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You'll Flip for Texas Water 2015Tm | February/March 2015 | ® TEXThe Official Newsletter of the Texas Section S AWWA | Everyh2o Drop, Every Day, Everywhere © Join some finny friends for the Conference Night Out at the Texas State Aquarium April 16 You'll Flip for Texas Water 2015TM April 14-17, Corpus Christi CybersecurityTWDB News | LCRA's | Chapter Drought Roundup | Water | Calendar Use Decline | and | more! and more! Gemini keeps you safe from compliance violations. Gemini Group guarantees your Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) will always be in compliance. Since 1998, we’ve produced more than 60 million CCRs for water systems in Texas and across the country, every one of them 100% compliant. Before your next report is due, contact us. We guarantee that Printed reports & electronic your CCR will be fully compliant, delivery options available every time. 800-254-9761 ext. 213 • www.gemgrp.com TGG056_ThSourceAd_Texas.indd 1 11/5/14 11:13 AM | Texas Water 2015 | Where Did the Time Go? It's the 20th Texas Water! Gemini keeps you safe from compliance violations. he 20th Texas Water, the Largest Regional Water 1995-1996 Conference in the U.S.TM, hits the beach in Corpus Gemini Group guarantees your Texas Sec- TChristi April 14-17. Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) tion Chair Like most 20-year-olds, it’ll be a little bit loud and will always be in compliance. Since Ronny sprawling, but who can blame it? Its previous birthdays Hyde of have ushered in a lot of “firsts” that have been impor- 1998, we’ve produced more than Fort Worth tant for Texas AWWA specifically and for the Texas 60 million CCRs for water systems in welcomes water community generally. Texas and across the country, registrants For example, Texas Water 1997 in Arlington saw the to the first beginnings of the TAWWA Young Professionals Com- every one of them 100% compliant. Texas Water mittee that has provided much of the “oomph” that Before your next report is due, conference pushed TAWWA into new areas. contact us. We guarantee that Printed reports & electronic in Austin That recognition of 35-and-under professionals led your CCR will be fully compliant, delivery options available to the creation of the Maverick Award in 2003, and its every time. CONTINUED PAGE 27 | Texas Water 2015 800-254-9761 ext. 213 • www.gemgrp.com www.tawwa.org TEXASh2o FEBRUARY/MARCH 2015 | 3 | TGG056_ThSourceAd_Texas.indd 1 11/5/14 11:13 AM | letter from the texas section chair | Hitting the Beach BY ALISSA LOCKETT Texas Section texas section chair American Water Works Association P.O. Box 80150 Austin, Texas 78708 www.tawwa.org Alissa Lockett, Chair pring is finally here, which means it is closing 210-233-3401 in on time for us to come together in Corpus Christi at Texas Water 2015TM from April 14 Jennifer Elms, Chair-Elect S 713-784-4500 to 17. The Local Host Committee, led by Alexa Fulbright and Richard Eason from the City of Daniel Nix, Vice-Chair 940-691-1153 Corpus Christi, has planned many great opportu- nities for networking, professional development, Christianne Castleberry, Imm. Past Chair and giving back to the community. 512-751-9272 ALISSA th TM LOCKETT Mike Howe In its 20 year, Texas Water 2015 is on course to 210-233-3401 Executive Director/Secretary-Treasurer set records and be a huge success. [email protected] 512-238-9292 Fax: 512-238-0496 [email protected] Networking. I will be celebrating my last year as a “young” professional this year, so I will definitely be attending the Young This publication is distributed bi-monthly to the more than 3,500 members and Professionals & Student Reception on Wednesday. The budding Mentor- friends of the Texas Section – American ing Program will be in full swing, and as always, there will not be anybody Water Works Association. checking ID’s so the young and young-at-heart are all welcome. Another great networking opportunity is the Women of Texas Water Contributing writers can contact the editor: Lunch on Thursday, where Corpus Christi Mayor Nelda Martinez will be Cliff Avery our honored guest speaker. We are sure to have better sandwiches this GCP Association Services year, and the great company that the amazing women (and a few brave PO Box 676 men) in this industry provide cannot be beat! Be sure to visit the Exhibit Pflugerville, TX 78691 Hall, too, as that is the networking hub of the entire conference with more 512-251-8101 Fax: 512-251-8152 than 450 exhibitors that will have the widget or service that is exactly what [email protected] you need. The publication name, TexasH2O: © 1996-2015 Texas Section – American Water Works We are lucky that the water industry is full of Association, Inc. Professional Development. some really smart people that are eager to share their expertise with all © 2015 Texas Section – American Water Works Association, Inc. of us to make the world a better place. This year the Program Committee, co-chaired by TAWWA Vice Chair Daniel Nix of Wichita Falls and WEAT's FOLLOW TAWWA ON Meera Victor of Carollo Engineers, has assembled a rich technical program FACEBOOK AND TWITTER! of about 165 presentations covering the major topics of interest within our profession that will bring your knowledge to the next level. Recognizing the importance of operator training, there will be a dedicated Operator track @txawwa Texas AWWA CONTINUED PAGE 21 | letter from the texas section chair | 4 | FEBRUARY/MARCH 2015 TEXASh2o www.tawwa.org | executive director report | Making It Up as We Went Along BY MIKE HOWE tawwa executive director A heads up. This is not a “war story” as in a collection of ics. But, each conference recollections about the past. Even though it nearly starts also had topics that were with "once upon a time", the following is a true story and universal to all water profes- real names are used. sionals. The time had come to join forces for all the right n late 1995, when I was working for the Austin Water reasons, reduce expenses utility, the Director, Randy Goss, called me into his for exhibitors and attendees, Ioffice. I was the utility Community Relations Officer and see if collectively, the and he needed help with a project. After many years of two associations could build MIKE HOWE Texas AWWA and the Water Environment Association a better conference. 512-238-9292 of Texas each hosting individual conferences, both as- So, in 1996, the first Texas [email protected] sociations had decided to bow to the requests of their Water conference began at exhibitors and combine forces to host one conference. the Austin Convention Center. It was a rousing suc- The exhibitors’ request came after realizing that for cess. But, it wasn’t easy to create. Co-chaired by Austin many of the years before 1995, both conferences were utility staff Jane Burazer and Raj Bhattarai, my staff in held in the spring, both conferences had the same the utility Public Information Office were charged with exhibitors, and both conferences were seeing the same the logistical implementation of the conference. We attendees. The exhibitors realized they were spending also were to develop the conference brochure. Our twice the money in a short period of time to market to first challenge was to decide whose name would go the same attendees. first on the cover. After many meetings with a series of At the same time, the two associations realized their decisions on how the conference would proceed, no members were in essence attending the same confer- decision was made about who was first on the bro- ence in about a six-week period. The only differences chure. Finally, with a print deadline looming, I made an were some of the topics at each. At one, primarily “executive decision” to go alphabetically. TAWWA first, water topics. At the other, primarily wastewater top- CONTINUED PAGE 30 | executive director report ALAN PLUMMER ASSOCIATES, INC. environmental engineers and scientists Water / Wastewater Environmental Permitting Water Resources/Efficiency Austin • College Station • Dallas • Houston Fort Worth • Oklahoma City 1320 S. University, Suite 300 Fort Worth, Texas 76107 817.806.1700 www.apaienv.com | 6 | FEBRUARY/MARCH 2015 TEXASh2o www.tawwa.org From Source to Tap Managing supply, treatment, and distribution can present a steady stream of complex challenges. Since 1951, Hazen and Sawyer has been helping water providers protect public health and the environment. Precise supply/demand forecasting and hydraulic modeling enable us to test different alternatives that make the best use of the existing system and minimize the cost of improvements. www.hazenandsawyer.com H2O_PostCon2014.indd 5 6/10/14 10:20 AM | drought | Are We in the New 'Drought of Record'? LCRA Says It's Never Seen a Drier Period Feb. 24 he Lower Colorado River Authority unleashed discus- drought map sion about the possibility of a new “the drought of from U.S. record” with its announcement that preliminary 2014 Drought T data shows the Highland Lakes is now the most severe Monitor drought the region has experienced since construction of the lakes began in the 1930s. As a direct result of the prolonged record-dry conditions and record-low inflows from the streams and tributaries feeding the Highland Lakes, the “firm yield,” or inventory of water LCRA can provide reliably every year, has been de- creased by about 100,000 acre-feet, to 500,000 acre-feet per year. (An acre-foot of water is 325,851 gallons.) Further re- ductions in firm yield are possible as the drought continues. CONTINUED PAGE 19 | LCRA You upgraded your equipment and it is worth protecting.
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