November 2014 BARSCREEN BEE The Official Newsletter of the Northern Sacramento Valley Section of the California Water Environment Association www.cwea.org/nsv NSVS EXECUTIVE BOARD PRESIDENT Nancy Cameron Sierra Foothill Lab 530 301-6655 [email protected]VICE PRESIDENT Rob Price City of Olivehurst 530 682-0736 [email protected]SEC-TREASURER April Overfield SC-OR 530-534-0353 [email protected]2-YR DIRECTOR Nolan Randal CH2M Hill 530 229-3341 530 243-5831 [email protected]1-YR DIRECTOR Tracy Wyhlidko City of Redding 530-224-4319 twyhlidko@ ci.redding.ca.us The Barscreen Bee is a bimonthly publication of the Northern Sacra- mento Valley Section of the California Water Environment Associa- tion. Articles, announce- ments, job postings, questions, etc should be e-mailed to the newslet- ter editor, Eric Wold at: [email protected]530 345-7399 Continued page 4 Northern Sacramento Valley Section News Corning Training Meeting September 17 th , 2014 By Nancy Cameron, NSVS President Severn Trent hosted the NSVS training meeting in Corning this past September and as al- ways the training was varied and informative. I hope all who attended the training enjoyed the day as much as I did meeting new people and reconnecting with some past coworkers. Beverly Hann, Lead Engineer of Carollo En- gineering began the day with the mysteries of Effluent Discharge Dilution Credits. The whole procedure of what it takes to get dilu- tion credits, and keep them is quite an under- taking with no guaranteed results and multi- ple ways to approach the task. As always Beverly gave excellent advice and some clar- ity to the process. Beverly was followed by our friends from the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board, Redding. Scott Gilbreath, Jeremy Pagan, Zack Chandler, and Stacy Gotham presented the CIWQS eSMR: Addi- tional Training and Information. The paper- less future of eSMR was outlined, with com- puter based CIWQS Tools, Resources, & Support including what is expected with NPDES Permits and Internet –Based Report- ing. Don’t worry they did include a support hotline 1-866-792-4977 for those of us who still struggle with navigating the computer world. Typical errors were discussed, and how the computer so very nicely points them out to you. If I understood correctly it won’t let you finish the report until errors are cor- rected. Pic’s– Beverly Hann, Carollo Engineers, Inc and Scott Gilbreath, Central Valley Water Board Inside this issue: Pg 1- Review of July training in Corning Pg 2– November Meeting in Chico Pg 3- Map and directions Chico Meeting Pg 5,6,7 Annual Award Nominations
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November 2014
BARSCREEN BEE
The Official Newsletter of the Northern Sacramento Valley Section of the California Water Environment Association
www.cwea.org/nsv
NSVS EXECUTIVE BOARD PRESIDENT Nancy Cameron Sierra Foothill Lab 530 301-6655 [email protected] VICE PRESIDENT Rob Price City of Olivehurst 530 682-0736 [email protected] SEC-TREASURER April Overfield SC-OR 530-534-0353 [email protected]
2-YR DIRECTOR Nolan Randal CH2M Hill 530 229-3341 530 243-5831 [email protected] 1-YR DIRECTOR Tracy Wyhlidko City of Redding 530-224-4319 twyhlidko@ ci.redding.ca.us The Barscreen Bee is a bimonthly publication of the Northern Sacra-mento Valley Section of the California Water Environment Associa-tion. Articles, announce-ments, job postings, questions, etc should be e-mailed to the newslet-ter editor, Eric Wold at: [email protected] 530 345-7399
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Northern Sacramento Valley Section News
Corning Training Meeting September 17th, 2014 By Nancy Cameron, NSVS President
Severn Trent hosted the NSVS training meeting in Corning this past September and as al-
ways the training was varied and informative. I hope all who attended the training enjoyed
the day as much as I did meeting new people
and reconnecting with some past coworkers.
Beverly Hann, Lead Engineer of Carollo En-
gineering began the day with the mysteries of
Effluent Discharge Dilution Credits. The
whole procedure of what it takes to get dilu-
tion credits, and keep them is quite an under-
taking with no guaranteed results and multi-
ple ways to approach the task. As always
Beverly gave excellent advice and some clar-
ity to the process.
Beverly was followed by our friends from
the Central Valley Regional Water Quality
Control Board, Redding. Scott Gilbreath,
Jeremy Pagan, Zack Chandler, and Stacy
Gotham presented the CIWQS eSMR: Addi-
tional Training and Information. The paper-
less future of eSMR was outlined, with com-
puter based CIWQS Tools, Resources, &
Support including what is expected with
NPDES Permits and Internet –Based Report-
ing. Don’t worry they did include a support
hotline 1-866-792-4977 for those of us who
still struggle with navigating the computer
world. Typical errors were discussed, and
how the computer so very nicely points them
out to you. If I understood correctly it won’t
let you finish the report until errors are cor-
rected.
Pic’s– Beverly Hann, Carollo Engineers, Inc and
Scott Gilbreath, Central Valley Water Board
Inside this issue:
Pg 1- Review of July training in Corning
Pg 2– November Meeting in Chico
Pg 3- Map and directions Chico Meeting
Pg 5,6,7 Annual Award Nominations
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Welcome to the City of Chico
for a day of training
Wednesday, November 19th
Chico Fire Training Center 901 Fir St. Chico, CA
At the back of the City corporation yard
8:30 - 9:00 SIGN-IN and NETWORK with your peers over coffee & donuts.
9:00 - 9:50 “Big Valley Divers, Inspection of Outfall Diffusers on the Sacramento River”
Jeff Eggleston, Big Valley Divers Inc.
Topics will include; Diving Maintenance for Water Treatment Plants Contaminated/Potable,
Maintenance and Inspection of Outfall Diffusers and, Inspection,
Cleaning, and Repair of Storage Tanks.
9:50 - 10:40 “Wastewater Treatment Issues Around the World” Stewart Oakley, Professor of Environmental Engineering, Cal. State University, Chico
Dr. Oakley has worked extensively in the fields of sustainable wastewater treatment and solid
waste management for developing countries with emphasis on Latin America. Dr. Oakley has
authored three engineering books in Spanish and co-edited two others in Spanish, and has
given dozens of technical workshops both within the US, Latin America, Africa, and Asia. He
has worked extensively in the last 25 years in Latin America, and has just finished authoring
four chapters and co-editing a book in Spanish on wastewater treatment in Central America for
the US Agency for International Development as part of the Central American Free Trade
Agreement.
10:40 - 11:30 “The Chico Urban Area Nitrate Compliance Program;
30 years and $40 Million of Gittin’ ‘er Done!” Matt Thompson, Associate Civil Engineer, City of Chico
Putting the unincorporated areas of Chico (septic systems) on the Chico sewer system.
This is a project spanning several years and covering various areas of the Chico Urban Area.
11:30 - 12:20 “Utilizing Biogas: Production of Electricity and CNG from Waste Grease”
Presenter: Brian Gannon, President of Biogas Energy
Learn how maximizing the use of anaerobically digested waste, producing biogas, is making
power in a “waste to energy” project. Plant tour to follow.
12:20 Lunch- Catered lunch by Kinders BBQ Always everyone’s favorite part of the day, lunch will include; Pulled Pork, BBQ Beans,
Rolls, Ceasar Salad and Macaroni Salad.
1:30 Tour of the Biogas Energy Project (North State Rendering Plant)
Directions will be provided at meeting.
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Directions to the Chico Training Meeting
Wednesday, November 19th, 2014
Chico Fire Training Center
901 Fir St. Chico, CA
At the back of the City corporation yard
Corp Yard
Special Announcement
Award nomination deadline has been extended to November 30th. We want everyone
to have a chance to nominate your coworkers, plant, etc, for an award. There are
many awards to chose from but, just like taxes, get them in before the deadline.
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Delain Murphy from T & T Valve and Instrument, Inc. is a wealth of infor-
mation on valves and actuators. There are gate valves, ball valves, butterfly
valves, WOGs and AWWA, etc. His focus was on the use of the butterfly
valve, and there are different butterfly valves too, within water and wastewa-
ter treatment facilities. Delain had lots of pictures demonstrating the eco-
nomical use of space with the new valves over the ones being replaced.
California Poison Control System Managing Director Justin Lewis spoke to
us about Sacramento Division as an Untapped Resource for CWEA. Justin
explained how the system functions, staffing and available resources. We
commonly think of it as the hot line to call when our kids have eaten some-
thing questionable, unknown cleaner or Grandpa’s high blood pressure medi-
cine. The scope of the information they can provide goes beyond this and
their contact information should be made available in wastewater facilities as
a resource for chemical exposures on the job. Poison Hotline 1-800-222-
1222. Write this number down and put it on the fridge.
And then there was “Jerry & Brian’s World Famous BBQ Lunch”. Every
time I enjoy their culinary skills they surpass the last feast they provided. Tri
Tip cooked to perfection, with beans, green salad, rolls and cookies. All
served on the banks of the Sacramento River at Woodson Bridge Park. But
wait there’s more……
After lunch we had a tour of Lucero Olive Oil Company in Corning. A tour
of the processing facilities, with narrative describing the whole process from
tree to table was provided by a very entertaining young man by the name of
Jordan. He claims one specialty oil, with limited availability, has “Fountain
of Youth” qualities. His coworker, Amy, unveiled the mysteries of olive oil
tasting. There is a technique similar to wine tasting, but in olive oil tasting
you get to “slurp” the olive oil. After tasting several varieties and sampling
some balsamic vinegar too, we were served an olive oil sundae. Vanilla ice
cream drizzled with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. It’s an unusual combina-
tion, but it works. Yummy! Then they turned us loose in the show room
where we able to explore and sample more oils and vinegars and of course
SHOP! Look for Lucero Gift Samplers as door prizes at this year’s Annual
Banquet in January. I hope to see you at the November training in Chico.
Northern Sacramento Valley Section News Cont.
Pic’s top to bottom: Delain Murphy from T & T Valve - the post presentation quiz was
no laughing matter. Justin Lewis, Cal Poison Control Center. Brian and Jerry, our
world famous BBQ team . The Lucero Olive Co. production line
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Northern Sacramento Valley Section – CWEA
2014 Individual Award Nomination Form
____ Electrical/Instrumentation Tech of the Year* ____ Outstanding Service Award-NSVS Award
____ Engineering and Research* ____ Supervisor of the Year*
Achievement Award ____ Inspirational Award-NSVS Award
____ Laboratory Analyst of the Year* ____ Lifetime Achievement Award-NSVS Award
____ Treatment Plant Operator of the Year* ____ Mechanical Technician of the Year*
____ Pretreatment Pollution Prevention* ____ Secretary of the Year-NSVS Award
Person of the Year ____ Public Education Award*
Nominations must be e-mailed, post marked or faxed by Sunday, November 30th, 2014 to the address below.
All nominees must be members in good standing of the Northern Sacramento Valley Section of CWEA.
Secretary does not need to be a NSVS or CWEA member
Name of Nominee: ________________________________ Title: ________________________
People interested in being a member of the Northern Sacramento Valley Section and attending training ses-sions and other function of the N.S.V.S. may join the Section for only $12 per year (12 months). ▸ Membership includes our bi-monthly NSV Section “Barscreen Bee” newsletter and the opportunity to attend all training session and functions presented by the N.S.V. Section ▸ Does not include or require membership in our parent organization, CWEA.
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