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Gravity Flowline July/August 2017

Volume 19 Issue 4 Board of Directors

President– John Pujol Advanced Infrastructure 3055 Kashiwa St. Torrance, CA 90505 P/ 310.534.4000 F/ 310.534.4020 [email protected] Vice-President– Nick Steffen [email protected] Secretary– Ben Marquart City of San Luis Obispo 25 Prado Road San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 P/ 805.781.7425 [email protected] Treasurer– Mark Bennet Carpinteria Sanitary District 5300 Sixth Street Carpinteria, CA 93013 P/ 805.684.7214 ext. 17 [email protected] Member-at-Large– Jeremy Gearhart City of San Luis Obispo 25 Prado Road San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 P/ 805.431.3188 [email protected]

Past President– Brett Offerman Kemira

465 Encino Drive Oakview, CA 93032 P/ 805.444.4486 [email protected]

2-Year Director– Anne Schubert Reyes Retired 2305 Maricopa Hwy. Ojai, CA 93023 P/ 805.421.8547 [email protected]

A recap of the day’s events is included on page 7.

Carpinteria Hosts Top-Notch Workshop

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Inside This Issue:

President’s Message 2-3

From the Awards Chair 3

September Workshop Flyer 4

September Workshop Registration Form 5

September Workshop Vendor Flyer 6

June Workshop Review 7

EPA Selects Projects to Receive Funds 8

Vendor Walk Returns 9

2017 NWRI Clarke Prize Recipient 10 -11

Advertiser’s Index 12

Committee Chair and Volunteer List 13-14

President’s Message by John “JP” Pujol

Summer is Upon Us! Are You Doing Anything Great? Summer is finally here. We know that because the Summer Solstice, which passed us by on June 20th, is regarded by scientists and astronomers as the official start of summer.

Here are some facts you might already know about the Summer Solstice: · It is the longest day of the year in the Northern

Hemisphere in terms of daylight. In the Southern Hemisphere, on the other hand, it is the shortest day of the year and is known as the Winter Solstice.

· It occurs at the same time all over the world.

Technically, the Summer Solstice is the exact instant of time when the sun is directly overhead the Tropic of Cancer.

· Solstice comes from the Latin words sol,

meaning Sun and sistere, meaning to come to a stop or stand still. On the day of the Summer Solstice, the sun reaches its northernmost position and does not move north or south as during most other days of the year, but it stands still at the Tropic of Cancer.

· Even though most people consider June 21 as the

date of the Summer Solstice, it can happen anytime between June 20 and June 22. June 22 solstices are rare - the last June 22 solstice took place in 1975 and there won't be another one until 2203.

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President’s Message continued from page 2

· One might think that since it is summer in the northern hemisphere, the Earth is closest to the Sun during the June Solstice. But it's the opposite. The Earth is actually farthest from the Sun during this time of the year.

· It is not the earliest sunrise of the year! Even though the June Solstice is the longest day of the year, most places

do not see the earliest sunrise of the year on this day. The earliest sunrise happens a few days before, and the latest sunset takes place a few days after, the June Solstice. Somebody please explain this to me!

So what have you planned for your summer this year? If you have planned something great, please share your story with us; you may be published in the fall issue of the Flowline. We’d love to hear your story. Don’t forget to include photos too! We hope you will make either the annual Past Presidents Golf Tournament, or Picnic, or both. The golf tournament is scheduled for July 14th and kicks off this year’s picnic, which is held the weekend of July 14-16. The golf tournament will be held at Glen Annie Golf Course in Goleta, which is a new venue for us. Those who have played this great course say it’s one of the best in the area. We will have trophies, door prizes, and the Dixon Golf Challenge again this year. Vendors will be sponsoring players and prizes, so let’s plan to connect and have a great day of fun out at Glen Annie Golf Club. The Past Presidents Picnic is for all members of the section. Many attendees bring their whole families (it is a kid- friendly event) and camp at the Cachuma Lake Camprground. Our summer ends with the September Workshop in San Luis Obispo. Our SLO colleagues always do a great event for us. I have to comment that I’m sad this will be the first event I will attend in SLO without Bud Nance’s presence. Bud has been an icon in our section, a steadfast supporter, who retired a few months back, and has left our care to able bodies and current TCS Board members Ben Marquart and Jeremy Gearhart, and of course former Section and State President Carrie Mattingly, and their great team up there in SLO. We are looking forward to seeing everyone there in September. Have a great summer!

From the Awards Chair by Brett Offerman The 2017 Awards electronic forms will be posted on the CWEA website on August 1. Many of you know the Tri-Counties Section uses the CWEA electronic forms as well (it makes it easier to forward to CWEA for State Awards nominations). Our deadline is November 30. I encourage all plants and members to nominate your agency, co-workers, or yourself for an award. We had 14 nominations in nine categories last year and I encourage all nominees that did not win to submit again this year. Please contact me if you have any questions or need additional information. The Tri-Counties also has the following local awards too: Maintenance, Administrative, and GM/Public Works Director.

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Don’t miss the next issue of the Flowline for photos, winners, and a recap of the 2017 Past

Presidents Golf Tournament.

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June Workshop Review by John “JP” Pujol

Perfection in Carpinteria! – Our June Plant of the Year Workshop Sets New Highs The forecast leading up to the date of the June Workshop showed that the weather could have been HOT, in the mid 80s, but as the day approached, Mother Nature seemed to respond to what was in store, and she dropped the temps to perfect high 70s and sunny! TCS Board Member Mark Bennett and his team really stepped up and presented us with perfect logistics for the load in of vendors, and signage was excellent for the classrooms dotted throughout the plant. We had 129 attendees who enjoyed a full class schedule in each of the disciplines we manage including: operations, collections, safety, leadership development and laboratory. Fourteen classes were on the schedule plus two plant tours were given of the Carpinteria’s award-winning Plant of the Year. This award was given to Carpinteria at the section and the State level. Many of you know the plant has gone through a major revision over the last several years, and this was the first opportunity to host a section workshop and show off the new facilities since the renovation. We were treated to the best by the best! Thirty-eight vendors participated, and were organized in the main lot with spaces that were pre-assigned according to the receipt of registrations. As a section, we are continually evaluating ways to make the vendor participation worthwhile for all, as we highly value our vendor supporters and the financial contribution they make to the success of our section. We did receive some feedback that visitations at some of the booths was “thin,” and so the TCS Section Board of Directors has committed to offering the successful Vendor Walk at the September workshop in San Luis Obispo. The Vendor Walk is a one-credit trade event where attendees are asked to visit each vendor on the walk list and take just a few minutes to learn about what each vendor does. In turn, the participants in the walk get stamps for the Vendor Walk card. Participants who achieve the full complement of stamps are entered into a special prize drawing. The vendors who participate in the Vendor Walk pay an additional fee to participate. The fees collected pay for the special prize. In years past we have seen iPads and flat screen TVs as the grand prize! We hope to see you participate at SLO in September! Thank you again to Craig Murray and Mark Bennett and to all of the staff at Carpinteria who put on an amazingly well organized workshop for our section. Your passion for excellence and the effort you made as our hosts for a day really made for a great day for us all. We are grateful for your care!

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EPA Selects 12 Projects to Apply for Water Infrastructure Loans

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting 12 projects in nine states to apply for Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loans. These potential applicants were selected from a group of projects that represent large and small communities from across the United States that submitted letters of interest to EPA in April 2017. In FY2017, the WIFIA program received $25 million in funding, including an additional $8 million in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017 that President Donald Trump signed into law on May 5, 2017. This year’s projects will also leverage more than $1 billion in private capital and other funding sources including EPA’s State Revolving Fund (SRF) loans, to help finance a total of $5.1 billion in water infrastructure investments. The selected projects demonstrate the broad range of project types that the WIFIA program can finance including wastewater, drinking water, stormwater, and water recycling projects. “Rebuilding America’s infrastructure is a critical pillar of the President’s agenda,” said EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. “These large-scale projects will improve water quality for 20 million Americans, especially those communities that need it the most – such as rural and urban communities.” EPA received 43 letters of interest from both public and private entities in response to the 2017 WIFIA Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA). After a robust, statutorily required review process, the WIFIA Selection Committee chose 12 prospective borrowers projects to submit applications for loans. California borrowers selected include the following: · San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, California - Southeast Water Pollution Control Plant Biosolids Digester

Facilities Project. · Orange County Water District, California - Groundwater Replenishment System Final Expansion. · City of San Diego, California - Pure Water San Diego. · City of Morro Bay, California - Water Reclamation Facility Project. (Small Community) The Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act established by Congress in 2014 requires EPA to follow a selection framework that includes an assessment of letters of interest by performing an eligibility screening, a preliminary creditworthiness assessment, and an evaluation of the selection criteria. The WIFIA program selection criteria and respective weights are available in the WIFIA Handbook (Appendix C, page 53).

For more information about the WIFIA program, visit: https://www.epa.gov/wifia

Excerpt taken from epa.gov

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The Popular Vendor Walk is Back for the September Workshop by John “JP” Pujol

As a section, we are continually evaluating ways to help make the vendor participation worthwhile for all, as we highly value our vendor supporters and the financial contribution they make to the success of our section. Vendor workshop participation fees and sponsorships throughout the year represent nearly half of our section budget. That’s a lot of support! In an effort to help keep interest in the vendor exhibits high, your TCS Board of Directors has decided to offer the successful Vendor Walk at the September workshop in San Luis Obispo. The Vendor Walk is a one-credit trade show event where attendees are asked to visit each vendor on the walk list and take just a few minutes to learn about what each vendor does. In turn, the participants in the walk get stamps for their Vendor Walk card. Participants who achieve the full complement of stamps are entered into a special prize drawing. The vendors who participate in the Vendor Walk pay an additional fee to participate. The fees collected pay for the special prize. In years past, we have seen iPads and flat screen TVs as the grand prize! We hope to see you participate in the walk in SLO in September!

“A Day Without Laughter is a Day Wasted.”

- Charlie Chaplin

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Charles Haas to Receive 2017 NWRI Clarke Prize Courtesy of the National Water Research Institute

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. – The National Water Research Institute (NWRI) is pleased to announce that Charles N. Haas, Ph.D., will receive the NWRI Athalie Richardson Irvine Clarke Prize for pioneering and applying methods to assess and minimize health risks caused by exposure to disease-causing microorganisms (referred to as pathogens) in water and wastewater. Haas is the LD Betz Professor of Environmental Engineering and Head of the Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. “I am humbled and honored to receive this award,” said Haas. “The Clarke Prize is great recognition for the line of research I have developed in microbial risk assessment. I am thankful for this high honor.” Haas will receive the Clarke Prize on October 19, 2017, at the Twenty-Fourth Annual NWRI Clarke Prize Lecture and Award Ceremony in Irvine, California. NWRI presents the prize – which consists of a medallion and $50,000 award – every year to recognize research accomplishments that solve real-world water problems and to highlight the importance and need to fund this type of research. “Professor Haas’ accomplishments are exceptional and impact a broad number of scientific fields,” said NWRI Executive Director Kevin Hardy. “His research has led to a better understanding of what is safe when it comes to our water, how we address emerging pathogens, and how we control risks to human health, thereby upholding NWRI’s mission to ensure safe, reliable sources of water are available now and for future generations.” Trained in both engineering and microbiology, Haas used his cross-disciplinary education to explore the disinfection and inactivation of pathogens in water since receiving a doctorate in Environmental Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1978. At that time, public health agencies and regulators did not have a practical or effective scientific method to inform whether treatment processes were adequately eliminating the risk of exposing the public to pathogens in municipal water supplies. They instead relied on limited approaches, such as testing water for indicators of such contamination and/or the absence of reported waterborne disease outbreaks, to determine that water treatment plants were achieving their goals in reducing or eliminating pathogens. Haas explored this issue and published his first groundbreaking findings on estimating the risk of human exposure to low doses of microorganisms in the American Journal of Epidemiology in 1983. In this article, he concluded it was impossible to rule out that a single microorganism, when ingested, has the potential to cause infection or disease in humans. In other words, how do we know using a treatment process that removes 99.99 percent of all viruses is good enough? What exactly is “safe” when it comes to exposure to pathogens? One of his first efforts to understand what constituted microbiologically “safe” water was through work with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) to understand the minimum level of treatment needed to reduce outbreaks of the waterborne disease, giardiasis, of which at least 50 cases had been recorded since the late 1960s. Haas put his groundbreaking findings to practical application, developing a “dose response” function for the pathogen Giardia. Simply stated, a dose response indicates the number of disease-causing organisms (dose) needed to cause a negative reaction to human health (response). Using this function, the USEPA was able to estimate the level of protection needed to prevent giardiasis, which was then included in the newly developed Surface Water Treatment Rule (1989). Ensuing research laid the groundwork for Haas’ most widely cited book, Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (1999), the first complete guide for measuring and evaluating the risks to humans posed by disease-causing organisms in food, water, air, and other environmental pathways.

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As used today, quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) involves hazard identification, dose response, expo-sure assessment, and risk characterization. This valuable tool has influenced the development of public health guid-ance and policies by prominent organizations both nationally and internationally. The USEPA has cited Haas’ re-search in the Surface Water Treatment Rule and its iterations (including the Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule) and Ground Water Rule (2006). Haas also used his expertise in QMRA to help the World Health Or-ganization (WHO) develop both the Guidelines for Drinking Water and Guidelines for the Safe Use of Wastewater, Excre-ta, and Greywater. Today, Haas is known as the “Father of QMRA.” “There is no other individual I know who has contributed more or has had the impact of Chuck Haas at advancing quantitative science within the engineering profession,” said colleague Joan Rose, Ph.D., the Homer Nowlin Endowed Chair for Water Research at the University of Michigan, and recipient of the 2016 Stockholm Water Prize. “Chuck has always pushed traditional boundaries, not only for himself, but for others to think about new interfaces. He contin-ues to promote the idea that we can answer the question of ‘What is safe?’” Over the course of his 39-year career, Haas has authored or co-authored more than 200 publications. Notably, he published a study in February 2017 that suggests sewage workers downstream of hospitals and Ebola treatment centers could potentially contract the virus via inhalation, a risk not currently accounted for by the Centers for Dis-ease Control and Prevention or the WHO. He also served on an NWRI Expert Panel to provide advice to the State of California on developing water recycling criteria for indirect potable reuse through surface water augmentation and determining the feasibility of developing criteria for direct potable reuse. Haas will present the 2017 Clarke Prize Lecture, tentatively titled “An Engineer to Microbiologists, and a Microbiolo-gist to Engineers,” during the Award Ceremony on October 19. The Award Ceremony precedes the annual NWRI Clarke Prize Conference on Urban Water Sustainability, scheduled for October 20. Established in 1993 in honor of NWRI’s co-founder, the late Athalie Richardson Irvine Clarke, the Clarke Prize is one of only a dozen water prizes awarded worldwide. Recent past recipients of the Clarke Prize include microbiologist Dr. Mark D. Sobsey of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2016), environmental engineer Dr. John C. Crittend-en of Georgia Institute of Technology (2015), and civil and environmental engineer Dr. David L. Sedlak of the Univer-sity of California, Berkeley (2014). More information about the NWRI Clarke Prize Conference and Award Ceremony can be found at www.clarkeprize.com.

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Advertiser’s Index

A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR ADVERTISERS

Company Name Page

Aquatic Bioassay Consulting 12

Bay Area Process, Inc. 14

Burbank Supply 7

Cannon 12

Coombs-Hopkins 7

Drager 9

Duke’s Root Control Inc. 12

Flo-Systems Inc. 11

Flow N Control Inc. 9

Goble Sampson Associates 11

Hasan Consultants 9

Mimiaga Engineering 8

MISCOwater 8, 9

Sancon 2

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COMMITTEE CHAIRS & OTHER VOLUNTEERS

AWARDS Brett Offerman Kemira 465 Encino Drive Oakview, CA 93032 P/ 805.444.4486 [email protected] COLLECTION SYSTEM– South Travis Fisher Ojai Valley Sanitary District 1072 Tico Road Ojai, CA 93023 P/ 805.646.5548 F/ 805.640.0842 [email protected] COLLECTION SYSTEM– North Jeremy Gearhart City of San Luis Obispo 25 Prado Road San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 P/ 805.431.3188 F/ 805.542.9868 [email protected] FLOWLINE EDITOR Britt Fairchild Cannon Corporation 1050 Southwood Drive San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 P/ 805.544.7407 F/ 805.544.3863 [email protected] GIMMICKS & GADGETS Harold “Mr. Bear” Reyes 2305 Maricopa Highway Ojai, CA 93023 P/ 805.421.8547 [email protected]

MAINTENANCE Michael Kielborn Cannon Corporation 1050 Southwood Drive San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 P/ 805.544.7407 F/ 805.544.3863 [email protected]

MAINTENANCE Liz Moody Cannon Corporation 1050 Southwood Drive San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 P/ 805.544.7407 F/ 805.544.3863 [email protected]

MEMBERSHIP Ben Marquart City of San Luis Obispo 25 Prado Road San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 P/ 805.781.7425 [email protected]

PAST PRESIDENTS GOLF TOURNAMENT Louis Chiourn Retired

PAST PRESIDENTS PICNIC Johnny Tarver Retired 1920 Ashburn Drive N. Las Vegas, NV 89032 P/ 805.453.4401

HISTORY/ PAST PRESIDENT PICNIC Anne Schubert-Reyes Retired 2305 Maricopa Highway Ojai, CA 93023 P/ 805.421.8547 [email protected]

PHOTOGRAPHER Nick Steffen [email protected]

OPERATOR CHALLENGE Justin Graves Goleta Sanitary District 1 William Moffett Place Goleta, CA 93117 P/ 805.967.4519 F/ 805.964.3583 [email protected]

OPERATIONS Justin Graves Goleta Sanitary District 1 William Moffett Place Goleta, CA 93117 P/ 805.967.4519 F/ 805.964.3583 [email protected]

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P3S Christine Wong Ashworth Leininger Group 601 E. Daily Drive, Suite 302 P/ 805.764.6019 [email protected]

VENDOR RELATIONS Brett Offerman Kemira 465 Encino Drive Oakview, CA 93032 P/ 805.444.4486 [email protected]

PUBLIC EDUCATION Mary Thompson City of Santa Barbara 520 East Yanonali Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103 P/ 805.568.1093 F/ 805.568.1022 [email protected] SAFETY Keith Cox Winema Industrial & Safety Supply 110 S. Lincoln St., Ste 204 Santa Maria, CA 93458 P/ 805.331.9630 [email protected] SMALL COMMUNITIES Ben Marquart City of San Luis Obispo 25 Prado Road San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 P/ 805.781.7425 F/ 805.542.9868 [email protected]

COMMITTEE CHAIRS & OTHER VOLUNTEERS

Leadership Development Craig Murray Carpinteria Sanitary District 5300 Sixth Street Carpinteria, CA 93013 P/ 805.684.7214 [email protected]

TCP & CONTACT HOURS Teresa Kistner Goleta Sanitary District 1 William Moffett Place Goleta, CA 93117 P/ 805.967.4519 F/ 805.964.3583 [email protected]

CWEA LIAISON Garry Parker Encina Wastewater Authority 6200 Avenida Encinas Carlsbad, CA 92011 P/ 760.268.8846 [email protected]

STUDENTS & YOUNG PROFESSIONALS Thomas Welche City of Santa Barbara 520 East Yanonali Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103 P/ 805.568.1002 F/ 805.568.1021 [email protected]

Website Thomas Welche [email protected] Louis Chiourn [email protected] Nick Steffen [email protected]

LABORATORY Currently Vacant

TURKEY OF THE YEAR Gaylen Fair City of Santa Barbara 520 East Yanonali Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103 P/ 805.568.1004 F/ 805.568.1021 [email protected]

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