What's New at Oregon ACWA?
What's New at Oregon ACWA?
Here is the ordering information from the original vendor, and the graphics file for the printer to print the collateral information.
PDF of the front & back of the Freeze the grease info card (for ACWA use) and information on where to order the lids and scrapers. Call Gigi Goff & Company (contact below) and say you want the same items that Clean Water Services ordered: Invoice #12974-75
Gigi Goff & Company
13375 SW Henry
Beaverton, OR 97005
503-646-3191 phone
503-626-0137 fax
www.gigigoffonline.com
Prices initially quoted were Universal lid: .35 each; White bowl scraper:
.57 each
As part of the project, a Water Quality Assessment and a Regulatory Inventory have been conducted. The Water Quality Assessment summarizes existing conditions in the watershed based on information contained in assessments, historical reports, information provided by local officials, and from data collected. The Regulatory Inventory summarizes relevant regulatory requirements and deadlines. Both of these documents along with a well-developed community and stakeholder involvement process will be used as the basis for developing the watershed Action Plan. Scroll down to Wet Weather Pilot Project on link http://www.rvcog.org/MN.asp?pg=WR_Projects
A CD-ROM that compiles a variety of information sources related to
stormwater Best Management Practices is available from ACWA. The project,
jointly funded by ACWA and member agencies, focused on gathering relevant
and applicable national, regional, and local studies detailing pollution
control effectiveness for a select number of stormwater BMPs of interest
to ACWA members. Options for navigating through the database include:
Browsing BMPs by BMP type or by constituent, and reviewing the detailed
references
for the database. A copy of the CD-ROM is available from the ACWA office.
The program is only available to ACWA members. Please fill out the license agreement (see PLOAD License Agreement - to be signed) and return it to the ACWA office. A CD-ROM with the program, including a user's manual, will be mailed to you.
The website at http://willametteexplorer.info provides a history of the Willamette Basin, analysis of critical issues, mapping tools, video clips, links to publications, data sets, and many more helpful resources. It also explores different development options for the basin, and offers information to help people better understand the implications of land management decisions.
The site was developed by the OSU Libraries as part of the Willamette Basin Conservation Project, a two-year effort to provide Oregonians with more information to help make sound, informed land management decisions.
The initiative, funded by a $600,000 grant from the Meyer Memorial Trust, is a collaborative effort of the Institute for Natural Resources at Oregon State University, OSU Libraries, the University of Oregon, Willamette Restoration Initiative, and Defenders of Wildlife.In total, twelve unique exercises can be created from the CDROM, incorporating teaching points from documents created by the Water Security Division relating to emergency response. The trainer or user will be able to select the threat warning from the eight basic types described in the Response Protocol Toolbox (e.g., security breach, witness account, direct notification by perpetrator, unusual water quality, consumer complaints, notification by public health agency, notification by news agency, notification by law enforcement agency).
The trainer or user will also be able to choose from five basic event types: intentional contamination, security breach, cyber security, physical attack, and interdependency. Finally, users are encouraged to adapt the materials on the CD to meet their own needs and objectives.
Currently hard copies of the CD can be back-ordered from the National Service Center for Environmental Publications by calling 1-800-490-9198 or by sending an email to ncepimal@one.net. Interested parties wishing to view the materials on the CD before copies are available can currently do so on the Water Security Channel and on the WaterISAC public site by clicking on the icon with the EPA logo.
More EPA information on security issues for wastewater plants is available at http://cfpub.epa.gov/safewater/watersecurity/tools.cfm#cd
The DEQ Healthy Lawns, Healthy Families site at www.healthy lawns.org includes information about how our lawn care habits influence water quality and tips on how to practice natural lawn care.
Misuse and overuse of pesticides and chemical fertilizers on the lawn can lead to lawn problems. Rain or irrigation often washes the chemicals of the lawn into storm drains and ultimately to Oregon’s rivers and streams. Once in the water, the chemicals can cause problems for fish.
A recently released Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) report on water reuse in urban areas in Oregon makes several recommendations targeted to encourage the beneficial reuse of properly treated wastewater. The report identifies opportunities for and barriers to greater water reuse. Using water that has been previously utilized for a different purpose helps conserve finite water sources. Several ACWA members participated in the development of the report.
For the complete release go to http://www.deq.state.or.us/news/prDisplay.asp?docID=1743
These kits include a plastic grease scrapper, a lid that will fit three different sizes of metal cans and an easy-to-follow instruction card in English and Spanish that you can stamp your city/utilities logo on. The scrapper and lid both say "Freeze the Grease, Save the Drain" and "Brought to you by your local sewer utility." We had the budget to order enough for each ACWA member to have an initial supply of 40 kits. If there is enough interest, we can organize an additional run of materials at cost to ACWA members.
Attached are the campaign elements (newspaper ad and radio commercial) for the Portland-regional campaign. These items, too, are available to other communities who have an interest. The editing and talent costs to do a 13-week run of the radio ad is about $1500. The print ad is available free of charge. Both elements are attached. Contact the ACWA office by phone (503/236-6722) or e-mail if you would like a set of 40 homeowner grease scrapper kits. Only available to ACWA members.
This database provides access
to BMP performance data in a standardized format for roughly 200 BMP studies
conducted over the past fifteen years. The database may be searched and/or
downloaded on this Web site, and is also available on CD-ROM. Additional BMP
studies are currently being prepared for the database. The database was developed
by the Urban Water Resources Research Council (UWRRC) of ASCE under a cooperative
agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
http://www.bmpdatabase.org/
The Center for Watershed
Protection, working with the University of Alabama, has developed a stormwater
illicit discharge manual. The Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination
Guidance Manual provides valuable guidance for Phase II NPDES MS4 communities
and others seeking to establish Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination
(IDDE) programs and investigate non-storm water entries into storm drainage
systems. The manual also has application for Phase I communities looking to
modify existing programs, and for groups interested in conducting public outreach
and awareness activities as part of watershed restoration projects.
The final version of the
manual can be downloaded for free by clicking the link below. http://www.cwp.org/idde_verify.htm
DEQ and ACWA Work Group Complete Review
of Subsurface Discharge
EPA’s Office of Water and Office of Research and Development, in partnership with the U.S. Agency for International Development (U.S. AID), have approved and are now distributing a 2004 Guidelines for Water Reuse Manual (EPA625-R-04/018), which recommend water reuse guidelines, along with supporting information, to help water and wastewater utilities and regulatory agencies, particularly in the U.S. “This updated toolkit will help water managers advance water conservation and sustainability efforts at home and abroad,” said Benjamin Grumbles, Acting Assistant Administrator for Water. The document updates the 1992 Guidelines document by incorporating information on water reuse that has been developed since the 1992 document was issued, including expanded coverage of water reuse issues and practices in other countries. It was developed via an EPA Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Camp Dresser McKee and an Interagency Agreement with U.S. AID, along with extensive contributions by many volunteers.
The updated Guidelines document is being distributed (in both printed and CD formats) by EPA’s Office of Research and Development/Technology Transfer Program as one of their Manuals of Practice. Copies of the updated manual can be ordered via the website www.epa.gov/ttbnrmrl and has been posted in pdf form at http://www.epa.gov/ORD/NRMRL/pubs/625r04108/625r04108.pdf . For further information contact Robert Bastian at 202 564 0653.
Access to data in BASINS 3.1 is web based. http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/basins/basinsv3.htm
Doug McKenzie-Mohr for information
and resources on fostering sustainable behavior.
http://www.cbsm.com/
Clean and safe water is critical for human and ecosystem health. Our nation's livelihood depends, in large part, on the quality of our water - for drinking, swimming, recreation, economic uses, and other benefits of healthy ecosystems. Over the past 20 years communities have spent more than $1 trillion (in 2001 dollars) on drinking water treatment and supply and wastewater treatment and disposal. However, the infrastructure that provides us with drinking water and treats our wastewater is aging. Much of it was constructed in the period following World War II and will be reaching the end of its useful life in the next 20-40 years. Communities are challenged to ensure that they can keep pace with the infrastructure needs of the future.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed web pages that describe and provide information about the “Four Pillars of Sustainable Infrastructure.” You can learn more about the Sustainable Infrastructure Initiative at http://www.epa.gov/water/infrastructure/index.htm and Water and Wastewater Pricing at http://www.epa.gov/water/infrastructure/pricing/index.htm.
In a collaborative project between municipalities and districts, DEQ, and the Governor's Community Solutions Team, ACWAmembers proposed a "fish friendly" erosion control program to NOAA-Fisheries for review and comment. The "model" program wasset in the Willamette Valley, and designed by a Technical Advisory Committee of ACWA members to be "protective, but practical".This model program, teamed with NOAA-Fisheries response, allows local governments to make informed decisions about the typesof erosion control programs that would be acceptable to NOAA-Fisheries, or acceptable under a 4(d) submittal.The "model" program submittal details are available here.Read NOAA-Fisheries response letter here.
SSO Tracking Form
This manual provides targeted practical assistance in conducting water quality monitoring and reporting data that are useful for assessing effectiveness of stormwater best management practices (BMPs). It was developed by integrating experience gleaned from field monitoring activities conducted by members of the ASCE Urban Water Resources Research Council and through the development of the ASCE/EPA National Stormwater BMP Database.