November 2014

BARSCREEN BEE

The Official Newsletter of the Northern Sacramento Valley Section of the California Water Environment Association

www.cwea.org/nsv

NSVS EXECUTIVE BOARD PRESIDENT Nancy Cameron Sierra Foothill Lab 530 301-6655 nancy@sierralab.com VICE PRESIDENT Rob Price City of Olivehurst 530 682-0736 rprice@opud.org SEC-TREASURER April Overfield SC-OR 530-534-0353 aoverfield@sc-or.org

2-YR DIRECTOR Nolan Randal CH2M Hill 530 229-3341 530 243-5831 nrandal@ch2m.com 1-YR DIRECTOR Tracy Wyhlidko City of Redding 530-224-4319 twyhlidko@ ci.redding.ca.us The Barscreen Bee is a bimonthly publication of the Northern Sacra-mento Valley Section of the California Water Environment Associa-tion. Articles, announce-ments, job postings, questions, etc should be e-mailed to the newslet-ter editor, Eric Wold at: ericnww@yahoo.com 530 345-7399

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Northern Sacramento Valley Section News

Corning Training Meeting September 17th, 2014 By Nancy Cameron, NSVS President

Severn Trent hosted the NSVS training meeting in Corning this past September and as al-

ways the training was varied and informative. I hope all who attended the training enjoyed

the day as much as I did meeting new people

and reconnecting with some past coworkers.

Beverly Hann, Lead Engineer of Carollo En-

gineering began the day with the mysteries of

Effluent Discharge Dilution Credits. The

whole procedure of what it takes to get dilu-

tion credits, and keep them is quite an under-

taking with no guaranteed results and multi-

ple ways to approach the task. As always

Beverly gave excellent advice and some clar-

ity to the process.

Beverly was followed by our friends from

the Central Valley Regional Water Quality

Control Board, Redding. Scott Gilbreath,

Jeremy Pagan, Zack Chandler, and Stacy

Gotham presented the CIWQS eSMR: Addi-

tional Training and Information. The paper-

less future of eSMR was outlined, with com-

puter based CIWQS Tools, Resources, &

Support including what is expected with

NPDES Permits and Internet –Based Report-

ing. Don’t worry they did include a support

hotline 1-866-792-4977 for those of us who

still struggle with navigating the computer

world. Typical errors were discussed, and

how the computer so very nicely points them

out to you. If I understood correctly it won’t

let you finish the report until errors are cor-

rected.

Pic’s– Beverly Hann, Carollo Engineers, Inc and

Scott Gilbreath, Central Valley Water Board

Inside this issue:

Pg 1- Review of July training in Corning

Pg 2– November Meeting in Chico

Pg 3- Map and directions Chico Meeting

Pg 5,6,7 Annual Award Nominations

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Welcome to the City of Chico

for a day of training

Wednesday, November 19th

Chico Fire Training Center 901 Fir St. Chico, CA

At the back of the City corporation yard

8:30 - 9:00 SIGN-IN and NETWORK with your peers over coffee & donuts.

9:00 - 9:50 “Big Valley Divers, Inspection of Outfall Diffusers on the Sacramento River”

Jeff Eggleston, Big Valley Divers Inc.

Topics will include; Diving Maintenance for Water Treatment Plants Contaminated/Potable,

Maintenance and Inspection of Outfall Diffusers and, Inspection,

Cleaning, and Repair of Storage Tanks.

9:50 - 10:40 “Wastewater Treatment Issues Around the World” Stewart Oakley, Professor of Environmental Engineering, Cal. State University, Chico

Dr. Oakley has worked extensively in the fields of sustainable wastewater treatment and solid

waste management for developing countries with emphasis on Latin America. Dr. Oakley has

authored three engineering books in Spanish and co-edited two others in Spanish, and has

given dozens of technical workshops both within the US, Latin America, Africa, and Asia. He

has worked extensively in the last 25 years in Latin America, and has just finished authoring

four chapters and co-editing a book in Spanish on wastewater treatment in Central America for

the US Agency for International Development as part of the Central American Free Trade

Agreement.

10:40 - 11:30 “The Chico Urban Area Nitrate Compliance Program;

30 years and $40 Million of Gittin’ ‘er Done!” Matt Thompson, Associate Civil Engineer, City of Chico

Putting the unincorporated areas of Chico (septic systems) on the Chico sewer system.

This is a project spanning several years and covering various areas of the Chico Urban Area.

11:30 - 12:20 “Utilizing Biogas: Production of Electricity and CNG from Waste Grease”

Presenter: Brian Gannon, President of Biogas Energy

Learn how maximizing the use of anaerobically digested waste, producing biogas, is making

power in a “waste to energy” project. Plant tour to follow.

12:20 Lunch- Catered lunch by Kinders BBQ Always everyone’s favorite part of the day, lunch will include; Pulled Pork, BBQ Beans,

Rolls, Ceasar Salad and Macaroni Salad.

1:30 Tour of the Biogas Energy Project (North State Rendering Plant)

Directions will be provided at meeting.

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Directions to the Chico Training Meeting

Wednesday, November 19th, 2014

Chico Fire Training Center

901 Fir St. Chico, CA

At the back of the City corporation yard

Corp Yard

Special Announcement

Award nomination deadline has been extended to November 30th. We want everyone

to have a chance to nominate your coworkers, plant, etc, for an award. There are

many awards to chose from but, just like taxes, get them in before the deadline.

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Delain Murphy from T & T Valve and Instrument, Inc. is a wealth of infor-

mation on valves and actuators. There are gate valves, ball valves, butterfly

valves, WOGs and AWWA, etc. His focus was on the use of the butterfly

valve, and there are different butterfly valves too, within water and wastewa-

ter treatment facilities. Delain had lots of pictures demonstrating the eco-

nomical use of space with the new valves over the ones being replaced.

California Poison Control System Managing Director Justin Lewis spoke to

us about Sacramento Division as an Untapped Resource for CWEA. Justin

explained how the system functions, staffing and available resources. We

commonly think of it as the hot line to call when our kids have eaten some-

thing questionable, unknown cleaner or Grandpa’s high blood pressure medi-

cine. The scope of the information they can provide goes beyond this and

their contact information should be made available in wastewater facilities as

a resource for chemical exposures on the job. Poison Hotline 1-800-222-

1222. Write this number down and put it on the fridge.

And then there was “Jerry & Brian’s World Famous BBQ Lunch”. Every

time I enjoy their culinary skills they surpass the last feast they provided. Tri

Tip cooked to perfection, with beans, green salad, rolls and cookies. All

served on the banks of the Sacramento River at Woodson Bridge Park. But

wait there’s more……

After lunch we had a tour of Lucero Olive Oil Company in Corning. A tour

of the processing facilities, with narrative describing the whole process from

tree to table was provided by a very entertaining young man by the name of

Jordan. He claims one specialty oil, with limited availability, has “Fountain

of Youth” qualities. His coworker, Amy, unveiled the mysteries of olive oil

tasting. There is a technique similar to wine tasting, but in olive oil tasting

you get to “slurp” the olive oil. After tasting several varieties and sampling

some balsamic vinegar too, we were served an olive oil sundae. Vanilla ice

cream drizzled with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. It’s an unusual combina-

tion, but it works. Yummy! Then they turned us loose in the show room

where we able to explore and sample more oils and vinegars and of course

SHOP! Look for Lucero Gift Samplers as door prizes at this year’s Annual

Banquet in January. I hope to see you at the November training in Chico.

Northern Sacramento Valley Section News Cont.

Pic’s top to bottom: Delain Murphy from T & T Valve - the post presentation quiz was

no laughing matter. Justin Lewis, Cal Poison Control Center. Brian and Jerry, our

world famous BBQ team . The Lucero Olive Co. production line

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Northern Sacramento Valley Section – CWEA

2014 Individual Award Nomination Form

____ Electrical/Instrumentation Tech of the Year* ____ Outstanding Service Award-NSVS Award

____ Engineering and Research* ____ Supervisor of the Year*

Achievement Award ____ Inspirational Award-NSVS Award

____ Laboratory Analyst of the Year* ____ Lifetime Achievement Award-NSVS Award

____ Treatment Plant Operator of the Year* ____ Mechanical Technician of the Year*

____ Pretreatment Pollution Prevention* ____ Secretary of the Year-NSVS Award

Person of the Year ____ Public Education Award*

Nominations must be e-mailed, post marked or faxed by Sunday, November 30th, 2014 to the address below.

All nominees must be members in good standing of the Northern Sacramento Valley Section of CWEA.

Secretary does not need to be a NSVS or CWEA member

Name of Nominee: ________________________________ Title: ________________________

Employer: ____________________________________________________________________

Address: ______________________________________________________________________

Phone Number: ________________________________________________________________

Nominator: ______________________________________ Title: ________________________

Employer: ____________________________________________________________________

Address: ______________________________________________________________________

Signature: _____________________________________Phone Number: ___________________

On an attachment describe why this person/agency qualifies to receive this award. Use specific examples whenever

possible. Attach any supporting information.

* Indicates an award that is also a Statewide CWEA award. The winning NSV Section applicant will be provided

with the CWEA award nomination forms at a later time, if they desire to proceed with State CWEA competition.

Check on the CWEA web site for award forms and judging criteria or at this link,

http://www.cwea.org/mlr_member_awards_forms.shtml

Send or Fax

Applications to:

Nolan Randall

NSVS 2Yr Director

2525 Airpark Dr.

Redding, Ca. 96001

Fax– 530 339-3341

E-mail threebiker@gmail.com

Phone - 530 229-3341

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Northern Sacramento Valley Section – CWEA

2014 Award Nomination Form

Safety & or Collection System

Safety Agency Award* Collection System of the Year*

____ 1-25 Employees ____ 0-250 miles

____ 25-75 Employees ____ 250-500 miles

____ Over 75 Employees ____ Over 500 miles

____ Safety Person of the Year ____ Collection Person of the Year* NSVS Local Award only

Nominations must be e-mailed, post marked or faxed by Sunday, November 30th, 2014

to the address below. All nominees must be members in good standing of the Northern Sacramento Valley Section of CWEA.

Name of Nominee: ________________________________ Title: _________________________

Employer: _____________________________________________________________________

Address: ______________________________________________________________________

Phone Number: _________________________________________________________________

Nominator: ______________________________________ Title: _________________________

Employer: _____________________________________________________________________

Address: ______________________________________________________________________

Phone Number: ___________________________E-Mail:_______________________________

Signature: ______________________________________________________

On an attachment describe why this person/agency qualifies to receive this award. Use specific examples whenever

possible. Attach any supporting information.

* Indicates an award that is also a Statewide CWEA award. The winning NSV Section applicant will be provided with the

CWEA award nomination forms at a later time, if they desire to proceed with State CWEA competition. Check on the

CWEA web site for award forms and judging criteria or at this link,

http://www.cwea.org/mlr_member_awards_forms.shtml

Send or Fax

Application to:

Nolan Randall

NSVS 2Yr Director

2525 Airpark Dr.

Redding, Ca. 96001

Fax– 530 339-3341

E-mail threebiker@gmail.com

Phone - 530 229-3341

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Northern Sacramento Valley Section – CWEA

2014 Award Nomination Form

Plant of the Year Plant Classification:

____ Ponds

____ Secondary Treatment

____ Tertiary Treatment

Nominations must be e-mailed, post marked or faxed by Sunday, November 30th, 2014 to the address below.

All nominees must be members in good standing of the Northern Sacramento Valley Section of CWEA.

Agency: ______________________________________________________________________

Name of Facility: _______________________________________________________________

Address: ______________________________________________________________________

Phone Number: _________________________________________________________________

Manager/Chief Plant Operator:______________________________________________________

Contact Info:

Phone Number:________________________________________

Cell Number:__________________________________________

E-mail Address:________________________________________

Plant Employees:

Number of Operational Personnel _____

Number of Maintenance Personnel _____

Number of Laboratory Personnel ______

Number of Electrical Personnel ______

Number of Support Personnel ______

On an attachment describe why this agency qualifies to receive this award. Use specific examples whenever possible. In-

clude a brief description of the Plant, such as, average flows, plant processes, innovative practices, efficiency and cost

saving ideas, compliance records, management systems, new processes or procedures and any other evidence of superior

plant operations. Attach any supporting information and a list of personnel certifications.

The winning NSV Section applicant will be provided with the CWEA Statewide award nomination forms at a later time,

if they desire to proceed with CWEA competition. Check on the CWEA web site for award forms and judging criteria or

at this link,

http://www.cwea.org/mlr_member_awards_forms.shtml

Send or Fax

Applications to:

Nolan Randall

NSVS 2Yr Director

2525 Airpark Dr.

Redding, Ca. 96001

Fax– 530 339-3341

E-mail threebiker@gmail.com

Phone - 530 229-3341

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Northern Sacramento Valley Section Corporate Sponsors

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Northern Sacramento Valley Section Corporate Sponsors

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Northern Sacramento Valley Section Corporate Sponsors

gcjc2@juno.com

mikeambrosi@aquadyneassociates.com

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Northern Sacramento Valley Section Corporate Sponsors

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APRIL OVERFIELD P.O. BOX 1350 OROVILLE, CA 95965

Phone (530) 534-0353

April Overfield - aoverfield@sc-or.org

2014/2015 NORTHERN SACRAMENTO

VALLEY SECTION

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