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SPRING 2012 WEAU Annual Conference April 18-20, 2012 Dixie Center • St. George, Utah Orem Water Reclamation Facility Orem Water 1000 South 1797 West Orem, Utah 84058 service requested Address INSIDE: Using the right tool Laboratory Corner PWO Global Technologies, Local Solutions. Degremont Technologies offers trusted, globally proven solutions for your water treatment challenges. www.degremont-technologies.com HEADWORKS | BIOLOGICAL | SEPARATIONS | MEMBRANES | OXIDATION DISINFECTION | BIOSOLIDS | INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS InfIlco Represented by W-Cubed, Inc. 2121 S. West Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84115 Phone: (801) 466-3819 Utah | Idaho | Montana | Wyoming | Nevada www.goblesampson.com Aeromix SCREENINGS & HEADWORKS FILTRATION Aqua Turbo M2 RENEWABLES AQUA TURBO Pretreatment, Primary Clarification Disk Filter Azzuro DUMPSTERVEYOR M2 RENEWABLES BCR Environmental Solids Container Handling Systems Continuous Up Flow Sand Filter, Phosphorous and Metals BDP Industries HUBER TECHNOLOGY Removal, Filtration and Denitrification Screens (Step, Perforated, Wedge Wire, Bar Rake, Septage, SEVERN TRENT Bioworks and for MBRs), Wash Press and Grit Washer De-nitrifying Effluent Filter Boerger JDV WESTECH Continental Blower Shaftless Screw Conveyors Continuous Up Flow/Down Flow Sand Filter LAKESIDE Dumpster Veyor Screens (Perforated Plate, Bar, Septage, and for MBRs), DISINFECTION Enpro Wash Press, Grit Removal and Grit Washers PROCESS SOLUTIONS Environetics PLASTI-FAB “MicrOclor” Onsite Hypo Generation and Tank Shark Tank Mixer Systems Enviropax FRP Parshall Flumes, Weirs, Buildings, Slide Gates, Stop Logs POLYCHEM PURAFIL Enviroquip Grit Removal System (Chain & Flight) Dry Scrubbing Systems for Odor Control Fenton WESTECH WATSON MARLOW Fluid Dynamics Screens (Perforated Plate, Bar, Step, Sludge), Grit Removal, Peristaltic Chemical Feed Pump Grit Classifier WEDECO Golden Harvest Low Pressure/High Intensity UV System Hallsten AERATION & MIXING Hayward Gordon AEROMIX DIGESTION Floating Aspirating Aerators and Coarse Bubble Diffusers AEROMIX Huber ENVIROPAX Coarse Bubble Diffusers JDV Fixed Vertical Mixers for Selector and Anoxic MTS Komax KOMAX Aqua Turbo Static Mixers Lakeside WESTECH LANDIA Mechanical Mixing, Digester Covers & Digester Heating Landia Submersible Mixers and Recirculating Wall Pumps Systems Marsh McBirney MTS Mass Transfer Systems Jet Mixing and Aeration BIOSOLIDS PROCESSING NEUROS BCR ENVIRONMENTAL McCrometer Single Stage High-Efficiency Turbo Blower Class A Biosolids Treatment Midwestern Fabricators AQUA TURBO BDP INDUSTRIES Nefco Surface Mixers and Aerators Gravity Belt and Rotary Thickeners, and Belt Filter Press UNIVERSAL BLOWER ENPRO Neuros Positive Displacement Blower Package System Dry Chemical Feed Systems Penn Valley FENTON Plasti-Fab TREATMENT PROCESSES Class “A” Sludge Drying Process AZZURO FLUID DYNAMICS Polychem Biological Odor Control Systems Liquid and Dry Polymer Blending Systems Polytech BIOWORKS HUBER Process Solutions Lagoon-based Aeration System Screw Thickener, Screw Press, Disc Thickener and Belt Dryer Purafil ENVIROQUIP WESTFALIA “Kubota” Membrane Bioreactor “SymBio BNR” Aerobic Centrifuges Severn Trent Digestion Universal Blower LAKESIDE PUMPING EQUIPMENT Watson Marlow BNR Oxidation Ditches (Brush Rotors) BOERGER WESTECH Rotary Lobe Pump and Grinder (Scum, Grease and Sludge) Wedeco UV Membrane Bioreactor (Flat Sheet) HAYWARD GORDON WesTech Oxidation Ditch (Vertical Turbine Aeration), Chopper, Screw Centrifugal and Recessed Impeller Pumps Westfalia Motorized Trickling Filter Rotary Distributor, LAKESIDE Hydraulic Trickling Filter Rotary Distributor, Screw Pumps Rotating Drum Aeration Process, PENN VALLEY Slow Speed Mixing with Fine Bubble Aeration Double Disc Sludge/Scum Pump WATSON MARLOW CLARIFICATION Peristaltic pumps (Chemical Feed & Sludge) M2 RENEWABLES Alternative Primary Clarification SPECIALTIES LAKESIDE ENVIRONETICS Secondary Clarifiers Floating Baffle and Clearwell Curtains NEFCO HALLSTEN FRP Stamford Density Current Baffles and Launder Covers Aluminum Flat Covers POLYCHEM MARSH MCBIRNEY Rectangular Non-Metallic Chain & Flight Clarifiers Hach Flo Meters POLYTECH MCCROMETER Contact: Rotary Pipe & Helical Scum Skimmers In-pipe Flowmeters WESTECH MIDWESTERN FABRICATORS 801-268-8790 Primary and Secondary Circular Clarifiers FRP Troughs, Ductwork, Covers and Tanks SPRING Contents 2012 WEAU BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2011-2012 President Dan Olson 40 42 [email protected] Past President Jill Houston [email protected] President Elect Paul Krauth [email protected] Vice President Dru Whitlock [email protected] Director Matt Myers [email protected] Director Michael Foerster [email protected] 11 Director Phil Heck [email protected] Director FEATURES Jeff Wiest [email protected] WEAU Annual Conference 2012 ..................................... 11 Secretary/Treasurer Clint Rogers Using the right tool .........................................................40 [email protected] Federation Director Kevin Cowan [email protected] Departments Outgoing Federation Director Reed Fisher President’s message ..............................6 Laboratory corner .................................42 [email protected] Editor’s message ...................................8 PWO ....................................................44 Incoming Federation Director Lance Wood Collections ...........................................38 Ad index ...............................................46 PWO Representative Gary Hill [email protected] PWO Representative Elect Ron Clements Digested News available online [email protected] SPRING Editor 2011 Chad Burrell [email protected] Global Technologies, Local Solutions. Degremont Technologies offers trusted, globally proven solutions for your water treatment challenges. HEADWORKS BIOLOGY WEAU ANNUAL SEPARATION MEMBRANE DISINFECTION CONFERENCE BIOSOLIDS APRIL 5 – 8 • DIXIE CENTER • ST. GEORGE, UTAH Published by: SYSTEMS www.degremont-technologies.com Represented by W-Cubed, Inc. 2121 S. West Temple • Salt Lake City, UT 84115 Phone: (801) 466-3819 WEAU - Central Valley Water Reclamation Facility 800 W. Central800 W. Valley Road Salt Lake City, Utah 84119 On behalf of the WEAU Address service requested INSIDE: With print and electronic communication WEAU Website Refreshed Wastewater Diving Automatic Water Sampling Tel: 866-985-9780 operating hand-in-hand, you can take advantage of the Fax: 866-985-9799 www.kelmanonline.com fact that Digested News magazine is available online in a highly interactive format. Managing Editor, Scott Kelman Design/Layout, Theresa Kurjewicz Advertising Sales, Chad Morrison A user-friendly, interactive Media Rich PDF format that includes: Advertising Co-ordinator, 1. Active hyper-links to all websites and e-mails contained in the publication Lauren Campbell 2. Active links to the specific stories from the front cover and contents page 3. Active links to advertiser websites from their ads Visit us online, www.weau.org SEE VIDEO ON WEBSITE NEW from Pollardwater.com... www.pollardwater.com Deter unauthorized access to your potable water system! Reflective Band for Night Time Visibility The K2 has just two components When installed both the shell and the hasp swivel freely and individually. 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With mentoring from several On another note, I have been thinking about who will be the next generation of wastewater treatment plant operators. experienced operators I became Not many people start out life planning to work in a wastewater treatment plant, they just seem to fall into it, no pun intended. As somewhat successful.” a young man, I began planning what I was going to do to secure I volunteered with an ambulance association for two years.