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The Lake
July / August 2016
Volume 5, Issue 2
T h e n e w s l e t t e r f o r t h e N o r t h C e n t r a l T e x a s C h a p t e r o f t h e T e x a s
S e c t i o n o f t h e A m e r i c a n W a t e r W o r k s A s s o c i a t i o n
The source of our information.
President’s Message
Happy Summer Time!
It’s summer time again and so far we have barely hit 100s a few times this year.
Let’s see what August is hiding for us. Summer is also the fun time— daytime
is longer, kids are out of school, and our lakes, pools and water parks are desti-
nations for the summer fun. As you spend time with your friends and family
enjoying summer activities, take advantage of this time to promote our indus-
try and educate people about what we do. You never know, maybe you will
spark an interest with a teenager to seek a future career in the water industry!
Show pride in your contributions, and use this time to educate people about
water and waterworks.
Our Executive Committee has been actively working on preparations and scheduling future events. The Pro-
gram Committee has completed reviews of the submitted abstracts for the bi-monthly meetings. The annual
Drinking Water Seminar, or as it will be named from now on, the Robert F. Pence Drinking Water Seminar, is
ramping up preparations for this year. Topics will cover the most recent water challenges and interests. The
Members’ Appreciation Day was a great success. Members showed their skills in bowling and laser tag. Fi-
nally, the Texas Water 2017 abstracts submittal is open, with the deadline fast approaching. Save the date on
your calendar and consider submitting an abstract.
If you would like to become involved in one of our committees, you can find contact information for each one
at the back of The Lake. Thank you for your support of our Chapter, and see you at the next meeting.
Announcing the Robert F. Pence Drinking Water Seminar
The NCT TAWWA is proud to announce the dedication of the annual October Drinking
Water Seminar to Bob Pence, of Freese and Nichols, in an effort to honor his numerous
contributions to the water industry in North Texas. The seminar is hereby called the Rob-
ert F. Pence Drinking Water Seminar as a tribute to Bob’s generous support of the Semi-
nar Committee in providing access to Fort Worth’s Petroleum Club as a venue.
Thank you for your continued support Bob, and we look forward to seeing you this fall!
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Upcoming Lunch Meeting
Impact of the TRWD Water Conservation and Drought Contingency Program
By: Brian McDonald, Alan Plummer Associates
David Marshall, TRWD
Location: Texas Star Conference Center
1400 Texas Star Pkwy, Euless, TX 76040
Date: Thursday, August 18, 2016
Time: Social: 11:15 a.m.
Lunch: noon
Operator credits pending approval by TCEQ
Sponsors: *See below for sponsor opportunities or contact Mohammad Bayan.
RSVP: Go here to register or sponsor by NOON, Tuesday, August 16th – This dead-
line is for reservations and cancellations. Contact Andrea Odegard-Begay if you have any questions.
Please be aware that if you make a reservation and do not attend the meeting, the chapter still has to pay for your meal. As
a courtesy, if you cannot attend, please cancel your reservation (email Katie Livas) by the deadline. If you do not cancel
your reservation prior to the deadline, please mail your missed meeting dues to HDR Engineering, ATTN: Katie Livas,
17111 Preston Road, Suite 200, Dallas, TX 75248.
YP Corner
North Central Texas TAWWA Young Profession-
als linked up with WEAT Young Professionals for
our first joint event “Two-Stepping Night Out” at
Cowboys Night Club.
After a quick two-step lesson and refresher, North
Central Texas Young Professionals and their part-
ners were pros on the dance floor. Thanks to all
who came out and cotton-eyed-joe’d!
We are also looking forward to our Annual Casino
Night Event benefitting Water for People on
Thursday, September 8th. Last year, we were able
to meet our fundraising goal and we are looking forward to another great year. The event will be held at the
Texas Ale Project located at 1001 N. Riverfront Blvd. For sponsorship opportunities please contact Meredith
McCall or John Logan. For advance registration, RSVP here.
Harvey McCall, Meredith McCall, Nicole Conner, Udit Mehrotra, Jacob
Niemeier, Kaylee Dusek, and Reyna Reyes are all smiles at Cowboys
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Member Appreciation Night
Our 2016 NCT TAWWA Member Appreciation Event was a rousing success! This family-friendly event
held at iT’Z in Euless featured activities such as bowling, mini-bowling, bumper cars, laser tag, and a pizza
buffet. Thank you to all TAWWA members, friends, and family for taking part—we are already looking
forward to the next member appreciation event.
The Lake would like to thank the following contributing authors. If you would like to volunteer to be a part
of the NCT TAWWA Communications Committee, contact us!
Kenneth Overstreet (contributing author for the Utility Spotlight)
Alex Applegate Stephanie Bache Andrea Fernandez Steve Frost
Angela Pflanz Meredith McCall Steve Mendoza Gabriel Trejo
Contributing Authors
Charles Norman, Marc Cashion, and Brett Rose (Pump Solutions) accept
the challenge by Justin Angel and wife Allison (Parsons), and Chris
Bitter (JQi)
The Bayan family (Abdallah, Dua, Farah, and Razan) get
ready for some bowling.
Left to Right—Joyce and Sid McCain (TRA), Polly Thornton (TRA) and Brandy Martinez (Perkins), and Steve Mendoza (Carollo) and
Mohammad Bayan (City of Arlington) take a moment to reconnect at iT’Z in Euless
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Utility Spotlight—The City of Bedford
The City of Bedford is located in northeast Tar-
rant County, adjacent to Fort Worth. The main
supply of water for Bedford’s 45,000+ residents is
from the Trinity River Authority, with a portion
of the drinking water supplemented by ground-
water wells.
The Bedford Public Works Department maintains approximately 167 miles of water mains, three water towers
with 5 million gallons of storage capacity, and two water well pumping stations, each with 1 mgd capacity.
Bedford was recently awarded conservation funding for two water main
renewal projects through the State Water Implementation Fund for Texas
(SWIFT). Project one consists of six locations with a project cost of 1.1 mil-
lion dollars. Project two consists of four locations, one of which adjacent to
Texas Health Hospital, with an overall project cost of 1.2 million dollars. In
the next few months the City will be receiving bids on two additional water
main renewal projects. All current projects have been designed in house by
City engineering staff. This water renewal program has the goal of reduc-
ing water loss through leaks and pipe breaks. Nearly three-fourths of the
City’s water mains will be replaced over the next ten years as part of the
funding application.
Additionally, the City intends to upgrade outdated water meters with new
Automatic Meter Readers (AMRs) to improve meter accuracy. The AMR
will also have the advanced technology to alert the City (and ultimately con-
sumer) of a break on the customer side, expediting the repair process and
minimizing water loss. In September 2016, Bedford will be seeking bids for
the AMR project, which will consist of replacing 15,000+ water meters and replacing large water vaults.
For more information visit the City of Bedford’s homepage, or their Facebook page.
Please contact Steve Mendoza if your utility would like to be highlighted in The Lake.
NCT TAWWA is now on social media. Follow us on Twitter (@nct_tawwa), Instagram (@nct_tawwa), and
Like our Facebook page (TAWWA North Central Texas Chapter) for the latest news and event updates. All
members are encouraged to use the sites to share pictures and highlights related to our local chapter and
events within our industry. Maybe social media isn’t your thing but if you have news worth sharing, contact
us at [email protected]. We’ll help get the word out there. We look forward to connecting
with you!
NCT TAWWA Launches Social Media Initiative
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June’s meeting of the North Central Texas Chapter of TAW-
WA, held at the Texas Star Conference Center in Euless, was
headlined by Dr. Evan Tromble’s talk covering the evaluation
of water resources alternatives. The meeting was the first one
presided over by the chapter’s new president, Mohammad
Bayan, who took over from Theo Chan. After thanking Theo
and the rest of the previous year’s members of the executive
committee for their service, Mohammad introduced his fellow
2016-2017 executive committee members and committee
chairs (see Page 7).
In his opening remarks to attendees, Mohammad also ex-
pressed interest in growing the organization’s membership profile, specifically to include more members
from the manufacturers’ representatives community. Mohammad views their input in the organization miss-
ing among the strong representation from the public and consulting communities. Mr. Bayan yielded the po-
dium to Helen Cantril Dulac, the Education and Outreach Committee Chair. Helen announced the chapter’s
increased social media presence and their new Instagram account, which she urged members to follow
(@nct_awwa).
Stefi Massey introduced the lunch program’s speaker, Dr. Tromble, who works out of Garver’s Oklahoma
City Office, whose presentation discussed water resources development alternatives evaluation in Oklahoma.
Dr. Tromble developed a model which would aid in the preliminary selection of wa-
ter resource development based on projected demands, existing infrastructure, and
water availability and quality. His talk included several case studies involving utili-
ties of various sizes and the implementation of the model to yield a recommendation
as to whether utilizes should establish a new water supply, via aquifer or surface wa-
ter development, or consider reuse to fulfill their future demands.
Thank you again Dr. Tromble for your time, your presentation, and your work to
make prudent decisions with such a precious resource.
Please note: Photographs are taken at many of our events and shared in newsletters and other media. By
registering for our events, attendees understand and approve the use of photos and video that will be taken
at TAWWA events and published and/or used by TAWWA/Chapters.
June Lunch Meeting
Programs Committee Chair Stefi Massey (AECOM) presents
Dr. Evan Tromble with the NCT TAWWA water drop.
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Education & Outreach Committee
The following are water-related events sponsored and organized by other organizations which may be of
general interest. If you would like to add your event to this calendar, please contact Karen Menard.
Free. The Consumer Outreach Committee brings “All Things H2O,” a monthly blog highlighting ex-
isting water utilities and programs across Texas. Visit: http://www.tawwa.org/group/Ed_Out. To
volunteer or suggest a topic, contact committee chair Karen Menard.
Ready for school! Celebrate with these activities:
Date Time Webinar Title
08/24/16 noon - 1:30 p.m. Achieve Operational Reliability with a System-Wide Plan
10/12/16 noon - 1:30 p.m. New Capital Providers for Water Infrastructure Funding
10/19/16 noon - 1:30 p.m. What You Need to Know About Climate Risks to Water Utility Infra-
structure and Assets
On-
going
Upcoming Webinars (Full list at AWWA)
Industry Calendar of Events
Happy Trails, Stephanie. Until we meet again.
NCT TAWWA Communications Committee Chair, Stephanie Bache, has accepted a multi-year assignment
with Parsons Corporation in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Her chair position will be assumed by Steve
Mendoza, of Carollo Engineers, and the support of the Communications Committee.
Wishing you well on all of your new adventures Stephanie. We know you will be great!
2016 Upcoming Event List
Aug 18: Lunch Meeting, Texas Star, Euless
Sept 8: Annual Casino Night Fundraiser Benefiting Water for People
Oct .13: Lunch Meeting, Texas Star, Euless
Oct. 21 Robert F. Pence Drinking Water Seminar
Dec. 8: Annual Holiday Dinner
NCT TAWWA Calendar of Events
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Position Name Organization Phone E-mail
Section Vice-Chair Ron Tamada TRA 817-493-5100 [email protected]
Section Trustee Fiona Allen TRA 817-493-5114 [email protected]
Section Deputy Trustee Sally Mills-
Wright City of Arlington 817-575-8972 [email protected]
Past President Theo Chan Perkins Engineering
Consultants 817-719-0372 [email protected]
President Mohammad
Bayan City of Arlington 817-459-6644 [email protected]
Vice-President Sam Barraco Carollo 972-763-4404 [email protected]
Secretary Mia Welch CH2M 972-663-2223 [email protected]
Treasurer Katie Livas HDR 972-960-4400 [email protected]
Arrangements Committee Chair
Andrea Odegard-Begay
Garver 972-377-7480 [email protected]
Programs Committee Chair
Stefi Massey AECOM 817-698-6848 [email protected]
Membership Committee Chair
Chris Bitter JQi 972-850-2163 [email protected]
Scholarship Committee Chair
Sid McCain TRA 817-267-4226 [email protected]
Seminar Committee Chair
Cassia Sanchez DWU 214-671-9559 [email protected]
Communications Committee Chair
Steve Mendoza Carollo 972-763-4423 [email protected]
Education & Outreach Committee Chair
Helen Dulac City of Dallas 214-670-6646 [email protected]
Young Professional Committee Co-Chair (Dallas)
Jacob Niemeier
Stantec, Inc. 972-991-0011 [email protected]
Young Professional Committee Co-Chair (Fort Worth)
John Logan Freese & Nichols 214-217-2381 [email protected]
Young Professional Committee Co-Chair (Dallas)
Meredith McCall
LAN 214-765-8713 [email protected]
Young Professional Committee Co-Chair (Fort Worth)
Chris Boyd Alan Plummer 817-806-1741 [email protected]
State Representative Diversity Committee
Meg Arnold WHECO 682-478-9613 [email protected]
State Representative—Director Elect
Bill Smith TAWWA 972-298-8231 [email protected]
Executive Committee 2016-2017
T he Nor th Cent ra l T ex as Chapt er o f the T ex as Sec t io n o f t he Amer i c an Wat er W orks Assoc i a t i on
North Central Texas Chapter of TAWWA
P.O. Box 795213
Dallas, TX 75379-5213
Serving the water industry professionals in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex
Presented by
ANNUAL
CASINO NIGHT CHARITY EVENT
Thursday, September 8, 2016 6:30 – 10:30 PM
Texas Ale Project 1001 N Riverfront Blvd., Dallas, TX
Dinner and Cash Bar $35 for Food and Fun
Register and Sponsor Online at www.tawwa.org/event/nctcasino2016
Raffle
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Please join us for a night of casino games and raffle
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