TAWWA/WEAT September – OctOber 2012 ISSUE 86 South Texas Chapter e-Newsleer PG. 1 September/OctOber TAWWA/WEAT October meeng Date: Thursday, October 18, 2012 Time: 11:30 am Place: San Antonio Water System Tower II, 1st Floor, Rm C145 2800 US Highway 281 North San Antonio, TX 78212 Speaker: Dr. Danny Reible University of Texas Topic: Eagle Ford Shale TAWWA/WEAT November/December 8 th Annual Scholarship Dinner Date: Thursday, November 29, 2012 Time: 6:00 pm Socaial hour 7:00 pm Dinner Place: Old San Francisco Steakhouse Speaker: TBD Topic: TBD Please contact David Benne ([email protected]) for sponsorship opportunies. eDItOr: Lizanne Douglas ([email protected]) GrApHIc DeSIGNer: Sara Stearns ([email protected]) Save the Date Frackers want city sewer effluent By Judith Pannebaker (Editor, Bandera County Courier): An oil fracking company wants to buy the city sewer’s effluent water, Bandera City Manager Mike Cardenas told the Bandera City Council Aug. 16. The inial response by city council to the preliminary inquiry wasn’t “yes,” it was “heck yes.” Alpha Reclaim Technology approached Cardenas earlier in 2012 about the treated water that the city pumps into the Medina River. With the need for water used in the fracking boom south of Bandera County, Alpha will set up storage tanks at the city’s sewer plant and then transport water, presumably by tanker truck, to where it’s needed. Cardenas said the city has a permit to pump its treated effluent into the Medina River. Alpha would pay for any new permits required. “They want to buy 100 percent of our effluent,” Cardenas said. “Our treatment (of the effluent) is all they need. We meet TCEQ (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality) requirements (on the effluent).” Bandera isn’t the only city Alpha has contacted. “They’ve contacted Poteet, Jourdanton and Beeville,” Cardenas said. Cardenas said the city’s plant produces 123,000 to 150,000 gallons of water daily. The road to the sewer plant would have to be paved to accommodate the trucks. “Council could ask them to pave it,” Cardenas said. James Hannah expressed concerns about area springs that might dry up with the effluent leaving the Medina River basin. Councilmember Binky Archer said money earned could be put back into the city’s waste water budget. Bandera City Engineer Rudy Klein told city council at an August 9 budget workshop that council should start looking for a new place to put a new sewer plant as the city’s current sewer plant was used to replace the one wiped out in the 1978 flood. The Environmental Protecon Agency funded that new plant that has been under water twice. Frackers want city sewer effluent page 1 message from the president page 2 Special thanks to our Speakers page 3 Yp WmbA Social/Fundraiser page 4 Yp Seminar Save the Date page 4 calling All Young professionals page 4 tAWWA/WeAt October meeting P age 5 Young professionals Summit page 6 South texas Wa ter for people page 7 tAWWA/WeAt South texas chapter on Facebook page 8 tAWWA/WeAt 8th Annual Scholarship Dinner page 10 basura bash Save the Date page 11 2nd Annual Summer Seminar page 11 tAWWA/WeAt contacts page 12 Upcoming events page 13
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Tawwa/weaT September – OctOber 2012 Issue 86
South Texas Chaptere-Newsletter
Pg. 1September/OctOber
Tawwa/weaTOctober meeting
Date: Thursday, October 18, 2012Time: 11:30 amPlace: San Antonio Water System Tower II, 1st Floor, Rm C145 2800 US Highway 281 North San Antonio, TX 78212Speaker: Dr. Danny Reible
University of TexasTopic: Eagle Ford Shale
Tawwa/weaTNovember/December 8th Annual
Scholarship DinnerDate: Thursday, November 29, 2012Time: 6:00 pm Socaial hour 7:00 pm DinnerPlace: Old San Francisco SteakhouseSpeaker: TBDTopic: TBDPlease contact David Bennett ([email protected]) for sponsorship opportunities.
Save the DateFrackers want city sewer effluentBy Judith Pannebaker (Editor, Bandera County Courier):
An oil fracking company wants to buy the city sewer’s effluent water, Bandera City Manager Mike Cardenas told the Bandera City Council Aug. 16.
The initial response by city council to the preliminary inquiry wasn’t “yes,” it was “heck yes.”
Alpha Reclaim Technology approached Cardenas earlier in 2012 about the treated water that the city pumps into the Medina River. With the need for water used in the fracking boom south of Bandera County, Alpha will set up storage tanks at the city’s sewer plant and then transport water, presumably by tanker truck, to where it’s needed.
Cardenas said the city has a permit to pump its treated effluent into the Medina River. Alpha would pay for any new permits required.
“They want to buy 100 percent of our effluent,” Cardenas said. “Our treatment (of the effluent) is all they need. We meet TCEQ (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality) requirements (on the effluent).”
Bandera isn’t the only city Alpha has contacted.
“They’ve contacted Poteet, Jourdanton and Beeville,” Cardenas said.
Cardenas said the city’s plant produces 123,000 to 150,000 gallons of water daily.
The road to the sewer plant would have to be paved to accommodate the trucks.
“Council could ask them to pave it,” Cardenas said.
James Hannah expressed concerns about area springs that might dry up with the effluent leaving the Medina River basin.
Councilmember Binky Archer said money earned could be put back into the city’s waste water budget.
Bandera City Engineer Rudy Klein told city council at an August 9 budget workshop that council should start looking for a new place to put a new sewer plant as the city’s current sewer plant was used to replace the one wiped out in the 1978 flood. The Environmental Protection Agency funded that new plant that has been under water twice.
Frackers want city sewer effluent page 1message from the president page 2Special thanks to our Speakerspage 3Yp WmbA Social/Fundraiserpage 4
Yp Seminar Save the Datepage 4calling All Young professionalspage 4tAWWA/WeAt October meeting Page 5 Young professionals Summitpage 6
South texas Water for peoplepage 7tAWWA/WeAt South texas chapter on Facebookpage 8tAWWA/WeAt 8th Annual Scholarship Dinnerpage 10
basura bash Save the Datepage 112nd Annual Summer Seminar page 11tAWWA/WeAt contactspage 12Upcoming eventspage 13
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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENTAs I am writing this letter, we have recently received some much needed rain. The aquifer has risen about 10 feet. Here in San Antonio, the rain, conservation and the innovative ASR facility has provided the resources to prevent Stage III watering restrictions. Being in the profession that we are in, we are very aware of the water issues in central and south Texas.
We are very fortunate to have such an active and involved TAWWA and WEAT organizations in San Antonio. Much of this credit is due to the past officers and those who have volunteered their time to develop the strong groups that we have today. It has been several months since I have become president but this is my first opportunity to thank everybody in this new letter for the opportunity to be president of the local TAWWA group. I hope that I am able to continue and build on what others have started.
Speaking of strong organizations, did you hear about the outstanding success of our recent Summer Seminar and Water for People Golf Tournament? That success is due to the many volunteers and sponsorships that everyone is so willing to provide. However, no matter how successful we have been in the past, we still need your support as we move forward. Hopefully, we will finish the year with a successful Basura Bash, YP Seminar and Scholarship Dinner. If you have not yet gotten involved, do it now!
We are all fortunate to be in the water/wastewater profession that we are in and to serve the people in our community. We are all involved in some manner in designing, building and/or operating systems that provide some of the basic necessities of life. Let’s all work together to keep our professions and local organizations strong.
Thanks for the opportunity, Greg Swoboda, P.E. President, South Texas AWWA Chapter
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SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR AUGUST & SEPTEMbER SPEAKERS AND SPONSORS:
Thank you to our speaker Mr. Ron Emmons with City of Fair Oaks and LNV for sponsoring the August meeting. Thank you also, to our September speaker, Mr. Rick Illgner with Edwards Aquifer Authority, and Arcadis Malcom Prinie for sponsoring the September meeting.
SPEAKER AND SPONSOR FOR OCTObER:OctOber: DANNY D. reIble, pH.D., p.e., bcee, NAe UNIverSItY OF texAS
Dr. Danny Reible holds a Ph.D. Chemical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology. He is Director of the Center for Research for Water Resources at the University of Texas, and also serves as Environmental and Water Resources Coordinator, and as a professor of Civil Engineering at the University.
He is expert in the areas of sources, transport and fate of multimedia environmental contaminants, and the assessment and remediation of contaminated sites. Dr. Reible’s studies involve a wide range of scales and methods, including bench-scale, pilot, and field experiments, and computer modeling in air pollution and pollution treatment processes, sustainable water management, and contaminated site assessment and remediation.
Dr. Reible has served as Principal Investigator on projects totaling in excess of $30 million, and has authored/edited 5 books (plus one in press), more than 35 chapters in books, and more than 110 refereed journal papers.
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Rick Illgner with Edwards Aquifer Authority, speaking above, at the September meeting.
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YP WMbA Social/Fundraiser SILvER STARS vS NEW YORK LIBERTY GAME
TAWWA/WEAT YP’s attended the Silver Stars vs New York Liberty WMBA/Fundraiser game on September 18th, supporting the Dodson Drive. About 10 TAWWA/WEAT members and were in attendance to watch the game, with the Silver Stars winning 70 to 63. More importantly, the group was able to raise over $150 for the Dodson Drive — which strives to advance the skills of our young members through its support of State YP representatives at the national YP Summit. Special thanks to our sponsor for the event — Pape-Dawson Engineers.
novemberwednesday 7Save the Date!
Annual Young
Professionals Fall Seminar
November 7, 2012
San Antonio
River Authority
100 E. Guenther St.
San Antonio, TX 78204
In an attempt to better serve the Young Professional (YP) members, we are asking that all members under the age of 35, or less than 10 years in the industry, please e-mail Lizanne Douglas at: [email protected] with their name, e-mail, and phone number.
If there are others in your offices who are not yet TAWWA/WEAT members, but might also be interested in participating in YP events and functions, please pass this request on to them.
cAllING All YOUNG prOFeSSIONAlS!
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Where: San Antonio Water System Tower II – 1st Floor Room C145 2800 US Hwy. 281 North San Antonio, Texas
TAWWA / WEAT SOUTH TEXAS SECTION
OCTOBER MONTHLY MEETING
When: Thursday, October 18, 2012 11:30 A.M.
Speaker: Dr. Danny Reible University of Texas
Topic: “Eagle Ford Shale”
THIS MONTH’S MEETING IS SPONSORED IN PART BY KBR
Please RSVP by noon, Wednesday, October 17, 2012 to: Heather Lindner, Secretary, San Antonio Chapter, WEAT Email: [email protected] Phone: 210-841-2826 The price for lunch is $12.00 with RSVP, $15.00 without RSVP
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Young Professionals Summit Presented by: WEF & AWWA
Date: March 10th 2013
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Sponsorship Provided By
Sponsorship includes: Registration Airfare Hotel Meals
Download an application from www.weat.org/yp
Applications Deadline: December 1, 2012
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Water for People NewsThe local Water For People Committee has been very busy this year. Soon after wrapping up a very successful Silent Auction at Texas Water, the committee was provided an opportunity to sponsor a booth at the Annual Conference of the Association of Water Board Directors – Texas. The conference was in San Antonio, July 19 – July 21. The booth display was reserved and the call went out on July 13 – merely a week to get the 3 days filled. But the passionate committee members stepped up and were able to have volunteers at the booth the entire conference. The volunteers were: Hilma Perez, Adam Conner, Amy Middleton, Lyn Pitman, Josh Marazzini, Marisa Vergara, Steve Renneker, Greg Swoboda, Rob Cullwell Tommy Klein, and Jonathan Vorheis.
The national office of Water For People sent their professional display. That display, along with all the volunteers, drew crowds who have never heard of the organization, and the committee was able to collect around $800 in donations. San Antonio should be proud of itself for stepping up in short order and helping out this valuable organization.
is pleased to announce that this year’s charity golf tournament raised almost $23,000 net!! The tournament was a huge success, with EI² serving Texas BBQ and Representative Lyle Larson serving as the keynote speaker. Thank you for the generous support from all the sponsors, golfers and volunteers, and we look forward to seeing you all next year!!
THANK YOU TO OUR PLATINUM SPONSORSLUNCH SPONSOR
The South Texas Water For People chapter
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The South Texas Chapter of TAWWA and San Antonio Section of WEAT are now on Facebook!
Please go to the link below and “Like” South Texas Water Professionals to be connected and stay informed about upcoming events and activities.
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Nancy, one watched HBO and the other arrived at 7:00pm.4. The person who watched TNT is Nancy.5. Macy arrived earlier than the person who watched TNT.6. Either the person who arrived at 4:30pm or the person
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than Elliott.9. The person who watched PBS doesn’t have a table made
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person whose table is made of boxwood, the person who arrived at 4:30pm, Amir, and the person who watched TBS.
11. The person who arrived at 9:00am has the table made of maple.
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SAVE THE DATE!TAWWA South Texas Chapter & WEAT San Antonio Section8th Annual Scholarship Dinner
We will be participating in the Toys for Tots program,so be sure to bring one unwrapped toy to the event.
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2012 TAWWA & WEAT 2nd Annual Summer Seminar
With over 125 attendees, the 2nd Annual San Antonio Summer Seminar was again an overwhelming success, which took place on August 10th, 2012. The breadth of technical and informational subjects covers was a significant draw for most attendees throughout South and Central Texas. Topics covered in the full-day seminar ranged from Nutrient Regulations for Texas and San Antonio Water System (SAWS) Long-term Water Plan to Pipe Bursting.
The Seminar was honored to have an Opening Session from Steve Clause, the COO and VP of the SAWS. He accepted a check for $500 on behalf of Project Agua, a program at SAWS that provides water bill payment assistance to customers who are having difficulty paying their water bill. The check was issued in appreciation to SAWS for providing the facilities for the Seminar free of charge. Other benefactors of the seminar included the scholarship fund for both the the San Antonio Area Chapter of the American Water Works Association (AWWA) and the Water Environment Association of Texas (WEAT). The audience was again enamored with a very thought-provoking closing session form Kelly Neumann, Sr. Vice President at SAWS. Stay tuned to WEAT for upcoming information for the 2013 San Antonio Summer Seminar!
Please contact Adam Conner at [email protected] if you are interested in becoming a sponsor, participant, or volunteer.
Information on location, exact date and other tournament details will be published in the next newsletter.
Upcoming February
2013 TAWWA/WEAT
Clay Tournament!!
SAVE THE DATE -BASURA BASH
TAWWA/WEAT SAN ANTONIOCHAPTER BASURA BASH
Saturday, October 20, 2012River Clean-up: 9 a.m. - Noon
