Central Florida Chapter Update
Jennifer Roque, Alyssa Filippi, and Tonya Kay he Central Florida Chapter (CFC) and its new officers are off to a running start! During one of our quarterly committee meetings, the chapter officers reorganized and restrategized for the 2017–2018 year. We are proud and grateful to announce the tremendous support of 17 companies for our new annual sponsorship campaign. We have an exciting and jam-packed calendar of events—some traditional and some newly incorporated events— including a Solar Bears Hockey Game Social. We are looking forward to the successful year ahead, full of engaging opportunities and community involvement.
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Chapter Quarterly Luncheon The fiscal year started off with a successful technical luncheon, “Who Needs Pretreatment? Not Orange County Utilities With Operational
Aquifer Storage and Recovery,” which was held at the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida and attracted over 60 attendees. The informative luncheon presented the methodology, challenges, and lessons learned by Orange County Utilities (OCU) utilizing an aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) system with alternative pretreatment for the removal of dissolved oxygen. Kim Kunihiro of OCU and Mary Fickert Thomas of WSP|Parsons Brinckerhoff touched on topics that included arsenic levels, aquifer conditioning, season conditions, injection rate, and water quality monitoring. Keep a lookout for our fall wastewater panel luncheon, where we will get the opportunity to learn about the current and dynamic challenges many central Florida utilities are facing and how they are preparing to overcome them.
Joining Forces! In addition to the technical luncheon event held in June, FWEA joined forces with the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) on July 13 in support of the 10th Annual ASCE Icebreaker held at the Orlando Science Center. Over 300 engineering professionals from around the central Florida area were in attendance. The CFC committee members provided a strong presence and were able to recruit several potential FWEA members.
The Central Florida Chapter’s most recent steering committee meeting held in July at Carollo’s office in downtown Orlando.
Posing at the FWEA Central Florida Chapter’s booth at the 10th Annual ASCE Icebreaker are (left to right) Megan Nelson, Greg Chomic, Satej Kulkarni, and Alex Solanilla.
Grab Your Clubs, It’s Tournament Time! The CFC held its 18th Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament on Friday, August 25, at Falcon’s Fire Golf Club. The proceeds raised from the tournament benefit the Gabe Delneky Scholarship Fund and the Norm Casey Scholarship Fund for local students who are pursuing engineering degrees at the University of Central Florida. We would like to thank our golf tournament sponsors for their continued support and we are already looking forward to next year’s tournament.
Upcoming Events We hope to see you all at our upcoming networking happy hour on Thursday, October 19, at 5:30 p.m. Join local industry professionals for a few bites to eat and receive one drink ticket with registration. Check the FWEA calendar of events for more details and location updates. Our next CFC Steering Committee meeting will be in October. If you are interested in getting involved, please contact Alyssa Filippi for more details at afilippi@cphcorp.com. We hope to see you there! Alyssa Filippi, Tonya Kay, and Jennifer Roque, are chair, vice chair, and program coordinator, respectively, of the Central Florida Chapter. S
The FWEA Central Florida Chapter technical luncheon, with Kim Kunihiro from OCU and Mary Fickert Thomas with WSP|Parsons Brinckerhoff.
Participants in the 2016 golf tournament are (left to right) Lisa Prieto, Tonya Kay, Alyssa Filippi, Kristi Fries, and Kenny Blanton.
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