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October 1, 2018

 

Washington Update

WateReuse Supports Legislation to Extend NPDES Permits to 10 Years

WateReuse and Partners to Highlight Membrane Technology in Washington, DC

 

State Updates and Member Profile

Welcome New Members!

The WateReuse Association welcomes the following new member:

California: Study Documents Municipal Wastewater Discharges to Coastal Water Bodies

WateReuse Association member Heal the Ocean announced the release of The Inventory of Municipal Wastewater Discharges to California Coastal Water Bodies, an online interactive study that documents the 417 billion gallons of treated municipal wastewater discharged at fifty-seven coastal locations in the 2015 calendar year. The study notes that if California had recycled 63.3% of total municipal wastewater flows to coastal waters in 2015, it would have made its 2020 recycled water production goal. Learn More.

California: Padre Dam Hosts Successful Water Reuse Festival

WateReuse Association member Padre Dam Municipal Water District hosted more than 400 visitors during the East County Water Festival in Santee to celebrate water and learn about the East County Advanced Water Purification Program that will create a new drought proof drinking water supply using state-of-the-art technology to purify East San Diego County’s recycled water. The East County Advanced Water Purification Project is a regional partnership with Padre Dam, Helix Water District, City of El Cajon and the County of San Diego. Read More.

Florida: St. Johns River Makes Water Reuse a Budget Priority

WateReuse Association member the St John’s River Water Management District has set a budget of $142.5 million for 2018-19, covering projects including water reuse and aquifer recharge initiatives, and public-private partnerships. The budget provides for $54.92 million in cooperative funding, including up to $3.5 million to support water projects in economically disadvantaged rural communities and for innovative technologies, spring and priority water body protection and restoration, water conservation initiatives, and projects to enhance the use of reclaimed water. Read More.

Oregon: Clean Water Services Introduces Pure Water Wagon This Week

WateReuse Association member Clean Water Services introduces its new Pure Water Wagon at WEFTEC in New Orleans this week. Based in Hillsboro, Clean Water Services will take this wagon to public and industry events to provide a close-up look at technology that transforms what that goes down our drains into water that is clean and safe to reuse. Clean Water Services has been a leader in innovation and was the first utility to introduce reuse beer in 2015. Read More.

New York: New Facility Will Charge Electric Buses, Clean Buses with Reclaimed Water

U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced last week $2 million in federal U.S. Department of Transportation funding for the Rochester Genesee Regional Transportation Authority to help construct a new $10 million Advanced Environmental Service Building. The building will both support charging of new, low-pollution electric buses and use reclaimed water to clean buses to reduce the environmental impact and lower operational costs. The U.S. Department of Transportation provided this funding through the Bus and Bus Facilities Infrastructure Investment Program. Read More.

Texas: New Research Center to Study Better Water Purification Methods

A new multi-university research center headquartered in The University of Texas at Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering will seek more creative approaches — and new materials — to use and reuse existing water and improve upon existing water purification methods. The Center for Materials for Water and Energy SysTems (M-WET) unites researchers from UT; the University of California, Santa Barbara; and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The center has been launched through a four-year, $10.75 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy and is part of the DOE’s Energy Frontiers Research Centers program. Read More.

 

Conferences and Events

Webcast: Reducing the Cost of Concentrate Disposal: Using a Novel Hybrid NF-RO to Enhance Sodium Chloride Removal

Concentrate disposal is a major cost for desalting operations, and for many water-recycling applications only partial desalting is needed, often targeting sodium chloride specifically. Please join us on November 14 at 2 p.m. to learn about a pilot study that was conducted to demonstrate the viability of a two-pass system, combining an NF pass with a second RO pass and blending the NF concentrate with the RO permeate. Findings indicate that sodium chloride can be preferentially removed from the recycled water, chemical and power consumption can be reduced when operated at system recoveries comparable to typical RO systems, and much higher recoveries are achievable with modest increases in power and chemical usage. Register Now!

Call for Abstracts: 2019 WateReuse California Annual Conference

WateReuse California is accepting abstracts through October 8, 2018 for a place on the program at the 2019 WateReuse California Annual Conference on March 17-19, 2019 at the Hyatt Regency Orange County in Garden Grove, CA. The conference is designed for individuals, organizations, and agencies that are associated with or interested in the use, design, management, and operation of water recycling facilities and projects in California. The conference will feature more than 40 technical presentations, poster presentations, technical tours, receptions, an awards luncheon, the annual Gordon Cologne Breakfast, and the ever-popular exhibition component. Submit an abstract!

Upcoming Events

Jul
10
Thu
California Communications Collaborative Group: Engaging Medical Professionals in Reuse
Jul 10 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Register for Zoom Link

 

12:00 P.M. – Welcome

Gina Ayala | Orange County Water District

 

12:05 P.M. – Engaging Medical Professionals in Reuse

Mike McNutt, Public Affairs and Communications Manager | Las Virgenes Municipal Water District

Eric Rosenblum, CEO | Envirospectives

Christina Montoya, Director of Strategic Communications | El Paso Water

 

1:20 P.M. – Update from California WateReuse Association’s Managing Director

Brenley McKenna, Managing Director | WateReuse California

 

1:30 P.M. – Wrap Up

 
Register for Zoom Link

Jul
11
Fri
WRCA Legislative & Regulatory Committee
Jul 11 @ 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm

This meeting will be held in person at the Sacramento Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Office:

1121 L Street,
Suite 900,
Sacramento, CA 95814.

Jul
15
Tue
WateReuse Association Special Board Meeting
Jul 15 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm

Teams Meeting – by invite only

Pacific Northwest Section Meeting
Jul 15 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Jul
17
Thu
Defining, Monitoring, and Assessing Different Water Reuse Approaches: A Research and Development Perspective
Jul 17 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Defining, Monitoring, and Assessing Different Water Reuse Approaches: A Research and Development Perspective

10:00 am ET | 7:00 am PT (1 hour)
This webcast is free to the public
PDHs: 1

Register Now!

Join WateReuse Ohio to learn about key research coming out of U.S. EPA’s Office of Research and Development.

Drs. Jay Garland and Michael Jahne will provide an overview of their research addressing three key areas for developing water reuse systems: 1) defining treatment targets for contaminant removal, 2) specifying and assessing system performance, and 3) evaluating life cycle costs and impacts of different reuse scenarios. The presentation will discuss their involvement in developing a risk based, fit-for-purpose strategy in collaboration with the National Blue-Ribbon Commission for Onsite Water Systems and include work on decentralized systems for reuse of domestic wastewater, roof-collected rainwater, stormwater, air conditioning condensate, and industrial wastes streams from food processing and oil & gas extraction.

Moderator:    

  • Jessica Langdon, Assistant Policy Director, Ohio EPA

Presenters:    

  • Jay Garland, U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development
  • Michael Jahne, U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development
WateReuse Association Special Board Meeting
Jul 17 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm

Teams Meeting – by invite only

Jul
18
Fri
Central Coast Chapter Officer’s Meeting
Jul 18 all-day
Jul
20
Sun
Arizona Water Reuse 2025 Symposium @ High Country Conference Center, Flagstaff
Jul 20 – Jul 22 all-day

The annual Arizona Water Reuse Symposium, hosted by WateReuse Arizona and the AZ Water Association, brings together industry leaders for education, conversation, and networking in Flagstaff, Arizona.  Learn more and register today.

Jul
22
Tue
WRAZ Section Meeting
Jul 22 all-day
Aug
5
Tue
Water Finance Conference @ Skysong Innovation Center
Aug 5 – Aug 6 all-day
Water Finance Conference @ Skysong Innovation Center

 

Join WateReuse at the Water Finance Conference: covering a range of topics exclusively on water and wastewater utility finance and features notable experts in the water industry as speakers and panelists. The two-day educational seminar is aimed at reaching executive-level utility professionals, including managers, directors, CEOs, CFOs, municipal advisors and consultants involved in the fields of water, wastewater and stormwater.

Learn more and register: https://wfc.waterfm.com/

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