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Ohio Water Environment Association Volume 92:2 | Issue 2 2019 uckeye Bulletin READ ABOUT OWEA'S FLY-IN TO DC pg. 52-53 www.ohiowea.org OHIO WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION EDUCATION. PRESERVATION.WE DEDICATED TO YOUR WATERA ENVIRONMENT. 2 Buckeye Bulletin - Issue 2 | 2019 © 2019 Lakeside Equipment Corporation. All trademarks owned by Lakeside Equipment Corporation. WE STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD. As you would expect from Lakeside, our Raptor® Multi-Rake Bar Screen is an efficient, proven screen technology for rapid removal of inorganic solids in municipal and industrial applications. But what sets it apart is the simple fact that ours is built to Lakeside’s renowned standards and features superior quality. As with everything we do, our Raptor Multi-Rake Bar Screen is well-engineered, designed for optimum performance and durability, and is manufactured in the USA. That’s important on a lot of levels. When critical decisions are made on design and specifications, stand out with the Lakeside Raptor Multi-Rake Bar Screen, the gold standard of the industry. REPRESENTED LOCALLY BY: Cleaner Water for a Brighter Future® 1211 Chesapeake Ave. Paul Matrka Columbus, Ohio 43212 [email protected] Speak to one of our experts at 630.837.5640, email us at P (614) 224-7670 F (614) 224-7660 Cynthia Hengeli [email protected] or visit www.lakeside-equipment.com Go-Smith.com [email protected] for more product information. Raptor® Screening Products Fine Screen Micro Strainer Rotating Drum Screen Septage Acceptance Plant Septage Complete Plant Complete Plant Multi-Rake Bar Screen FalconRake™ Bar Screen Rotary Strainer Screen Wash Press www.ohiowea.org 3 OWEA Officials 2018-2019 Executive Committee 2018-2019 Committee Chairs Annual Conference Doug Borkosky, Elizabeth Wick, & Dave Sprague President Fred Smith [email protected], CDM Smith, Inc. [email protected], [email protected] - 614.572.6123 [email protected] Auditing Doug Clark and Tom Fishbaugh [email protected], President-Elect Kim Riddell-Furry [email protected] Alloway [email protected] - 419.234.4507 Awards Ted Baker [email protected] Certification Kathy Richards Vice President Mike Welke [email protected] City of Warren Charitable Outreach Afaf Musa and Stephanie Johnson [email protected] - 330.841.2595 [email protected], [email protected] Collection Systems Bill Horst Past President Jamie Gellner [email protected] Hazen and Sawyer [email protected] - 513.469.2750 Contact Hours Marc Morgan [email protected] Governance Fred Smith Secretary-Treasurer Jane Winkler [email protected] [email protected] - 513.910.3775 Government and Regulatory Affairs Dale Kocarek [email protected] Laboratory Analysts Melodi Clark and Tony Hintze WEF Delegate Dale Kocarek [email protected], Stantec [email protected] [email protected] - 614.486.4383 Membership Fred Smith [email protected] WEF Delegate Ted Baker Nominating Elizabeth Wick Baker and Associates [email protected] [email protected] - 440.461.4577 Past Presidents Doug Clark [email protected] WEF Delegate Kathy Richards Plant Operations Joe Tillison and Walter Ariss [email protected], City of Akron [email protected] [email protected] - 330.375.2963x7184 Pretreatment and Industrial Sharon Vaughn [email protected] SW Delegate Jason Tincu Public Education Kevin Stilwell Greene County [email protected] [email protected] - 937-562-7414 Publications Elizabeth Wick [email protected] SE Delegate Brandon Fox Residuals Jamie Gellner City of Columbus [email protected] [email protected] - 614.645.3153 Safety Mike Welke and Nathan Coey [email protected], [email protected] NW Delegate Jeff Lamson City of Fremont Sponsorship Ted Baker [email protected] - 419.334.3876 [email protected] Utility Enhancement VACANT NE Delegate Mary Ann Driscoll Watershed Anil Tangirala Burgess & Niple, Inc. [email protected] [email protected] Young Professionals Lindsey Hassenauer - 330.376.5778x3417 [email protected] 2018-2019 Section Presidents NW President Gary Bauer [email protected] STAFF NE President Jim Cooper Executive Administrator Dawn Sink Kennedy [email protected] [email protected] SW President Dave Wilson Association Coordinator Megan Borror [email protected] [email protected] SE President Brenda VanCleave Administrative Assistant Chelsea Cameron [email protected] [email protected] 4 Buckeye Bulletin - Issue 2 | 2019 What's Inside Disclaimer The Buckeye Bulletin (BB) is the official publication WHAT'S INSIDE? of the Ohio Water Environment Association, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation founded in 1926, dedicated to the improvement of water quality in Ohio and the OWEA Officials 4 continuing education of water professionals. It is one of the top five member associations of the Water President’s Message 7-8 Environment Federation. The ideas, opinions, concepts, and procedures expressed in this publication are those of the Welcome New OWEA Members 8 individual authors and not necessarily those of the Ohio Water Environment Association, its officers, 2019 Sponsors 9-12 general membership, or staff. For further information on submitting articles or advertising, please contact our organization at: 2019 Technical Conference 13-25 Watershed: Buckeye Lake 26-29 Ohio Water Environment Association 1890 Northwest Blvd, Suite 210 Government & Regulatory Affairs: Columbus, OH 43212 T: 614.488.5800 Senator Brown on the Farm Bill 30-31 F: 614.488.5801 E: [email protected] Laboratory: DMR-QA Enlightenment 32-34 www.ohiowea.org The People's Place 36-38 Elizabeth Wick, Publications Chair Dawn Kennedy, Executive Administrator Utility Partnership Program 39 Megan Borror, Association Coordinator Chelsea Cameron, Administrative Assistant The Science of Phosphorus 40-46 Ohio EPA Update 48-50 Photos in this issue provided by: Cover Photo - Senator Sherrod Brown's Troubleshooting Activated Sludge 51 Photographer. Other photos OWEA Section and Committee photographers, article contributors, advertisers, Mike Welke, and Megan Borror (list not all OWEA DC Fly-In 52-53 inclusive). Contact Hour Information: Fireside Chats: Kim Furry 54-57 OWEA training is submitted for contact hour approval. Article Deadlines: Safety: City of Wooster Safety History 60-61 1st day of January, April, July, and October Publication Dates: WEF Headquarters 62-66 Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter WEF/OWEA Membership 67 Photo Requirements: Please contact the OWEA office regarding photo requirements for covers and articles. Office Offerings 68 Copyright © 2019 All Rights Reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced Kocarek Korner 70-71 without written consent from the Ohio Water Environment Association. Section Reports 74-77 OWEA is a Member Association of the Committee Reports and Updates 79-87 Water Environment Federation 601 Wythe Street Operations Quiz 80 Alexandria, VA 22314-1994 T: 703.684.2400 Advertiser Index 98 F: 703.684.2492 www.wef.org OWEA WEF TECHNICAL HUMAN INTEREST www.ohiowea.org 5 President's Message 6 Buckeye Bulletin - Issue 2 | 2019 President's Message ard to believe this is my final on clean water, our business, jobs created, President’s Message. That said, families provided for, and communities HI am sure the OWEA staff is served. Ralph Waldo Emerson said you can thankful it is my last one. I am typically pay back only seldom, but you can always the final article added to the Buckeye pay forward, and you must pay line for line, Bulletin, squeezing just under the deadline deed for deed, and cent for cent. I certainly yet again. What a pleasure it has been to can never pay back my Dad, or my Mom, serve as the OWEA President this year. As or my Uncle for all that they provided for I look back on my year as President, I hope me and others, but I work to pay forward. that my leadership has helped to improve Fred Smith OWEA slightly. I look forward to working OWEA President with Kim Furry (Riddell) #WOW (Woman The #MyWaterLegacy campaign was of Water) next year as she becomes President in June. I launched by WEF in 2016. The campaign is to bring know she will be a great leader for the organization. I must attention to the value of mentorship and membership, the also thank those that have served with me this year. The tradition of working in the water sector, and the important entire Executive Committee, our Section leadership, our contributions that water professionals make every day Committee Chairs, our volunteers, and the OWEA staff. I to build a legacy of clean water for future generations. am grateful for your service. #MyWaterLegacy is about paying forward, because we can pay back only seldom. Woody Hayes was a great proponent of paying forward, and he, my Dad, Mom, my I joined OWEA in 1990 as a young engineer who could Uncle, and many others in this clean water industry pay not wait to get started in our industry. I wanted to be a it forward every day. #MyWaterLegacy starts first with civil engineer going back to when I was in kindergarten my two daughters, Emily and Lucy. They did not end and looked forward with great anticipation to designing up with a career in the clean water industry, but they are my first wastewater treatment plant. That plant is in provided with clean water every day. Clean water that Danville, Ohio. #MyWaterHistory comes from my Dad, keeps them healthy. Nearly 1,000 children under age 5 die Francis Smith, and my Uncle George Smith. Both were civil every day from diarrhea caused by contaminated water, engineering graduates from The Ohio State University, and poor sanitation, and improper hygiene. We are all working their careers focused on the clean water industry. Both to solve the global water and sanitation crisis. That’s why became leaders at their respective companies and retired we are focused on providing clean water and sanitation as the man in charge.