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Elston Johnson & Bruce Curtis Honored with Fuller Award

ne of the most prestigious awards in the water profession is the George Warren Fuller Award for distinguished service to the water supply field in "commemoration of the sound engineering skill, the brilliant diplomatic talent and the constructive leadership, which characterized the life of George Warren Fuller." Because of our membership growth, TAWWA now has two Directors on the AWWA Board. With that achievement, we also can award two Fuller awards each year if we have qualified candidates. This year we are honored to present the George Warren Fuller Awards to Elston Johnson and Bruce Curtis. Johnson is a past chair of the Texas Section AWWA. Over the years, he has brought his talent and skills from his previous work as the head of Public Drinking Water at the TCEQ to support the work of the Texas Section. He continues to provide guidance and support to utilities in his consulting work, opens doors for the Section and TXWARN in navigating disaster response protocols and, most recently, is addressing the ongoing issues of the dramatic impacts of the February "Deep Freeze." He also has committed incredible efforts to support the Section’s partnership with others to help smaller systems achieve improvements and better outcomes for their customers. Johnson has always been one of those volunteers who will step up and go beyond expectations and for this, we are pleased to present him with one of this year’s George Warren Fuller awards. Bruce Curtis exemplifies the work of Service Providers to AWWA and the Texas Section AWWA. Curtis also served as Chair of the Texas Section, but even in his past chair status, he continues to provide leadership and guidance to the Section and AWWA.

Elston Johnson and Bruce Curtis received the George Warren Fuller Award at the Texas WaterTM 2021 – Virtual. Due to the growth of Texas AWWA, two Fuller awards can be given out each year.

Curtis currently serves as one of the Texas Section AWWA Directors on the AWWA Board of Directors. He brings the expertise and guidance of his work as Sales Manager for Texas-based EBAA Iron to both the Section and AWWA, helping us meet the needs of all of our members. His business acumen has been invaluable in helping us balance the interests of all of our members while at the same time, challenging our leadership to become more forward thinking as we continuously must adapt. His leadership during the most recent year has been invaluable to us all, and for this and his steadfast commitment to making AWWA and the Texas Section AWWA better at what we do, we are equally honored to present Bruce Curtis with the distinguished George Warren Fuller Award.

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| letter from the texas section chair |

Looking Forward Texas Section American Water Works Association P.O. Box 80150 Austin, Texas 78708 www.tawwa.org Theresa Pedrazas, Chair 512-338-2850 Andrew Molly, Chair-Elect 832-395-3785 Amy Middleton, Vice-Chair 210-510-0888 Melissa Bryant, Imm. Past Chair 210-302-3611 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, LLC PO Box 676 Pflugerville, TX 78691 512-251-8101 Fax: 512-251-8152 texwater@texas.net The publication name, TexasH2O: © 1996-2021 Texas Section – American Water Works Association, Inc. © 2021 Texas Section – American Water Works Association, Inc.

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hile attending Texas WaterTM 2021— our second-ever virtual conference— I was struck by the ability of our membership to seamlessly pivot and come together during these challenging times. Many thanks and kudos are due to the Texas WaterTM 2021 Planning Committee for contributing to its success. Thanks to the leadership of our conference co-chairs, Shay Roalson and THERESA PEDRAZAS Rick Coronado of Austin Water, the Planning 512-338-2850 Committee was empowered to be innovative in theresa.pedrazas@tetratech.com bringing value to conference attendees through our virtual offerings. I'd also like to thank GCP Association Services and our Executive Director Mike Howe for their steadfast commitment to making each Texas Water conference a success. In addition to the excellent technical program and interactive exhibitor platform, I thoroughly enjoyed the Conference Night Out, which (speaking as a local) was about as close to an Austin live music experience as you could ask for in pandemic times! If you did not get a chance to attend the conference "live," not to worry— the content will be available online through June 25. All that to say, I think I speak for the entire Executive Committee when I say we CANNOT WAIT to see all of your faces in person at Texas WaterTM 2022 in San Antonio! In the meantime, there is much to look forward to as we see pandemic and vaccination indicators trending in the right direction. First off, we are excited to announce a new student chapter will be formed at Texas State University. Surely with the guidance of our established Capital Area and South Texas Chapters nearby, this student chapter will flourish alongside the chapters at Texas A&M University, LeTourneau University and Rice University. In my opinion, one of the greatest strengths of Texas Section AWWA is the energy and enthusiasm of its students and young professionals statewide. Our ability to foster meaningful opportunities for future water professionals as they begin their careers is integral to our organization’s continued success and vitality. Furthermore, our annual TAWWA Leadership Summit will be here CONTINUED PAGE 50 | letter from the texas section chair

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| executive director report |

Getting Back to "Normal" BY MIKE HOWE tawwa executive director

K, this is weird. Just like many of you, I am fully vaccinated and after fourteen months, I have ventured out into the real world. And three weeks ago, I even travelled on a plane. It was odd ordering a Diet Coke by holding up two fingers and not speaking through my mask. It was sort of normal, but, then again, not. Aside from rearranging an entire Texas Water™ Conference in 2020, when everything shut down and working from home became the norm, it was easy for me. I have been working from home for 24 years. The hard part, like all of you, was being for all intents and purposes "confined" to home. I joked with someone that I felt like I was living in a "white collar prison." I know—stupid joke. But they knew what I meant. Of course, there were other "hard parts," including missing family, friends and colleagues; not traveling; adapting ZOOM to replace our webcast studio; mastering the nuances of how to get the best vegetables via curbside pickup; missing theater and learning how important the really big screen TV really is (though there are still shows I won’t ever watch). And then, crafting a second virtual Texas Water Conference. Texas Water™ 2021 was an outstanding virtual presentation. It was bigger and better than most I have

seen, and I’m not the only one saying that. We have received high praise from many around the country who, by the nature of the conference being virtual, were able to view the more than 160 presentations, plus all of the extra events MIKE HOWE that our outstanding Austin512-238-9292 mikehowe@tawwa.org based planning team put together. It is worth noting that even during the Deep Freeze, our Austin Water Utility team members kept pushing to meet our conference deadlines. Truly extraordinary! The special events for the conference were excellent, including the very awesome live music presentation. I also want to thank Clay, Liz, Lisa, Tracy and Cliff, our GCP team, for all they did. They were the ones who kept the wheels turning before and during the conference, generally staying behind the scenes making it all happen. And I will be remiss if I failed to say Texas Water™ ’21, the virtual conference, continues through June 25 at www.txwater.org. You can still register and received CEUs or TCEQ hours, and view all of the events. Now, here is the weird part. As good as we are at producing virtual events, it’s time to put those skills back in the box and get on with it. As I write, this, we are in limbo. As more and more people get vaccinated, we are emerging, like the cicadas, from our hibernation. I am getting asked by our Chapters when we can move back to full in-person events. The answer is this Fall, as long as we "follow CDC and local guidelines." I know that sounds squishy, but we are in the middle of squishy. CONTINUED PAGE 50 | executive director report

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Katie McNeal Receives Maverick Award

atie McNeal was honored with the Young Professionals Maverick Award at Texas WaterTM 2021 – Virtual. The Maverick Award recognizes a young professional in the Texas Section who exemplifies qualities in volunteerism, community involvement, leadership and outstanding service in the science of water supply, treatment, operations and water quality. McNeal is the current Young Professionals Chair for the Capital Area Chapter. During the pandemic, when face-to-face meetings were impossible, McNeal organized multiple happy hours and trivia night events to keep the Capital Area YP members engaged. She also shared her ideas with the YP Chairs at other Texas Section Chapters during numerous collaboration calls over the past year. Prior to her service as YP Chair, McNeal served as the Chapter Education Katie McNeal received the Maverick Chair, organizing trainings and activities at the Capital Area Chapter from Award at Texas WaterTM 2021 – Virtual. January 2018 to December 2019. She took on the Chapter YP Chair role at the beginning of 2020 and has been involved in organizing and participating at many YP and student outreach events in the Austin area. McNeal is a Water Resources Engineer for Austin Water. Her work includes analysis and planning of the utility water distribution system including field operations and data analysis. She also assists in educating the community on emerging water issues. McNeal’s commitment to the water community extends beyond her work life. She is the head of Texas AWWA’s UT Girl Day Committee and served as a mentor for the University of Texas Civil Engineering senior design class. She also partners with the Austin Youth River Watchers, Water For People, ASCE and WEAT for fundraising, creek cleanups and rain garden Code Updates construction. In addition, she is an Austin Water Wildland Conservation Volunteer and serves as an Explore Austin Mentor. In-Service McNeal also served on the AWWA/WEF 2019 YP Cleaning If you are interested in having us as your partner, feel free to Summit programing committee, contributed as a contact one of our department representatives below NEW TANKS — Rick DiZinno reviewer for the Texas WaterTM 2020 YP session, and (270) 826-9000 ext. 2601 EXISTING TANKS — Jordan Pyles volunteered during the Water Quality Technology (270) 826-9000 ext. 4601 Conference 2019 YP networking event while serving as part of the young professionals committee.

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Farida Goderya Receives Water For People Award

arida Goderya received the Water For People Kenneth J. Miller Founder's Award at Texas WaterTM 2021 – Virtual. The Kenneth J. Miller Founder's Award honors outstanding volunteer service to the international humanitarian effort to ensure safe drinking water in developing counties. Goderya has been involved in Water For People for over a decade, as a strategic advisor to both the North Texas chapter as well as at times informally to Water For People corporate. During Texas WaterTM 2018, she was thrilled to enjoy breakfast with Water For People CEO Eleanor Allen and share her unique perspective on the water and sanitation crisis in her home country of Pakistan.

Goderya uses both her personal and professional network to grow support and awareness within Texas, in the form of auction item donations, sponsorship approvals, and in-kind contributions. Anyone who knows Goderya Farida Goderya received the knows that she is not Water For People Kenneth J. Miller timid about advocating Founder's Award at Texas WaterTM 2021 – Virtual. for Water For People and in persuading folks to donate to the cause.

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Daniel Nix Receives Outstanding Service to AWWA Award

aniel Nix, utilities operations manager at the City of Wichita Falls, received the Outstanding Service to AWWA Award at Texas WaterTM 2021 – Virtual. The Outstanding Service to AWWA Award recognizes and honors a member of the American Water Works Association who has rendered outstanding service to the Association. Nix has served in a Section Leadership role for more than 20 years, first as a Board Trustee and then serving through the Section Officer’s roles, becoming Section Chair in 2016. In the same period, he has authored numerous award-winning manuals of practice for the industry including the unique AWWA Filter Evaluation Procedures. A year later, Nix co-authored the eighteen-chapter Filter Evaluation Procedures for Granular Media designed for field operators. In 2017, he created the second addition of the manual adding 1/3 more content. He also helped AWWA develop a safety video for filter evaluations. His work continued with assisting in the development of additional manuals, including the M37 Operational Control of Coagulation and Filtration Processes as well as the AWWA’s G485-17 Direct Potable Reuse Standard and the subsequent combining of the Indirect Potable Reuse manual into one document During this period, Nix guided the first large scale Direct Potable Reuse project in the U.S. when Wichita Falls was forced to move from indirect potable reuse to direct potable reuse during the drought in Texas. This experience let him to work with AWWA on the EPA Water Reuse Action Plan development. Nix is currently leading an effort to develop a series of training manual on Advanced Water Treatment that also included the first water and wastewater ethics

manual. This project would lead to a certification for water and wastewater operators to be skilled and prepared for implementation of Direct Potable Reuse in Texas. For his long-term commitment and efforts to serve member in the Texas Section and AWWA, we are honored to recognize Daniel Nix with the Outstanding Service to AWWA Award.

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John Burke Receives Honorary Member Award

ohn Burke received the AWWA Honorary Member Award at Texas WaterTM 2021 – Virtual. This award recognizes an individual whose knowledge and accomplishments in the field of water supply entitle them to special recognition. Burke's career spans a lifetime of achievements in the field of water supply. As a volunteer, Burke has had direct impact on shaping Texas water supply planning from inception of original legislation (Senate Bill 1 in 1997) designed to ensure a safe and reliable water supply in Texas for years to come. Burke has led that effort as Chair of the Texas Region K Water Supply Planning Group for over 21 years of regional planning implementation. Burke provided this direction of Region K water

supply planning in conjunction with volunteer leadership of several water-industry related organizations, including AWWA, as well as other local community directorship positions. His active participation in Texas statewide legislation on behalf of Texas Section of AWWA helped shape and impact municipal water supply regulation. Burke

John Burke received the AWWA Honorary Member Award at Texas WaterTM 2021 – Virtual.

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Charlie Maddox Receives Dr. John L. Leal Award

harlie Maddox received the AWWA Dr. John L. Leal Award at Texas WaterTM 2021 – Virtual. The Dr. John L. Leal Award recognizes distinguished service to the water profession in commemoration of the sound medical/public health expertise and the courageous leadership advancing public health that characterized the life of Dr. John L. Leal. Maddox’s career in the drinking water and public health field has spanned 47 years with a beginning in the Texas Department of Health, where most state drinking water regulatory oversight programs in the US began. It was in these early years of his career that he developed a true understanding of the public health

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| membership awards |

AWWA Membership Awards

embership in AWWA provides access to information, education and networking that helps water professionals reach their potential. When you join AWWA and the Texas Section AWWA you become a member of the largest water community committed to protecting public health and water resources for future generations. At Texas WaterTM 2021 – Virtual, two individuals were recognized for their significant and important contribution to our membership recruiting: Steven Walden and Mary Gugliuzza. A key focus in recent months has been to help smaller systems to continue to meet regulatory standards, plus providing technical assistance and training as well as additional support through the

Community Engineering Corps. To support this effort, the Texas Section created the Small Systems Division, lead by Steven Walden, with a number of supporting committees under this new structure. Walden is being recognized not only for recruiting small systems as new members, but also for his longterm efforts supporting the needs of small systems. Mary Gugliuzza with the City of Fort Worth Water Department was recognized for recruiting eight new individual members. Gugliuzza is a committed member herself and chairs the AWWA Public Affairs Committee. She has been one our top membership recruiters for the past two years.

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Watermark Awards Applaud Communication View the Watermark Awards Ceremony: www.txwater.org/awardscelebration_2021.cfm

exas Section AWWA and WEAT honored members for their efforts to communicate with the public. At Texas WaterTM 2021 – Virtual, the winners of the annual Watermark Awards were recognized. CATEGORY I Communications programs: internal campaigns, external campaigns, crisis communications. Honorable Mention » Austin Water: What Goes Into Your Water Bill. CATEGORY II Publications: annual reports, water quality reports, brochures, postcards, etc. Large Utility » Fort Worth Water: The Tap. Non-Utility » Texas Living Waters Project: 2020 Texas Water Conservation Scorecard. River Authorities or Districts

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Water Conservation and Reuse Awards Recognize Conservation, Reuse Efforts

ach year, the Texas Section AWWA Conservation and Reuse Division recognizes those who have demonstrated excellence in Water Conservation and Reuse Practices. Small Utility Direct: McAllen Public Utility, NWWTP Reclaimed Water System Project McAllen Public Utility (MPU) has invested in using reclaimed water to conserve potable water for over twenty years. As many cities in Deep South Texas, MPU began producing reclaimed water for electrical company cooling towers and golf courses. Recently,

MPU’s North Wastewater Treatment Plant (NWWTP) started producing Type I reclaimed water, making it the first development south of San Antonio to receive reclaimed water for residential irrigation. In 2020, the City of McAllen saved 145,693,200 gallons of potable water through commercial and residential reuse and is expected to save more each year. McAllen Public Utility is the first in the Rio Grande Valley to create a residential reclaimed water irrigation program and will lead the way for other nearby cities to do the same. CONTINUED PAGE 38 | conservation & reuse

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Blue Legacy Award Winners

he Texas Water Foundation and the Texas Water Development Board’s Water Conservation Advisory Council presented their Blue Legacy Awards at Texas WaterTM 2021 – Virtual. The Water Conservation Advisory Council created the Blue Legacy Awards to recognize responsible management of our water resources and to showcase examples of effective water stewardship. Congratulations to the winners!

Retail or Wholesale (<10,000) City of Horseshoe Bay The city installed full AMI meters, with a customer portal to send hourly data to the utility and homeowner. The customer portal helps customers see how much water is being used throughout the day, water conservation tips, how to determine if there are leaks, and to manage irrigation during drought stages.

Agricultural Non-Producer: North Plains GCD Developed an irrigation management curriculum to help producers maximize advanced conservation irrigation management and conservation practices to save water and energy and to build soil health.

Municipal Innovation Award: Tarrant Regional Water District Promotes water conservation through printed materials, partnerships with local irrigation professionals to provide irrigation check-ups, garden kits and in-person educational programs. In the last year, to ensure "in-person" programs continued during 2020, they created virtual classes and videos to ensure participation with the public continued.

Ag Innovation Award: Amarillo Water Management/High Plains They are continuing established agricultural success of center pivot irrigation, and introducing a cost-effective way for producers to use emerging technology of soil moisture sensing, variable rate irrigation (VRI), crop modeling software, and weather stations to ensure the correct amount of water is being used on the crop, reducing over-watering practices. Municipal: Retail or Wholesale (100,000-500,000 pop) McAllen Public Utility Using reclaimed water for electrical cooling towers, golf courses, residential irrigation for over 275 homes, schools and green space. Retail or Wholesale (10,000-50,000) Brushy Creek MUD Brushy Creek set out to determine how to reduce their 28% water loss in the distribution system through leak detection program and equipment and a fire hydrant program. Their actions were able to drop water loss to 8%, and saving 200 million gallons of water a year.

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University Forum at Texas Water Showcases Graduate Student Research on Emerging Water Issues in Texas

or the University Forum, graduate students present related, novel research to stakeholders within the Texas Water community. Current and past topics have included innovative treatment strategies and emerging water issues in Texas. To compete, prospective participants submit a technical paper describing their research, and the top 5-6 papers receive oral presentations at Texas Water. Presentations are judged by consultants and engineers from throughout the state, and winning presenters receive cash prizes and additional presentation opportunities through AWWA and WEF. Overall, students in the University Forum competition receive practical feedback on their research endeavors and networking opportunities with leaders in the Texas water/wastewater industry. For the 2021 University Forum at Virtual Texas Water, students submitted video recordings of their presentations, which were graded and ranked by water and wastewater professionals representing TAWWA and WEAT. We are pleased to announce the following doctoral students as 2021 University Forum winners: Edward Tiernan (University of Texas at Austin) won first place, Ruikun Xin (Rice University) placed second, Maryam Salehi (Texas Tech University) placed third and Xiaochuan Huang (Rice University) received honorable mention. This year’s judges were highly complementary of all student presentations, and presentations that placed will receive cash awards and complimentary memberships in TAWWA and WEAT. Tiernan will additionally represent Texas at the ACE21 conference and will present his research findings titled "A topological technique for optimizing parallel speedup of urban water modeling."

The University Forum is chaired by Dr. Kayleigh Millerick at Texas Tech University. The competition is co-sponsored by TAWWA and WEAT, whose support is essential for the continuation of the program. Texas engineers from Freese and Nichols, Plummer and Associates, CDM Smith and Clean Water Strategies all kindly provided their time and expertise in the form of reviews. This competition would not have been possible without their contributions, and we are sincerely grateful for their efforts.

University Forum Winners

1st Place: Edward Tiernan, University of Texas at Austin

2nd Place: Ruikun Xin, Rice University

3rd Place: Maryam Salehi, Texas Tech University

Honorable Mention: Xiaochuan Huang, Rice University

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Building Reliability with the Stability Stool – Crisis Preparedness and Emergency Planning BY CHUCK CHAPMAN emergency management coordinator for austin water

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Homeland Securities Studies through the Naval Postgraduate School, writing my thesis on Assumption and Adaptation in Emergency Response: Evaluating the Strategic Approach of the National Incident Management System. In it, I discuss the current federal requirements and guidance which influence emergency management, and suggest an alternate approach for planning, response decision-making, and for establishing comprehensive programs. In this two-part article, I will provide an overview of my theory on the practical applications of emergency CONTINUED PAGE 40 | emergency management

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One of the Nation’s Largest River Restoration Projects Completed A Stream is Reborn as Part of Bois d’Arc Lake Project in North Texas NTMWD Release

ne of largest environmental efforts in the country has just rebirthed a Texas stream. This summer, the North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) orchestrated improvements to the Willow Branch Creek, which sits at the heart of 17,000 acres being restored as part of its Bois d’Arc Lake construction project. Bois d’Arc is the first major reservoir to be built in Texas in about 30 years. NTMWD and its contractor Resource Environmental Solution (RES) restored and enhanced approximately 17 miles of the creek and tributaries by restoring them

to their natural, meandering path. This concludes a key piece of the project’s massive environmental restoration, which includes planting over 5 million trees, restoring/enhancing over 8,500 acres of wetlands, enhancing/restoring 70 miles of existing streams and planting approximately 3,200 acres of native grasslands. Bois d’Arc Lake will provide an invaluable water source for millions of North Texans as well as recreational and environmental benefits (stimulating Fannin County’s economy by $166 million every year

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after its completion). The lake will also cover twentysix square miles of local natural habitat. To help offset, or mitigate, the loss of habitat, NTMWD purchased thousands of acres including the Riverby Ranch, an approximately 15,000-acre ranch located north of the new reservoir site. Willow Branch Creek travels through the ranch. RES, a national expert in environmental restoration, was hired to return these acres to a restored, natural pre-agricultural condition. None of this other restoration would be successful, though, without restoring Willow Branch Creek. The creek, which flows into the Red River, transports twothirds of all water that falls within the ranch’s watershed. It is the heartbeat of the of the local ecosystem. "Everything comes back to water," explains Project Manager Matt Stahman with RES. "All of the habitats we’re restoring—thousands of acres of grasslands, wetlands and woods—all of it is driven by water. If we can slow down the water across the landscape and let it soak into the ground, the better chance that the other habitats we restore [including trees and

The reconstructed bends of Willow Branch Creek.

grasslands] will succeed. Previously, a lot of the streams had been straightened for drainage. One of the major things we do is restore these streams to their natural wavy, winding configuration," Stahman explained. Repairing a creek’s bends, however, requires a lot of careful planning. For Willow Branch, designers with CONTINUED PAGE 34 | bois d’arc lake project

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 33 | bois d’arc lake project Bois d’Arc Lake’s Program Manager Freese and Nichols and RES had to identify where the creek ran before it was channelized and decide how to block off or fill the old channel. They also had to identify how the river’s profile should look (the shape of it from the side)—"It’s not just a 'u' shape," Stahman shared. Finally, they had

to figure out how to stabilize its banks so the newly created bends won’t erode with heavy rain. Six months into design, actual reconstruction began upstream. At this point, the design team began to work collaboratively with construction crews to adjust designs based on what was or wasn’t working well onsite. "The size of the project allowed for this unique opportunity," Stahman shared. "We could use the construction on one part to inform the design on others. The level of engineering that went into this blows my mind." As they made its new bends, RES crews reworked up to 15 different layers of the creek’s soil. They cut native grass and formed it into square hay bales, placing the bales along with tree trunks and sometimes rock in strategic locations that would help the restored creek hold its shape. All the materials for this process came from onsite in a full recycling process. Meanwhile, other workers layered anti-erosion matting on the banks, sowed them with specifically-bred native grass seed and planted live stakes (local tree cuttings that

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will grow into full trees) 100 feet on either side of the stream. This work was aimed at helping vegetation grow back quickly along the new creek corridor to keep heavy rains from eroding soil into the stream. Two years after work began, about 90% of stream improvements are complete, and work on the entire mitigation project is running nearly a year ahead of schedule. At the end of 2020, teams had restored approximately six miles of the main Willow Branch channel and 11 miles of Willow Branch Creek tributaries. The result of this massive effort? "According to everything we’ve seen so far, the results are very, very promising," Stahman said. The new and improved Willow Branch Creek will enhance the quality water in the Red River—benefitting the entire watershed. It will also hold rain in the local water table longer to nourish the new wetlands, trees, bushes and grassland. These benefits should continue for the foreseeable future after the plants are established. In the meantime, RES will continue to monitor the site regularly.

In addition to RES, a number of local residents have also been hired to work on the project and the team has worked closely with officials in Fannin County, the local jurisdiction. "We’ve really come to appreciate the people who live here and the people who lived here before," Stahman said. "We’ve done our best to line up our project with the requests and interests of those in Fannin County." Steve Long, NTMWD Project Manager for the Bois d’Arc Lake project certainly agrees, "NTMWD looks forward to seeing the fruit of our hard work and collaboration—as Bois d’Arc Lake and our restorations benefit North Texans for decades to come." NTMWD expects to provide treated water from Bois d’Arc Lake in the Spring of 2022. Once construction work on the environmental mitigation is complete, RES will maintain, measure and monitor the results until it meets NTMWD’s permit requirements, which could take 15 years or longer. For additional information on the whole Bois d’Arc Lake project, including its various components and construction, visit https://boisdarclake.org/.

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| watermark awards |

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 17 | john leal award regulations to this day. He organized the first, and then many succeeding seminars on the Safe Drinking Act amendments to bring all regulatory oversight to a practical and realistic level for utilities to achieve compliance with rules. Maddox progressed in levels of responsibility and leadership within the Texas Department of Health by becoming the Director of the Drinking Water Program and the Bureau Chief of Environmental Health, managing programs of up to 100 people and budgets of $8 million. In these roles of responsibility, he supervised the planning, staffing, and budgeting of drinking water program oversight, occupational health, general sanitation, asbestos abatement, indoor air quality, and product safety. Maddox’s true interest and passion remained in the field of drinking water utility programs and to that end, he left the health department to become the manager of the Public Drinking Water Section at the Texas

Commission on Environmental Quality. Maddox retired from the state and became the Water Regulatory Manager at Austin Water where he combined the skills and knowledge of a career in public health work and regulatory oversight with that of day-to-day operations of a water utility. After 18 years, he retired from Austin Water but has since returned as a part time consultant to the utility. While employed at Austin Water Utility, he continued and enhanced his AWWA involvement serving in the officer roles of the Texas Section and became Section Chair in 2006. He then became Director of the Texas Section on the AWWA Board of Directors. After those positions, he was selected for a position on the AWWA Water Utility Council where he served two three-year terms. Over this time, he has organized the Texas Section participation in and attended sixteen successive AWWA Fly-Ins in Washington, DC. These Fly-Ins cover two days of visits to congressional offices to promote water utility issues of concern. He is also a Fuller Award winner.

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| conservation & reuse awards |

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 23 | conservation & reuse Large Utility Direct & Bob Derrington Reuse Award: City of Austin, OSCAR and CLARA Onsite Water Reuse Demonstration Project This reuse demonstration project, located at a municipal office building in Austin, includes a fit-forpurpose rainwater and air-conditioning condensate reuse system that supplements the building’s closedloop blackwater recycling system. The project is anticipated to save the City of Austin almost 1.5 million gallons of drinking water annually, and to reduce the site’s potable water use by 75 percent. Austin Water has named the reuse systems in the pilot project OSCAR and CLARA to help customers understand how they work: OSCAR (On-Site Collection and Reuse) is an underground 40,000-gallon collection and reuse system that captures rainwater from the building’s roof and condensate water from the heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning system. The collected water is relatively clean and only requires basic filtration to remove particles and debris before it is used to water outdoor landscape. CLARA (Closed-Loop Advanced Reclaimed Assembly) can treat up to 5,000 gallons of wastewater per day from the building’s sinks, toilets and drinking fountains. Instead of sending that wastewater to be treated at a far-away treatment plant, CLARA uses an innovative onsite system to turn blackwater into water clean enough to reuse in the building’s toilets and urinals. CLARA is a hybrid membrane system designed with six stages of biological, physical, and chemical treatment. Once the treatment process is complete, the murky blackwater comes out remarkably clean and can be reused over and over again to flush toilets and

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management and share my suggestions on how you might shape and grow your own program. Section one is an introduction to the guidance provided by federal agencies and the suggestion that initial focus from program development should be the establishment of a local Incident Management Team. Section two will detail the "The Stability Stool" and describe the purposes and processes of developing the stool to advance high reliability organizing. Section 1: Developing or Advancing an Emergency Management Program The federal government drives a national incident management strategy by defining several categories that address response expectations for stakeholders: incident management, legal authority, funding, recovery, plans, policies, and procedures, among others. The national strategy influences local and statelevel decision makers through grant funding and postdisaster reimbursement, and in the case of Water and Wastewater providers, legislates compliance through the America’s Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA) of 2018.1 The National Incident Management System’s strategy influences local organizations and jurisdictions with emergency response obligations to develop and adopt "all-hazards", assumption-based, Emergency Response Plans (ERP) to prepare for critical incidents and natural disaster responses.2 Plan developers use an assumption-based planning approach to imagine catastrophic scenarios and cultivate response options, but there are inherent problems with such an approach for emergency response. Developed in 1987 by James A. Dewar and Morlie H. Levin at RAND Corporation, Assumption-Based Planning (ABP) set out to help the U.S. Army with its strategic planning process during quickly evolving times.3 ABP enhanced accountability and encouraged iteration in plan development. It assumed conditions in specific scenarios and cultivated alternative outcomes by applying various response actions. In this way, planners can imagine hypothetical situations and develop response options without having to experience conditions in real-time. The process, though, is much more complicated than it seems, and cannot account for every possible variable that can be experienced during actual incidents.

Think of ABP like the book of rules for a given sport. An assumptive ERP details the way the game is played but does not tell someone how to put a team together. Nor does it mean that a team will be adequately skilled at playing. Emergency Managers, much like coaches, must know how to play the game before the team takes the field and must be capable of building and teaching high performing teams in order to win. Knowing the rules is not enough to ensure peak performance. It has been my experience that during a response, almost no one takes the rule book off the shelf and reads how to play. Dynamic critical incidents leave little time for reading playbooks or developing playing skills. Instead of relying on assumption-based plans, organizations should first seek to build response teams, called Incident Management Teams (IMT). There are five levels of IMT described by FEMA, from large national level Type 1 teams to small localized Type 5 teams.4 The Incident Command System (ICS) provides a standardized adaptive process for responding, ensures a universal understanding of terms and procedures, utilizes specific forms for documentation, assists with coordinating resources, and applies in every response scenario imaginable. However, ICS is just a system, not a functional body. Effectively using ICS requires having the structured mechanism of implementation that is the IMT. IMTs learn the rules and practice plays before gameday. They are the mechanism for implementing response plans and are the foundation for effective responses. The National Incident Management System defines IMTs and devotes specific training to IMT operations.5 And, while IMTs are comprised of practitioners skilled in their normal occupations, the conduct of an IMT is an entirely distinct and separate skill. Being a master utility operator, or seasoned manager, does not ensure that an IMT member is skilled in the application of the principles of ICS. Members must obtain training in, and conduct exercises of the ICS processes to build response competencies. Organizations should start by understanding the fundamental components of an IMT. Each team must have an Incident Commander (IC). IC’s receive operational authority from department heads or elected officials and establish incident objectives. They are supported by Command Staff, comprised of a

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Safety Officer, a Liaison Officer, and a Public Information Officer. General Staff positions, Operations Section, Finance Section, Logistics Section, and Planning Section round out the basic team configuration. Identify staff within your agency to fill each role, and after receiving the appropriate training, assign positions and establish depth. When I introduced this concept at Austin Water, we began with three teams to ensure sustainable readiness across multiple operational periods. We began small, with only 33 original members, and have since expanded our roster to over 120 individuals within the utility. Capitalize on talent pools that exist within your department, including finance and administrative members, managers, engineers, project managers, veterans, and others. Because IMTs are pre-selected, trained, and exercised before emergency incidents, they represent the most effective way for any jurisdiction or organization to prepare. The capacity to put a team on the field will significantly improve your chances of winning, far more than having the best rulebook on your shelf. Even if a plan contained all the appropriate and variable

response options for a particular incident, a given organization might not have enough experienced and skilled personnel, the proper equipment, or any number of other resources necessary to accomplish that plan, as imagined before the incident. An IMT with proper training, conducting frequent exercises, will reveal much more about your potential to meet emergencies head on. In the next installment of this article I will introduce the theory of "The Stability Stool" and discuss high reliability organizing principles to manage team performance. America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, Pub. L. No. 115–270, 132 Stat. 3765 (2018), https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/ senate-bill/3021/text. 2 Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Incident Management System, 3rd ed. (Washington, DC: Department of Homeland Security, 2017), 133, https://www.fema.gov/media-librarydata/1508151197225-ced8c60378c3936adb92c1a3ee6f6564/FINAL_ NIMS_2017.pdf. 3 James A. Dewar, Assumption-Based Planning: A Tool for Reducing Avoidable Surprises, RAND Studies in Policy Analysis (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002), xiii. 4 U.S. Fire Administration, USFA Type 3 Incident Management Team, Instructor Guide, version 1.0 (Washington, DC: U.S. Fire Administration and Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2013), 1.25. 5 U.S. Fire Administration, USFA Type 3 Incident Management Team, Instructor Guide 1

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FlowCam by Yokogawa Fluid Imaging Technologies 200 Enterprise Drive Scarborough, ME 04074 http://info.fluidimaging.com/ texas-water-2021 Harry Nelson (207) 289-3200 info@fluidimaging.com

Elston Johnson and Associates 16238 Ranch Road 620 Ste. F - 272 Austin, TX 78717

FlowWorks Inc. 6040 California Avenue SW, Suite C Seattle, WA 98136 www.flowworks.com https://ejohnsonconsulting.com Trent Kamins Elston Johnson (206) 859-6999 (512) 809-7552 tkamins@flowworks.com elston@ejohnsonconsulting.com

Emerson 200 Beta Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15238 https://www.emerson.com/ en-us/industries/automation/ water-wastewater Peter Gabor (412) 963-4000 p.gabor@emerson.com

Diamond Sponsor Garver 3010 Gaylord Parkway Ste 190 Frisco, TX 75034 Caroline Gallaspy (972) 377-7480 clgallaspy@garverusa.com Hahn Equipment Co., Inc. 5636 Kansas Houston, TX 77007 www.hahnequipment.com Eric Prescott (713) 868-3255

Enchanted Rock 1113 Vine St, Ste 101 Houston, TX 77002 www.enchantedrock.com Teri Ainslie Chart Industries eprescott@hahnequipment.com (713) 429-4091 407 7th Street NW Dannenbaum Engineering tainslie@enchantedrock.com Gold Sponsor New Prague, MN 56071 Corp. www.chartcleanwater.com Halff Associates, Inc. Richard Rosik 3100 W Alabama St 120 N. Bowser Road 1-888-877-3093 Houston, TX 77098 Richardson, TX 75081-2275 richard.rosik@chartindustries.com www.dannenbaum.com www.halff.com Selena Stewart Melissa Beasley (713) 527-6457 (817) 813-5717 selena.stewart@dannenbaum.com mbeasley@halff.com

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Thank you to our Texas WaterTM 2021 – Virtual Exhibitors! Platinum Sponsor Hartwell Environmental Corp. 5211 West Arkansas Lane Arlington, TX 76016 www.hartwellenv.com Heather Almond (281) 351-8501 halmond@hartwellenv.com

Infrastructure Rehabilitation USA, Inc. 401 Edwards Street Suite 2100 Shreveport, LA 71101 www.irehabusa.com Rachael Edmiston (888) 277-5485 redmiston@irehabusa.com

Haskell 111 Riverside Avenue Jacksonville, FL 32202 www.haskell.com Bryan Bedell (904) 791-4500 bryan.bedell@haskell.com

ITpipes 4921 Alexander Blvd. NE Suite B Albuquerque, NM 87107 www.itpipes.com Mark Grabowski (505) 355-1797 markg@itpipes.com

HB Systems Inc. 3000 Custer Road Suite 270-136 Plano, TX 75023 https://hbsystemsinc.com Shawna Allen (214) 500-1769 shawna@hbsystemsinc.com Diamond Sponsor HDR Engineering 4401 West Gate Blvd Suite 400 Austin, TX 78745 https://www.hdrinc.com/ markets/water Shauna McMahon (817) 863-7470

Lime Association of Texas 400 Stone Creek Ridge Dr. McGregor, TX 76657 www.limetexas.org Kelvin Reinhardt (254) 723-5463

JCM Industries, Inc. PO Box 1220 Nash, TX 75569-1220 www.jcmindustries.com Mike Tucker (903) 223-4709 mtucker@jcmind.com

Bronze Sponsor Pape-Dawson Engineers, Inc. 2000 NW Loop 410 San Antonio, TX 78213 www.pape-dawson.com kelvinreinhardt@limetexas.org Abigail Flint (210) 375-9000 McCain Waterworks aflint@pape-dawson.com Marketing 18975 Marbach Lane, Parkhill Suite 1202 4222 85th Street San Antonio, TX 78266 Lubbock, TX 79423 www.mccainwaterworks.com www.parkhill.com Sandy Sarchet Brian Stephens (210) 651-3380 (806) 473-2200 sandysarchet@ bstephens@parkhill.com mccainwaterworks.com Penn Valley Pump ComMcWane Ductile pany 110 Wickiup Trail 500 Saddlebrook Dr Harker Heights, TX 76548 Lucas, TX 75002 www.mcwaneductile.com www.pennvalleypump.com Scott Rhorick Chris Cortez (254) 317-8455 (972) 489-2951 scott.rhorick@mcwaneductile.com cjcortez@sbcglobal.net

Gold Sponsor JQ Infrastructure 100 Glass Street, Suite 201 Dallas, TX 76207 www.jqieng.com Emily Seed (512) 296-6887 ejaster@jqeng.com

Mueller 1200 Abernathy Road Suite 1200 Atlanta, GA 30328 www.muellerwp.com Cole Canady (512) 413-8938 ccanady@muellerwp.com

Phoenix Fabricators & Erectors, LLC 182 S County Rd 900 E Avon, IN 46123 www.phoenixtank.com Joey Thomas (270) 318-1252

Preload, LLC 2613 Industrial Lane Garland, TX 75041 www.preload.com Dannette Wilson (631) 231-8100 dwilson@preload.com Prime Controls, LP 1725 Lakepointe Dr Lewisville, TX 75057 www.prime-controls.com Bill Bivens (972) 221-4849 b.bivens@prime-controls.com PSC Water Operations 4222 85th Street Lubbock, TX 79423 www.pscoperations.com Dave Clausen (806) 473-2200 dclausen@pscoperations.com Red Flint Sand and Gravel 1 American Blvd Eau Claire, WI 54701 www.redflint.com Jose Segovia (715) 590-2295 jose.segovia@redflint.com

RedEye Apps Inc 1140 Washington Ave joey.thomas@phoenixtank.com Ste 200 Golden, CO 80401 www.redeye.co shauna.mcmahon@hdrinc.com Kamstrup Water Metering NAPCO Pipe & Fittings PICA Corp 2801 Post Oak Blvd 245 Hembree Park Dr David Shaw 4909-75 Ave Houston, TX 77056 Ste 110 (702) 682-0757 Headwater Engineered Edmonton, AB T6B-2S3 www.napcopipe.com Roswell, GA 30076 david.shaw@redeye.co Systems CAN Robert Eads www.kamstrup.com 17922 N. I-27 www.picacorp.com (855) 624-7473 Joseph Halaihel Rockwell Automation Abernathy, TX 79311 Joe Wells www.giconengineeredpumps.com 1-713-816-5720 6601 Cascades Ct Ste 130 (724) 757-7434 Neel-Schaffer, Inc. jmh@kamstrup.com Cary Harris Lewisville, TX 75056 jwells@picacorp.com 2501 Avenue J, Suite 120 (806) 401-8359 https://www.rockwellautoArlington, TX 76006 cary.harris@giconpumps.com Diamond Sponsor mation.com/en-us/indusPierce Pump-FCX Kimley-Horn and www.neel-schaffer.com tries/water-wastewater.html 9010 John W Carpenter Associates, Inc. Derek Cheatham Silver Sponsor Janine Nielson Frwy 13455 Noel Road, Two (817) 548-0696 HR Green Inc. (714) 865-7197 Dallas, TX 75247 derek.cheatham@neel-schaffer.com www.piercepump.com Galleria Office Tower, 11011 Richmond Avenue, jnielsen@ra.rockwell.com Suite 700 Suite 200 Travis Lee Neptune Technology Dallas, TX 75240 Houston, TX 77042 SAMCO Leak Detection (214) 320-3604 Group, Inc. www.kimley-horn.com www.hrgreen.com Services, Inc. tlee@piercepumpco.com 1600 Alabama Hwy 229 Tanya Miro Eric Hall 901 Mopac Expressway Tallassee, AL 36078 (972) 770-1300 (713) 965-9996 South Bld1 Suite 300 Diamond+ Sponsor tanya.miro@kimley-horn.com www.neptunetg.com ehall@hrgreen.com Plummer Associates, Inc. Austin, TX 78746 Hunter Brown www.samco-leakservice.com 1320 S University Drive (334) 415-2032 KSA Engineers, Inc. Hydromax USA Sam Godfrey Suite 300 140 E Tyler Street, Ste. 600 hbrown@neptunetg.com 2034 Longbridge Road (512) 751-5325 Fort Worth, TX 76107 Longview, TX 75601 sgodfrey@samco-leakservice.com Forney, TX 75126 www.plummer.com NSF International www.ksaeng.com www.hydromaxusa.com Katie Miller 789 N. Dixboro Rd Kerry Long Schnabel Engineering Ramsey Hemaidan 1-817-806-1742 Ann Arbor, MI 48105 (903) 236-7700 12720 Hillcrest Rd Ste 585 (812) 746-2930 kmiller@plummer.com https://www.nsf.org/testing/ klong@ksaeng.com Dallas, TX 75230 ramsey.hemaidan@ water www.schnabel-eng.com hydromaxusa.com Rick Andrew Shalla Laws (734) 769-8010 (972) 250-3322 andrew@nsf.org slaws@schnabel-eng.com

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Thank you to our Texas WaterTM 2021 – Virtual Exhibitors! Diamond+ Sponsor Schneider Electric 8001 Knightdale Blvd Knightdale, NC 27545 http://se.com/us Matthew Wood (919) 417-3552 matthew.wood@se.com Silversmith Data 1370 Milbocker Rd Gaylord, MI 49735 https://silversmithdata.com Ray Cook (989) 732-8988 sales@silversmithinc.com Smith Pump Co., Inc. 301 M-B Industrial Waco, TX 76712 www.smithpump.com Susie Clark 1-254-776-0377 susiec@smithpump.com SonicSolutions Algae Control LLC 238 Bridge St, Unit B Northampton, MA 01060 www.sonicsolutionsllc.com Devon Assael (413) 887-4544 devon@sonicsolutionsllc.com Diamond Sponsor Stantec 1905 Aldrich Street Suite 300 Austin, TX 78723 http://interactive.stantec. com/texas-water/ Ryan Murdock (713) 548-5700 ryan.murdock@stantec.com StormTrap 1287 Windham Parkway Romeoville, IL 60446 www.stormtrap.com Will Stafford (877) 867-6872 wstafford@stormtrap.com

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The Rios Group, Inc. 7400 Sand St. Forth Worth, TX 76118 www.swan-analytical-usa.com www.rios-group.com Steve DeVilleneuve Rachel Phillips (847) 229-1290 (817) 345-7500 info@swan-analytical-usa.com rphillips@rios-group.com Take Care of Texas - TCEQ PO Box 13087 Austin, TX 78711 https://takecareoftexas.org Vernon Effenberger (512) 239-6786

Total Piping Solutions PO Box 525 Olean, NY 14760 www.tps.us Mark Langenhan (716) 863-1207 vernon.effenberger@tceq.texas.gov mark@tps.us Diamond Sponsor Tetra Tech 1500 CityWest Blvd. Suite 1000 Houston, TX 77042 http://tetratech.com Leslie Turner (734) 213-5085 leslie.turner@tetratech.com Texas 4-H Water Ambassadors Program 201 Scoates Hall College Station, TX 77843

www.texas4hwaterambassadors.com

David Smith (979) 862-1989 davidsmith@tamu.edu

Texas AWWA P.O. Box 80150 Austin, TX 78728-4461 www.tawwa.org Mike Howe (512) 238-9292 txawwa@gmail.com

Trimble Water 830 Canning Parkway Victor, NY 14564 www.trimblewater.com Lindsey Miller (585) 667-2285 lindsey_miller@trimble.com TXWARN PO Box 80150 Austin, TX 78708 www.txwarn.org Mike Howe (512) 238-9292 mikehowe@austin.rr.com U.S. Pipe 2 Chase Corporate Dr Ste 200 Birmingham, AL 35244 www.uspipe.com Eric Haugseth (205) 263-8519 ehaugseth@uspipe.com

U.S. Underwater 123 Sentry Dr Texas Department of State Mansfield, TX 76063 Health Services www.usunderwaterservices.com 1100 W 49th Street Rachel Potter Austin, TX 78756 (817) 447-7321 https://dshs.texas.gov/ rpotter@consoreng.com epitox/fluoride.shtm Joseph Cooper Uni-Bell PVC Pipe (512) 971-9201 Association joseph.cooper@dshs.texas.gov

Structural Technologies 10150 Old Columbia Rd Columbia, MD 21046 Anna Pridmore (240) 510-0594 apridmore@structuraltec.com

Texas Water PO Box 676 Pflugerville, TX 78691 www.txwater.org (512) 251-8101 texwater@texas.net

Bronze Sponsor SUEZ Advanced Solutions 1230 Peachtree Street NE Suite 1100 Atlanta, GA 30309 www.suez-na.com Amy Hall (855) 526-4413 amy.hall@suez.com

Texas Water Development Board 1700 North Congress Ave Austin, TX 78701 www.twdb.texas.gov Holly Vierk (512) 463-7847 holly.vierk@twdb.texas.gov

Vector Controls and Automation Group 14517 Kirby Drive Pearland, TX 77047 www.vectorcag.com Bruce Philpy (800) 969-5678 bphilpy@vectorcag.com Vendor - vnd | vendor connect 4000 Gentle Breeze Ct Arlington, TX 76017 https://vnd.app/ Justin Angel (870) 612-2642 admin@hawker-tech.com Water Environment Association of Texas 1825 Fortview Rd Ste 102 Austin, TX 78704 www.weat.org Julie Nahrgang (512) 693-0060 julie@weat.org Water Environment Federation 601 Wythe St Alexandria, VA 22314 http://wef.org John Dugan (571) 315-3517 jdugan@wef.org Weisinger Incorporated PO Box 909 Willis, TX 77378 http://weisingerinc.com Beth Taylor (936) 756-7721 btaylor@weisingerinc.com

Whitman, Requardt and Associates, LLP 227 North Loop 1604 E Suite 150 San Antonio, TX 78232 www.wrallp.com Alan Draper (443) 224-1770 jdraper@wrallp.com World Water Works 4000 SW 113th Street Oklahoma City, OK 73173 www.worldwaterworks.com Jason Kucavich (262) 358-0853 jason.kucavich@ worldwaterworks.com Diamond+ Sponsor XYLEM INC 637 Davis Drive Morrisville, NC 27560 www.xylem.com Craig Collins (916) 798-4920 craig.collins@xylem.com Zenner USA 15280 Addison Road Suite 240 Addison, TX 75001 www.zennerusa.com Bernard Nance (972) 386-6611 bnance@zennerusa.com

201 E. John Carpenter Frwy Ste 750 Irving, TX 75062 www.uni-bell.org Richard Nichols (972) 243-3902 rnichols@uni-bell.org USP Technologies 900 Circle 75 Pkwy Suite 1330 Atlanta, GA 30339 Ben Horne (678) 662-3810

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SAVE THE DATE 20 th ANNUAL ROBERT F. PENCE North Central Texas Chapter of Texas AWWA

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OCTOBER 22, 2021 The Petroleum Club of Fort Worth The event may be held in-person or virtually. Updates will be communicated once registration opens.

Please join the Value of Water 2021 Summer Webinar titled “Making Waves.” The webinar will bring together utility representatives to share their experiences with public outreach before, during, and after the Winter Storm Uri crisis. Registration is open and free to all TAWWA and WEAT members: Register Here! We are accepting sponsorships! Thank you to our first sponsor, CDM Smith. Please reach out to Nyla Langford (nblangford@sig-auto.com) or Madeline Kull (kullm@cdmsmith.com) if you have any questions or would like to be a sponsor!

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| new members |

TAWWA Welcomes New Members Joining March 1–May 15, 2021 Don Abrahamson Houston, TX

Aaron Carpenter Houston, TX

Bianca Desouza Allen, TX

David Galvan Marble Falls, TX

Rodolfo Hernandez San Marcos, TX

Paula Komazin Houston, TX

Brian Adams Southlake, TX

Gabriel Castano Austin, TX

Brandon Despault Schertz, TX

Sylvia Garcia The Woodlands, TX

Roger Hernandez Austin, TX

Genest Landry Austin, TX

Aramide Akintunde Kingsville, TX

Jimmy Cate Eastland, TX

Jesus Esparza Lozano El Paso, TX

Corey Garnett Houston, TX

Raymond Hillis Houston, TX

Debra Laskowski Tyler, TX

Anya Allen Fort Worth, TX

Carroll Coates San Antonio, TX

Carlos Espindola San Marcos, TX

Alexis Gathings Houston, TX

Dana Hollingsworth Houston, TX

Robert Lawrence Dallas, TX

Joseph Alvarez Hudson Oaks, TX

Jenna Covington Wylie, TX

Adam Farguson Fort Worth, TX

Alfonso Gonzalez McAllen, TX

Julie Hornsby Arlington, TX

Jeffrey Leuschel Dallas, TX

Xinxia An Houston, TX

Cierra Craig Flatonia, TX

Alexandra Fashing El Paso, TX

Christine Guelker Willow Park, TX

Nichol Howell Austin, TX

Meng Liu Houston, TX

Sarah Bauman Joshua, TX

Kristina Crouch Lake Jackson, TX

Emma Feldman Austin, TX

Roderick Hainey Houston, TX

Kappei Ishihama Missouri City, TX

Yuejiao Liu Austin, TX

Kelli Beeler Joshua, TX

Heather Dalrymple Austin, TX

Andrew Figueroa Celina, TX

Kimberly Hall Garland, TX

Brittany Johs Gori Austin, TX

Daniela Lopez Dallas, TX

Johnny Brewer Baytown, TX

Nancy David Humble, TX

Niki Foster Houston, TX

Elizabeth Hayes Georgetown, TX

Frank Kaplan Bee Cave, TX

Stephanie Lopez Austin, TX

Sarah Burns Wylie, TX

Jamie Davlin Lindale, TX

Julia Frankovich Houston, TX

Robert Henry Houston, TX

Mohammad Kashki Addison, TX

Mark Love Fort Worth, TX

Rudy Caparros Jr Chlor Tainer - TGO Technologies, Inc. Santa Rosa, CA

Vinicius De Oliveira Fort Worth, TX

Paul Furman Corpus Christi, TX

Robert Hermosillo Austin, TX

Ashley Kirkpatrick Sugar Land, TX

John Lozano Fort Worth, TX

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| new members |

TAWWA Welcomes New Members Joining March 1–May 15, 2021 Nigiel Lozano San Marcos, TX

James Noland Deer Park, TX

Pamela Rhyner Austin, TX

Michael Singleton Austin, TX

James Tuttle Grapevine, TX

Kari Winton Von Ormy, TX

David Macias Jr El Paso, TX

William Odom Houston, TX

Paul Rosalez Arlington, TX

Derek Smith Brookshire, TX

Betsy Vahghese Houston, TX

Ruikun Xin Houston, TX

Betsy Marsh Fort Worth, TX

Julio Olvera Dallas, TX

Jalal Saleh Lewisville, TX

Amanda Stubblefield Houston, TX

Kevin Vanhoozier Paris, TX

Jody York Arlington, TX

Jeff Marshall Houston, TX

Aaron (seungyun) Park Dallas, TX

Jessica Salinas Austin, TX

Charles Sullivan Longview, TX

Antonio Vereen Houston, TX

Victoria Yun Austin, TX

Denise McGlown Austin, TX

Cris Parker Austin, TX

Brent Schmitt Beaumont, TX

Kelly Sullivan Bryan, TX

Sam Viron Austin, TX

Alison Zamsky West Lake Hills, TX

James Mendez Austin, TX

Charlotte Parks Austin, TX

Amit Sengupta Katy, TX

Georgia Tate Sugar Land, TX

Ahmed Wahideldin Irving, TX

Arahim Zuniga El Paso, TX

Tim Milberger Mc Gregor, TX

Michael Parma New Braunfels, TX

Michael Setterberg Prosper, TX

Britt Taylor Burton Austin, TX

Lauren Wahl Midland, TX

Anita Moore Winnsboro, TX

Johnny Partain Dallas, TX

Doug Short Arlington, TX

Bryan Thomas Katy, TX

Seema Weinig Missouri City, TX

Eric Morgan Bee Cave, TX

Robert Pegg Flower Mound, TX

Kabindra Shrestha Houston, TX

Edward Tiernan Ashburn, VA

Susan Wescott Houston, TX

Chad Morris Dallas, TX

Marshall Preas San Antonio, TX

Aaron Sides Midland, TX

Kenneth Tillman Fort Worth, TX

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Taylor Rednose Lubbock, TX

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| executive director report |

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 | executive director report

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 | letter from the texas section chair

As protectors of public health, we can’t just throw caution to the wind, but at the same time, we have to look prospectively to get a clear picture of the future. It’s walk softly and don’t step in the quicksand, but be ready to move and move quickly. Yes, it is uncertain, but it seems by the end of June, we will have a much clearer picture. Here is what I do know. If anyone asks, "If God is willing and the creeks don’t rise," we are going to be onsite in San Antonio for Texas Water™ ’22, April 3-7, 2022. Put it on your calendar! And I am holding proposals in my hands for Texas Water™ ’23 in Houston for mid-April of 2023. And I also know this Fall and into 2022, we are planning a series of celebrations around the state to honor our Fifty Years as the Texas Section AWWA! Watch for details. I am going to ask each of you to help us get back to whatever "normal" looks like. It’s really simple. Get vaccinated. Wear your masks for a little while longer in risky places. Be patient with those who are anxious about shifting out of the pandemic. And, to use a phrase from my past, "Just Keep On Truckin’." We can do this. The hard part is over. And it’s OK to acknowledge—this is just weird.

before we know it. I look forward to setting new goals for the year and enhancing collaboration across our tremendous network of dedicated volunteers. After a virtual gavel passing ceremony at Texas WaterTM 2021 with my predecessor Melissa Bryant, I've transitioned into this role without seeing my Texas Section colleagues for over a year. Like many of you, I have missed the face-toface connections but am optimistic that we will be able to meet in person in the very near future. Until then, I wish you all a safe, healthy and slightly-closer-to-normal summer!

Texas AWWA Scholarships are open! Visit www.tawwa.org (About » Scholarships) for more details. Deadline to apply is July 9, 2021

THANK YOU! Thank you 2021 sponsors for helping us raise over $6,000 for Water for People, Uplift, and SARA Community Assistance Program. Special thanks to Bag and Event Sponsors!! Big Bag Sponsor

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| | calendar calendar |

What’s Happening Across Texas DATE

ACTIVITY

TIME

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MAR 29JUN 25

Texas WaterTM 2021 Virtual

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www.txwater.org

JUN 17

SE Chapter June Virtual Luncheon

Online

www.tawwa.org

JUN 29

Value of Water Summer Webinar

Online

https://www.weat.org/ events/value-of-water2021-making-waves

JULY 9

TAWWA Scholarship Deadlines

Online

www.tawwa.org

NOV 11

Annual Larry Kelm Memorial Golf Tournament

10 - 11:30 am

7 am

Tour 18 Golf Course Humble, TX

www.tawwa.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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