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1 - WEAT-NTS Newsletter November 2015 www.weat-nts.org

Thank you to our

Sponsors!!!

Platinum Sponsors:

Carollo CDMSmith CP&Y, Inc Hazen & Sawyer Jacobs

MWH Global Pacheco Koch Perkins Engineering Consult-ants, Inc. TTI Laboratories AECOM Municipal Valve and Equipment Company

Gold Sponsors:

Freese & Nichols, Inc. Gupta & Associates Hartwell Environmental Corp.

Classic Sponsors:

JQ Infrastructure Kennedy/Jenks Consultants

Volume 27, Number 6 November 2015 Newsletter

November 2015 Lunch Meeting

Date: November 19, 2015

Location: Texas Star Golf Course and Conference Center, Euless, Texas

Speaker: Phil Spitzer, P.E., North Texas Municipal Water District;

Co-author: Julian Sandino, P.E., CH2M HILL

Time: 11:00 – 11:45 Networking; 11:45-1:00 Lunch and Presentation

Presentation Title: “Rain -- We Asked For Too Much of a Good Thing”

Presentation Synopsis: The North Texas Municipal Water District operates the first

BIOACTIFLO® system constructed in the U.S. The process operates in a wet weather

mode and a dry weather mode. Because the region has experienced a prolonged drought,

the process had not really been tested in wet weather mode. With the record setting rains in

the spring of 2015, the system was finally put to the test. In dry weather mode, the bio-

contactor is used for additional aeration capacity, and the high rate clarifier is used for pol-

ishing phosphorus in secondary effluent. This presentation will review the process mechan-

ics and show some of the data for both modes of operation.

Speaker Bio: Phil is a graduate of Kansas State University with bachelor’s degrees in

biology and civil engineering. He worked in the consulting sector for 25 years and now the

public sector with the North Texas Municipal Water District as the Wastewater System engi-

neer. Phil’s primary experience has been as a designer and project manager. Currently, he

is very involved in operation of the system and evaluation of plant processes. He is a mem-

ber of the Water Environments Association of Texas and served as the past Water for Peo-

ple committee chair and currently is the secretary for the North Texas Section of WEAT.


Leadership Message - by Eva Gorgi

Dear WEATies,

Since my previous leadership message was exceptionally lengthy, I will

keep this one short.

Our 9th Opstoberfest Cook-off was a great success again. Every year we

get bigger and better despite obstacles such as occurred this year. The

cook-off teams grilled and BBQ’d in rain and heavy winds. Nothing can

deter the spirit of a WEATie! Nineteen teams prepared delicious meats, fourteen submitted yummy des-

serts, and twelve brewers offered their homemade beer. Lynn Hall presented a “fat” check from the Daryl

Hall golf tournament for $7,000. This contribution will support Daryl Hall scholarship.

A big thanks to the cook-off committee Matt Jalbert, Monique Florez, Heather Compton, Amy Robinson,

and Brigit Buff for a well-organized event.

What’s coming up? I just want to invite you to two November events:

November 14th- please join us for a second Saturday morning Trinity River Cleanup Challenge:

“Redeem the Stream” in Dallas. High water brought lots of trash and the environment needs your

help. I promise, you will feel gratified for this good deed.

November 19th- bi-monthly meeting- please remember- it is a lunch meeting. Phil Spitzer and Julian

Sandino will be presenting on Wilson Creek BioActiflo. I hope to see you all at the Texas Star.

As Thanksgiving is approaching, it always makes me reflect on what we are really thankful for. I am

thankful to be a part of a wonderful organization like WEAT; I am especially thankful for you, being my

friends and comrades.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Eva Gorgi

WEAT-NTS President


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In This Issue...

Leadership Message 2 WEAT Announcements 3 Sponsors & Sponsorship 4 Event and Meeting Recaps 7 Annual Treasurer Report 12 Announcements 16

Public Outreach 17 Young Professionals 23 Calendar of Events 24 WEAT-NTS Contacts 24

GET INVOLVED WITH WEAT!

Are you interested in helping our organization and industry? Please contact any of the WEAT-NTS

Officers for opportunities to help your community!

INTERESTED IN MENTORING/EDUCATING?

Are you interested in educating college students about our industry? Contact Jason Crawley at [email protected] to speak at Universities and Colleges around the state!


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Thank you to our Sponsors!

Black & Veatch

Hartwell Envi-

ronmental


MWH


Classic $250

For one dinner meeting

Recognition of Classic Sponsors

✓ Announcement on front page of newsletter (name of firm)

✓ Announcement in meeting reminder emails (name of firm)

✓ Sign at meeting listing the sponsors (name of firm)

✓ Verbal recognition of sponsors by President at the

beginning of the meeting

Gold $1,250

Recognition at ALL six meetings (for the price of five)

Recognition of Gold Sponsor is the same as Classic

Sponsors at ALL six meetings

Platinum $1,850

Recognition at ALL six meetings

Recognition of Platinum Sponsor is the same as a Gold

Sponsor plus

✓ Company name included in newsletter

announcements, reminder emails, and sign at

meeting

✓ Display of digital banner at meeting (if supplied) via

PowerPoint

✓ Recognition of Platinum Sponsor by Prestident at the

beginning of the meeting

✓ Includes Sponsor Ship of

✓ February Seminar

✓ Weat NTS Scholarship

✓ Daryl Hall Scholarship

✓ Business card ad in the NTS newsletter

Fall BBQ Picnic Cook-off $250

Sporting Clay Station $150

Weat NTS Scholarship Fund (annual

contribution) $100

Daryl Hall Scholarship Fund (annual

contribution) $100

Newsletter Advertising (6 issues) and

website link $150

NTS February Seminar $300

NTS February Seminar Table $500

NTS February Seminar Break Area $1,00

NTS Young Professionals $100

Individual Sponsorship Opportuniites:

WEAT-NTS offers three levels of sponsorships for the July 2015—June 2016 year, plus multiple individual

sponsorship opportunities

The sponsorship will support:

WEAT-NTS and Darryl Hall Scholarship Funds

Meeting Dinners

Sections activities (fall BBQ and Sporting Clays Tournament)

February Seminar

Young Professionals

Outreach Program (Science Fair, Future Cities, etc.)

Dinner Meeting Sponsors:


ByMattJalbert

OPSTOBERFESTRECAP

The Opstoberfest 2015 was held on Friday, October 30th at the Knights of Columbus in Arlington, Tex-

as. Cook-off teams battled through the rainy and windy weather! This event would not have been

possible if it weren’t for our sponsors! Thank you to all who sponsored this event:

A total of 19 teams competed in several different categories food categories: Overall Pitmaster, Pork, Chicken, Beef, Home Brew and Dessert. In addition, a costume contest was held for the younger par-ticipants!

Overall Pitmaster Winner:

DWU CWWTP Snappers

Overall Costume Winner: Summer and the Devil Dog (Daughter of Basilio and Stacy

Chavez)


OPSTOBERFESTRECAP,CONT.PORK 1st Place: Re-usual Suspects (Freese and Nichols and TRA)

2nd Place: DWU CWWTP Snappers

3rd Place: CDM-Smith

CHICKEN

1st Place: DWU CWWTP Snappers

2nd Place: TRA DCRWS Waste Warriors

3rd Place: RJN Sewer Chefs (RJN Group)

BEEF 1st Place: RJN Sewer Chefs (RJN Group)

2nd Place: Blackened Veatch (Black and Veatch)

3rd Place: DWU CWWTP Snappers

BEER 1st Place: A-E-Commandos (AECOM)

2nd Place: Air Mac

3rd Place: RJN Sewer Chefs (RJN Group) DESSERT 1st Place: Meat Sweats (Hazen and Sawyer)

2nd Place: Re-usual Suspects (Freese and Nichols and TRA)

3rd Place: The Carnivours (City of Fort Worth Water Reclamation and Reuse)


OPSTOBERFESTRECAP,CONT.


WEFTECOPSCHALLENGERECAPWEFTEC 2015 was an exciting year for Texas as we sent four teams to Chicago to represent WEAT and compete in the Operation’s Challenge Events! The TRA CReWSers beat out seven other teams from across the nation to bring home the Division 1 Overall Championship to North Texas!!! The Dal-las Aqua Techs, TRA Waste Warriors and Bat City Water Works Teams represented WEAT in the Division 2 Category and all placed in the top half of the over 37 teams that competed at the event. A big congratulations to all the teams and their supporters on another successful year at WEFTEC and for making the North Texas chapter very proud!

Also, congrats to the new collections event coordinator, Jeff Sober, who joins Mary Evans as a Na-tional Coordinator. Additionally, WEAT NTS had several members represented on the judging staff and supporting the teams, great job to all that were involved!

Photo Credits: Kieffer Photography


The 12th Annual Daryl Hall Memorial Golf Classic was held Friday, August 28th, at the Water Chase Golf Course. Not a spare golf cart could be found as we had record breaking attendance and the maximum number of teams registered for the event. We had a record-breaking amount of funds raised this year, which helps fund the Daryl Hall Scholarship Fund – a scholarship for the specific pur-pose of providing technical training and assisting with finances associated with continued education in the water/wastewater industry. Thank you to all our volunteers, golfers and sponsors for making the event such a big success. See y’all next year!

DARYLHALLGOLFRECAP

John Benne and the Hall Family at the awards ceremony.

NTACT Opera ons took home the 12th annual first place trophy.

2nd Place went to CDM Smith. 3rd Place went to HOBAS Pipe. Most Honest Score awarded to AECOM.

Hartwell Environmental Team

John Benne and Grace Wike ge ng ready for the tournament.


ANNUALTREASURERREPORTWe recently completed a financial reconciliation of the FY14/15 (fiscal year ending June 30,

2015) revenues, expenses, and account balances for the WEAT North Texas Section. This report

is intended to give our members an idea of how their dues, sponsorships, and other financial

contributions are used.

Revenue Summary

The chart below summarizes the

sources of our FY14/15 reve-

nues. This last fiscal year, we

received $114,925, down from

the previous year’s total of

$127,417. This decrease is be-

lieved to be partially attributable

to the timing of corporate spon-

sorships for the fiscal year;

many sponsorships are actually

received in the weeks after the

close of our fiscal year.

Expense Summary

As shown in the following chart, expenses were $99,832, considerably higher than last years’ $64,588. This reflects our continued efforts to increase scholarship awards. We were fortunate to be able to pay scholarships from our operating funds while contributing to our professionally-managed scholarship ac-count. Our scholarship awards, plus contributions to our managed account and to Operations Challenge teams, totaled over $36,000.


TREASURERREPORT,CONT.

Breakdown of Revenues and Expenses

Our balance sheet and income statement are presented below. We ended the fiscal year with total

assets of $281,479, up from last year’s close of $266,112. This balance puts the North Texas Section

on a strong footing to fund additional programs in the coming year, to continue increasing scholar-

ships, and to continue moving toward our goal of having a sustainable scholarship program.


TREASURERREPORT,CONT.Dinner Meetings

During the last fiscal year, as in past years, we had a slight positive revenue from dinner meet-

ings when sponsorships subsidies are taken into account. For dinner meetings held at Texas

Star, actual costs per attendee exceed the amount we charge. Our positive net revenue is at-

tributable to company sponsorships, our Opstoberfest event, and food being cooked on-site

by members for meetings held at treatment facilities, substantially reducing the food costs for

those meetings. Substantial discounts are offered to operators and students at our dinner

meetings; these discounts are subsidized by other revenues.

February Seminar

The February Seminar has historically been our biggest fund raising event, and the 2015 event

was our most successful ever from a financial standpoint. Net revenues of $19,059 are at-

tributed to the seminar after accounting for dozens of corporate sponsorships and for partici-

pant fees. A number of students and educators attended the seminar at reduced rates subsi-

dized by corporate sponsorships and other fees.

Sporting Clays Event

The 2014 Sporting Clays event created $8716 in net revenue for WEAT-NTS thanks to partici-

pating teams and firm sponsorship. Events such as this demonstrate the importance of your

participation in our events to help support our organization. Each year, we hope to continue to

increase our turn-out and participation at our events such as the seminar and sporting clays

and are open to any other ideas or feedback.

Daryl Hall Memorial Golf Tournament

The North Texas Section has provided volunteers and other support for the annual Daryl Hall

Memorial Golf classic. The Golf Classic is coordinated by and all proceeds go to the Daryl Hall

Family Fund. It was announced at the tournament that Daryl Hall’s childrens’ college educa-

tions have been fully funded; The Daryl Hall Family Fund contributed $5000 from tournament

proceeds to WEAT-NTS, to be deposited in the WEAT-NTS Daryl Hall Scholarship Fund, which

(along with the WEAT-NTS Scholarship Fund) is on deposit in our professionally-managed ac-

count. The Daryl Hall Family Fund trustees are working with WEAT-NTS to make this an offi-

cial WEAT-NTS event beginning in 2016.

Concluding Comments

Members of the Executive Committee invest considerable time behind the scenes planning and man-

aging the Section’s finances. This was our first fiscal year under the new budgeting plan, and it pro-

vided a good bit of new information with respect to how our funds are managed.


Theonlynewsthat’sgoodwhenitstinks

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The section remains on strong financial footing. We issued checks for over $20,000 for both the WEAT-NTS and the Daryl Hall Scholarships, and our executive committee has authorized an increase in this amount for the coming fiscal year. Our scholarship program has grown to be a competitive program and now requires hard decisions by our scholarship committee. Most importantly, this is a testament that WEAT-NTS is determined to continue our success and devotion to the enrichment of our industry. Please continue to support us through your attendance, participation and sponsorships! Additional de-tailed information on these financials and other trends will be presented at the November 2015 WEAT luncheon meeting - we look forward to seeing you there!

Respectfully Submitted,

Mark A. Perkins, Treasurer

Want to submit an announcement?

Submit on relevant news items such as new hires, acquisitions, project awards, recognition, and other new announcements. Submit your 100 word announcement to [email protected]

Biswajit Mukhopadhyay, Ph. D., P. E., CFM, D. WRE has joined 2M

Associates, LLC as the Vice President. Dr. Mukhopadhyay is a hydrol-

ogist and water resources engineer and brings with him more than 26

years of professional experience. He specializes in analysis, planning,

and design of hydrologic and hydraulic systems, fluvial geomorphology

and river mechanics, flood risk management, and statistical hydrology.

He is considered as an industry leader in these areas. Dr. Mukhopadh-

yay is an accomplished author with over 50 technical publications in

peer-reviewed, first class international journals and conferences.

With Dr. Mukhopadhyay, 2M Associates now has significantly increased its strengths in providing ser-

vices to its clients in the areas of flood control engineering, river engineering, watershed to river basin

hydrology, statistical hydrology, open channel and closed conduit hydraulics, water resources plan-

ning and management.



Comeon...doitforthekids

PUBLICOUTREACH

CAST Conference 2015—VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

WEAT will have a joint booth with TAWWA and EPA Region 6 at the CAST Conference in Fort Worth on Novem-ber 12-14 at the Fort Worth Convention Center. CAST is the Conference for the Advancement of Science Teach-ers and is attended by K–12 science teachers from throughout the State of Texas. Visit their website http://www.statweb.org/ for more information about the 2015 CAST Conference. We provide educational materials to teachers as it relates to the water environment. The North Texas Section is looking for volunteers in 2 hour shifts to help with the booth. Planning is underway, so if you are interested in volunteering a few hours of your time, please contact Amy Robinson at [email protected] or at 817.916.2927 and refer to the flyer in this newsletter

Future City Competition—VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Since its inception in 1992, the Future City (FC) Competition has become one of the largest engineering educa-tion programs in the US. The FC competition is open to all public, private, parochial and home school 6th, 7th and 8th grades. The competition is designed to introduce engineering and help the students gain a better under-standing of how their communities work and become more informed citizens. By applying math and science to real world problems, students learn how to utilize the Engineering Design Process to create solutions. The FC competition is divided into regional competitions that send the winning regional teams to compete in the national competition in Washington, D.C. The local North Texas FC Competition website is www.dfwfuturecity.org. Please visit this site for additional information and to register as an Engineer-Mentor or Judge.

The 2015-2016 Topic: Waste Not, Want Not Challenge The 2015-2016 Challenge: Design an innovative city-wide solid waste disposal system, for your future city that is safe, environmentally sound, and energy efficient.

Through the FC program, students will work as a team under the guidance of a teacher and a technical profes-sional. Students will also use a popular award-winning computer game, SimCity, to design a logical model of a future city. Students get to realize their design with a physical scale model built with recycled materials, Re-search and write an essay on an assigned engineering topic. They will finally communicate their design to a panel of judges in a public presentation, and see firsthand how engineers turn ideas into reality.

Engineer-Mentors are part of the team. They work directly with the students and teacher, acting as advisors, and are involved in all phases of the competition. The Engineer-Mentor provides technical assistance and real-life experience as the students work on the competition. WEAT has been a sponsor of a special award for the past two years and many WEAT members have served as volunteers for Engineer-Mentors and Judges.

For more information or guidance, contact Mark S. Mihm, P.E. at [email protected] and at telephone 972-960-4422.

Career Day K-12—VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? Career Day encourages children to begin thinking about what they might want to be when they grow up. As another school year begins, so does the op-portunity for us to participate in Career Day at our children’s school. Career Day gives students an opportunity to learn about different careers and vocations by exposing them to fascinating, important, and COOL careers, opening their minds to exciting worlds they may not normally see. Plus, our children are proud to have their par-ent talk to their friends about what they do. Many school districts have already scheduled their Career Day events, so check out your child’s school district website or ask their teachers about how you can get involved. Let’s make a difference in our community and teach our children and their friends about what we do for our com-munity and environment. Contact Amy Robinson at [email protected] or 817.916.2927 for more infor-mation or ideas for Career Day presentations or activities.



PUBLICOUTREACH,CONT.

Dallas Redeem the Stream—VOLUNTEERS

NEEDED

If you are like us and want to do more for the environment this is the

chance for you! WEAT-NTS is holding an event with Groundwork Dallas

on November 14th where you can canoe the Trinity River and at the

same time help clean it up. The Trinity River is one of the treasures that

makes Dallas unique and naturally beautiful. Our cleanup focuses on

the Green Belt of the Elm Fork of the Trinity River. Since the Elm Fork

Trinity River Trash Bash

The North Texas Section participated in the Trinity River Trash Bash and

Keep Grapevine Beautiful cleanup events in September. Officers, mem-

bers, families, and spouses came out and picked up trash along the Clear

Fork Trinity River and around Grapevine Lake. A total of 22 bags of trash

were collected! Our next trash pickup is Redeem the Stream in Dallas,

TX on November the 14th.

Trinity River Trash Bash Par cipants: Nash Reddy and Family, Mark Gorthey and Family, Amy Robinson and Family, Phil Spitzer, Jerry Pressley and Family, Eva Gorgi, Wesley Tait, Elle Holbrook, Tina Hanson, and Fred Holmes and Family




Trinity River Trash Bash, cont.

Phil Spitzer, NTMWD

Wesley Tait, Alan Plummer Associates Clear Fork Trinity River Jerry Pressley, FWWD Village Creek Water Reclama on Facility

Elle Holbrook, CP&Y Nash Reddy, Jacobs Engineering Group and Family


Elle Holbrook, CP&Y and Tina Hanson, Garver USA Ginger Laird and Ana Peña‐Tijerina, FWWD Village Creek Water Reclama on Facility



Fred Holmes, Hazen and Sawyer and Family

Mark Gorthey, CDM Smith Amy Robinson, CDM Smith and Family, Jade Robinson and Landri Seward

Trinity River Trash Bash, cont.


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WEAT-NTS 2015 - 2016 Contacts

Date Event Location (*Tentative) Topic/Speaker (*Tentative)

11/14/15 (Sat) Redeem The Stream See flyer

11/19/15 (Th) November LUNCH Meeting Texas Star, Euless “Wilson Creek BioActiflo”, Phil Spitzer

(NTMWD) & Julian Sandino (CH2M)

1/21/16 (Th) January LUNCH Meeting Village Creek WWTP* “FTW Filters”, Jerry Pressley (FTW), Dr.

2/16/16 (Tu) February Seminar CityPlace* “Taking Control” *

3/17/16 (Th) March Dinner Meeting Texas Star, Euless* “Public Relations”, Various Utilities*

3/18/16 (Fr) Sporting Clays TBD

5/26/16 (Th) May Plant Tour Dinner Doe Branch WWTP Jody Zabolio, UTRWD

Officer Name Phone E-Mail

President Eva Gorgi 214.671.2804 [email protected]

President-Elect Brigit Buff 972.533.2499 [email protected]

Vice President Matt Jalbert 817.493.5133 [email protected]

Treasurer Mark Perkins 817.719.0372 [email protected]

Secretary Phil Spitzer 972.442.5405 [email protected]

Past President Jeff Sober 972.377.7480 [email protected]

Section Rep Erin Flanagan 214.217.2261 [email protected]

Past Section Rep Darryl Corbin 972.239.9949 [email protected]

Committee Chair Phone Email

Audit Jeff Sober 972.377.7480 [email protected]

Awards Nash Reddy 214.920.8166 [email protected]

Constitution/Bylaws Amy Robinson 817.332.8727 [email protected]

Finance Mark Perkins 817.719.0372 [email protected]

Fundraising Jeff Sober 972.377.7480 [email protected]

Communications Brigit Buff 972.533.2499 [email protected]

Historian Betty Jordan 817.806.1703 [email protected]

Nominations Jeff Sober 972.377.7480 [email protected]

PWO Jerry Pressley 817.392.4926 [email protected]

Photography Malcolm Cowdin 972.262.5186 [email protected]

Programs Matt Jalbert 817.493.5133 [email protected]

Public Education/Science Fair Amy Robinson 817.332.8727 [email protected]

Scholarshiop Fund Chris Young 214.346.4300 [email protected]

Seminar Fred Holmes 817.870.2630 [email protected]

Andy Paulson 469.619.1241x108 [email protected]

Nicole Connor 214.360.9929 [email protected]

YP - Dallas Grace Wike 512.363.0611 [email protected]

Robbie Staton 469.513.3208 [email protected]

YP - Fort Worth Charles Norman 817.684.0900 [email protected]

Wesley Tait 817.806.1718 [email protected]

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