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Louisiana Water Environment AssociationMAY 2013 Newsletter
THELouisiana Water
EnvironmentAssociation
Member of the Water Environment Federation LWEA • PO Box 80374 • Baton Rouge, LA 70898-0374
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I would like to graciously thank our sponsors and exhibitors of this event. They are our greatest asset; without their support the technical conference and scholarships we provide would not be possible:
Allan J. Harris Co., Inc. • BFM Corporation • Black & Veatch • Brenford EnvironmentalBuchart Horn • CH2MHill • C-K Associates • Coyle Engineering Co., Inc.Delta Process Equipment • Duke’s Root Control, Inc.Environmental Technical Sales, Inc. • FDH Engineering InnovationFugro Consultatns, Inc. • Gulf Coast Underground • Inituform TechnologiesJCB O&M Services, LLC • Julien Engineering & Consulting, Inc.Louisiana Chemical Association • MRJ EngineeringPremier Equipment Corporation • Providence • Quality Engineering & Surveying, LLCQuality Sitework Materials, Inc. • Red Six Media • Royal EngineeringSevern Trent • Terra Renewal • Trigon • URS
On Wednesday, April 17th through Friday, April 19th, the Louisiana Water Environment Association, held its 21st annual conference, entitled "Our Louisiana Waters are Worth It" at the Marriott Convention Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Our thanks go out to all who attended. We hope you had a great time, and were able to leave with some newfound knowledge and ideas from the superb technical sessions offered this year. We enjoyed seeing all of you, and are already looking forward to next year’s conference. The planning committee will soon be working hard to put together a wonderful program.
This year’s conference gave participants access to a series of unique ques-tion and answer sessions presented by some of the state’s top experts. In addition, participants were able to attend dynamic technical presenta-tions with experts covering areas such as shoreline cleanup and assess-ment, engineering ethics, nutrient removal, stormwater compliance, and the ever popular collection systems roundtable.
We would like to thank everyone who came out to support this remark-able event, especially our board, committee chairs, conference partici-pants, speakers, sponsors, award recipients, and exhibitors. Again thanks to all who were present, our conference is a powerful tool to help spread our vision.
2| Conference Recap
3| Operations Challenge
5| Collections Systems
7| Awards
9| LWEA Officers & Committee Chairs
10| LWEA Member Notes
11| Officer Ballot
Conference Recapby Chad Cristina
Just as your participation is vital to the success of our conference, your opinion is important as well. Please feel free to contact me with any comments, criticism, and feedback at [email protected] or by phone at 225-755-1000.
Contributors: Chad Cristina, Aimee' Killeen, Josh Graham, Michael JohnstonLinda McConnell
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June Luncheon & Annual Business MeetingJune 11, 2013 at 11:30.Location: Drusilla Seafood. Cost: $35.Speaker: Yvonne Baker with LDEQ speaking on the changes in the new Hydrostatic Test General Permit.
2013-2014 Officer ElectionsElections will be held at the June meeting. See page 11 for Ballot Information.
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OPERATIONSCHALLENGE
Congratulations to the Lafayette Utilities System Operators for Winning the 3rd Annual LWEA Operations Challenge!
LWEA hosted its 3rd Annual Louisiana Operations Challenge competition on April 18-19, 2013, in conjunction with the LWEA 2013 conference in Baton Rouge. The Ops Challenge is a test of skill and speed for teams of wastewater treatment professionals who compete in timed events for the chance to represent LWEA at the national competition at WEFTEC, which will take place later this year in Chicago. The competi-tion showcases the skills and talent of Operators who work at Louisiana’s wastewater treatment plants and collections facilities. These employees perform highly specialized tasks by treating millions of gallons of wastewater every day, keeping Louisiana’s waters safe and clean. Operators from Lafayette Utilities System (LUS) have spent all year preparing for the various events, including pipe assembly, pump repair, safety, laboratory skill, and process/wastewater knowledge.
Thanks to the support of their bosses at LUS, the Lafayette Water Dawgs have been able to spend a good amount of time preparing, training, and getting acquainted with the Ops Chal-lenge Events. As you can see from the pictures, Kevin Richard and his crew have assembled all of the equipment necessary to put on a full-fledged Ops Challenge for LWEA. With support from Victaulic providing the pipe assembly for the Victaulic
Event, Steve Hoss & J’Ohnnie Wilson providing the process test, and J’Ohnnie Wilson & Mary Evans providing the sup-plies for a full-fledged laboratory event, we were able to host a full Ops Challenge in 2013. We want to thank Mary Evans for coming all the way from Texas to help out with the Laboratory Event this year. Of course the most anticipated event was the safety event which had to be held in the parking lot due to the enormous size of the equipment. The Lafayette Water Dawgs had some strict judging by the assembled panel of judges, which included the WEF representative George Martin, who came from South Carolina to participate in the 2013 Conference.
The Water Dawgs are gearing up, training, and preparing to travel to Chicago this October to participate in the national Ops Challenge at WEFTEC 2013. Thanks to the generosity of exhibitors and sponsors of our conference and golf tourna-ment, LWEA is able to assist the Water Dawgs on their road to Chicago.
If your municipality or company would like to participate in Ops Challenge 2014 and afford your operators a chance to work hands-on in a subject matter area that might be new to them, please contact LWEA so we can get you started! If you or your operators would like to see what the events are like, Kevin Richard has offered to give demonstrations on the road, give any of the LWEA board a call and we will make the connection.
by Aimeé Killeen
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I am very proud to announce that the 2013 LWEA Waste-water Collection Systems annual golf tournament and panel presentation went off without a hitch. Months of hard work, planning, and dedication by all of our committee members went into this year’s panel presentation and golf tournament. I can certainly say now that it was all worth it!
This year’s collection systems panel presentation was designed to highlight some of the notable wastewater projects and programs across Louisiana. Presenters on the panel included Greg Gordon, Director of Environmental Services for St. Tammany Parish, Peter Stump and Joanne Massony, Veolia Water (representing the City of Kenner), and Mike Noto, Director of Operations for the City of Slidell. Each repre-
sentative presented facts and information on their respective sewer program. The presentations included sewer system / service area facts, history leading to enforcement action, a de-scription of the sewer program to date, the current status of the sewer program, the sewer program’s forecast over the next year, 5 years and 10 years, the sewer program’s biggest chal-lenges, program funding strategies and lessons learned. After the presentation, it was quite evident that even though each of these municipal sewer systems is unique, they all face the same struggles and challenges. I have received a ton of great feedback about the presentation. Special thanks to Greg, Peter, Joanne, and Mike for making this panel presentation a success! Feel free to contact me if you would like a copy of the presentation. Continued on next page
COLLECTION SYSTEMS COMMITTEE
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The 2nd annual golf tournament was held at Santa Maria Golf Club in Baton Rouge, LA and we raised over $17,000!!! This money will go to-wards the three (3) LWEA scholarships: Frederick G. Deiler Memorial, Kenneth L. Keffer Memorial, and Harold Norman Memorial. Proceeds will also help cover the cost of sending an operations challenge team to compete at the WEFTEC Annual Conference. I would like to person-ally thank the 24 teams that signed up for the tournament as well as all of our food, beverage, and hole sponsors for their generous contribu-tions. I would also like to thank all of the volunteers who showed up to assist with the tournament. The winning team of this year’s tourna-ment, with a score of 58, was composed of myself, Duane Graham, Darryl Graham, and Brad Graham. Coming in 2nd place, with a score of 61, was Brian Conroy, Mike Rhodes, Brad Dutruch, and Fred Reyn-olds. Picking up the coveted last place trophies, with a score of 78, was Michael Johnston, JC Blanchard, Chris Lacroix, and Josh Fontenot. Luckily, no one was injured during their round of play.
Last, but not least, I would like to thank the following members of the wastewater collection systems committee for their time, support and dedication to our committee: Jacob Loeske, Mira Para, Greg Kolenovsky, Jake Lambert, Shane Sangalli, Mike Noto, Randy Smith, Mike Rhodes, and Spencer Tuell. I would also like to be the first to welcome our new member Peter Stump to the committee. We typically meet once each month via conference call to discuss relevant news and events within the wastewater industry and to plan for all of the LWEA conference festivities.
If you would like to be a part of the ever-growing collection systems committee, or would like more information regarding any of the topics discussed in this article, please feel free to email me at [email protected]
Respectfully Yours, Josh GrahamLWEA Collection Systems Committee Chairman
Fred JohnsonRobert Herrington(225) 383-4999
225-383-4998www.jeco.us
[email protected] South Acadian Thruway
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
Billy Moore, PE • Senior Project Manager 12030 Lakeland Pk. Blvd, Suite 105 • Baton Rouge, LA
Fax: 225-752-7218 • Mobile: 225-218-5182Email: [email protected]
www.SubsurfaceUtilityEngineering.com
1st place team
2nd place team
Last place team
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awardsANNOUNCING THE 2013 LWEA & WEF AWARD RECIPIENTS
BURKE AWARD RECIPIENTCITY OF RUSTON, LA WWTP
The Burke Award recognizes a municipal or industrial wastewater facility for establish-ing and maintaining an active and effective safety program. This award was established in 1982 in honor of George W. Burke, Jr., for his many years of service to both the water environment field and WEF as staff manager of technical services. Mr. Burke was instrumental in developing WEF's annual safety survey and assisting in the production of several safety training aids and promotional packets.
by Michael Johnston
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LABORATORY ANALYST AWARD J’OHNNIE WILSON, EBS
The Laboratory Analyst Award recognizes individuals for outstanding performance, professionalism, and contributions to the water quality analysis profession. Candidate must be employed at an educational fa-cility laboratory, industrial, commercial, or municipal laboratory which performs wastewater-related analysis, and must have direct analytical responsibilities. Candidate must demonstrate outstanding efforts in the area of wastewater and environmental aquatic analyses, including such items as innovative sampling techniques or solutions to a treatment, ana-lytical, or environmental problem. Candidate is involved in continuing education, gives presentations at professional conferences, and demon-strates initiative or performance "beyond the call of duty."Chad Cristina presenting J'Ohnnie Wilson with the
Laboratory Analyst Award
Top: Ruston Treatment PlantLeft: Chad Cristina presenting the City of Ruston with the Burke Award
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HATFIELD AWARDDAVID MAXWELL, HACH
The Hatfield Award is presented to operators of wastewater treatment plants for outstanding performance and professionalism. The award was established in honor of Dr. William D. Hatfield, Superintendent of the Decatur, Illinois, Sanitary District, who was President of the Central States Sewage Works Association in 1944-45 and served as President of the Federation in 1958-59.
BEDELL AWARDJOSH GRAHAM, COMPLIANCE ENVIROSYSTEMS
The Bedell Award was established to acknowledge extraordinary per-sonal service to a WEF Member Association. The award is named for Arthur Sidney Bedell, WEF's second president for his long devotion and service to the New York Sewage and Industrial Wastes Association, now the New York Water Environment Association. He was Chief of the Bureau of Sewage and Waste Disposal of the New York State Department of Health.
JOHN DALE GIVENS AWARDCYNTHIA A. WAGENER, PE, URS CORPORATION
The John Dale Givens Award is presented to a distinguished mem-ber for their meritorious service to the Louisiana Water Environment Association. This award was established in 2003 to acknowledge the many years of distinguished service provided by J. Dale Givens as the Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and his strong, untiring support of the Louisiana Water Environment As-sociation.
Aimee Killeen presenting Josh Graham with the Bedell Award
Chad Cristina presenting David Maxwell with the Hatfield Award
Chad Cristina presenting Cynthia Wagoner with the John Dale Givens Award
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COLLECTIONS • JOSH GRAHAM985.502-5667 • [email protected]
DATABASE MANAGER • LINDA MCCONNELL225-292-9007 • [email protected]
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS • EMILY STICH225-928-5388 • [email protected]
HOSPITALITY • ROBIN W. GILLESPIE225-667-4050 • [email protected]
HOSPITALITY • ANICA M. HAYNES225-929-7333 • [email protected]
PROGRAM • DUGAN SABINS225-219-3396 • [email protected]
PUBLIC EDUCATION • AIMEE KILLEEN225-766-7400 • [email protected]
PUBLICATIONS • JOHN W. “BILLY” MOORE 225-906-1318 • [email protected]
SAFETY • STEVE HOSS225-342-7507 • [email protected]
SCHOLARSHIP • HENRY GRAHAM 225-344-2609 • [email protected]
5-S • HENRY GRAHAM 225-344-2609 • [email protected]
MEMBERSHIP • LINDA MCCONNELL (Acting)225-292-9007 • [email protected]
NOMINATING CHAIR • CYNTHIA WAGENER225-935-2939 • [email protected]
NOMINATING • DAVID JESSUP225-922-5901 • [email protected]
NOMINATING • ALEX SHEFFIELD225-755-1000 • [email protected]
STUDENT & YOUNG PROFESSIONALS • JENNIFER RICHMOND225.644.5523 • [email protected]
AWARDS • CYNTHIA WAGENER225-935-2939 • [email protected]
TRAINING & CERTIFICATION • J’ohnnie Wilson(985) 674-0900 • [email protected]
WEB MASTER • DAVID HAWLEY225-929-7333 • [email protected]
WEFTEC ADVISORY COMMITTEE • MADELINE GODDARD504-585-2365 • [email protected]
MA SERVICES • KELSEY BROWN703-684-2477 • [email protected]
PRODUCT & PROCESS SPECIALIST • ERIC NEAL703-684-2400x.7760 • [email protected]
PRESIDENT • AIMEÉ KILLEEN 225.766.7400 • [email protected]
PRESIDENT-ELECT • CHAD CRISTINA225.755.1000 • [email protected]
VICE-PRESIDENT • DAVID HAWLEY225-929-7333 • [email protected]
SECRETARY • MATTHEW JOHNSON(225) 381-8454 • [email protected]
TREASURER • ALEX SHEFFIELD225-755-1000 • [email protected]
PAST PRESIDENT • MICHAEL JOHNSTON225-200-1232 • [email protected]
WEF DELEGATE • CYNTHIA WAGENER225-935-2939 • [email protected]
PWO REP. • STEVE HOSS225-342-7507 • [email protected]
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
LWEA 2012 – 2013 OFFICERS
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New membersPlease welcome the following new members, who recently joined WEF and LWEA:
Kazem Alikhani, Jefferson Parrish Government, Harahan LAGarrett Brown, City of Alexandria, Alexandria LADavid Carson, City of Alexandria, Alexandria LACraig Derouen, Arcadis G&M Inc, Baton Rouge LALance Fontenot, Arcadis US, Baton Rouge LAE Going Jr, Lafayette LASteven Long, DEL Tank & Filtration Systems, Lafayette LARay Anthony Mack, City of Shreveport/Wastewater Division, Shreveport LAStan Wereskla, Thraco Industrial LLC, Baton Rouge LAShelby P Lasalle Jr, Shelby P Lasalle Jr LLC, Mandeville LADavid Maxwell, Hach, Baton Rouge LAGarland Paul Pennison, HDR Engineering, Inc., Lafayette LAJames Richardson, City of Shreveport, Shreveport LA
DiscountsMembers receive discounts on conferences, dinner meetings, and WEF publications. WEF members also receive discounts from partner organizations. For WEF/LWEA membership information, visit www.wef.org or contact Linda McConnell at 225/292-9007 or [email protected].
Representations by advertisers of prod-ucts, services or professional qualifications in this publication are the sole responsibil-ity of the advertisers. The LWEA assumes no responsibility or warranty of such representations. The LWEA assumes no responsibility for statements and opinions expressed by contributors to this publica-tion. Views expressed in editorials and ar-ticles are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the position of LWEA.
has its privilegesby Linda McConnell » Membership Chair
MEMBERSHIP
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ALEX SHEFFIELD 225-755-1000
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Officer nominations are being accepted by the LWEA to serve on the 2013-2014 Executive Committee. The elections will be closed and tallied at our June luncheon meeting. The current ballot for officers includes:
√ President: Chad Cristina. (Automatic – No Vote Required)President-Elect: q David Hawley; q Other ___________________________________ Vice-President: q Open ___________________________________Secretary: q Open ___________________________________Treasurer: q Alex Sheffield q Other ___________________________________Public Works Operator Representative: q Steve Hoss; q Other ___________________________
Ballot Submitted by: _______________________________
Submit a nomination or cast a vote for the named candidates by email to [email protected]. Candidates and voters must be a current member of LWEA/WEF.
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