Spring 2018, Vol. 48, No. 1 ClearWatersNeew YoYorkk WaWatet r Ennviv ror nmenentt Assos ciciata ioon, InI c. New York City DEP Protecting Public Health for 175 Years Also Inside: 90th Annual Meeting Highlights 2 Clear Waters Spring 2018 ClearWatersSpring 2018, Vol. 48, No. 1 NYWEA Board of Directors New York Water Environment Association, Inc. Officers President ................Geoffrey Baldwin, New York City President’s Message ............................................ 4 President–Elect ................... Robert Wither, Albany Geoff Baldwin Vice President ............. William J. Nylic III, Woodbury Vice President–Elect ..........Lauren Livermore, Liverpool Executive Director’s Message .................................... 5 Treasurer ............. Anthony Della Valle, New Rochelle Patricia Cerro-Reehil Asst. Treasurer..................Timothy Taber, Liverpool Immediate Past President........ Paul J. McGarvey, Buffalo Highlights of the 90th Annual Meeting in New York City ........... 6-7, 51 WEF House of Delegates ...... Richard Pope, New York City Water Views .................................................. 9 Chapter Representatives James Tierney Capital ................. Lindsay Ostrander Allen, Albany Central ....................... Brian Skidmore, Syracuse Focus on Safety ............................................... 9 Genesee ....................... William Davis, Rochester Eileen Reynolds Long Island .................. George Desmarais, Melville Lower Hudson .............. Richard Fiedler, Kinnelon, NJ A Brief History of Our Industry in New York City .................... 10 Metropolitan ................. John Fortin, New York City Western........................... Mike Quinn, Buffalo Protecting Public Health and the Environment in New York City ........ 12 Vincent Sapienza Young Professionals Representative Vacant Evolving Resource Recovery to Meet Future Needs ................... 16 Pamela Elardo Operator Representative Donna Bee, Northport After 175 Years in Service, Waterworks Remain Marvel of Engineering ... 22 Adam Bosch WEF House of Delegates................ Mark Koester, Canastota Oluwole McFoy, Buffalo 2017 Highlights from the Watershed ............................... 29 . .Richard Pope, New York City New York City DEP Press Release Committee Representatives The Water Systems that Support New York City ...................... 31 Association Activities Group: Joyette Tyler Doug Greeley Awards .................. Melissa Motyl, New York City Hall of Fame .................. Ron Delo, White Plains Integrated Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modeling Membership ............. Paul Paparella, New York City for Coastal Resiliency Planning ................................... 34 Program....................... Lisa Derrigan, Buffalo James Garin, Gregory Mayes, Sandeep Mehrotra, Charles Wilson and Caitlin Fedio Jeff Butler, Woodbury Conference Management ......... Dave Barnes, Buffalo Demand Management: Innovative Programs to Save Water ............. 40 ...........................Joyette Tyler, White Plains Ben Huff, Erin Morey and Alan Cohn Strategic Planning ......... William J. Nylic III, Woodbury Young Professionals .......... Venessa Brabant, Albany Drivers for Sustainable Design at DEP ............................ 44 Technical Group: Kara Pho Erika Jozwiak Asset Management............... Jim Thayer, Syracuse Energy/Research . Ely Greenberg, New York City Programmatic Implementation of Resiliency Upgrades ............... 48 Environmental Science ........ Kara Pho, New York City Colin A. Johnson and Gabriel F. Giles Industrial Wastewater/Pretreat................ Vacant Residuals & Biosolids .......... Jeffrey LeBlanc, Jordan Navigating the Regulatory and Design Challenges Utility Executives ............. Chretien Voerg, Colonie of the Gowanus CSO Facilities ................................... 52 Utility O&M ................. Alex Emmerson, Buffalo Geoffrey M. Grant, Norman Bradley, Kevin Clarke, Lindsay Degueldre and Natalia Perez Wastewater Collection Systems Robert Albright, Syracuse Watershed ..................... Lisa Melville, Peekskill Achieving Environmental, Health and Safety Excellence at the DEP ...... 57 Public Outreach Group: Khristopher Dodson Persis Luke Government Affairs....... Steven Fangmann, Woodbury Humanitarian Assistance ..................... Vacant Women in STEM Working for New York City – Then and Now ........... 60 Member Education............ Mike Coley, Westchester Civil Engineer Remembered Adam Bosch Public Outreach ......... Khristopher Dodson, Syracuse Toby Siegman Publications..................... Doug Daley, Syracuse Saving Lives with Clean Water Scholarship ............. Alfonso Lopez, New York City Operator’s Quiz Test No. 119: Definitions & Process Troubleshooting .... 61 ........................Diane Hammerman, Flushing Student/University ......... Stefan Grimberg, Potsdam Cover: The tunnel boring machine (TBM) is a massive and unique piece of equipment. The entire Sustainability ............. Sana Barakat, New York City machine – including its cutter head, body and trailing gear – is more than 470 feet long and weighs 2.7 million pounds. Its cutter head is 21.6 feet in diameter. The TBM was named “Nora”, after engineer Nora Executive Director and Staff Stanton Blatch Deforest Barney, noted suffragist and the first woman in the United States to earn a civil Executive Director.................. Patricia Cerro-Reehil engineering degree. New York City DEP Administrative Manager ................. Margaret Hoose The concepts, ideas, procedures and opinions contained in the articles in this publication are those as IT Specialist (p/t) ....................... Maureen Kozol expressed by the various authors who submit the material for publication. The New York Water Envi- Operator Certification Administrator . Tanya May Jennings ronment Association, its board of directors, the editor, the executive director, and administrative staff DMA/Advertising Manager (p/t) .......... Rebecca Martin hereby assume no responsibility for any errors or omissions in the articles as presented in this publica- tion; nor are the concepts, ideas, procedures and opinions contained in these articles necessarily recom- Clear Waters Magazine mended or endorsed as valid by NYWEA, its board of directors, the editor, the executive director, or staff. Editor .............................. Kerry A. Thurston Clear Waters (USPS 004-595) (ISSN 01642030) is published quarterly with a directory every four years in the Design................................. Sabach Design fall by the New York Water Environment Association, Inc., 525 Plum Street, Suite 102, Syracuse, NY 13204. Subscription is through membership; public subscription is $25.00/year. PERIODICALS postage paid at Syracuse, NY. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the New York Water Environment Association, Inc., nywea.org 525 Plum Street, Suite 102, Syracuse, NY 13204. Ph: 315-422-7811, Fax: 315-422-3851. C Clear Waters is printed on recycled paper, using soy-based ink. Clear Waters Spring 2018 3 President’s Message | Spring 2018 Happy Spring everybody! What more fit- Speaking of superhuman effort, I applaud everyone who worked ting theme for this “Year of the Water so hard to prepare this Spring issue – with a full 14 articles covering Superhero” than the New York City all sorts of aspects of the work and dedication of DEP, the coordi- Department of Environmental Protection. nation was a daunting task. The Publications Committee and all With nearly 6,000 people working in all of the authors are due a huge round of thanks. But I want to offer facets of our industry – running the gamut our sincerest debt of gratitude to Toby Siegman who wrangled the from watershed maintenance, process oper- authors, identified these fabulous topics and gathered approval ations, capital budgeting, customer service, from DEP management, all in ample time to produce this issue of permitting, environmental compliance, Clear Waters without a hitch. sciences, information technology, and con- So, as we kick off this year, I hope you take the time to savor the struction, just to name a few – DEP truly work that our colleagues at DEP have done, are doing and will do represents the essence of a Water Legacy and shows us what a team in the future. There is something in this issue for everyone. I hope of superheroes can do. you are inspired, and take away a renewed pride in our shared work “If I can make it there, I can make it anywhere …” But consider of serving an economically vibrant society, protecting the earth, this: what if the planners and builders of the New York City water and saving lives. supply hadn’t had the foresight to put in the seeming superhuman effort to build the reservoirs, aqueducts and tunnels over the last 175 years? And what if the sanitary engineers, operators and constructors of the 20th century hadn’t put in the effort to fully understand and create a workable environmental solution to a Geoffrey G. Baldwin, PE BCEE dense population largely living and working on a small island? NYWEA President Then New York would not be the greatest city in the world as it is today! NYWEA’s 90th Annual Meeting a Huge Success! ver 1,800 people attended NYWEA’s 90th Annual Meeting held who are so generous Oat the New York Marriott Marquis, February 5-7, 2018. With 26 with their time, in clud- technical sessions to select from, it was a challenging decision ing members of the which ones to attend. Nearly all of the presentations were eligible for Program Com miit tee contact hours – a testament