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THE Louisiana Water Environment Association Member of the Water Environment Federation IN THIS ISSUE Louisiana Water Environment Association December 2017 Newsletter 2 President's Message 4 Conference Announcement 5 Scholarship Announcement 7 LWEA History 8 WEF: Sustainable Development Goals 10 WEF Notes 12 Officers and Committees 13 Membership News
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THELouisiana Water
EnvironmentAssociation
Member of the Water Environment Federation
IN THIS ISSUE
Louisiana Water Environment AssociationDecember 2017 Newsletter
2 President's Message4 Conference Announcement5 Scholarship Announcement7 LWEA History
8 WEF: Sustainable Development Goals10 WEF Notes12 Officers and Committees13 Membership News
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Season’s Greetings LWEA Members,
In Cherree’s absence, I am writing this edition’s President’s Message. We wish her a speedy recovery. Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I am glad that we have been able to experience some beautiful fall weather.
Conference scheduling is coming to an end for the upcoming Louisiana Solid Waste Con-ference and LA Conference to be held in March of 2018. The LWEA would like to thank all those who submitted abstracts for the LA Conference. We received abstracts from various academia, consultants and equipment and service representatives and look forward to hear-ing their presentations.
Hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday. Look forward to seeing you at one of our upcoming events.
Sincerely,Diana Day, President-Elect
MESSAGE BY DIANA DAYpresident’s
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The Louisiana Water Environment Association has established a scholarship program to encourage and assist qualified individuals in their pursuit of a degree, which leads to a career in the environmental field. LWEA intends to award three scholarships, honoring former members of LWEA, to defray the costs of tuition, fees, books and school supplies. The three scholarships and the amount of each award are:
FREDERICK G. DEILER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP $1,500KENNETH L. KEFFER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP $1,500HAROLD NORMAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP $1,500
LWEA reserves the right to revise, withhold or reduce the number of scholarships, depending upon the quantity and quality of the applications received. Scholarships will be forwarded to the University for the recipient to use during the next (Fall) semester or quarter. In addi-tion, the scholarship recipients will be awarded a com-
plimentary one-year student membership in the national Water Environment Federation and in LWEA.
A complete application must be received by the LWEA Scholarship Selection Committee by April 2, 2018, at the following address:
Henry T. Graham, Jr.LWEA Scholarship Selection Committee Chairmanc/o LCAOne American Place, Suite 2040Baton Rouge, LA 70825
The scholarships will be announced at the LWEA Annual Business Meeting in June 2018.
Contact Henry Graham, Jr. at (225) 344-2609 Ext. 642 or E-mail: [email protected] or your LWEA Campus Coor-dinator for details. Requirements on following page.
PROGRAM BY HENRY GRAHAMscholarship
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LWEA SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
In order to be considered, the applicant:
1. Must be pursuing either a baccalaureate or masters degree at a college or university within Louisiana;
2. Must be a full-time student and resident of Louisiana.
3. Must have at least a B average in all course work (3.0 on a 4.0 scale);
4. Must be at least a Junior (undergraduate) and no higher than a Master’s level candidate during the year of award;
5. Must have at least two semesters (three quarters) of course work remaining toward a qualifying degree at the time of award; and
6. Must be majoring in an environmental related curricu-lum in engineering, physical or natural science, or public health.
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
In order to apply for the LWEA scholarships, the appli-cant must submit the following:
1. General Information - A brief application containing the applicant's name, address, (mailing and permanent), telephone number, university attending and dates of at-tendance, degree sought and overall Grade Point Average. Briefly describe your need for this scholarship (please include the % of tuition covered by other grants or scholarships; the names and amounts of any other grants or scholarships applicable during the award period of the LWEA scholarship).
2. Resume - Pertinent information on environmentally related course work, honors and achievements, publica-tions, presentations and extracurricular activities (both on-campus and off-campus organizations).
3. Narrative - A short essay (not less than 50 and no more than 200 words) which demonstrates the applicant's desire to preserve and enhance the water environment of
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After moving to Louisiana in late 1977, I attended my first Louisiana Association, then the Louisiana Water Pollution Control Association, meet-ing in 1978. Previously I was a mem-ber in both the Iowa and Nebraska state associations. At that time, the national organization was named the Water Pollution Control Federation (WPCF). Hence, our state organiza-tion was named the Louisiana Water Pollution Control Association.
My first Louisiana meeting was at-tended by very few people. In fact, based upon my recollection, the attendees were Fred Deiler, Steve Steimle, Jim Coerver, Dave Speeg and myself. The meeting was held at the same time and location as the Loui-siana Conference on Water Supply,
Sewerage, and Industrial Waste (aka “The Conference”). The by-laws of the LWPCA stated that our State Associa-tion was a part of “The Conference” and was to have its annual business meeting as a part of their annual meeting and conference.
During the meeting there was a discussion about formally separating away from “The Conference”. The intent was to achieve a more inde-pendent organization and to become better allied with the national WPCF. Shortly after this first meeting and with this task in mind, Dave Speeg came to see me. He stated that if I were to accept, I was to become the Vice President in 1979 and then Presi-dent in 1980 charged with the task of coming up with our own by-laws,
getting an approved 501c3 status for the Association with the IRS, etc.
Upon becoming president in 1980, the task of legally organizing the LW-PCA as an independent association within the WPCF began. The first officers of this newly formed group were; President – Larry Shriver, Vice President – Rolland Mura, Secretary – Bobby Savoie, Treasure – Richard Murley.
At the end of my first year at president there was still a lot of organizational work to be done. I was asked by the existing officers to stay on another year to complete the task. Hence, I was president for two years, 1980 to 1982.
(Edited by Rolland Mura, Past President)
A BIT OF LWEA History A FIRST HAND ACCOUNT BY LARRY SHRIVER, PAST PRESIDENT
Louisiana by setting forth the applicant's degree objec-tives, career goals and personal interests.
4. Official University/College Transcript(s) - A copy of your official college transcripts. For applicants continuing an undergraduate degree program, the transcript must show all undergraduate course work through the most recent Fall semester (quarter). For applicants entering into a post-graduate degree program, the transcript must show all undergraduate course work leading to a baccalaureate
degree and a letter of acceptance to a graduate environ-mental program meeting the minimum requirements. For applicants continuing a post-graduate degree program, the transcripts must show all undergraduate course work lead-ing to a baccalaureate degree and all post-graduate course work through the most recent Fall semester (quarter).
5. Personal Reference - Recommendation of the appli-cant's major professor or department head, as appropri-ate, attesting to the applicant's academic experience.
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS CONTINUED
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This year, an inaugural event, called UNLEASH (www.unleash.org), brought together more than 1000 talents from around the world to tackle the United Nation’s Sustainable Develop-ment Goals. The Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.) sponsored eight young water professionals to attend the in Denmark to represent the North American water sector.
After several days of a facilitated innovation process, conceiving solutions, and testing them with leading experts and companies, one the WEF-sponsored professionals, Fidan Karimova, was selected to receive the Most Visionary award. Ashton Kutcher presented this award in front of thousands of attendees, which included the Princess of Denmark.
The Sustainable Development GoalsThe Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) originated in 2016 to continue the work of the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals MDGs that originated in 2000 with 189 countries signing on to seek their achievement by 2015. Between the two lists, the number of goals increased from eight to seventeen, adding areas that were not previously covered. The SDGs is the largest global partnership agreement and development plan for the planet ever made, according to the UNLEASH website. SDG 6 seek to “ensure availability and sustain-able management of water and sanitation for all.”
WEF’s role and contributionsAlthough North American countries are not automatically associated with vulnerable water sources, the Flint, Mich., water crisis in the U.S. and radioactive particles in northwestern Ontario in Canada prove that no region is immune to water issues. The Water Environment Foundation (WEF) was established exactly for this reason — to protect public health and the environment through increasing the awareness of the affect and value of water. WEF supports young professionals in the water industry and encourages them to take on more proactive roles in the industry.
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UNLEASHing the Sustainable Development GoalsEIGHT WEF YOUNG PROFESSIONALS EXPLORE GLOBAL ISSUESBy Fidan Karimova
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Once in Denmark, the eight WEF-sponsored participants mixed with the other 1000 participants and were placed in groups with people from throughout the world. For example, Karimova’s team consisted of four men from Mexico, Denmark, Canada, Brazil. They named their team OTWOH, which is a play on words — H2O re-versed into O2H/OTWOH. It stands for Ocean Plastics to Heat.
This team, led by Karimova, proposed an alternate source of energy at water resource recovery facilities. The pro-posal calls for harvesting pollutant plastics from the ocean and using them as a fuel source via the process of gasifi-cation. The idea originated generated with Karimova’s organization, Global Water Girls (www.globalwatergirls.com), and the UNLEASH group developed it further.
The group is continuing to work on the project after the UNLEASH event and hopes the solution will eventually help disrupt the waste and energy industries.
Why seek the SDGs?Water and sanitation are key to thriving communities in promoting the growth of future healthy generations and access to a cleaner environment. This goal gains even more importance when taking into consideration that 1.8 bil-lion people globally use a source of drinking water that is fecally contaminated and 2.4 billion people lack access to basic sanitation services, such as toilets or latrines, accord-ing to the UN. However, since 1990, 2.6 billion people have gained access to improved drinking water sources; so progress has been made and needs to continue.
To quote Leonardo Da Vinci, “water is the driver of nature.” Once we learn to better take care of our water systems, we will be able to meet many of the other SDG goals. The UNLEASH event helped highlight, once again, that SDG6 is at the core of all the other issues. If addressed, it could help simultaneously meet many other SDGs.
Fidan Karimova is water technology collaboration manager at the Water Environment & Reuse Foundation (Alexandria, Va.).
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
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Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP) Do you know a high school student interested in STEM and water? The 2018 US Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP) competition now open and accepting entries. The SJWP is the world’s most prestigious water competition at the high school level. The prize taps into the un-limited potential of today’s high school students as they seek to address current and future water challenges.
The competition is open to students in grades 9-12 who have conduct-ed water-science research projects. Enter at www.sjwp.org for a chance to win $10.000 and an all-expenses paid trip to Stockholm, Sweden!
Deadline is April 15, 2018. Questions, Contact: WEF Staff, Stevi Hunt-Cottrell.
SJWP is Sponsored by the Water Environment Federation with support from Xylem Inc.
Water Leadership Institute The Water Leadership Institute program is aimed at educating, training and providing opportunities that enable emerging leaders to build strong lasting relationships within the water industry. This inten-sive program allows participants the opportunity to engage in management training, and leadership development through a blended learning approach that includes the examination of complex challeng-es facing the water and wastewater industries and networking with public and private sector practitio-ners. Participation in this program is determined by a competitive application process. Applications for 2018 are due January 31, 2018.
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YP SummitFebruary 19 - 20, 2018 The Water Environment Federation (WEF) and the American Water Works Association (AWWA) will be hosting the Young Professionals (YP) Summit at the Hyatt Regency Riverwalk, San Antonio, TX. This annual event is where young professionals explore their role in water and discuss how to best serve their organization and community. The summit will tackle emerging issues in the water sector and expand their leadership skills. Registration/Details coming soon!
Water Week 2018April 15 - 21 Registration will open in early 2018. During this week, the Fly-In will also be held April 17 - 18. This annual event held in Washington D.C. helps inspire local, state, and national leaders and demonstrates the considerable value the water sector brings to environmental protection, economic development, and job creation.
Questions, Contact: WEF Legislative Director, Steve Dye
WEFTEC 201891st Annual Technical Exhibition & ConferenceSeptember 29 - October 3 • 8:30 am - 5:00 pm dailyNew Orleans Morial Convention Center
Become a Speaker at WEFTECThere are many opportunities to speak at WEFTEC and engage with our participants. The WEFTEC 2018 Call for Abstracts is now open! Check out each of the educa-tional formats below for additional details. Now OPEN for WEFTEC 2018:
Technical PresentationsTechnical Presentations are generally 30-minutes in length and are selected by the Program Committee in a highly rigorous selection process. Once selected, the abstracts are grouped together topically to make a cohesive session.
Session ProposalsThe Program Committee is seeking ideas for alternative formats and education methods.
Interactive Knowledge ExchangeInteractive Knowledge Exchange (IKEs) are short, 5 min-ute videos that educate and entertain on topics relating to our industry.
OPENING mid-February for 2018: Late Breaking Research
WEF NOTES
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AWARDS CHAIRAdrienne Kelly - [email protected]
COLLECTION SYSTEMS CHAIRJosh Graham - [email protected]
HOSPITALITY CHAIRBeth Hitt - [email protected]
MEMBERSHIP CHAIRLinda McConnell - [email protected]
PUBLIC EDUCATION CHAIRAimeé Killeen - [email protected]
SAFETY CHAIRAdrienne Kelly - [email protected]
SCHOLARSHIP CHAIRHenry Graham - [email protected]
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PRESIDENT-ELECT • DIANA DAY956-202-2911 • [email protected]
VICE-PRESIDENT • TJ TRUXILLO985-859-9681 • [email protected]
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TREASURER • ALEX SHEFFIELD225-755-1000 • [email protected]
PAST PRESIDENT • JESSICA KEASLER225-344-6052 • [email protected]
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