THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF WINTER 2012/13 SOURCE WATER: GOOD BAD UGLY NC AWWA-WEA 3725 National Drive, Suite 217 Raleigh, NC 27612 ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED Member Directory I Climb for Water I 92nd Annual Conference Recap advancing*water ™ Brown and Caldwell has helped North Carolina utilities meet their environmental challenges with creative, enduring water and wastewater solutions. Advance with us. Charlotte | Raleigh | Offices Nationwide Engineers | Scientists | Consultants | Constructors Water and Wastewater Treatment Design | Planning and Permitting | Business Consulting Water Resources | Conveyance Systems | Construction Management 100% Environmental | Employee owned | BrownandCaldwell.com LARGE-SCALE DISINFECTION Here’s the TrojanUVSigna™. It’s ideal for those municipalities wanting to upgrade their wastewater disinfection system or convert from chlorine. 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JONES wanting to upgrade their wastewater disinfection system [email protected] Focus Areas: Seminars, Schools and Conferences or convert from chlorine. The system provides high UV Membership & Communication Coordinator: NICOLE BANKS FEATURES [email protected] output, high electrical efficiency and the lowest lamp nd Focus Areas: NC Currents Submissions, NC AWWA-WEA 92 Annual Conference Summary ..................35 ™ Web Site Information (submissions, updates, etc.), count (thanks to TrojanUV Solo Lamp Technology). It’s eNews Submissions, Sponsorships, eLearning and Membership also easy to operate and maintain. Quartz sleeves are Financial Assistant: MARIANNE KESER [email protected] ™ automatically cleaned with ActiClean . Lamp replacements Focus Areas: Water For People Committee, Professional Wastewater Operators Committee, Exhibits, Financial data SOURCE WATER: GOOD BAD UGLY are simple. And if you need to lift a bank from the channel, entry and reports, Job Ads NC Currents is the offi cial publication of the NC AWWA-WEA. Members and non-members, individuals just activate the Automatic Raising Mechanism. and committees are encouraged to submit content for Special Section: .............................................................................47 the magazine. If you would like to submit an article to be Asheville’s Watershed and Good Water Quality ........................................................... 48 considered for publication in NC Currents please email it to Fact and Fiction About Hydraulic Fracturing ..................................................................52 [email protected]. Sharing the Source ........................................................................................................ 56 Energy efficiency, fewer lamps and worry-free maintenance. Submission Deadlines for 2013: Spring 2013 - Janury 7, 2013 From Controversy to Commitment ............................................................................... 60 ™ Summer 2013 - April 8, 2013 Protecting the Water You Drink .................................................................................... 64 That’s UV innovation. That’s TrojanUVSigna . Fall 2013 - July 8, 2013 Source Water: Will We Have Enough ........................................................................... 68 Winter 2014 - October 1, 2013 Climb for Water .............................................................................72 Learn more at trojanuv.com/signa. NC Safewater Endowment Program ............................................74 Pull Out Section - 2013 Membership Directory and Buyers’ Guide NC Currents is produced by the Communication Committee. 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The contents of this publication may not be reproduced Certifi cation Corner .................................................................................... 76 in whole or in part without the express consent of the publisher. News and Notes .......................................................................................... 78 Schedule of Events ...................................................................................... 82 Advertiser Information Center ..................................................................... 84 Message from the Chair Sustainability for our Water and our Association Jacqueline A. Jarrell, P.E., Supt. - Charlotte Mecklenburg Utilities Department hen I sat on my back porch to technology and our shrinking budgets? task force is that we have to focus in on write my fi rst article, I stared This issue of NC Currents addresses the the areas that we are best at and, most Wout at the beautiful lake that ever-changing needs of our source waters, importantly, on the needs of our members. my family and I live on. I have been on this their diversity and the cost of protection. Our mission: to make NC Safewater lake for many years and realized that I have NC AWWA-WEA is 92 years old and, the leading educational resource for almost taken for granted its beauty and in those many years, we have grown and safe water in North Carolina. peacefulness. My children have grown up developed to meet the changing needs Our vision: NC Safewater is on this lake and enjoyed the recreation it of our industry. I feel humbled by the dedicated to providing water education, has to offer. The wildlife can be spectacular idea of leading such a strong and vibrant training, and leadership to protect at times, with a variety of birds including Association with a membership who is public health and the environment. blue herons, egrets and ibis wading along truly committed to the water industry. the shallow edges. With every season, Our Association is continuing to change Over the next few months, we will be the colors, characteristics and wildlife of through our new organizational structure sharing with you a new strategic plan the lake change. The noises change. We and a focus on our mission and vision. This that will guide and focus the work of our accept each season with its beauty and is a very exciting time for us. Association on our mission and vision. what it has to offer. Sitting here, I was also Three years ago, the Sustainable The Board of Trustees worked on the reminded of the many reasons why our Organizational Task Force (SOTF) was development of this plan in December so water is so precious and why I work in this implemented to identify opportunities for that we will start the new year with clear industry today. making us a sustainable organization. direction. We must take care of our water In other words, how do we stay strong So, what does that mean to you? And resources and understand the balance that another 92 years? The Sustainable, how does this make your experience as a needs to exist for us to enjoy them but also Outstanding, Nimble, Anticipatory and member of NC AWWA-WEA better? Very for us to provide safe drinking water. We Responsive (SONAR) model emerged from simply, we want to keep offering exceptional want to maintain healthy source waters SOTF,