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The LAke November/December 2014 Volume 3, Issue 4 The newsletter for the North Central Texas Chapter of the American Water Works Association The source of our information. NOTE: To change your email address, add a colleague or remove your name from the list, please send an email request to Tom Christie. President’s Message President’s Message Dear fellow water industry advocate, With the holiday season approaching, on behalf of the entire North Central Texas Chapter, we are thrilled that Mr. Tom Kula, the current Executive Director of the North Texas Municipal Water District, accepted our invitation to speak at our Fourth Annual Holiday Dinner! After serving 32 years in the army, with a bachelors degree in civil engineering and a masters in military arts and science, he will be addressing our members about our water’s future and “Meeting the Needs of Our Growing Re- gion”. All proceeds will benefit Water For People. Be sure to reserve your place for this exciting event. Look for further registration and sponsorship details in the following sections of the The Lake. Last month’s chapter meeting and the Drinking Water Seminar, in its 13 th year, occurred with tremendous success. Many thanks to all those who contributed to the Seminar Committee and helped continue this NCT tradition. We also want to express our gratitude to all the speakers that taught us all so much. I wish you a joyful, safe holiday season in company of your loved family and friends. With many thanks, un- til 2015… - Letty Arvide-Gomar, PE NCT AWWA President Are you looking for a way to harness your engineering talents to benefit the less fortunate? You may not be familiar with the Community Engineering Corps (CEC), which provides pro bono consulting engineering ser- vices to communities in the United States that do not have the resources to hire an engineer. CEC is currently looking for TAWWA members that would be interested in volunteering for a CEC team if and, when an op- portunity arises within their geographic area, to do a team project. The ASCE website describes the purpose of CEC: “Community Engineering Corps is an alliance between ASCE, AWWA, and EWB- USA. The alliance combines the strengths of three organizations to provide tech- nical expertise to underserved communities in the U.S. and ensure that their infra- structure meets their community’s needs.” For more information, please visit their website. A free webinar on CEC will be held on December 1, 2014. You can also e-mail Charlie Anderson to be included on the list of North Central Texas CEC volunteers. Community Engineering Corps Community Engineering Corps
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November/December 2014
Volume 3, Issue 4
T h e n e w s l e t t e r f o r t h e N o r t h C e n t r a l T e x a s C h a p t e r o f t h e A m e r i c a n
W a t e r W o r k s A s s o c i a t i o n
The source of our information.
NOTE: To change your email address, add a colleague or remove your name from the list, please send an email request to Tom Christie.
President’s MessagePresident’s Message Dear fellow water industry advocate,
With the holiday season approaching, on behalf of the entire North Central Texas
Chapter, we are thrilled that Mr. Tom Kula, the current Executive Director of the
North Texas Municipal Water District, accepted our invitation to speak at our Fourth
Annual Holiday Dinner! After serving 32 years in the army, with a bachelors degree
in civil engineering and a masters in military arts and science, he will be addressing
our members about our water’s future and “Meeting the Needs of Our Growing Re-
gion”. All proceeds will benefit Water For People. Be sure to reserve your place for
this exciting event. Look for further registration and sponsorship details in the following sections of the The
Lake.
Last month’s chapter meeting and the Drinking Water Seminar, in its 13th year, occurred with tremendous
success. Many thanks to all those who contributed to the Seminar Committee and helped continue this NCT
tradition. We also want to express our gratitude to all the speakers that taught us all so much.
I wish you a joyful, safe holiday season in company of your loved family and friends. With many thanks, un-
til 2015…
- Letty Arvide-Gomar, PE NCT AWWA President
Are you looking for a way to harness your engineering talents to benefit the less fortunate? You may not be familiar with the Community Engineering Corps (CEC), which provides pro bono consulting engineering ser-vices to communities in the United States that do not have the resources to hire an engineer. CEC is currently looking for TAWWA members that would be interested in volunteering for a CEC team if and, when an op-portunity arises within their geographic area, to do a team project.
The ASCE website describes the purpose of CEC:
“Community Engineering Corps is an alliance between ASCE, AWWA, and EWB-USA. The alliance combines the strengths of three organizations to provide tech-nical expertise to underserved communities in the U.S. and ensure that their infra-structure meets their community’s needs.”
For more information, please visit their website. A free webinar on CEC will be held on December 1, 2014. You can also e-mail Charlie Anderson to be included on the list of North Central Texas CEC volunteers.
Community Engineering CorpsCommunity Engineering Corps
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Benefiting:
“Meeting the Needs of Our Growing Region”
Date: Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014
Time: 5:30 p.m.
RSVP: **See below
Location: Texas Star Conference Center, Euless, Texas
Contact Letty Gomar or Felipe Pulido for sponsorship opportunities.
Dinner Costs: Members & Guests: $30 Operators & Students: $15 **Go to http://www.tawwa.org/group/north_central under the Upcoming Events section by NOON, Tuesday, Dec. 2 – This deadline is for reservations and cancellations. Please be aware that if you make a reservation and
do not attend the meeting, the chapter still has to pay for your meal. As a courtesy, if you cannot attend, please cancel your reservation (call 972.960.4433 or email Katie.Livas) by the deadline. If you do not cancel your reserva-tion prior to the deadline, please mail your missed meeting dues to HDR Engineering, ATTN: Katie Livas, 17111 Preston Road, Suite 200, Dallas, TX 75248.
For a list of sponsors, see the flyer on page 8!
Fourth Annual Holiday DinnerFourth Annual Holiday Dinner
Speaker BiographySpeaker Biography Thomas W. (Tom) Kula
Executive Director/General Manager
North Texas Municipal Water District
Thomas Kula is the Executive Director of the North Texas Municipal Water District
(NTMWD). In this capacity, Mr. Kula is responsible for all aspects of the NTMWD oper-
ations, management, and planning for an annual operating budget of over $335,000,000
for the FY 13-14. Additionally, Mr. Kula is responsible for the NTMWD’s FY 13/14 Con-
struction Program of $587,000,000. NTMWD currently serves over 1.6 million citizens
with a high-quality treated water supply, wastewater treatment and solid waste dispos-
al. Mr. Kula took over the role of Executive Director May 1, 2014.
Prior to joining the NTMWD, Mr. Kula served for 32 years in the U.S. Army. He served as commander of the
Southwestern Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from July 2010 until April 2014. Kula’s previous mili-
tary assignments included assignments in Germany, Fort Leonard Wood, the 82nd Airborne Division, Fort
Bragg, N.C.; the Pentagon; and deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Kula was born in North Chicago, Illinois. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Corps of Engi-
neers and awarded a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering upon graduation from the United States Mili-
tary Academy in 1982. He holds a Master’s Degree in Military Arts and Science from the School of Advanced
Military Studies, Command and General Staff College. Mr. Kula is a member of the Texas Water Conserva-
tion Association.
Kula resides in Rockwall, Texas, and is married to Jeannette Kula. They have three children.
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Save the Date! Save the Date!
Interested in staying up to date on innovative water education programs currently in action across Texas?
The Consumer Outreach Committee cordially invites you to check out their new blog, All Things H2O, a monthly publication that highlights existing water education and outreach programs throughout Tex-
as. Tune in for the inaugural post, featuring the City of Hou-ston and its many water pro-grams, including The Water-works Education Center.
An electronic version of the blog can be accessed via this follow-ing link; we hope you will check it out!
If you’d like to learn more about the Consumer Outreach Com-mittee, including volunteering with the Committee, or if you’d like to suggest a topic for future posts, please contact the Com-mittee Chair, Grace Wike.
North Texas HOPs Fundraiser (Because you can’t Spell Hops without Ops!) Join us for a great event benefitting Texas operations competition teams!
“All Things H“All Things H22O” BlogO” Blog
Event and raffle sponsors needed! $200 to sponsor. Contact Jerry Snead II or call 210-857-2491.
When: Thurs. Feb. 26, 2014, 6-8:30 p.m.
Where: Community Beer Company 1530 Inspiration Drive Dallas, TX
Why: To raise funds to send Texas Top Ops, Meter Madness and Pipe Tapping teams to national competitions!
Price: $25 online or $30 at the door Stay tuned for registration details!
Registration Includes: 2 pints, pizza, raffle entry, games and fun times with friends.
Cash bar available for those interested in additional pints!
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The annual AWWA Casino Night Fundraiser was a huge success! There were around 70 people in attendance for networking, dinner, and casino game fun. The top casino winners are listed below:
1st place: Grant Clay with Pacheco Koch
2nd place: Tim Lackey with Halff Associates
3rd place: Alex Applegate with AECOM
Through this event we were able to raise $3,000 for Water for People! We would like to extend a BIG thank you again to our sponsors and the AWWA Young Professionals Committee for making this event possible. Thank you also to everyone who came out to give back to a great charity and have a good time. We hope to see you next year!
Be on the lookout for upcoming happy hour announcements. If you are interested in joining the YP list serve please contact Whitney Brewer.
YP YP CCornerorner
Mohammad Bayan, senior engineer for water treatment, and Bill Gase, water treatment manager for Pierce-Burch Water Treatment Plant, Arlington Water Utilities, presented at the Oct. 9 NCT TAWWA meeting at Texas Star in Euless. The meeting was attended by 90 mem-bers. Mohammad and Bill discussed their study of an unusual spike in fil-ter effluent turbidity and manganese at PB WTP in late 2013. They deter-mined that the manganese spike was related to the Lake Arlington turno-ver, which resulted in excursion in filter effluent turbidity as a result of im-proper ozone operation. They concluded that the existing ozone dosage at the pre-treatment phase was low to oxidize the dissolved manganese and convert it to solid forms, and the ozone dosage at the intermediate phase was very high, which resulted in over-oxidation of manganese to the per-manganate. AWU has subsequently increased the ozone dosage at the pre-treatment ozone contactor and reduced the dosage at the intermediate ozone phase, and has had no reoccurrence of similar water quality issues since the changes. The study was conducted in-house by AWU; demon-strating the technical strength of AWU staff and their ability to adjust the system to changing conditions.
Sam Barraco, Program Committee Chair, presents water drop speaker awards to Mohammad Bryan and Bill Gase
Last Meeting SummaryLast Meeting Summary
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Friday, Oct. 24, marked the 13th Annual North Central Texas AW-
WA Drinking Water Seminar, one of our section’s largest and most
well-attended recurring educational events. Held at the Petroleum
Club of Fort Worth, this year’s seminar hosted approximately 150
attendees. The seminar seeks to include presentations on timely
and relevant topics to the water industry as a whole and provides
six hours of TCEQ operator credit/engineering PDHs. This year
was no exception, with topics ranging from the steps being taken by
utilities in Texas to deal with the effects of ongoing drought condi-
tions and aging infrastructure, to water system security concerns
and industry trends, and finally, an update on the ongoing re-
search, legislative, and regulatory activities that affect our industry.
Our section would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to the presenters and committee members that made this
year’s very successful seminar possible!
Drinking Water Seminar HighlightsDrinking Water Seminar Highlights
Cyber Security Panel Discussion
Alissa Lockett – San Antonio Water System (SAWS) Bob Lemus – City of Arlington Water Utilities
Thomas Taylor – Upper Trinity Regional Water District (UTRWD)
Bruce Gilbert – City of Arlington Water Utilities
Johnny Partain – Dallas Water Utilities Cassia Sanchez – Dallas Water Utilities
Andy Dettmer – Pure Technologies Michael Graves – Chiang, Patel, and Yerby, Inc.
Daniel Nix – City of Wichita Falls Jeff Rosen – Corona Environmental Consulting
Ted Kilpatrick – North Texas Municipal Water District Martin Rochelle – Lloyd, Gosselink, Rochelle, and Town-send, PC
Nicholas Burns – Black & Veatch Frank Blaha – Water Environment Research Foundation
Alan Roberson – AWWA, Director of Federal Relations Gary Chauvin – Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Julie Hunt – Trinity River Authority, Moderator Ron Tamada – Trinity River Authority, Moderator
Mia Welch – CH2M HILL, Chair David Smith – Rush Creek Consulting, Co-Chair
Brandy Martinez – Perkins Engineering Consultants, Co-Secretary
Dustan Compton – City of Arlington Water Utilities – Co-Secretary
Theo Chan – Perkins Engineering Consultants Darryl Westbrook – City of Arlington Water Utilities
Baker Ashiwaya Beatriz Dongell – CH2M HILL
Suzanne Dawson – Archer Western Amlan Ghosh – Corona Environmental
Katie Livas - HDR Tracey Long – Hazen and Sawyer
Chris Story – Jaster-Quintanilla Infrastructure David Vallejo – Black & Veatch
Andy Dettmer – Pure Technologies
2014 Drinking Water Seminar Presenters
Committee Members
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Utility SpotlightUtility Spotlight
As a new feature to the newsletter, we will be shining the spotlight on a local NCT utility. If you would like to be part of this spotlight in a future issue, please con-tact Matt Jalbert. This month, the Town of Flower Mound, Texas is being spotlighted.
Over the past decade the Town of Flower Mound has grown at a rapid pace, like most other Dallas-Fort Worth cities. In a 10-year period the town’s popula-tion rose from 30,000 to 50,000, and the current popu-lation is now approximately 68,000. Flower Mound’s build out is projected to be over 100,000.
Kenneth Parr, director of public works, and Randy Williams, utility services manager have both been ac-tively involved in the planning and operation of the town’s water supply infrastructure. In addition, the town’s Capital Improvements Program is managed by Tiffany Bruce.
Flower Mound contracts with Upper Trinity Regional Water District and Dallas Water Utilities for its treated water supply, 30-MGD and 11-MGD respectively. In addition to providing drinking water, the Flower Mound owns and operates a 10-MGD wastewater treatment plant.
Flower Mound has experienced growth on its west side near U.S. Highway 377 with the development of Canyon Falls. Due to recent drought conditions, the town has evaluated additional water supply alterna-tives, one which includes reusing treated wastewater effluent from the Trinity River Authority’s Denton Creek Regional Wastewater System. This would include the use of a purple pipe system, which would ini-tially be installed in the western part of Flower Mound
Recent construction projects include a new 2.5-MGD Western Elevated Storage Tank and new Western Pump Station.
“I enjoy solving problems.” -Randy Williams, Town of Flower Mound Utility Services Manager
New 2.5 MGD Western Elevated Storage Tank
NCT TAWWA Calendar of EventsNCT TAWWA Calendar of Events
2014-2015 Upcoming Event List
Dec. 4: Holiday Dinner, Texas Star, Euless
Feb. 19: Lunch Meeting, Texas Star, Euless
Feb. 26: HOPs Fundraiser
Apr. 14-17: Texas Water 2015™ Conference
Apr. 23: Plant Tour (Tentative)
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Position Name Organization Phone E-mail
Section Trustee Fiona Allen TRA 817-493-5114 [email protected]
Section Deputy Trustee Sally Mills-
Wright City of Arlington 817-575-8972 [email protected]
Past President Jerry Snead II JQInfrastructure 210.857.2491 [email protected]
President Letty Gomar Carollo 972.239.9949 [email protected]
Vice-President Juan (Felipe)
Pulido CH2MHILL
817.870.1129 x58345
Secretary Theo Chan Perkins Engineering
Consultants 817-719-0372 [email protected]
Treasurer Sarah Johnson NCTAWWATreasur-
Arrangements Committee Chair
Katie Livas HDR 972.960.4463 [email protected]
Programs Committee Chair
Sam Barraco Carollo 972.239.4404 [email protected]
Membership Committee Chair
Tom Christie DN Tanks 972.823.3300 [email protected]
Scholarship Committee Chair
Sid McCain TRA 817.267.4226 [email protected]
Seminar Committee Chair
Mia Welch CH2MHILL 972.663.2223 [email protected]
Communications Committee Chair
Stefi Massey AECOM 972.735.3028 [email protected]
Education & Outreach Committee Chair
Michael DeMotte
GarzaBury, LLC 214-632-1058 [email protected]
Young Professional Committee Chair (Fort Worth)
Whitney Brewer
Lockwood, Andrews, and Newman, Inc.
817-820-0420 [email protected]
Young Professional Committee Chair (Dallas)
Mike Groves DWU 214.671.9522 [email protected]
State Representative Diversity Committee
Ron Tamada TRA 817.493.5100 [email protected]
State Representative Regional Activities Committee
Bill Smith TRA 817.493.5100 [email protected]
Executive Committee 2014Executive Committee 2014--20152015
T h e N o r t h C e n t r a l T e x a s C h a p t e r o f t h e T e x a s S e c t i o n o f t h e A m e r i c a n W a t e r W o r k s A s s o c i a t i o n
North Central Texas
Chapter of the AWWA
For contributions to this
newsletter, contact
Stefi Massey. http://www.tawwa.org/NorthTxChap.htm
North Central Texas Chapter of TAWWA
P.O. Box 795213
Dallas, TX 75379-5213
Serving the water industry professionals in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex
“Meeting the Needs of Our Growing Region”
Platinum Sponsors
North Central Texas Chapter of
Texas AWWA
J. Kevin Ward
http://tawwa.site-ym.com/events/event_details.asp?id=373364
All Proceeds Benefiting
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Social : 5:30 PM Dinner: 6:30 PM
Program: 7:30 PM
Texas Star Conference Center 1400 Texas Star Parkway, Euless
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS AWWA 4th Annual Holiday Dinner
FREE DRINK TICKET with the donation of a canned food
item!
DOOR PRIZE
SPONSORS
Gold Sponsors Silver Sponsors
Register online or with Katie Livas (972.960.4433) by Tuesday, Dec. 2
To sponsor, visit the online registration page or contact Katie Livas.
There will be door prizes and a cash bar!
