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TEX Sh2o | January/February 2018 |

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The Official Newsletter of the Texas Section AWWA | Every Drop, Every Day, Everywhere©

EL PASO WATER HAS HEART

El Paso Launches Resource Fair for Educators | Page 3

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Texas Water Returns to San Antonio | Page 9 EPA Releases 2017 Potable Reuse Compendium | Page 10 TWDB: The State of Water | Page 13

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EPWater’s TecH2O Wants to be Educational Hub for Teachers

BY MARTHA KOESTER el paso water

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fter amassing 10 years’ worth of educational resources in science, technology, engineering and math, it was only natural that El Paso Water’s TecH2O Learning Center would want to share the bounty. An idea was born, which led to the HEART (Helping Educators with Additional Resources and Training) educators’ fair—a one-stop shop where teachers could learn about the many resources available throughout El Paso, said Jessica Bane, water conservation education specialist.

The first annual HEART resource fair for educators­—the first in the state—was held in December. Bane said the TecH2O event CONTINUED PAGE 29 | tech2o

El Paso Water’s TecH2O Learning Center held the first HEART (Helping Educators with Additional Resources and Training) educators’ fair in December.

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| letter from the texas section chair |

Diversity Within our Industry Equals Strength and Opportunity for Change Texas Section American Water Works Association P.O. Box 80150 Austin, Texas 78708 www.tawwa.org Bruce Curtis, Chair 972-602-1001 Ron Tamada, Chair-Elect 817-493-5100 Elston Johnson, Vice-Chair 512-809-7552 Daniel Nix, Imm. Past Chair 940-691-1153 Mike Howe Executive Director/Secretary-Treasurer 512-238-9292 Fax: 512-238-0496 mikehowe@tawwa.org This publication is distributed bi-monthly to the more than 3,500 members and friends of the Texas Section – American Water Works Association.

Contributing writers can contact the editor: Cliff Avery GCP Association Services PO Box 676 Pflugerville, TX 78691 512-251-8101 Fax: 512-251-8152 texwater@texas.net The publication name, TexasH2O: © 1996-2018 Texas Section – American Water Works Association, Inc. © 2018 Texas Section – American Water Works Association, Inc.

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BY BRUCE CURTIS texas section chair

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y fellow Texas Section AWWA members, after surpassing my 38th year of employment history within the waterworks industry this past year, I have witnessed many positive changes within my beloved waterworks industry. But, as with any industry, I’m still frustrated with the progress of some things within our industry that are invariably still slow to change.

BRUCE CURTIS On the positive side, the "face" of our 972-602-1001 waterworks industry has become much more brucec@ebaa.com diverse since 1980 when I first entered into it as a somewhat naïve territory sales representative simply trying to make a living by selling various waterworks-related products to water utility end users, distributors, contractors and/or design engineers. For example, in my current role as sales manager with my employer, I attend numerous state, regional and national conferences all across North America—and, as Chair of Texas AWWA, I am also heavily involved with a number of section-level (as well as national-level) related committees and programs that requires of me to travel throughout the State of Texas and to many other destination points across North America.

Over the past few years of late, I’ve gladly become more accustomed at seeing a much wider array of individuals attend these events who not only come from varying backgrounds and levels of expertise, but are also highly regarded within their own professions by their own employers— and more importantly, they are just as passionate about the future of the waterworks industry as I am. It’s great to see that in 2018, the diversity and makeup the various persons who are actively engaged or involved in our great industry is much more inclusive. This is extremely comforting to me since I am definitely on the backside of my career.

By no means am I saying that every waterworks industry participant’s employment ranks are perfectly balanced and open to the concept of providing inclusion of all gender types or races. But, by comparison to CONTINUED PAGE 26 | letter from the texas section chair

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| executive director report |

It's What We Do

BY MIKE HOWE tawwa executive director

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uring a major disaster event such as Hurricane Harvey, we spend a lot of time on the phone talking to many people we have never met in person. Many are asking for assistance, and many are working with us through TXWARN to provide assistance to utilities in need, but during much of the 10 days to two weeks of response and recovery, most of the communications is via phone, text or email and faceless.

That is why at a recent AWWA and USEPA sponsored post-Harvey meeting in San Antonio it was great to put faces to voices and names of many of the people we worked with so closely during our TXWARN Harvey response. About 30 people were at the meeting representing both public and private utilities that requested assistance or utilities that responded with assistance, TCEQ and EPA, Texas Division of Emergency Management, San Antonio Emergency management staff and of course, TXWARN. The purpose of the meeting was to build a comprehensive After Action Report to review what went right, what went wrong and most importantly, how the response and recovery process could be improved. During a series of facilitated discussions and group work sessions, a significant amount of information was captured to help craft a final report which should be ready before the next hurricane season. This was the second of two meetings covering the past hurricane season, the first being held in Florida to capture information about Hurricanes Irma and Maria.

As all of you know, Hurricane Harvey was really two different types of storms. The first was the expected Category 3 or 4 hurricane with high winds, rain, flooding and significant damage to communities, power lines and of course, utilities. But instead of

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moving rapidly out of the state like most hurricanes, Harvey stalled over the Coastal Bend, moved south and picked up more moisture, and then turned towards Southeast Texas. All this time Harvey continually dumped what MIKE HOWE 512-238-9292 has turned out to be the mikehowe@tawwa.org most rainfall of any storm on record over all of Southeast Texas. Consequently, while we continued to respond to the effects of the typical storm damage of a hurricane, much of the response and recovery in the Houston areas slowed to a crawl until flood waters went down and utilities could make assessments of their damage.

Since we created TXWARN in 2005 between Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, we affirmed what we already knew—utilities are more than willing to help their colleagues during a disaster. In addition, they want a well-coordinated system that helps expedite the response and reduces the "stuff" that gets in the way of responding in a timely fashion. That is what TXWARN does and has for more than 12 years. By the way, if your utility is not a member of TXWARN, becoming a member is free and very easy at www.txwarn.org.

As I noted above, at the meeting I met a number of people we worked with including Mark Young of Nueces County WCID #4 in Port Aransas, which was hit hard when Harvey made landfall. I also met Art Smith with the City of Rockport, which was also heavily damaged during the storm. And, it was great to have both of them finally meet the folks from San Antonio CONTINUED PAGE 24 | executive director report

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Please note that the membership offer is for new members only and is not available for renewals.

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| potable reuse compendium |

EPA Releases 2017 Potable Reuse Compendium

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This document supplements the 2012 Guidelines for Water Reuse and was developed in partnership with CDM Smith and with input from state and industry partners, including the Water Environment Research Foundation, Water Research Foundation, AWWA, ASDWA, and the states of Texas, California and Colorado.

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ust like that, another year in the books. And what an eventful year it was! 2017 was full of numerous financial, scientific and other water accomplishments at the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB). But we also spent a lot of time wrestling with Mother Nature and the perpetual contrast of too much water and too little water: flood and drought. For many Texans, one natural disaster in particular may forever define the year 2017.

The devastation of Hurricane Harvey reminded us how crucial flood preparedness, mitigation and response are to communities. TWDB flood programs are a year-round priority, but Harvey amplified the ongoing efforts of our staff. In response to Harvey, our

Flood Mitigation Planning staff made over 500 phone contacts with community representatives and individuals. Additionally, they met in person with individuals and officials from over 20 communities in affected areas and taught webinars providing valuable information on disaster recovery.

To assist affected communities with urgent financial needs, the TWDB amended two of its programs to offer $90 million in special assistance for disaster recovery.

We allocated both zero-interest loans and loan forgiveness in the Clean Water State Revolving Fund and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund for CONTINUED PAGE 18 | the state of water

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AWWA Launches New Career Center

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WWA’s most popular website feature just got a facelift. The Association’s newly redesigned Career Center provides upgraded search options, easier ways to connect job seekers and employers and several new features: email alerts of relevant opportunities for job seekers, ability to post resumes anonymously, free résumé critique and more.

"It’s essentially a new Career Center," said Karen Pacyga, AWWA’s sales project manager. "It’s more intuitive and both job posters and job seekers will have a better user experience."

The Career Center is AWWA’s most visited web destination, attracting more than 650,000 users in 2017.

"The Career Center has always generated the most traffic to our website and we expect the redesign to make the center even more popular," said Mark Scharfenaker, AWWA’s senior manager of website and online content.

The Association revamped the Career Center in the summer of 2015, but recently contracted with YourMembership, an association management software company, to provide the center’s software platform.

YourMembership’s customer service team will be available to answer questions for job seekers and CONTINUED PAGE 22 | career center

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Texas

(Released Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018) Valid 7 a.m. EST Drought Conditions (Percent Area) None D0-D4 D1-D4 D2-D4 D3-D4 Current Last Week 02-13-2018

3 Months Ago

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66.63

33.56

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Intensity: D0 Abnormally Dry

D3 Extreme Drought

D1 Moderate Drought

D4 Exceptional Drought

D2 Severe Drought The Drought Monitor focuses on broad-scale conditions.

Local conditions may vary. See accompanying text summary for forecast statements.

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| the state of water |

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13 | the state of water stormwater, wastewater and water supply projects. This enhanced funding is available now for communities suffering from disasters and other emergency situations.

In times of emergency, current data and map imagery supply critical information for decision makers. During Hurricane Harvey, our Texas Natural

Resources Information System (TNRIS) staff provided mapping, GIS analysis and flood inundation modeling assistance onsite at the State Operations Center.

Following the disaster, TNRIS staff continued to assist by providing aerial imagery and data to the SOC, other state agencies and the affected communities—a real example of our mapping and data expertise in action.

The TWDB acquires this important imagery through TNRIS' Strategic Mapping Program (StratMap). TNRIS manages all of the state's GIS contracts through StratMap. Of approximately $5 million in purchases through the program in Fiscal Year 2017, the TWDB administered projects totaling $3.4 million for orthoimagery (aerial images corrected to a map scale) and LiDAR elevation data (topographical information collected through lasers).

The flood and emergency mitigation, planning, and response momentum will continue into 2018. TNRIS is currently working with the University of Texas at Austin

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| the state of water |

with funding from the Texas Division of Emergency Management to develop and maintain a statewide address point database. This comprehensive address database will assist emergency 9-1-1 communications by providing statewide coverage no matter where a 9-1-1 call is placed. When completed, this database will ultimately become part of a nationwide network of address points to support 9-1-1 response.

Another highly anticipated project in 2018 is the first state flood plan for Texas. Developed by the TWDB, the plan will take a broad look at flood risks across the state and provide an initial assessment of the costs associated with reducing those risks. It will also provide information and policy recommendations for decision makers to use in developing an approach to comprehensive flood management in Texas.

We will also expand our efforts to address the state's vulnerability to flood by deploying new flood gages; providing grant funds to communities to increase flood resilience; working with the National Weather Service

to improve flood forecasting models; and further developing TexasFlood.org. We're looking forward to the continued expansion of the TexMesonet, an earth observation data collection network developed to support flood monitoring and forecasting efforts as well as monitoring for drought, wildfire, and irrigation purposes. We anticipate installing additional stations across the state in 2018.

Because history has shown that drought, like flood, always lurks just around the corner in Texas, our need to prepare is ever present. The data we collect through our science programs contribute important information that helps advance knowledge of the state's water resources. Brackish (saline) groundwater is becoming an important water source that can help reduce the demand on fresh water supplies, but a deep understanding of it is necessary before determining whether it can be used. Through our CONTINUED PAGE 20 | the state of water

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| the state of water |

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 19 | the state of water Brackish Resources Aquifer Characterization System (BRACS) program, we designated eight groundwater production zones in three aquifer systems (the Carrizo-Wilcox, the Gulf Coast, and the Rustler) and completed four brackish aquifer studies (Blossom, Nacatoch, Trinity, and Lipan) in 2017.

Improving the availability of water resources information is an ongoing initiative. That's why our studies and reports can all be found on our website and many of the resources we offer are interactive— and continuously evolving to benefit the public. For example, we added geographic locations for water sources and recommended water projects to our Interactive State Water Plan site. In 2018, we will also be adding more information on water projects and strategies.

Over the next year we'll be refining our seasonal rainfall forecast tool, making more drought tools and information accessible through WaterDataforTexas.org,

and sharing the latest on drought conditions through the agency's Water Weekly report.

And as we have been for 60 years, we were also busy in 2017 helping communities achieve their water project goals. Across our various financial assistance programs, the TWDB committed $1.9 billion for water and wastewater projects last year. Of this amount, more than $1 billion was approved for participants in the third cycle of the State Water Implementation Fund for Texas (SWIFT)* program.

As 2017 came to an end, the coastal area was still recovering from Hurricane Harvey, and one-third of the state was affected by drought. Those twin contradictions will always ensure that the TWDB has its eye on both flood and drought. *The SWIFT program includes two funds, the State Water Implementation Fund for Texas (SWIFT) and the State Water Implementation Revenue Fund for Texas (SWIRFT). Revenue bonds for the program are issued through SWIRFT.

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| wfp |silent swiftauction program| |

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| career center |

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 14 | career center posters, Pacyga said. AWWA’s customer service department will continue to support site registration.

Under the new platform, job seekers can still post résumés for free. A key change from the old Career Center is that résumés post anonymously.

Job seekers can set up customized job searches and receive email alerts about relevant opportunities. The site has free résumé critiques, career coaching and information on updating career skills.

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Employers can post jobs, source qualified candidates and promote their brand as a great place to work.

There are posting upgrades that keep jobs at the top of the listings, promote it on AWWA’s social media, blast it in a bi-monthly Job Flash email, list it on the AWWA homepage and more.

"AWWA Career Center exposes your jobs—to both active and passive job seekers—you can’t reach through other sources," Pacyga said.

Under the old system, employers were sometimes confused because they had to pay first, Pacyga said.

Now, they pay after.

"It’s the industry standard to pay after,” Pacyga said.

"Now, they’re able to put all their information in and know what they are buying before they pay for it. It’s more intuitive for the job poster."

Another plus for job posters is that multiple recruiters and human resources professionals from the same company can connect their accounts within the system.

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| executive director report |

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 | executive director report Water System and Austin Water who approved the massive response to their utilities during Harvey.

Yvonne Forrest with the City of Houston was also at the meeting with some incredible stories of how Houston kept their water system operating during the flooding, and how they managed the incredible damage to some of their wastewater system. Yvonne also discussed how they managed their resources and staff during an

event that no one could have ever anticipated.

It was a great meeting and the information gathered will help us all be better prepared the next time we have an event like Harvey or any other disaster that impacts utilities here in Texas. I’ll share the report later.

At the end of the meeting, Art Smith from Rockport approached me and thanked TXWARN for the help we provided in coordination response between his utilities and San Antonio Water System and Austin Water. After some discussion about processes of response and recovery, he simply said thanks. I said, "No problem, that’s what we do."

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| letter from the texas section chair |

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 | letter from the texas section chair 1980, the doors of opportunity at affording all types of persons who wish to pursue their own career path within the waterworks industry appear to be much more open to inclusiveness today.

Whether our industry begrudgingly changed or not these past 38 years, thankfully I am seeing many more women and more persons of different colors or races become (or are in the process of

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becoming) the next generation of leaders or astute business decision makers within our industry. It is my contention that our industry is better off because of this broader diversity. Thankfully many of these same folks have seized the opportunity to become more fully engaged in our industry or within their own fields of expertise by becoming volunteers with the numerous associations affiliated with the waterworks industry.

Having this broader diversity of participants within our industry goes a long way for all of us in our recruiting efforts of students and young professionals from all fields of study and expertise at having them consider making a career commitment to the waterworks industry.

As for what still disappoints me after 38 years in the industry, it is simply the overbearing burden of bureaucracy within our industry that slows down change and/or the implementation process of change.

Examples of this are how it takes forever for AWWA Standards to be revised or changed—let alone getting a "new" AWWA Standard simply written. The mantra associated with waterworks industry back in 1980 was, "‌the waterworks industry is slow to change." Sadly, in

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| letter from the texas section chair |

many respects, this statement is still true today in 2018. Yet, there are many of our peers among us who subscribe to the theory that it is our "slowness to change" that makes our industry great! Especially when you consider the prevailing mission statement of AWWA (and for many water utility purveyors, too) is: "…to unite the diverse water community in an effort to advance public health, safety, the economy, and the environment…" in order to protect the health and wellness of our communities. This is undoubtedly a daunting responsibility for all of to take on—regardless of which facet of the industry we are participating in.

Thus, maybe slow and deliberate would be a better assessment of our industry. Again, as I said above, this concept is extremely comforting to me, too, since I am definitely on the backside of my career.

In closing, as I finish out my one-year term as Chair of the Texas AWWA section later this year in April, it has been an extreme honor to serve as Chair. I still have one more article to submit and one more year to serve on the Texas AWWA board as past-Chair. Once all of my service commitments to the board expire, I

vow to remain committed and to be actively engaged at supporting our section in some capacity. I encourage all of my fellow Texas AWWA section members to get engaged and become involved at making our section even stronger. The more diversity and inclusiveness we have within our section, the stronger we will become.

God Bless Texas and our beloved waterworks industry!

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TAWWA Welcomes New Members Joining Dec. 1, 2017–Jan. 31, 2018 Isabella Aguirre Harlingen, TX

Joseph Cotton Allen, TX

Noe Gonzalez Allen, TX

Alyssa Kirkendall San Antonio, TX

William Parks The Woodlands, TX

Charles Stiles Katy, TX

Albert H Halff Associates Richardson, TX

Ashley Cottrell Wichita Falls, TX

Dean Grant Bowie, TX

John Lacy Houston, TX

Kim Pendleton Humble, TX

Trevor Stull Grand Prairie, TX

Mojeed Awonuga Kingsville, TX

Rey Davila Wylie, TX

Allison Guettner Gonzales, TX

Todd Lester West Lake Hills, TX

John Phillips Allen, TX

Kymberly Torres Katy, TX

Allison Bain San Antonio, TX

Terry Delasalle Houston, TX

Tamara Guillen Kingsville, TX

Sherly Lie College Station, TX

Martin Phillips Fort Worth, TX

Wil Trent Wichita Falls, TX

Rafael Beckmann Austin, TX

Preston Dillard Richardson, TX

Devyani Gupta College Station, TX

Alonzo Linan Keller, TX

Samantha Reeder Wichita Falls, TX

Catharine Turner Dallas, TX

Stephen Benenson Dallas, TX

Domenic Dirienzo Lewisville, TX

Francisco Haces Garcia Kingsville, TX

Timothy Looper Midland, TX

Dodson Renaud II Seguin, TX

David Vargas Austin, TX

Jennifer Bland Aubrey, TX

David Earls Wylie, TX

Harris County MUD 23 Houston, TX

Bernardo Lorena Houston, TX

Debra Richter Robstown, TX

Hector Vasquez Jr San Antonio, TX

Daniel Botello Arlington, TX

Sanjeewa Ekanayaka Houston, TX

Johnathon Hawkes Murphy, TX

David Lozano Houston, TX

Ty Riebe Fort Worth, TX

Hyedi Viehmann Fort Worth, TX

Crystal Bowman Carrollton, TX

Armando Esquivel El Paso, TX

Jake Hollingsworth Texas City, TX

Ross Madia Rosenberg, TX

Timothy Rogers Murphy, TX

Isauro Villalobos Houston, TX

Travis Bozick Tyler, TX

Patrick Feeney San Antonio, TX

Holly Holt-Smith Farmers Branch, TX

Tommy McCormick Seguin, TX

Jessica Salinas McAllen, TX

Frederick Walker Spring, TX

Andrea Brinkley Pearland, TX

Matthew Fisher West Columbia, TX

Jamie Hora West Lake Hills, TX

Daniel McGraw Missouri City, TX

Christy Shepard Houston, TX

Michael Wegrzyn Murphy, TX

Brandon Brookshire College Station, TX

Michelle Fisher Curry San Marcos, TX

Nosa Irenumaagho Dallas, TX

Ryan McKinnis Pearland, TX

Ying Shi College Station, TX

Kevin Weidner San Angelo, TX

Malcolm Brown Hutto, TX

Dean Flessas The Woodlands, TX

Zachary Jackson Wylie, TX

Christina Molano McAllen, TX

Arianne Shipley Fort Worth, TX

Billy Williams Coppell, TX

John Casso Murphy, TX

Kevin Flinn Arlington, TX

Shelbi Johnson Crowley, TX

Michael Morford Frisco, TX

Jared Sienkiewich Tomball, TX

Brandon Wray Kingwood, TX

City of West Columbia West Columbia, TX

Luisa Florez Umbarila Katy, TX

Larry Jones Keller, TX

Jim Murphy Richardson, TX

Brian Smith College Station, TX

Stephanie Zavala Fort Worth, TX

David Clausen Kermit, TX

Dennis Fritz Keller, TX

Prachi Kala Fort Worth, TX

Michael Nieswiadomy Denton, TX

Annabella Solomon Stafford, TX

Rene ContrerasCastaneda San Antonio, TX

Negar Ghsempour College Station, TX

Crystal Kirby Humble, TX

Nebechi Osia Kingsville, TX

Erik Spencer Houston, TX

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 | TECH2O builds a bridge between educators, who are looking for resources, and exhibitors, who are hoping to promote their programs for educators.

The event also introduces a potentially new audience to the magic of the TecH2O Learning Center, which provides museum-quality interactive exhibits on water resources management in the Chihuahuan Desert and offers lessons in conservation.

Idea evolves Water Conservation Specialist Norma GuzmanKennedy first saw the need for HEART after hearing frustrated educators complain about a lack of available educational resources for their students.

“I not only envisioned traditional, informal education partners, but unconventional, out-of-the-box partners,” Guzman-Kennedy said. “For example, we invited a reptile house representative from northeast El Paso to come out and speak at one of our Growing Up Wild teacher workshops, which is designed to help educators engage and teach students about ecology and wildlife. The teachers in attendance went crazy about the presentation.”

TecH2O staff members added a keynote speaker at HEART to inspire teachers on the significance of their work. Charlie Black, a Dale Carnegie leadership coach, delivered in style.

“As teachers, we forget why we are doing what we are doing,” said Bane, a former educator. “We get bogged down with the everyday struggle of daily lessons, tests and grading. Charlie provided that

motivation to help teachers feel motivated and re-energized.”

Looking ahead With the first HEART under TecH2O’s belt, Bane said it served as a learning experience all around.

“We want all El Paso educators to know that we are a fantastic STEM resource, especially for conservation education,” Bane said. “Everybody knows about our mascot Willie the Waterdrop, but they don’t realize all we have to offer at TecH2O or in the classroom.”

Plans are underway to make the second annual HEART resource fair—in August 2018— bigger and better than the first.

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New AWWA Individual Membership Promotion If you know someone interested in becoming an AWWA member, let them know about this special offer! If they join by March 31, 2018, they will receive four free distance learning courses! Choose one per quarter through 2018 from any of our 2018 webinars or from five eLearning courses: • • • • •

Communicating Effectively as a Leader Continuous Improvement - Areas of Improvement Membrane Processes PVC Pipe in the Field Cyber Security (new course available Q2 2018)

Use promo code MEMLEARN to receive the offer when you join through AWWA (Please note that you must sign up through AWWA at www.awwa.org, not TAWWA, to take advantage of this offer). This offer is valid until 3/31/18.

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What’s Happening Across Texas DATE

ACTIVITY

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MAR. 22

2nd Annual NCT TAWWA Pipe Tapping Competition

5:30 pm

DN Tanks Facility Grand Prairie

www.txwarn.org

MAR. 29

Texas A&M Water Network March Meeting

5:30 pm

Texas A&M AGLS Building Rm 116 College Station

www.tawwa.org

APRIL 19

Texas A&M Water Network March Meeting

5:30 pm

Texas A&M AGLS Building Rm 116 College Station

www.tawwa.org

APRIL 23

Texas Water 2018TM

San Antonio Convention Center

www.txwater.org

Want to share your event with the Texas water community?

Contact Mike Howe, 512-238-9292, or mikehowe@tawwa.org.

Check the Section’s website, www.tawwa.org, for the latest information on Section activities.

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