

•PresentersarerequiredtoutilizeMSPowerPoint®softwareforthevisualaid. A laptop computer and projector will be made available.Presentationswillberequiredtobesubmittedelectronicallythree(3)weeksprior to the conference.

•TheKY/TNWaterProfessionalsConferenceTechnicalProgramCommitteewillreviewallabstracts. The corresponding author of each abstractwillbenotifiedoftheacceptanceorrejectionoftheproposedpaperbyearlyFebruary2012.

•Thereisnolimittothenumberofabstractsthatmaybesubmittedbyanindividual,company, orutility.

•Presentersareresponsibleforpayingtheir own travel expenses and registration fees for the conference.

Please direct questions toRobin FothergillKY/TN Section WEATel: 615.250.1240rfothergill@brwncald.com

Zack DanielKY/TN Section AWWATel: 615.320.3161danielza@cdm.com

Wastewater and Water Environment Topics

•Biosolids•CollectionSystems•IndustrialWastewater/Pre-Treatment

•StormwaterManagement•WastewaterPlantOperations&Maintenance

•WaterReuse•WatershedManagement/SurfaceWaterQuality

General Topics

•CustomerService•Engineering&Construction•Finance•Management•PublicInformation•Research•SafetyandSecurity•SmallSystems•Sustainability•YoungProfessionals

2012 KY/TNWATER PROFESSIONALS CONFERENCEJuly8-11,2012 Memphis Convention Center Memphis, TN Call for Abstracts

Beapresenter-SubmitNow!!! Deadline December 30, 2011

Odors and Air Pollutants 2012Conference: April 15 – 18, 2012 | Exhibition: April 16 – 17, 2012Kentucky International Convention Center | Louisville, Kentucky

As communities grow in size and population, more municipal, industrial, and agricultural facilities are confronted with issues related to odors and air emissions. Odors and Air Pollutants 2012 is designed to foster informed decision-making and encourage the use of effective innovative technologies. The conference’s technical program stresses real-life experiences and lessons learned.

www.wef.org/OdorsAir

This conference is held by the Water Environment Federation in cooperation with the Kentucky-Tennessee Water Environment Association.

Who’s Who in KY TN WEA

PresidentLeanne Scott, P.E.

President ElectWesley Sydnor, P.E.

Kentucky Vice PresidentPaul Maron, P.E.

Tennessee Vice PresidentRobin Fothergill, P.E.

Secretary TreasurerRon Taylor, P.E.

Past PresidentMike Flynn

Kentucky DelegateTimothy Kraus, P.E.

Tennessee DelegateSaya Qualls, P.E.

Association ManagerValerie A. Lucas, P.E.

CollectionsKentucky Co-ChairKeith HicksTennessee Co-ChairGeorge Kurz

Communications ChairBrad Derrick

Government Affairs Kentucky Co-Chair:Mike ApgarTennessee Co-Chair:Chris Provost

ManagementKentucky Co-Chair:Paul MaronTennessee Co-Chair:Ed Wetzel

MembershipKentucky Co-Chair:John SteinmetzTennessee Co-Chair:Chris Jones

Pretreatment CertificationChair:Chuck DurhamAsst. Chair:Jennifer Dodd

Wastewater TechnologyKentucky Co-Chair:Robert BatesTennessee Co-Chair:Doug Yarosz

WatershedKentucky Co-Chair:Charles PoskasTennessee Co-Chair:Scott Woodard

Young ProfessionalsChair: Andrew EsareyCo-Chair: Michelle Hatcher

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Calendar of Events & MeetingsNOVEMBER 16, 2011KY TN WEA Board Meeting (conference call)

DECEMBER 30, 2011WPC Abstract Submittal Deadline

JANUARY 24-25, 2012KY TN WEA Watershed Conference, Louisville

JANUARY 25, 2012KY TN WEA Board Meeting, Louisville