Los Angeles Chapter
Mission
The mission of the Los Angeles Chapter of the WateReuse Association is to increase the amount of safe and beneficial uses of recycled water in and around Los Angeles County. Its objectives shall be to promote water reclamation and recycling as a sustainable supplemental source of water for the state; to work for the adoption of legislation and regulations that allow the safe use of recycled water; to facilitate the development of technology aimed at improving water recycling; to promote legislation that would increase funding for water recycling projects; to provide mutual assistance and support between and among Los Angeles Chapter members involved with water recycling projects; and to increase public awareness and understanding of related water problems and solutions.
Leadership
Jared Lee, President
City of Burbank
JLee@burbankca.gov
Jennifer Jacobus, Secretary/Treasurer
Rincon Consultants
jjacobus@rinconconsultants.com
Fred Gerringer, Past President
Hazen and Sawyer
FGerringer@hazenandsawyer.com
Alex Waite, Vice President
City of Santa Monica
Alex.Waite@santamonica.gov
Rafael Villegas, Trustee
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
rafael.villegas@ladwp.com

L to R: Jared Lee, VP; Judi Miller, Secretary-Treasurer; Raymond Jay, Past President; Fred Gerringer, President; Rafael Villegas, Chapter Trustee
Strategic Direction
Meetings and Events
Our next Bimonthly Member Meeting will be held in-person on Tuesday, October 10th at Rowland Water District, 3021 Fullerton Road, Rowland Heights, CA 91748. Lunch will begin at 11:00 a.m., and the formal meeting will begin at 11:30 a.m. There will also be an option to participate in the meeting virtually. A Zoom meeting registration link will be sent out with the agenda about one week prior.
Whether you plan to attend in person or via Zoom, please RSVP by Friday, October 6th by filling out the form at this link: https://forms.office.com/r/itWNqv2xh9. Please indicate if you plan on joining for lunch as well as the formal meeting so that we may get an accurate count. This meeting will have a capacity limit of 35 people.
Please join the Emerging Professionals Committee for a tour of MWD’s Weymouth Water Treatment Plant on November 1, 2023, from 10 am – 12 pm! Tour capacity is limited to 30 people so please RSVP ASAP to reserve your spot at the link here: https://forms.gle/gxGhtcBLVwWMTG1F7
Constructed in 1941, the Weymouth Water Treatment Plant is the first water treatment plant constructed by the MWD and now has a treatment capacity of 520 million gallons per day! Please check out the fact sheet here for more information: water-treatment-plants-fact-sheet-final_web.pdf (mwdh2o.com)
Event Address: 700 Moreno Ave, La Verne, CA 91750
Parking is available on site.
Following the tour, anyone who is hungry is open to join us at In-N-Out Burger:
Restaurant Address: 2098 Foothill Blvd, La Verne, CA 91750
For more information, please contact Seto Cherchian at 714.944.4726 orMeetings Resources
Meetings resources include presentations, agendas, and other documents from past meetings.
August 8, 2023
June 13, 2023
April 11, 2023
February 14, 2023
December 6, 2022
October 20, 2022
August 9, 2022
June 14, 2022
April 12, 2022
February 8, 2022
December 7, 2021
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October 12, 2021
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August 10, 2021
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June 8, 2021
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April 13, 2021
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February 9, 2021 Virtual Meeting
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December 9, 2020 Virtual Meeting
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October 13, 2020 Virtual Meeting
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August 11, 2020 Virtual Meeting
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June 9, 2020 Virtual Meeting
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February 11, 2020
- Agenda
- Port of Long Beach Stormwater Harvesting and Water Recycling Study (Dylan Porter / City of Long Beach)
- Stantec’s AWT Capabilities and Projects in Southern CA (Ed Othmer / Stantec)
- Water Recycling Legislative/Regulatory Updates (Raymond Jay)
- Chapter Trustee Updates
- Meeting Summary
December 3, 2019
- Legislation & Regulation Update
- City of Burbank Recycled Water
- Cell Bioassays to Assess Chemical Mixtures in Waters
October 8, 2019
- Meeting Agenda
- Meeting Summary
- Legislation & Regulation Update
- Chapter Trustee Updates
- WRD’s 60 Years of Groundwater Replenishment
August 13, 2019
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Summary
- Advancing Integrated Planning: One Water LA 2040 Plan
- The Initial Step for Metropolitan’s Regional Recycled Water Program
- Co-op Refinery Complex Wastewater Improvement Project, Phase 2
- California WateReuse Action Plan
June 11, 2019
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Agenda
- Approach to Calculating Recycled Water Contribution
- Glendale Water & Power – Water Sustainability Update
- Advanced Water Treatment Operator Training
- Legislative & Regulatory Updates
April 12, 2019
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Agenda
- Meeting Summary
- The AWT Operator Certification Program
- LA Chapter Trustee Updates
- City of Santa Monica SWIP: Project Overview
- City of Santa Monica’s One Water Approach to Achieve Water Self-Sufficiency
- Legislative & Regulatory Updates
February 12, 2019
December 4, 2018
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Agenda
- Meeting Summary
- Parsons’ Advances in Water Reclamation/Advanced Purification Treatment and Delivery Methods
- Woolsey Fire for Water Reuse
- Pure Water Project: Las Virgenes-Triunfo
- Legislation & Regulatory Update
October 9, 2018
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Agenda
- Meeting Summary
- Understanding Your Options for Brine Management: Treatment Technologies and Application in Design
- Water Code Section 1211 Process (Vidal Cortes/Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts)
- Central Basin MWD’s Recycled Water Projects and Operations
- Chapter Updates: Officers and Other Volunteer Positions
- Legislation & Regulatory Update
August 14, 2018
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Agenda
- Meeting Summary
- LA County Permitting of Onsite Treatment for Nonpotable Reuse
- Using Dashboards to Optimize Plant Performance
- CA Section Briefing
- Environmental NGO Perspectives on Recycled Water
- Legislation & Regulatory Update
June 12, 2018
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Agenda
- Meeting Summary
- An Update on Recycled Water in the City of Burbank
- Update on the Water Board’s Activities Related to Constituents of Emerging Concern (Claire Waggoner and Laura McLellan SWRCB)
- Water Recycling Legislative Regulatory Updates – Raymond Jay
- Summary of Funding Opportunities as of 06-12-18
April 10, 2018
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Agenda
- Meeting Summary
- Drinking the Los Angeles River
- HDR Does Reuse
- Proposed Potable Reuse Research Funding
- Water Recycling Legislative/Regulatory Updates
February 13, 2018
December 5, 2017
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Agenda
- Meeting Summary
- Regional Recycled Water – Advanced Purification Center (Sun Liang/MWD and Zakir Hirani/Stantec)
- How to Navigate a Water Code Section 1211 Petition (Patricia Fernandez and Sean Maguire/State Water Resources Control Board)
- Water Recycling Legislative/Regulatory Updates (Raymond Jay)
- Division of Drinking Water Recycled Water Information
October 10, 2017
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Agenda
- Groundwater Replenishment Project Update
- DC Tillman AWPF Pilot Project
- Legislation and Regulation Update
August 8, 2017
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Agenda
- Meeting Summary
- Glendale Recycled Water Update
- Overview of Draft Surface Water Augmentation Regulations
- Optimizing the energy efficient Rain Bird Pump stations
- Legislation and Regulation Update
- Summary of Funding Opportunities
June 13, 2017
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Agenda
- Meeting Summary
- Pure Water Project Las Virgenes-Triunfo
- How Can We Meet Pathogen Removal Requirements in Potable Reuse Projects If MBR Does Not Get Any Pathogen Credits?
- Pure Water Project Las Virgenes-Triunfo: Seasonal Imbalance, Demand Forecasting, and AWT Sizing
- Legislation and Regulation Update
- Summary of Funding Opportunities
April 11, 2017
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Agenda
- Central Basin Recycled Water Renaissance
- Recycled Water System Optimization
- Legislation and Regulation Update
- Summary of Funding Opportunities
- Meeting Summary
February 14, 2017
2016 Meetings
2015 Meetings
- Meeting Agenda, December 1, 2015
- Meeting Agenda, October 13, 2015
- Meeting Agenda, August 11, 2015
- Meeting Notice, August 11, 2015
- Meeting Summary, August 11, 2015
- Briefing – Funding Opportunities
- Presentation – Legislation and Regulation
- Presentation – The Protection of Highly Valued Water Resources Impacted by Groundwater-Surface Water Interconnections Through Maximized Recycled Water Reuse
- Presentation – Malibu Legacy Park: A Green Cleaning Machine
- Meeting Agenda, June 9, 2015
- Meeting Agenda, April 14, 2015
- Meeting Agenda, February 10, 2015