Ohio Water Environment Association Volume 89:3 | Issue 3 2016 uckeye Bulletin City of Mason WRF Plant Profile Read More Inside pg. 38-41 Water Environment Association Preserving & Enhancing Ohio’s Water Environment www.ohiowea.orgwww.ohiowea.orgwww.ohiowea.org 1 1 2 Buckeye Bulletin - Issue 3 | 2016 What’s Inside Disclaimer The Buckeye Bulletin (BB) is the official Features publication of the Ohio Water Environment Association, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation Kocarek Korner 7-8 founded in 1926, dedicated to the improvement of water quality in Ohio and the continuing How to Get that Project Funded 28-29 education of water professionals. It is one of the top five member associations of the Water The People Place 30-31 Environment Federation. 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[email protected] Contact OWEA at [email protected] or the SW President Jason Tincu chair of a committee that interests you for more [email protected] information. SE President John Owen [email protected] 4 Buckeye Bulletin - Issue 3 | 2016 OWEA NewS anD CALENDAR OWEA NEWS OWEA 2016 Calendar We are excited to announce that we are in the process of revamping our social media presence. Keep an eye out for updates and articles shared through our Facebook, August Twitter, and Instagram. Please like, follow, and connect 12 NE LAC Training with us to be kept up-to-date with the organization and 14 SW Friends and Family Night industry. If you have an interesting article or update 23 One Water Utility Workshop please send it our way so we can share with our following. 23 SE LAC Quarterly Meeting We have also unveiled our website redesign. Please check it out for information regarding the organization, upcoming events, and for event registration. 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Email us at [email protected] December 1 OWEA Biosolids Workshop Welcome New Members April 2016- June 2016 Thomas Banks Vicki Everett Peter Ledger Robin Schroeder Rachael Beeman Sherry Fair Robert Magallon Kristi Senek Jeremy Bennett David Frantz Mike Moore Ernie Shafer Emily Birukow Tim Gott Rhonda Morris Joe Shaw Michael Bishop Ron Gribik Thomas Mosure Robert Snyder Adam Bittinger Keith Hammer April Norman Anne Steigerwald Kati Bollmer Sarah Hayes Robert Norris Evan Tierney John Borror Jeff Hollback Joseph Pastore Angela Tipton Jamie Brunelle Bradley Holman Jenna Phelps Chris Tizzano Matt Calcei Michael Hondel Julie Pickering Victor Ujor Soryong Chae Martha Hood Claude Powers Chris Ulmer Pooja Chari Eric Hooper Phil Rhodes Ben Chenevey Matt Horner Jennifer Richmond Jonathon Van Gray Collette Clinkscale Craig Johnson Nicholas Ross Richard Waugh Karl Dickinson Eddie Jones Hodon Ryu Rachel Webb Jeremy Doster Justin Kerns Jerry Salvati Brian Wellman Paul Eagar Chad Knippen Dana Schnabel Thank you for joining the Ohio Water Environment Association and the Water Environment Federation. We welcome your contribution to preserving and enhancing Ohio’s water quality environment. Visit http://www.ohiowea.org/memberships.php for OWEA membership information www.ohiowea.orgwww.ohiowea.org 5 5 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE KOCAREK KORneR Hello OWEA members! It is an honor to 1990 “contact hours” were sitting around a be writing my first Presidents Column. By table at a meeting soaking in the 100-150 the time this reaches you summer will be years of experience sitting with you. Now almost over and the kids will be heading “contact hours” are sitting classroom style back to school soon. Like many of you listening to another presentation from a our summer has been filled with back yard presenter that you might or might not know. BBQ’s and family reunions, ours was in My first call to action goes out to every the mountains of North Carolina this year. superintendent and engineering manager. Having taken over my business from If you didn’t know that Tom Cardarelli my father, Harry Baker, I know what it is worked for the city of Youngstown, or that like to fill big shoes. Well on June 29th I Larry Rigby worked for Floyd Browne, or stepped once again into some pretty big that Billy White was at Painesville for 48 Ted Baker years it’s simple you don’t get out enough!! shoes left by Elizabeth Wick.