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Q2 — 2020 | Volume 22, Issue 2 San Luis Obispo | Santa Barbara | Ventura Board of Directors President – Mark Bennett Carpinteria Sanitary District 5300 Sixth Street Carpinteria, CA 93013 P/ 805.684.7214 ext. 17 [email protected] Vice President – Mary Thompson City of Santa Barbara 520 E Yanonali St Santa Barbara , CA 93103 P/ 805.568.1093 [email protected] Secretary – Travis Fisher Ojai Valley Sanitary District 1072 Tico Rd Ojai, CA 93023 P/ 805.646.5548 travis.fi[email protected] Treasurer – Jared Pickens City of Paso Robles 3200 Sulphur Springs Rd Paso Robles, CA 93446 P/ 805.423.5048 [email protected] Past President – Ben Marquart City of San Luis Obispo 25 Prado Road San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 P/ 805.781.7425 [email protected] Member at Large – Chris Boddy City of Simi Valley 600 W. Los Angeles Avenue Simi Valley, CA 93065 [email protected] 2-Year Director– Bradshaw Pruitt Ojai Valley Sanitary District 1072 Tico Rd Ojai, CA 93023 [email protected] To Our Members, Vendors and Family: Greetings I hope this finds everyone and their families well. I would like say thank you to those who serve their communities, the vendors who support us and to our fami- lies. We are all in this together. Your Tri -Counties CWEA staff are here alongside you as we manage to maintain member services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Alt- hough our industry has historically been an “out of sight of mind entity”, we are an essential service during normal op- erating environments and most assuredly now. You should be proud that you are equipped with the skills and knowledge to continue providing for your family and serv- ing your community. It’s going to be a long road before things return to “normal” so stay engaged in being safe and reach out to us if you need further support. The March workshop in Goleta was cancelled along with all other public gatherings. The CWEA annual conference has been postponed until October 27-30 in Reno. And now the June workshop at the City of Santa Barbara has also been postponed until a later date to be announced. Stay tuned to the CWEA Tri-Counties web page as well at the CWEA state page for announcements and online train- ing to get your contact hours. Mark Bennett
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San Luis Obispo | Santa Barbara | Ventura
Board of Directors
President – Mark Bennett Carpinteria Sanitary District 5300 Sixth Street Carpinteria, CA 93013 P/ 805.684.7214 ext. 17 [email protected]
Vice President – Mary Thompson City of Santa Barbara 520 E Yanonali St Santa Barbara , CA 93103 P/ 805.568.1093 [email protected]
Secretary – Travis Fisher Ojai Valley Sanitary District 1072 Tico Rd Ojai, CA 93023 P/ 805.646.5548 [email protected]
Treasurer – Jared Pickens City of Paso Robles 3200 Sulphur Springs Rd Paso Robles, CA 93446 P/ 805.423.5048 [email protected]
Past President– Ben Marquart City of San Luis Obispo 25 Prado Road San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 P/ 805.781.7425 [email protected]
Member at Large – Chris Boddy
City of Simi Valley
600 W. Los Angeles Avenue
Simi Valley, CA 93065
2-Year Director– Bradshaw Pruitt Ojai Valley Sanitary District
1072 Tico Rd Ojai, CA 93023 [email protected]
To Our Members, Vendors and Family:
Greetings I hope this finds everyone and their families
well. I would like say thank you to those who serve their
communities, the vendors who support us and to our fami-
lies. We are all in this together. Your Tri-Counties CWEA
staff are here alongside you as we manage to maintain
member services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Alt-
hough our industry has historically been an “out of sight of
mind entity”, we are an essential service during normal op-
erating environments and most assuredly now. You should
be proud that you are equipped with the skills and
knowledge to continue providing for your family and serv-
ing your community. It’s going to be a long road before
things return to “normal” so stay engaged in being safe
and reach out to us if you need further support.
The March workshop in Goleta was cancelled along with
all other public gatherings. The CWEA annual conference
has been postponed until October 27-30 in Reno. And
now the June workshop at the City of Santa Barbara has
also been postponed until a later date to be announced.
Stay tuned to the CWEA Tri-Counties web page as well at
the CWEA state page for announcements and online train-
ing to get your contact hours.
Mark Bennett
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The Gravity Flowline is published bimonthly by the California Water Environment Association Tri-Counties Section
7677 Oakport Street, Suite 600, Oakland, CA 94621-1935
Send your comments, ideas, and/or articles to [email protected] or Mark Bennett at [email protected]
CWEA Tri-Counties Section Members: Current members will automatically receive the Gravity Flowline Newsletter
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Visit “http://www.cwea.org/TriCounties” for up-to-date information, event flyers, workshop
schedules/registration forms, and vendor registration forms for all TRIS events.
President’s Message 1
June Workshop Announcement 3
Special Thanks 4
State Award Winners 5-6
Past President’s Golf Tournament Update 7
Retirement Announcement 8-9
Gravity Flowline Subscription/Ad Form 10
Advertiser’s Page 11-12
2019/20 Calendar of Events 13
Committee Chair and Volunteer List 14-15
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Dear Valued Members, Vendors, and Volunteers:
In exercising an abundance of caution, due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19), the TriCounties Section CWEA Leadership has decided that the June 11th, 2020 Workshop will be postponed until further notice. We apologize for any inconvenience. Thank you.
For the latest information from the CDC regarding COVID-19, Please click below.
The CWEA Also Posted a Q&A on the Cornovirus, relating to the An-
nual Conference. Click HERE
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The Tri-Counties CWEA would like to say
Thank You to the essential workers serving
the Ventura, Santa Barbara and
San Luis Obispo Counties!
Your tireless efforts are greatly appreciated
while the world adjusts to a new daily routine
Thank you again, and take care out there!
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City of Santa Barbara's Wastewater Collection team works hard to earn the trust and high regard of the com-munity by ensuring the community's sewage makes it to El Estero Water Resource Center.
El Estero Water Resource Center, City of Santa Barbara
Joey was born and raised in the Goleta area, and has been working for Goleta West Sanitary District for over 8 years as a Utility worker. He is a part of our col-lection systems operations crew and is responsible for maintaining our sewer collection system as well as all equipment and facilities. Joey is also an inspector for construction, rehabilitation and repair projects and op-erates and maintains the District Fats, Oils and Grease program.
Collection System Person of the Year
Joseph Hilliard, Goleta West Sanitary District
Collection System of the Year Medium (250–500 miles)
City of Santa Barbara
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Engineering Achievement of the Year
City of Paso Robles Wastewater Treatment Plant
Tertiary Treatment Facilities Project and Nutrient Harvesting System
The City of Paso Robles Wastewater Treatment plant simultaneously installed Title 22 for irrigation tertiary treatment technologies and a phosphorus nutrient harvest system. The new facilities provide a source of sustainable water, reduce nuisance struvite build-up throughout plant piping and equipment, and provide value to the community. The tertiary treatment facilities and nutrient harvest system are models of sustainable innovation on the California Central Coast. They were designed technically to protect the community’s long-term water quality and water supply needs. They also were implemented cost-effectively. Existing facilities were repurposed and a grant and low-interest funding were secured, which helped the City reduce project costs. In addition, solutions were selected that saved energy and minimized chemical use, reducing operating costs. Viewed together, these projects completed in 2019 reflect the city’s water resilience, its ability to withstand, adapt to and readily recover from evolving, even unexpected, conditions. **Special thanks to Mark Bennett for providing copy
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Mark your calendars!
Exciting news for the 2020 Past President’s
Golf Tournament! This year we will be
hosting the tournament at the Ojai Valley
Inn on October 9th, 2020.
We look forward to a spirited tournament
this year, and hope the new date and ven-
ue encourage new participants!
Keep an eye out for the Registration Form
this summer!
Ojai Valley Inn
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Dale Ducharme, Tri Counties Section Past President and Turkey #15 retired from Veolia last month after almost 46 years in wastewater. Dale started his career with then Oak View Sanitary District (now Ojai Valley Sanitary Dis-trict) in July 1974 as an OIT and within 10 years was pro-moted to Plant Superintendent, at which time he obtained his SWRCB Grade 5 Operators certificate, #2750.
Dale hired yours truly in 1980 as well and he has been a great mentor over the years. The plant at the time, a 2 MGD biofiltration plant and complete mix activated sludge plant, was replaced by biotowers and air drive RBCs as innovative and alternative EPA Grant projects.
In October 1983 he went to the City of Lompoc as Superintendent for 20 years, from until May 2003. The plant at the time was a 5 MGD bio filter and activated sludge nitrification plant.
On Cinco De Mayo 2003 Dale became the Operations Manager for Veolia at the 25 MGD Advanced Primary International Boundary Commission plant on the U.S./Tijuana border. After 2 years he was promoted to Project Manag-er for Veolia at the City of Arvin WWTP and retired on February 28, 2020.
Congratulations Dale Ducharme! By Brett Offerman
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Dale was on the Tri Counties Section Board in the early 1980’s, was a then CWPCA and CWEA Director from 1995-1998 and received his 5S shovel in 1997. He was active in the San Diego Section, serving as a Director and Golden Empire Section, and went through the Board positions shortly after moving to Kern County. Dale also participated on the CWEA Supergroup (now Leadership Development Com-mittee) for at least 20 years and was a judge for both Plant of the Year and Supervisor of the Year and served as Vice Chair and Chair (Dale recruited yours truly again to serve on this commit-tee).
The photo is Dale being presented with a clock by Arvin Mayor Gurrola
after his last annual report in February.
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Advertiser’s Index
A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR ADVERTISERS
Are you interested in advertising your business or
service in the Gravity Flowline? Contact Thomas
Stevens at [email protected] for more
Company Name Page
Aquatic Bioassay Consulting 11
Cannon 2
Coombs-Hopkins 2
Flow N Control 12
Flo-Systems Inc. 15
Goble Sampson Associates 11
Hasan Consultants 12
MISCOwater 12
Sancon 2
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We post pictures, announcements, member news, and
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January 2020
January 17th—Awards Banquet & BOD Installation—Santa Barbara
January 23rd—SRC Meeting—La Jolla Shores Hotel
January 27th—29th—CWEA P3S Conference— Long Beach, CA
February 2020
February 17th—20th—WWETT Conference— Indianapolis, IN
March 2020
March 19th—March Workshop
Goleta Sanitary District
March 31st—April 3rd—CWEA Annual Conference—Reno, NV
April 2020
April 18th—SWRCB Operator Exam
May 2020
May 31st—CWEA TCP Application Deadline, July-September Exam
June 2020
June 2nd—5th—WEF Collection System—
El Paso, TX
June 11th—TCS June Workshop & TOY Meeting—Santa Barbara, CA
July 2020
No Events Scheduled
August 2020
August 11th—13th—Tri-State Seminar
Las Vegas, NV
August 11th—SWRCB Operator Application Deadline—October Exam
August 31st—CWEA TCP Application Deadline, October-December Exam
September 2020
September 10th—TCS September Workshop
TOY Meeting
San Luis Obispo, CA
October 2020
October 3rd-7th—WEF-TEC
New Orleans, LA
October 9th—Past President’s Golf Tournament
Ojai, CA
October 10th—SWRCB Operator Exam
October 15th—TOY Meeting
November 2020
November 12th—TOY Meeting
November 20th—TOY Annual Safety Meeting
November 30th—CWEA TCP Application Dead line, January-March Exam
December 2020
December 3rd—TCP Training
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AWARDS
Nick Steffen
COLLECTION SYSTEM– South
Chris Boddy
City of Simi Valley
600 W. Los Angeles Avenue
Simi Valley, CA 93065
COLLECTION SYSTEM– North
Jared Pickens
City of Paso Robles
FLOWLINE EDITOR
Thomas Stevens
Advanced Infrastructure
3055 Kashiwa St.
Torrance, CA 90505
P/ 661.808.8464
GIMMICKS & GADGETS
Harold “Mr. Bear” Reyes
2305 Maricopa Highway Ojai, CA 93023 P/ 805.421.8547 [email protected]
Mark Greenfield (Co-Chair)
Burbank Supply
LABORATORY
Jacob Broad
Carpinteria Sanitary District
5300 Sixth St
Carpinteria, CA 93013
P/805.684.7214
Mark Scandalis
City of Paso Robles
MEMBERSHIP
Mary Thompson
City of Santa Barbara
520 E Yanonali St
Santa Barbara, CA 93103
OPERATIONS
Thomas Welche
City of Santa Barbara
520 E Yanonali St
Santa Barbara, CA 93103
PAST PRESIDENTS GOLF TOUR-NAMENT
Travis Fisher
Ojai Sanitary District
1072 Tico Rd
Ojai, CA 93023
PAST PRESIDENTS PICNIC
Johnny Tarver
Retired
P/ 805.453.4401
HISTORY/ PAST PRESIDENTS PIC-NIC
Dennis Brewer
City of Camarillo
OPERATOR CHALLENGE
Chris Boddy
City of Simi Valley
600 W. Los Angeles Avenue
Simi Valley, CA 93065
MAINTENANCE
Looking for Volunteer!
P3S
Travis Fisher
Ojai Sanitary District
1072 Tico Rd
Ojai, CA 93023
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Tri-Counties Section Mission Statement
To enhance the education and effectiveness of California’s Wastewater Professionals through training, certification,
dissemination of technical information and promotion of sound policies to benefit society through protection and
enhancement of the water environment.
TCP & CONTACT HOURS
Teresa Kistner
Goleta Sanitary District 1 William Moffett Place Goleta, CA 93117 P/ 805.967.4519 F/ 805.964.3583 [email protected]
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Looking for Volunteer!
CWEA LIAISON
Soma Badra
TURKEY OF THE YEAR
Travis Fisher
Ojai Sanitary District
1072 Tico Rd
Ojai, CA 93023
PUBLIC EDUCATION
Mary Thompson
City of Santa Barbara
520 East Yanonali Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93103
P/ 805.568.1093
F/ 805.568.1022
SAFETY
Harold “Mr. Bear” Reyes
2305 Maricopa Highway Ojai, CA 93023 P/ 805.421.8547 [email protected]
SMALL COMMUNITIES
Looking for Volunteer!
STUDENTS & YOUNG PROFES-SIONALS
Thomas Welche
City of Santa Barbara
520 E Yanonali St
Santa Barbara, CA 93103
WEBSITE
Mary Thompson
City of Santa Barbara
520 E Yanonali St
Santa Barbara, CA 93103
