March 2007 E-Rumbles

E-Rumbles

Volume 3, Number 3

March 1, 2007

E-Rumbles, The Electronic Newsletter of RMSAWWA and RMWEA

2007 RMSAWWA/RMWEA Conference

CALL FOR PAPERS!!

The 2007 RMSAWWA/RMWEA annual conference will be held in Keystone, Colorado at the beautiful and spacious Keystone Resort and Conference Center. Starting this year, a new format for submitting abstracts for technical papers will be followed.

New Format for Submitting Abstracts - All authors are asked to submit a mini-abstract of 150 words or less that will be published in the conference proceedings if the paper is selected. For more information and to submit abstracts on-line, visit RMWEA website . Abstracts are due by March 16, 2007!

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SECTION NEWS

NMIC Professional Development Luncheon - Thursday March 22, 2007 at 11:45 at Furrs Cafeteria, Albuquerque, NM. Contact Bruce Thomson for more information.

JTAC PRESENTATION - Thursday, March 22nd @ 12:00 pm- JTAC Presentation, Denver Water's Moffat Collection System. See website.

LOCAL CONFERENCES

AWWA Pipeline Repair Teleconference: All water systems have the need to repair pipelines. There are certain steps that you need to take to ensure proper repairs, public safety, employee safety, system protection, and sanitation. This teleconference is a hands-on approach to developing a guide for preparing and implementing repairs, including working with private contractors. March 8 from 10 am to 1:30 pm MST. See website for teleconference sites and contact joannv@geteams.com at Great Events/Teams for registration information.

The US EPA, RMWEA and RMSAWWA are co-sponsoring an Advanced Asset Management Workshop in Albuquerque on March 14-15, 2007. This 2-day workshop is for elected officials, utility and public works managers, capital improvement program managers, utility and public works finance staff, utility and public works engineers, superintendents, asset managers, water regulatory personnel, property and purchasing managers and IT/GIS managers and technicians, water resource and flood control managers, and consultants. Go to website for course and registration details. For more information call Steve Bockemeier at 505-768-3646 bockemeier@cabq.gov or Louis Martinez at 505-768-3675 lbmartinez@cabq.gov

Grand Junction Wastewater Conference - Second Annual Wastewater Conference to be held at the Two Rivers Convention Center, in Grand Junction on March 19th and 20th. For more information, see website.

RMWEA PWO Committee Upcoming Events: Wastewater Math - March 2nd from 3:30 to 6:30 at the Parker W&SD WWTF.

PWO Seminar - March 23 at Millennium Harvest House Hotel, Boulder. For more information, see RMWEA Calendar.

The WEF Residuals and Biosolids Committee, in collaboration with the RMWEA, AWWA and RMSAWWA, is sponsoring a Residuals and Biosolids Management Conference focused on Innovation and Sustainability. The conference will be held April 15-18 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, CO. Registration and additional conference information can be found at the WEF website: www.wef.org.

MISCELLANEOUS

USEPA Clean Water Act Recognition Awards - The USEPA Clean Water Act Recognition Awards (O&M) encourages public support for effective operations and maintenance activities at wastewater treatment facilities. Recognition is made for outstanding innovation of processes and practices at wastewater treatment facilities. It also recognizes communities that continue to meet water quality permit requirements. "The best candidates are those that have shown substantial improvements in effluent quality and overall operation and maintenance, that have built a strong foundation for long term, sustained permit compliance and have overcome obstacles in reaching compliance goals." For additional information on this program, go to: http://www.epa.gov/owm/mtb/intnet.htm

Colorado State's College of Engineering will be hosting an Engineering Graduate Student Visit Day on Friday, March 2. More information about the visit day and online registration can be found at website.

Rocky Mountain Water & Wastewater Intermediate & Advanced School - March 26-30, 2007 at the Millennium Hotel, Boulder. For course & registration information see: website

Spring Classes at CU Denver. For more information, visit the CU Denver website or email James.Guo@cudenver.edu.

CLASSIFIEDS

WANTED! First-hand knowledge and experiences to be shared with the entire RMSAWWA and RMSWEA Community. Send your 1,500 word article with illustrative graphics to the Science, Research, and Technology Section of Rumbles.

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Springtime means Daylight Saving Time - March 11!

Submissions should be made to mwstahl@boyleengineering.com or nsmith@boyleengineering.com

Please note that any electronic submissions will be acknowledged via a return e-mail. If you do not receive a return e-mail, please call Mary Stahl or Natalie Smith at 303.987.3443 to discuss.

E-Rumbles is a publication of RMSAWWA and RMWEA

Editors: Mary Stahl and Natalie Smith, mwstahl@boyleengineering.com , nsmith@boyleengineering.com

Committee Chair: Jason Mumm, jmumm@iug.com

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