April 2010 E-Rumbles

E-Rumbles

Volume 6, Number 4

April 1, 2010

E-Rumbles, The Electronic Newsletter of RMSAWWA and RMWEA

Announcement: Natalie Cannon has retired as E-rumbles co-editor. Many thanks to Natalie for her dedicated service and hard work over the past 4 years!

Please welcome Tye Jordan as our new E-rumbles co-editor.

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SECTION NEWS

NEW! RUMBLES ISSUES ONLINE! PLEASE VISIT WEBSITE TO VIEW LATEST ISSUE OF RUMBLES!

RMWEA Membership Appreciation Night

!!TONIGHT!! Thursday, April 1, 2010 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Forest Room 5, 2532 15th Street, Denver, CO (just west of downtown and not far from REI). Click map for directions. Drinks and appetizers will be provided. See website. Email Will Raatz or phone 720-544-5422.

The 2010 RMSAWWA/RMWEA Joint Annual Conference will be held at the Keystone Resort and Conference Center on September 11 – 15, 2010. Deadline for abstracts on topics related to water and wastewater O&M is April 2, 2010.

Conservation Committee Meeting, Platte Canyon Water and Sanitation District @ 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM. Visit website for more information.

Water for People Wine Tour and Tasting at Casa Rondena at 733 Chavez Road NW, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87107 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm, April 17th, 2010.

For the ninth consecutive year, a Colorado governor has signed a proclamation declaring the third week of April to be "Wastewater Worker Recognition Week." Governor Bill Ritter Jr. set aside the week of April 18-24 for wastewater workers. To see the proclamation (or download a copy), please go to the MWRD website.

JTAC Luncheon and Presentation: High Speed Drive Single Stage Blowers, Guidance for Selection @ 11:30 AM on April 22nd, 2010. For more information, see website.

The RMWEA/RMSAWWA Joint Utility Leadership Seminar at the Three Tomatoes Steakhouse and Club at Fossil Trace, 3050 Illinois St, Golden, CO 80401 on April 29, 2010, 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM. Cost is $90 and TUs are 0.62 SU. To register, go to website, click on the Committees link, select PWO, then On-Line Seminar Registration, or call TEAMS at (303) 394-2022. For ?s, call Nikki Stefonick at (303) 286-3433.

Inorganics Removal in Water Treatment and Water Disinfection Workshops offered on May 11, 2010. For more information contact Vicki Jones.

The RMSAWWA Section Lunch at ACE in Chicago will be a breakfast this year. It will be at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers, corner of Columbus Dr. and North Water St., from 7:15 - 8:30 AM on June 21, 2010. Cost is $30/person, payable by June 4, 2010. For more info,or to make a reservation, contact Martin Garcia, Section Director, at martin.garcia@denverwater.org.

All water and wastewater utilities, engineering firms, vendors and regulatory agencies are invited to submit historical and/or biographical stories about their representative agency and the part they played in "How The West Was Won". Visit website.

LOCAL CONFERENCES

The 6th Annual Trinidad Water Distribution Workshop will be held at the Holiday Inn Express in Trinidad, Colorado on Friday April 23, 2010. Please check the Calendar or contact Lee Cesario/Tom Ries at lee.cesario@denverwater.org / tries@auroragov.org. TUs will be issued.

MISCELLANEOUS

The NMIC monthly luncheon will be held Thursday, April 22, 2010 at Golden Corral restaurant, 3401 Highway 528 NW, Albuquerque, NM, at 11:45 AM. Jeremy Anderson of CDM will present Arsenic Treatment in southern NM.

2010 RMSAWWA AWARD NOMINATIONS categories for maintenance, operations, distribution, conservation, laboratories, WTPs, and research. See website or contact Karen Burgi at BurgiKC@bv.com. Due date is July 1, 2010.

Sponsored by NACWA, the Clean Water Funding Network is a free information and networking service to keep water professionals informed about clean water funding developments, both in Washington and at the state and local levels. Visit www.cleanwaterfunding.org.

LAB PRACTICES COMMITTEE NEEDS YOUR HELP - LAB Practices committee is back and needs committee members. If you would like to get involved with RMWEA, please contact Jason Graham, Committee Chair at jgraham@fcgov.com.

Don't forget to check the classified ads and employment opportunities on the websites, www.rmwea.org and www.rmsawwa.net. All members may use the website postings.

E-Rumbles does not accept paid advertising.

Submissions should be made to:

andrea.josefiak@denverwater.org or tye.jordan@aecom.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 Andrea Josefiak at 303.628.7019 or Tye Jordan at 720.284.0544 to discuss.

Don't forget - Annual Conference abstracts are due TOMORROW - April 2nd!

E-Rumbles is a publication of RMSAWWA and RMWEA Editors: Andrea Josefiak and Tye Jordan, andrea.josefiak@denverwater.org and tye.jordan@aecom.com. Committee Chair: Jason Mumm, jay@stepwiseadvisors.com. You received this e-mail due to your affiliation with the Rocky Mountain Section of the American Water Works Association and/or the Rocky Mountain Section of the Water Environment Association. Please note that if you choose to unsubscribe and you are a member of AWWA, you will no longer receive any electronic submissions from RMSAWWA or AWWA. If you choose to unsubscribe and are a member of RMWEA, you will continue to receive submissions from WEF, unless you notify national WEF. To unsubscribe, please click on Manage Your Subscription.