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Partnership Conference in 2010 in Pennsylvania!
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A conference devoted to optimizing water system operations.
Planning continues for a Partnership conference October 18 - 20, 2010 in Hershey, Pennsylvania, at the Hershey Lodge. This conference is devoted to the latest treatment plant and distribution system optimization techniques. Technical presentations will help utilities optimize water treatment plants and distribution systems. Operations personnel, including supervisors, managers, operators, and engineers will benefit from the program. The Registration form and Sponsorship information are now available! For questions on sponsorships and registration, please contact Don Hershey, PA-AWWA at donhershey@paawwa.org.
Room Reservations for Partnership Conference:
Hershey Lodge
West Chocolate Ave. & University Drive
Hershey, PA 17033
Reservations: 717-533-3311
Fax: 717-534-8666
Ask for Partnership 15th Room Block
Flying into Hershey for the conference please go to:
Harrisburg International Airport
Partnership Award Luncheon at AWWA Annual Conference
Sixty treatment plants were recognized at the Partnership Award Luncheon held during the AWWA Annual Conference in Chicago in June. Over 80 award-winners and guests attended the luncheon this year as the Partnership program celebrates its 15th year. Congratulations to all of the award winning utilities and treatment plants. The awards were presented by Robert Cheng, Partnership for Safe Water Chair, Joe Mantua, AWWA President-Elect and Cynthia Dougherty, Director, US EPA Office of Groundwater and Drinking Water
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Distribution System Guidance in Development
In January 2007, the Water Research Foundation (formerly AwwaRF) Board approved funding for the research project: Criteria for Optimized Distribution Systems. The project was proposed and co-funded by the Partnership for Safe Water and supported by many utility members. The project consisted of developing criteria, assessments and tools for optimization of drinking water distribution systems. The Request for Proposals was issued in March 2007. In September 2007, Melinda Friedman of Confluence Engineering Group, LLC (formerly of HDR Engineering, Inc.) was selected as the principal investigator.
The project had three main objectives:
- Develop distribution optimization criteria
- Develop procedures for utility self-assessment using these criteria
- Prepare software tools.
Bill Lauer, Partnership Program Manager is collaborating with a working committee of expert volunteers to develop a self-assessment guide for distribution system optimization. The guide will be similar to the one now used to optimize water treatment plants. Completion is scheduled for September 30, 2010. If you are interested in volunteering to serve on the review committee, please contact Debby Qualls at dqualls@awwa.org for more information.
A timeline of the project, including background information and a completion schedule is available.
News Alerts and Discussion Forums
Do you want to keep current on the latest in the drinking water industry? Or maybe you want to monitor the latest developing news in water treatment. Sign up for Google Alerts. Select the 'News Alerts' button on the left navigation. Just enter the topic you wish to monitor (drinking water treatment). You can select how you want to manage the alert - no special Sign In required. Try it out - we think you'll like it. AWWA's discussion forums are participant moderated and dedicated to issues that interest drinking water providers throughout the world. While anyone can view postings in each forum, only the AWWA Public Forum and the WaterWiser Forum are open to public participation, including posting new topics and replies and subscribing to the entire forum and/or specific topic threads. Participation in other forums is restricted to certain AWWA members. Participation in the Technical Issues Forum and all AWWA forums requires creation of a login account.
Self-Assessment Template
A Self-Assessment Template has been developed by PA DEP to assist utilities in completing their Phase III self-assessments.
