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By now the turkey has probably been digested and you’re right in the middle
of the holidays. The leaves have fallen and the year is coming to a close. I would like to look back and see what we’ve been able to accomplish. We’ve
had tours of such nice plants such as Gresham, Forest Grove and Durham.
We’ve had two very good workshops on activated sludge and microbiology.
Now we’re planning for 2013. We’ll announce those plans in future newslet-
ters once they are a little firmer.
We’ve had members come and members go. I am particularly excited that many of our new members are fairly new to their careers as well. Many of the-
se new members seem to know what has taken me close to twenty years to
figure out. That the more people you know in this field, the easier it will be to
move around or advance if you choose. The more activities you join in and the
more skills you acquire; and the more valuable you become to your employer
and to other people as well.
Some may lament that many of the folks they meet are much like them, just
beginning to build their career, but one of these days they won’t be building
their career, they will have built it. You may have heard people say, “It’s not
what you know, but who you know.” I don’t believe that, but I do believe that the people you know are the
ones who know what you are capable of. I am fortunate to know a number of exceptional people in this field. I
wish I could say, it was part of my grand plan, but to be honest, it was more of dumb luck of getting to work
with people who know a lot of great people.
You need to be able to do a good job or it won’t matter who you know. So if someone were to ask me, “How
can I build my career?” I would tell them to do a good job and network. Once you’re done with a task, re-
view it and see how you could do it better next time. You need to set high standards, but don’t get too hung
up on being perfect. But right after doing a good job, the second most important thing is to network. Go to
short schools and conferences. Offer to give presentations. I know that there are many
people who can give presentations better than I can, but I still try to give a least one presentation a year. I do that for a few
reasons;
If I keep giving them, I’m bound to get better.
I happen to believe that I have knowledge that doesn’t get
passed on very often. I get a chance to meet different people and we can learn
from each other.
Many people loathe giving presentations, so giving
presentations is a great way to stand out from the
crowd.
As in life, 2012 had its share of sorrows and triumphs. Here is hoping that 2013 will be even better. Happy Holidays!
Joel Borchers, President Lower Columbia Section ([email protected])
QUARTERLY E-NEWSLETTER
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
4TH QUARTER 2012 DECEMBER 2012
PACIFIC NORTHWEST CLEAN WATER ASSOCIATION
LOWER COLUMBIA SECTION
Inside this issue:
What is PNCWA, LCS, YP? 2
YP Event: Bridgeport Brewery Tour 3, 4
Wastewater Math Challenge 5
Summary: Microbiology Workshop 5
Upcoming Tour: Sulzer Pumps 6
Stockholm Junior Water Prize 2013 6
PNCWA Mentorship Program 7
PNCWA - LCS Contacts 9
Calendar of Events 10
Solutions to Wastewater Math Challenge 11
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The Young Professionals division of the PNCWA LCS
is open to anyone under 35 years of age or with less
than 10 years of experience in the clean water indus-
try. LCS’s YP events are held quarterly and expose
rising professionals to the fundamentals of
wastewater treatment technology. Industry profes-
sionals are encouraged to attend as well. Each event
is designed to promote learning specific to our in-
dustry. Events range from touring municipal
wastewater treatment plants, breweries or even hap-
py hour events for networking. If you have an event
you would like to suggest or to learn more about the
PNCWA, please contact the YP chair:
Dana Devin-Clarke ([email protected]) or
More information on events, as well interesting news bits from around the web can be found on
the group’s Facebook page at www.facebook.org/LCSYP.
PNCWA is a professional organization for people in clean water industries in the states of Ida-
ho, Oregon, and Washington. Members include wastewater treatment plant operators, consult-
ing engineers, scientists, water and wastewater treatment equipment manufacturers and repre-
sentatives, and students.
Mission Statement:
“Pacific Northwest Clean Water Association (PNCWA) is dedicated to preserving and enhancing
the water quality in the states of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. We promote the technical devel-
opment of our members, the dissemination of information to the public and the advancement of
science needed to protect the water environment.”
What is Pacific Northwest Clean Water Association (PNCWA)?
What is Lower Columbia Section
(LCS)?
“A young professional is
anyone under 35 years of age or anyone with
less than 10 years of
experience.”
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The Lower Columbia Section is one region of the PNCWA encompassing Portland (OR) and
surrounding areas of Northwest Oregon.
What’s Going On in the Lower Columbia Section?
See what’s new, find opportunities for training, and meet your officers at our website. We are
always looking for people interested in getting involved. Check out the Lower Columbia Sec-
tion’s website and the PNCWA at http://lowercolumbia.pncwa.org.
What is the Young Professionals (YP) division?
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The tour consisted of an in depth look behind the scenes at
the Bridgeport Brewery in NW Portland. Todd Fleming, the
cellarmaster, took us through each step of the brewing pro-
cess. During the tour, we tasted roasted malt before it was
milled and lautered, handled fresh hops in the walk in freez-
er, visited the laboratory where testing takes place and the
two proprietary yeast strains are stored, and viewed each
step of the brewing process from milling, mashtun, fermen-
tation on down to the bottling line. The fall PNCWA YP tour
event was a widely attended event with 17 attendees rang-
ing from students at Clackamas County Community College,
Portland Community College and Portland State University
to professional junior engineers.
Fun Facts from the Tour:
• Bridgeport Brewery is the first craft
brewery in Oregon which opened
in 1984 under the name Columbia
Brewery.
• The brewery produces over
100,000 barrels per year (~31 gal-
lons per barrel in beer/distillery
use)
• All ingredients and bottling materi-
als are local. Malt and Hops comes
from the Willamette valley, with
malt coming from only 8 miles
away. Bottles come from 82nd
street.
YOUNG PROFESSIONAL SECTION
TOUR: Bridgeport Brewery Tour
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• The TV show Leverage has built an exact replica of the Bridgeport Brewery in Clackamas County for
filming purposes.
• Bridgeport purposely damages six packs of beer using heat and sunlight to safeguard the quality of each
batch by replicating the taste caused by possible sources of damage.
• The effect of adding Fluoride to the drinking water may change the taste of beers brewed in Portland.
Currently the brewing community is divided over the support of this measure.
• The brewery uses a heat exchangers to scavenge heat from the waste stream to be reused in the brewing
process and heat the brewpub.
• The brewery sells the
spent grain to local dairy
farmers and composts all
food waste from the
restaurant resulting in a
minimal footprint.
• Four employees bottle
the entire Bridgeport
brewery line, which is done
entirely on site in NW
Portland.
If you would like to receive
information about future
events or have any
suggestions on future tour
ideas please email, Dana
Devin-Clarke
FARWELL: Andrew de Boer
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PNCWA– LCS E-NEWSLETTER 4TH QUARTER 2012
Andrew de Boer, a recent Kennedy/Jenks employee and the Section Director
of LCS has moved back to his hometown of Vancouver, BC. He was the events
coordinator and also the interim Awards chair for LCS.
His contributions to LCS were invaluable and the LCS committee will miss him
deeply.
In Vancouver, Andrew will be working for a municipal district (Metro Vancou-
ver) on a large UV project. If you would like to keep in touch with Andrew his
personal email is [email protected].
An operator needs to mix household bleach (5% strength) with a small amount of sodium hypochlorite (12% strength) to provide enough disinfection until the supply truck delivers on
Monday. The operator purchased 11 containers of bleach with 2 gallons in each and added it
to a day tank which held 15 gallons of sodium hypochlorite. What was the new concentration of the mixed solution and the total number of gallons available to feed during the weekend?
Solutions on Page 12.
WASTEWATER MATH CHALLENGE:
SUMMARY: Wastewater Aquatic
Microbiology Workshop The Wastewater Aquatic Microbiology workshop was hosted by the PNCWA-
Lower Columbia Section in conjunction with Clackamas Community College
on September 13-14, 2012. The workshop was conducted by Dr. Matthew
LaForce, the Department Chair of Engineering Science, at Clackamas Com-
munity College. The workshop was well attended and offered 1.4 CEUs for
attendees. Topics included all aspects of wastewater microbiology from
basic bacteria identification, microscope use and slide making to wastewater
treatment plant operation based on plant microbiology.
The consensus of the attendees was that the instructor’s enthusiasm made the course an enjoya-
ble experience. We are pleased with the feedback and look forward to offering similar opportu-nities for continued education to our Lower Columbia Section members.
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PNCWA to host 2013 SJWP in Portland—volunteers needed!
PNCWA is proud to be selected again as the national host for the 2013 Stockholm Junior Water Prize! The competition will be held next June for
more than 50 students in Portland, Oregon.
A planning team is forming and we need many volunteers! What can be
more fun—Portland and enthusiastic students in June. We will have a range
of opportunities for PNCWA members to assist with the competition—and
the more hands the more fun and the less work for any one member. Please join us in organizing this great event. Contact Catherine Chertudi at 208-384
-3912 or [email protected]. You can review the competition
information at www.sjwp.org.
VOLUNTEER: Stockholm Junior
Water Prize—Portland 2013
Date: December 14th, 2012 (Friday)
Place: 2800 N.W. Front Ave, Portland, 97210
Phone: (503) 226-5200
(Meeting point at Front entrance gate)
Time: 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Potential CEUs: 0.2 (currently applied)
RSVP Deadline: Email
by December 10th
Course Topics:
• Pump Hydraulics and Applica-tions
• Performance Curves and operat-ing regions
• System Curves
• Net Positive Suction Head • Requirements and Available
(NPSHR, NPSHA), Suction Specific Speed
• Cavitation and recirculation
• Impeller design and defect on curve shape
• Altering pump performance
• Vibration in centrifugal pumps • Rerate precautions
• Maintenance Basics
Facility Tour: Pumps 101 Presentation
and Sulzer Pumps Tour
• Limited number of places available.
• Hard close-toed shoes required.
• Eye protection will be provided by Sulzer.
• Parking is limited
PNCWA- Lower Columbia Section invites you to attend
a Pumps 101 presentation by Roger Davey, Advance
Engineering Consultant, with Sulzer Pumps (US) Inc,
followed by a pump manufacturing facility tour conducted by Sulzer Pumps, Inc.
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The Lower Columbia Section strives to provide educational opportunities for those in the
field of wastewater treatment. We work to do that by offering social events, scholarships, workshops and promoting plant tours around the area. None of this would be possible
without the generous support of our sponsors.
On behalf of the entire Lower Columbia Section of the Pacific Northwest Clean Water As-sociation, we would like to thank:
SUPPORTERS OF PNCWA-
LOWER COLUMBIA SECTION
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ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES ARE NOW AVAILABLE!
Contact Joel Borchers at [email protected] for information on sponsorship and advertising.
Thanks to these sponsors!Thanks to these sponsors!Thanks to these sponsors!Thanks to these sponsors!
Brown and Caldwell
Carollo Engineering
Clean Water Services
HDR
Murray Smith and Associates
and a special thank you to
Richwine Environmental.
PNCWA – Lower Columbia Section CONTACTS
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PNCWA– LCS E-NEWSLETTER 4TH QUARTER 2012
Name Officers E-MAIL
Joel Borchers President [email protected]
Dana Devin-
Clarke
Vice President &
Young Professionals
Committee Co-Chair
Bhargavi
Maremanda Secretary-Treasurer [email protected]
Priya Dhanapal Section Director /
Newsletter Co-Chair [email protected]
Tim Munro Scholarship Chair [email protected]
Jeff Hart
Newsletter Co-Chair [email protected]
Susan Gierga Active Member [email protected]
Mike Kebbe Active Member [email protected]
WEF/PNCWA/LCS – Mark your Calendars!
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Contact Priya Dhanapal at [email protected] to advertise your event in our newsletter.
When Where What Affiliation Contact
Dec 12, 2012 Webinar
Preparing To
Implement the Revised Total Coliform Rule
AWWA http://apps.awwa.org/eBusMAIN/Default.aspx?
TabID=465&ProductId=29103552
Dec 14, 2012 Portland, OR Sulzer Pump
Tour LCS [email protected]
Feb 24-26, 2013
Indianapolis, IN
Disinfection and Public
Health Confer-
ence
WEF http://www.wef.org/disinfection/
Mar 26-28, 2013
Clackamas Community College
ORWEF -Water Environment
School LCS http://depts.clackamas.edu/wet/new_page_1.htm
Sep 15-18, 2013
Bend, OR PNCWA Annu-al Conference
PNCWA http://www.pncwa.org/calendar---events
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We’re on the web! http://lowercolumbia.pncwa.org
PNCWA– LCS E-NEWSLETTER 4TH QUARTER 2012
(C1 V1) + (C2 V2) = (C3 V3)
C1 = 5 V1 = 11 x 2 gallons = 22
C2 = 12
V2 = 15 V3 = (V1 + V2) = 22 + 15 = 37 gallons
(5 X 22) + (12 X 15) = C3 (37) (110) + (180) = C3 (37)
(290) = C3 (37) 290/37 = C3
7.8% ≈ C3
If you have an interesting project, a new process, or are just plain proud of your plant, let us know. We can organize a Plant Profile for your facility. Contact Priya Dhanapal and let her know that
you want to show off!([email protected])
Want to feature your plant in our newsletter?
SOLUTIONS TO WASTEWATER MATH CHALLENGE FROM PAGE 5