Texas H2O Winter17

TEX Sh2o | Winter 2017 |

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

TEXAS WATER RETURNS TO AUSTIN Page 3

EL PASO ANNIVERSARY

Fred Hervey Plant Celebrates 30 Years | Page 10

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

San Antonio Opens Desalination Plant | Page 9 Fort Worth Hires New Assistant Director | Page 14 Arlington Expands Engineering Details | Page 17

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| texas water 2017 |

Texas Water Conference Registration Now Open

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or the first time in more than a decade, Texas Water will be returning to Austin April 10-13, 2017 at the Austin Convention Center.

If you only make it to one conference this year, be sure to make it Texas Water, the Largest Regional Water Conference in the U.S.Š Registration is already open at www.txwater.org so don't miss out on early-bird rates, which end March 20.

The Texas Water 2017TM Attendee Brochure is available online at www.txwater.org. It provides more details on all the events happening during Texas Water and features the tentative technical program schedule, as well as the schedule of events (a copy is also available on page 25 of this issue).

The easiest way to register is online at www.txwater.org. See below for a breakdown of attendee registration options.

Full Conference Registration is your best value for Texas Water 2017TM! Full Registration includes a ticket to the Tuesday Awards Lunch, Wednesday Awards Breakfast, Wednesday Box Lunch/Women of Water Lunch (the box lunch ticket is used to attend Women of Water Lunch), Wednesday Night-Out Event, access to all technical sessions and full access to the Exhibit Hall. Tickets to the Thursday morning Gloyna Breakfast, the Guest Program and the Facility Tours are extra and available for purchase. *Full registration at the non-member rate includes a free one-year membership to either AWWA or WEF (for new members only; not for membership renewals).

Student Registration includes access to all technical sessions and full access to the Exhibit Hall but does not include meals. Tickets to any of the events are extra and available for purchase.

Tuesday Only Registration includes a ticket to the Tuesday Awards Lunch, access to all Tuesday technical sessions and full access to the Exhibit Hall. Tickets to additional events are extra and available for purchase.

Wednesday Only Registration includes a ticket to

the Wednesday Box Lunch/Women of Water Lunch (the box lunch ticket is used to attend Women of Water Lunch), access to all Wednesday technical sessions and full access to the Exhibit Hall. Tickets to additional events are extra and available for purchase.

Thursday Only Registration includes access to all Thursday technical sessions. Tickets to any of the events are extra and available for purchase.

Exhibit Hall Only includes access to the Exhibit Hall on April 11 and April 12. Tickets to any of the events are extra and available for purchase.

Received on/ before 3/20/17

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Full Registration: Member

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$345

Full Registration: Non Member

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Tuesday Only: Non Member

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Wednesday Only: Member

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Guest Program

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| letter from the texas section chair |

Past, Present and Future Texas Section American Water Works Association P.O. Box 80150 Austin, Texas 78708 www.tawwa.org Daniel Nix, Chair 940-691-1153 Bruce Curtis, Chair-Elect 972-602-1001 Ron Tamada, Vice-Chair 817-493-5100 Jennifer Elms, Imm. Past Chair 713-784-4500 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: © 1996-2017 Texas Section – American Water Works Association, Inc. © 2017 Texas Section – American Water Works Association, Inc.

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“The future influences the present just as much as the past.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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s I near the end of my year as the Texas AWWA Section Chair, I find myself looking to the past and asking, “What I have I accomplished during this year?” And in that same moment I stop and tell myself, “It’s not what I DANIEL NIX have or have not accomplished up to this point, 940-691-1153 daniel.nix@wichitafallstx.gov but what affect will those things that I do accomplish have in the future.” I have initiated a lot of things this year that TAWWA and the water industry may not see the fruits of for many years. Let me summarize some of those efforts.

Water Courses and Reuse Certification: At the beginning of my Chair responsibilities last April, I expressed a desire to Mike Howe to create specialty courses to fill in some voids in operator training here in Texas.

Along with that, I wanted to create a Certification for Reuse through TAWWA to help provide training to water and wastewater operators as Texas continues to advance reuse projects across the State. To do so, we have assembled an outstanding team of people from multiple Divisions to help find Subject Matter Experts for course Development. For everything that they have accomplished over the last 9 months, I would like to recognize and send a special, heartfelt “Thank You” to Jason Christensen (Reuse Division), Aaron Archer (Water Quality & Technology Division), Charlie Maddox (Water Science & Research Division), Elston Johnson (Regulatory Agencies Division) and Mark Southard (Membership Education Division), as well as Mike Howe. I cannot remember a time, in recent history, when TAWWA has had so many different Divisions collaborating together on a single project.

The current schedule for the Water Courses is to have the majority of courses completed and ready for marketing by the end of 2017 and start offering the Reuse Certification in 2018. Those courses include: Water/ CONTINUED PAGE 26 | letter from the texas section chair

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| executive director report |

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BY MIKE HOWE tawwa executive director

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here is an old quote we have all heard that is attributed to a late ‘60s TV show, the Guns of Will Sonnett. In the first episode the elder Sonnett (Walter Brennan), who was quite capable with a gun, mentions that his son is an expert with guns, and his grandson is better, ‘and I’m better than both of ‘em— no brag, just fact.’ The phrase was used a lot on the show and became a catchphrase among fans of the show. Now, in retrospect, there may not have been too many fans as the show only lasted two years. But the catchphrase, "No Brag, Just Fact," lives on.

Over two weeks in January, I was on the road at two AWWA meetings. The first was the AWWA Winter Board Meeting, immediately followed by the AWWA Membership Summit. During those meetings, I had a chance to talk with folks from around the country about any number of ideas and issues, but for a variety of reasons, conversations also were about either attending the upcoming ACE 17 in Philadelphia, WEFTEC or various Sections Annual Conferences. There are, of course, comparisons of sizes of conferences, costs of attending, the number of exhibitors and of course, the quality of the technical program. During these conversations, I do something I am not normally prone to do—I get very quiet.

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As you know, we promote the Texas Water Conference as the Largest Regional Water Conference in the U. S.©. And yes, that is copyrighted. We can say this because it is! In fact, after AWWA ACE and WEFTEC, Texas Water is the third MIKE HOWE largest water conference in 512-238-9292 mikehowe@tawwa.org the U. S.. And, when you do the math, it is likely the best bargain for any conference you can attend.

Where else will you see a record number of 573 exhibitor booths, over 170 peer-reviewed technical sessions, top water industry speakers and numerous opportunities to network with your colleagues from all over the state and many from around the country? And all of this for far less than it would cost to attend either of the other two big conferences.

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San Antonio's Newest Water Source Opens

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n January 27, dignitaries joined San Antonio Water System in celebrating the introduction of a new drinking water source to the city— desalination. This drought-resistant source is a huge leap forward in water independence for San Antonio.

While most people associate desalination with sea water, the SAWS project pumps salty—or brackish— water from deep in the Wilcox Aquifer under south Bexar County as the source for this purified drinking water. Desalination pushes the salty water through reverse osmosis membranes with holes that are 100,000 times smaller than a human hair, removing 97 percent of the salts and minerals in the water.

The newly added 12 million gallons per day is enough water to supply 53,000 households.

"Desalination is another tool in our water portfolio that we are using to serve a growing San Antonio," said SAWS CEO and President Robert R. Puente. "There is an ocean of brackish water under our feet unaffected by drought."

The desalination plant is located at the H2Oaks Center in southern Bexar County. The center also functions as an educational facility, featuring a tour layout for educational opportunities and an onsite research facility available for universities.

H2Oaks Center is the only location in the country where three different sources of water are produced.

It desalinates water, pumps and treats Carrizo Aquifer water and stores Edwards Aquifer water in the Aquifer CONTINUED PAGE 24 | san antonio

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| el paso |

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he Ogallala Aquifer has been grabbing national headlines the past few years. However, long before the Midwest’s aquifer began turning bone-dry in places, visionaries in one Texas city began to take steps that would protect their area’s major aquifer, the Hueco Bolson. In doing so, El Paso became the flagship of reclaimed-water efforts in the state.

The 1.6 million-acre Hueco Bolson’s treasure of precious water was dropping three feet a year in the 1990s. The once-mighty Rio Grande, a traditional source of water for El Paso, was not a secure backup option. For over five months a year, it is a dry, sandy pit winding between El Paso and Mexico.

In 1985, El Paso was one of the first cities in the nation to create a water reclamation plant that would resupply an aquifer with the purest recycled water possible.

El Paso Water recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of the award-winning Fred Hervey Water Reclamation Plant.

It was the first plant in the nation to use the particulate CONTINUED PAGE 18 | el paso

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Combined heat and power, also known as cogeneration, provides both electric power and thermal energy (heat) from a single on-site source, such as a turbine or reciprocating engine. The waste heat is used to provide additional services to the facility, such as heat for digesters or for sludge drying purposes. The plants can use biogas from digesters and natural gas. CHP at WWTPs makes great economic and environmental sense. Please contact Gavin

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| fort worth |

Fort Worth Names New Assistant Water Director

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hris Harder is City of Fort Worth Water Department’s new assistant water director for engineering and regulatory compliance. He has been with the city since 1999 in various roles and served as acting assistant water director for the past 10 months.

In announcing the selection, Water Director John Robert Carman said, “Chris has been a solid member of our team for many years and will now bring his thoughtful and determined style on a permanent basis to the assistant director role in our organization.”

Harder is a registered professional engineer in Texas and holds a Texas Class B Surface Water Treatment Operator license. He earned a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from Valparaiso University, a Master of Science in civil engineering from the University of Texas at San Antonio and a master’s in business

administration from Texas Christian University.

During his tenure with Fort Worth, Harder has designed and managed many projects related to water treatment plant construction and expansion, water and wastewater pipelines, storage tank rehabilitation and construction, Fort Worth's new water pump stations, wastewater assistant water lift stations and meter stations. He director Chris Harder. has been involved in capital project planning, master plan studies and assessments, purchasing and budgeting. Prior to working for Fort Worth, Harder was employed by the city of Kerrville Public Works Department and Denton Municipal Utilities.

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| arlington |

Arlington Rolls Out New Engineering Details

BY JOE GILDERSLEEVE, city of arlington water utilities RANDY HOLLAND, envirodesign management & safe-t-cover enclosures

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hen a developer decides to build anything from a sidewalk to a storm water catchment system, standard details exist to show them the way a city wants the work to be done. These engineering guidelines protect residents from unsafe practices that could damage property or affect quality of life.

Arlington, a North Texas city of about 380,000 residents, expanded the reach of its standard details in 2016 to include the installation of backflow preventer

assemblies immediately following the water meter.

We hope the success of those changes, and the motivations behind them, form the basis for other neighboring cities to take similar actions.

Backflow assemblies are to ensure that no water returns to the public water supply—a concept referred to as premise isolation, containment or point of supply backflow prevention. Some states like New York, New CONTINUED PAGE 20 | arlington

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| el paso |

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10 | el paso activated carbon treatment (PACT™) system. The plant became a textbook example of successfully treating wastewater to help rejuvenate an aquifer. According to “Water Supply and Pollution Control” by Warren Veissman Jr. and Mark J. Hammer, the unconfined Hueco Bolson aquifer supplies about 65 percent of El Paso’s municipal water supply.

The EPA provided a $21 million grant to construct the $33 million plant, declaring it an “innovative project.”

The plant sends wastewater through 11 processes that purify the water through a combination of physical, chemical and biological treatment.

The project conveyed the treated water to 10 injection wells, strategically placed throughout the Hueco Bolson.

The effectiveness of the various treatment processes is constantly monitored, and public acceptance of the plant was achieved through public outreach. Over the years, spreading basins have also been employed to introduce treated water into the aquifer.

In addition to replenishing the aquifer, the plant also

supplies cooling water to a local power plant and irrigation water to a golf course. According to the textbook, “The Fred Hervey Water Reclamation Plant has successfully produced an effluent that meets the standards established for injection into a water supply aquifer. In the first 10 years of operation, approximately 15 billion gallons of reclaimed water has been injected, resulting in a rising rather than declining water table in the region around the injection wells.”

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The innovative Fred Hervey plant still delivers water —up to 12 million gallons per day—to the aquifer, as well as commercial and industrial users at a costcompetitive rate. Today, newer technologies, including membranes, are being used to achieve similar results at plants across the nation.

While not the first reclamation project in El Paso, the Fred Hervey Plant was the inspiration for other major reclamation projects around the city. Reclaimed water from El Paso’s Roberto R. Bustamante Wastewater Treatment Plant provides a vital habitat for the Rio Bosque Wetlands Park, which, in the past two years, has seen a resurgence of such wildlife as peregrine falcons. This plant can provide water for industrial use as well.

Since the success of the Fred Hervey plant, El Paso Water implemented a plant to treat salt-laden groundwater. The Kay Bailey Hutchison Desalination Plant, which opened in 2007, is known as the largest inland desalination plant in the world.

El Paso Water continues to push the envelope. In 2014 they announced plans to build the Advanced

Water Purification Facility. This facility will make reclaimed water so pure it can go directly to the tap in homes. The plant will take the treated water from the Roberto R. Bustamante plant and purify it further for direct potable reuse.

In 2016, El Paso Water unveiled a plan to capture stormwater and overflow from the wetlands park to save an unprecedented 20,000 acre-feet of water in the Playa Drain near Ascarate Lake. These and other reclaimed-water efforts illustrate why El Paso continues to be a model for drought-threatened communities.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 17 | arlington Jersey, California and Washington are moving towards mandatory premise isolation for commercial and industrial uses. At the federal level however, no such regulations exist.

The American Water Works Association—the voice for water utility operators—addresses this need in its

literature. In the preamble to the Cross Connection Control Manual published by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), AWWA states, “…The return of any water to the public water system after it has been used for any purpose on the customer’s premises or within the customer’s piping system is unacceptable and opposed by AWWA…” While this may seem like an all-too-obvious position, it exists because backflow exists and can have dire consequences.

New buildings are not the concern. After all, the local plumbing authority rigorously monitors all new construction projects. A permit to occupy a building is never issued until the building passes inspection. The vast majority of plumbing authorities across the U.S. have adopted one of two plumbing codes: the Unified Plumbing Code, or UPC, or the International Plumbing Code, IPC. Both of these codes have an exemplary record of protecting individual plumbing fixtures from becoming hazards to the on-site users. This pointof-use backflow protection is carefully engaged at all

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But, what goes on after construction can be a mystery. Each day, small business owners like restaurateurs, paint and body shops, auto mechanics, car washes, pet groomers, etc., in the interest of improving some process, make small, uninformed changes to their plumbing on their own. Many of these changes, although unintended, create crossconnections with the drain system.

Through a network of licensed inspectors, Arlington monitors testing of 3,000 “high-health hazard” backflow assembly sites, such as healthcare providers and restaurants, each year. Backflow can occur because of high pressures on the premises pushing water back to the street (back pressure), or because of unusually low pressures out in the public supply piping pulling water back to the street (back syphon).

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 21 | arlington illegal changes to on-site plumbing systems are a big problem for every water provider. TCEQ’s Customer Service Inspection program, mandating a plumbing review of every property that undergoes a material change is helpful, but still is limited to only the properties where changes are announced to the city by application of a building permit or sale. Publicizing these guidelines to commercial users with high health hazard designations is another way to help prevent unknown changes that can be harmful.

3. Subrogation Risks. Subrogation is the authority given to insurers to be entitled to a claim for damages on the behalf of its insured when a third party caused

a loss. Poor regulation of backflow prevention assemblies can put cities at risk if flooding or other property damage occurs.

4. Local Engineers’ Survey. A survey conducted by EnviroDesign Management and Safe-T-CoverŠ over a two-year period became an important factor, as well.

This survey of 1,220 DFW civil and plumbing engineers revealed that the local design community was in need of assistance from local water authorities. The results were presented to the city of Arlington in February of 2015 revealing that three out of four local design engineers stated a need for standard details.

So far, the city and local buildings have been pleased with the new guidelines. What makes it so easy is that during the planning process, builders can just write

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these exact details into the plans. It gets rid of the guesswork and makes a valuable contribution to the safety of our water supply.

About the authors: Joe Gildersleeve is Water Resources Services Manager for City of Arlington Water Utilities.

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"This is another step in the right direction toward adding new supplies for San Antonio's future," said SAWS Board Chairman Berto Guerra, Jr. "We have the benefit of the 12 million gallons per day, and can access additional phases of desalination as we need them."

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TENTATIVE TEXAS WATER CONFERENCE SCHEDULE NOTE: All events are at the Austin Convention Center, 500 E Cesar Chavez St, Austin, unless otherwise noted. Schedule is subject to change. For the most up-to-date listing, go to www.txwater.org.

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7:00 am 8:00 am–12:00 pm 8:00 am–3:00 pm 2:00 pm–5:00 pm 2:00 pm–5:00 pm 4:30 pm–7:00 pm 5:00 pm–7:00 pm

Golf Tournament • Jimmy Clay/Roy Kizer Curtis Smalley Environmental Event Exhibitor Move-In • Exhibit Hall TAWWA Annual Board Meeting • Hilton Hotel WEAT Annual Board Meeting • Hilton Hotel Registration • Convention Center Lobby Meet & Greet • Exhibit Hall

TUESDAY, APRIL 11

6:30 am Dodson’s Drive Fun Run 8:00 am–5:00 pm Registration • Convention Center Lobby 8:00 am–5:00 pm Speaker Ready Room 8:30 am–3:30 pm Guest Program • Hilton Hotel

PREREGISTRATION REQUIRED 9:00 am–10:00 am Opening Session 9:00 am–11:30 am WEAT Student Design Competition 10:00 am–10:30 am TAWWA Business Meeting 10:00 am–11:00 am Beverage Break • Exhibit Hall 10:00 am–11:00 am WEAT Ops Challenge Pre-Meeting 10:00 am–5:00 pm Exhibits Open • Exhibit Hall 10:00 am–5:00 pm Water For People Silent Auction 11:00 am–1:00 pm WEAT Process Control Event 11:30 am–1:00 pm Awards Lunch

TICKET REQUIRED 1:00 pm–1:30 pm Meter Madness Pre-Competition Meeting • Exhibit Hall 1:00 pm–4:00 pm WEAT Laboratory Event • Exhibit Hall 1:00 pm–4:30 pm Meter Madness (Jr. Meter

Madness 1 pm) • Exhibit Hall 1:00 pm–5:00 pm Troubleshooting Your Water

System Workshop 1:30 pm–3:00 pm Technical Sessions/Posters 1:30 pm–5:00 pm University Forum 1:30 pm–5:00 pm Young Professionals Session 3:00 pm–3:30 pm Networking Break • Exhibit Hall 3:00 pm–3:30 pm Door Prize Drawings • Exhibit Hall 3:30 pm–5:00 pm Technical Sessions 3:30 pm–5:00 pm Texas Shoot-Out • Exhibit Hall 5:00 pm Exhibit Hall Closes For Day 5:00 pm–6:00 pm Young Professionals & Student Reception/

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PREREGISTRATION REQUIRED 9:00 am–9:30 am TAWWA Top Ops Pre-Competition

Meeting • Exhibit Hall 9:00 am–9:30 am TAWWA Pipe Tapping Pre-Competition

Meeting • Exhibit Hall 9:00 am–10:00 am Beverage Break • Exhibit Hall 9:00 am–1:15 pm Water For People Silent Auction 9:00 am–1:45 pm WEAT Ops Challenge • Exhibit Hall 9:00 am–4:00 pm Exhibits Open • Exhibit Hall 9:00 am–5:00 pm Speaker Ready Room 9:30 am–11:00 am Professional Ethics Workshop for Engineers 9:30 am–Noon Technical Sessions/Posters 9:30 am–1:30 pm TAWWA Top Ops Competition • Exhibit Hall 9:30 am–2:00 pm TAWWA Pipe Tapping Competition

Exhibit Hall Noon–1:00 pm Box Lunch • Exhibit Hall

TICKET REQUIRED Noon–1:00 pm Women of Texas Water Lunch

TICKET REQUIRED 1:15 pm–3:15 pm Technical Sessions/Posters 1:45 pm–3:30 pm TAWWA Best-Tasting Drinking Water Event

Exhibit Hall 2:00 pm–4:00 pm Hydrant Hysteria • Exhibit Hall 3:15 pm–3:45 pm WEAT Ops Challenge Awards

Ceremony • Top Ops Area 3:15 pm–4:00 pm Networking Break • Exhibit Hall 3:15 pm–4:00 pm Door Prize Drawings • Exhibit Hall 4:00 pm Exhibit Hall Closes/Exhibit Breakdown 4:00 pm–5:00 pm Technical Sessions/Posters 5:00 pm–5:30 pm Texas Water Reuse Association

Board Meeting 6:30 pm–8:30 pm Conference Night-Out • Mexican American

Cultural Center

TICKET REQUIRED

THURSDAY, APRIL 13

7:00 am–8:30 am Gloyna Breakfast

TICKET REQUIRED 8:00 am–9:00 am Beverage Break 8:00 am–10:00 am Registration 8:00 am–Noon Speaker Ready Room 8:30 am–10:00 am Technical Sessions 8:30 am–Noon Facility Tours • Depart from Convention Center

TICKET REQUIRED 10:00 am–10:30 am Networking Break 10:30 am–Noon Technical Sessions Noon Conference Adjourns

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| letter from the texas section chair |

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 | letter from the texas section chair Wastewater Operations Ethics, Basic Reuse, Crisis Communication/Management, UltraViolet/Advanced Oxidation Processes, Biofiltration, Residuals Management, Corrosion Control, Ozone and Granular Activated Carbon. These courses will help operators across the State of Texas become more familiar with the intricacies of their treatment processes and continue to excel at protecting the public health.

Public Outreach: At the Orientation/Leadership Summit, we all discussed the potential of being a better portal of information to the general public. To that end, we are looking at re-engaging the TAWWA YouTube channel and creating a set of six initial Public Outreach videos that will cover a range of topics that are currently of interest to water consumers. The TAWWA members who attended the Orientation/ Leadership Summit compiled a great list of topics and Christianne Castleberry (Education Division) along

with Greg Wukasch (Education Division) have been brainstorming on how to make the initial six videos become a reality.

These videos will help TAWWA in achieving one of its Strategic Goals of “Providing leading edge water education to water professionals, students and the public.�

Agriculture: AWWA and the Texas Section are the leaders in providing resources to the drinking water industry. They are, by far, the best resource in the world for drinking water. However, drinking water is not the only user of water in the State of Texas, and the last drought made that painfully apparent. So, it is my belief that TAWWA should begin to engage the agricultural industry in a goal that we both share, which is to protect our mutual water resources.

Therefore, I plan on asking the TAWWA Board of Directors to create an exploratory ad hoc Committee that is specifically for Agriculture. Additionally, Mike Howe, Jennifer Elms (Past Chair) and I have scheduled a meeting with the state leaders for the Texas Future Farmers of America to offer student memberships within the AWWA.

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It is my hope that after the first year, the ad hoc Agriculture Committee will show its effectiveness and will become a permanent Committee that can continue to put together the partnerships and resources we need between Drinking Water and Agriculture, along with “planting the seeds” of change with the up-andcoming farmers of the future, we can better protect our water resources, together.

Committee Realignment: There have been numerous changes to the AWWA Committees & Divisions over the years and TAWWA needs to make sure that we are still in line with the Association Goals.

Also, through his work on putting together an outstanding Technical Program for Texas Water 2017, Ron Tamada (Vice Chair) has recommended the creation of several new Committees within the TAWWA Board to help relieve confusion in Abstract Review assignments. Therefore, it may be prudent to perform a comprehensive review of our current Committees and Divisions and realign them with the current AWWA structure and the new TAWWA Strategic Plan.

So, as you can see, there is a large number of TAWWA volunteers who are looking toward the future and influencing the present with their hard work and dedication. I am encouraged and enthusiastic about what the future holds for TAWWA, and am proud of its members that are pouring their knowledge, connections and precious time into these worthwhile projects. It is my sincerest hope that these projects continue to advance and when we look back at them after several years, that they influence new sets of initiatives looking towards the future of water and TRWA Ad 2016 (bleeds).pdf 1 2/2/2016 7:57:33 PM TAWWA.

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| new members |

TAWWA Welcomes New Members Joining October 16–December 31, 2016 Daniel Albus Lubbock, TX

Paul Despres Austin, TX

Rafael Lozano Hernandez Arlington, TX

Joe Martinez Fort Worth, TX

Grant Richardson Austin, TX

Christopher Vela Fort Worth, TX

Lindsey Aldaco-Manner College Station, TX

Gavin Dillingham The Woodlands, TX

Samuel Hewitt Fort Worth, TX

Cristina McMurray Southlake, TX

Eric Rockow Gatesville, TX

Chris Lloyd Vila Houston, TX

Barry Allen Irving, TX

Emra Donmez Houston, TX

Kaylyn Huerter Conroe, TX

Garry Medlin Houston, TX

Dalila Rodriguez Fort Worth, TX

Scott Vitter Austin, TX

Bridgette Bennett Dallas, TX

Tanya Emmons Austin, TX

Syed Jafar Houston, TX

Stormy Allen Mishnick Bridgeport, TX

Robyn L. Rodriguez Edinburg, TX

Stephen Walls Fort Worth, TX

Henry R. Berg Red Oak, TX

Jason Farnsworth Odessa, TX

Mayra Jimenez Huffty Wickett, TX

Denny Mitchell Canyon, TX

Scott Sage Houston, TX

Mike Welch Georgetown, TX

Nancy Blackwell Houston, TX

Adam Farrell San Antonio, TX

Gary Johnson Houston, TX

Julieta Mojarro San Antonio, TX

Justin Robert Sandt Houston, TX

Henry Wied Brownwood, TX

Marty Blair Little Elm, TX

Elizabeth Fazio Hale New Boston, TX

Wilhelm Kaiser Irving, TX

Michael Mutina LA Porte, TX

Heather Sartain Dallas, TX

Alan E. Williams San Antonio, TX

Mitchell Blanchard Houston, TX

Judy Ferrino Houston, TX

Edwin King Irving, TX

Wesley Nebgen Corpus Christi, TX

Kevin Schnell Houston, TX

Elizabeth Boddicker Plano, TX

James Foutz Georgetown, TX

Eric King Pearland, TX

Christine Katigbak Ngan Austin, TX

Dave Scott Crowley, TX

Emma Guang-Wah Williams Pearland, TX

Jason Bowen Roanoke, TX

Larijai Francis Corpus Christi, TX

Evan Kirkpatrick Rosenberg, TX

James Norstrom Houston, TX

Jason William Shelton Palestine, TX

John Buttles Lancaster, TX

Freese and Nichols, Inc. San Antonio, TX

Patrick A. Lackey Austin, TX

Robanna Ogden Houston, TX

Joshua Shepherd Houston, TX

Roger Case Fulshear, TX

Jose Garcia Fort Worth, TX

Michael Lankford Houston, TX

Greg Olinger Houston, TX

Rajendra Shrestha Pearland, TX

Albert Chatman Longview, TX

Kenneth D. Garvin Jr. North Richland Hills, TX

Charles Lloyd Jr. Wylie, TX

Harsh Virendra Patel Beaumont, TX

Savanna Smith Austin, TX

Jon Clark San Marcos, TX

Nima Ghahremani Kingsville, TX

Kenneth Long Irving, TX

David Pierce Georgetown, TX

Akwo Thompson San Antonio, TX

Cody Cliatt Southlake, TX

Gina Gierula Argyle, TX

David Lozano Corpus Christi, TX

Derrick Podd Hallsville, TX

Kim Tiehen Coppell, TX

Alan Craig Cockerham Houston, TX

Valerie H. Gray Corpus Christi, TX

Melody Macaulay Houston, TX

David Polkinghorn Conroe, TX

Chad Tipton San Antonio, TX

Alba Cox Abilene, TX

Bill Green Corpus Christi, TX

Jon Mahoney Irving, TX

Steve Ramos Corpus Christi, TX

Keenan Towns Wylie, TX

David Decamp San Antonio, TX

Jason Heivilin Corpus Christi, TX

Richard Mancilla Pearland, TX

Joey Reyna Rosenberg, TX

David Van Riper Lake Jackson, TX

Temple Trent Williamson Jr. Corpus Christi, TX Landon Wilson Muleshoe, TX Stephanie Workman Richmond, TX Doug Young Marshall, TX Cesar Zavala Fort Worth, TX Leticia Zavala Georgetown, TX Stephanie Zavala Mansfield, TX Zikai Zhou Dallas, TX

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$800 plus meals at the other conferences. Travel for Texas Water is usually driving to the conference, this year in Austin, and staying in a hotel usually in walking distance for three of four nights. Or, you can fly to some distant city (Philadelphia or Chicago) stay in a generally more expensive hotel and decide how you get around your new home for a week—car, public transit or Uber, etc.

Of course, I don’t want to discourage any of you from going to ACE or WEFTEC. I’m just presenting you with “Just the facts” so you can make up your own mind. If you haven’t registered already for Texas Water 2017, just go to www.txwater.org today.

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|| calendar calendar |

What’s Happening Across Texas DATE

ACTIVITY

TIME

LOCATION

INFORMATION

FEB 16

NCT February Meeting

11:15 am

Texas Star Conference Center Euless

www.tawwa.org

FEB 16

Annual TAWWA/WEAT Feb. Half Day Seminar

7:30 am-1:30 pm

Hilton Houston Westchase Hotel Houston, TX

www.tawwa.org

FEB 24

TAWWA/WEAT Project Management Seminar

8 am-5 pm

SAWS Tower II San Antonio

www.tawwa.org

FEB 27

TAWWA Legislative Lunch Break Webcast

12-1 pm

Online

www.tawwa.org

Austin Convention Center Austin

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APRIL 10-13 Texas Water 2017TM

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

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