News Feed for Clean Water News http://www.orawca.org/news.php Clean Water News from the Oregon Association of Clean Water Agencies en-us gillaspie@oracwa.org gillaspie@oracwa.org Sat Feb 4 07:20:52 2012 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:20 MST 60 ACWA Stormwater Committee meeting - Tuesday, February 7, 2012 9:30am to 11:30am at the City of Salem, Willow Lake Treatment Plant 5915 Windsor Island Rd N, Salem, OR

]]> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00 MST Toxic Tales – ACWA Workshop on Revised Toxic Water Quality Standards The DEQ Excel spreadsheets for running a Reasonable Potential Analysis include:

1. Example spreadsheet (ACWA 2011 - 2912 File)

2. Domestic RPA spreadsheet (RPA Spreadsheet domestic rev 3 0 beta file)

Presentations

•Start with End in Mind - Peter Ruffier

•DEQ Implementation Plans - Neil Mullane

•Find the Ladders/Avoid the Chutes - Bob Baumgartner/Walt Meyer

•Data Quality Matters - Greg Pettit

•Data and Data Quality Issues - Chuck Lytle

•Running the RPA Spreadsheet - Spencer Bohaboy/Raj Kapur

•Effective Pretreatment Programs - Curtis Barton/Karen Whisler

•Mixing Zones - Steve Schnurbusch/Mark Hamlin

]]> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00 MST ACWA Water Quality Committee meeting - Thursday, February 2, 2012 9:30am to 12:00pm, Willow Lake Treatment Plant, 5915 Windsor Island Rd N, Keizer

]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00 MST ACWA Groundwater Committee meeting - Thursday, February 16, 2012 10:00am to Noon, City of Gresham, 1333 NW Eastman Parkway, Gresham, OR 97030

]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00 MST Updated Inventory of Energy Funding Resources Check this flyer for an updated inventory of funding resources for energy efficiency and renewable projects at wastewater treatment plants.

]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00 MST Pretreatment Committee meeting - Thursday, March 8, 2012 9:00am to Noon, City of Salem

]]> Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00 MST Asset Management Training Full - - - - The “Fundamentals of Asset Management: A Hands-On Approach” training class scheduled in Portland for 1/31 & 2/1 is full. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00 MST Opt out of Phone Books Tired of phone books piling up on your porch or around your office. Check this DEQ news release about how to opt out of phone book delivery.

http://www.deq.state.or.us/news/prDisplay.asp?docID=3785

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00 MST Updated Inventory of Law Enforcement Unwanted Drug Collection Boxes The Lincoln City and Toledo Police Departments have added collection boxes for unwanted and unused drugs, bringing to 30 the number of law enforcement agencies providing this important service in their communities.

An updated inventory of the law enforcement unwanted drug collection boxes is available here.

]]> Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00 MST Pretreatment Committee meeting - Thursday, January 12, 2012 9:00am to Noon, Albany City Hall, Council Chambers

333 Broadalbin SW, Albany OR 97321

]]> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00 MST ACWA Biosolids & Recycled Water Committee - Thursday, January 19, 2012 10:00am, City of Salem Willow Lake Treatment Plant, 5915 Windsor Island Rd N, Salem, OR

]]> Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00 MST Re-Registration Required for Pesticide Applications Near Water DEQ has finalized and posted information about its revised general permit, and updated permit application, for pesticide applications in or near surface waters. This general permit applies to a variety of pesticide operators who apply pesticides or have day-to-day control over pesticide application. These could include weed control districts, vector control districts, golf courses, lake and marina managers, large landholdings, public utilities, and federal, state and municipal agencies whose pesticides applications reach water. A link to a fact sheet and the permit application is below.

http://www.deq.state.or.us/wq/wqpermit/pesticides.htm

]]> Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00 MST DEQ Call for Data – closes 1/31/12 DEQ is issuing a public Call for Data to assess water quality throughout the state and identify impaired waters needing TMDLs (303(d) list). If your organization has data that might impact a possible 303(d) list for your receiving stream, submitting it to DEQ through this process could be helpful.

DEQ will report this information in the Oregon's 2012 Integrated Report which will be submitted to EPA in April 2012 to comply with federal Clean Water Act Sections 303(d) and 305(b) requirements.

Data Submittal Period: Dec.16, 2011 through midnight, Jan. 31, 2012 (approximately 45 days)

Please see DEQ's 2012 Integrated Report - Call for Data web page:

http://www.deq.state.or.us/wq/assessment/2012DataInfo.htm

]]> Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00 MST EPA Asset Management Training in Portland EPA’s Fundamentals of Asset Management - A Hands On Approach is scheduled in Portland for January 31 - February 1, 2012. This hands-on workshop uses a real-world storyline to demonstrate advanced asset management and is built around participant exercises.

A detailed agenda and additional information are posted below. The registration is $225 for the training (including lunch). The registration deadline is 1/20/12. Register early as space is limited.

]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00 MST Lighting Upgrade Incentives Available Many wastewater treatment plants use T12 fluorescent lights with magnetic ballasts. These types of lights can use up to 40% more energy than the more efficient T8 lighting systems.

Not only are T12 lamps inefficient by today’s standards, soon they will no longer be available as replacement lamps, per a federal mandate, beginning July 14, 2012. When industrial-type facilities, like wastewater treatment plants, move from T12 to T8 lighting, there can be as much as a 50% reduction in energy use and a significantly smaller energy bill.

Generous incentives available from many Northwest public utilities to make these changes, but you must act soon - the incentives will expire in July 2012. The attached flyer describes how get a lighting upgrade project started for your facility.

]]> Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00 MST Workshops Set on Revised Toxic Water Quality Standards - January 10th and February 21st, 2012 ACWA has set a two-part workshop focused on Oregon’s revised toxic water quality standards. The workshops "Toxic Tales - Impact of Revised Water Quality Standards on Oregon Municipal Treatment Plants" are scheduled in Salem on January 10, 2012 and February 21, 2012. This two-part workshop will focus on the revised standards, pending DEQ requirements for additional monitoring and sampling, and compliance strategies for municipal treatment plants.

]]> Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00 MST Climate Change Handbook for Regional Water Planning Developed cooperatively by the California Department of Water Resources, U.S. EPA, Resources Legacy Fund, and Army Corps of Engineers, the Climate Change Handbook for Regional Water Planning provides a framework for considering climate change in water management planning. Key decision considerations, resources, tools, and decision options are presented that will guide resource managers and planners as they develop means of adapting their programs to a changing climate. The handbook uses DWR's Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) planning framework as a model into which analysis of climate change impacts and planning for adaptation and mitigation can be integrated.

http://www.water.ca.gov/climatechange/CCHandbook.cfm

]]> Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00 MST DEQ Clean Water Revolving Fund Update DEQ has prepared its annual update on the DEQ Clean Water Revolving Fund, along with information about the loan fund for 2012. Projects are available for point source controls, nonpoint source controls, Tillamook Bay and Lower Columbia Estuary projects, and planning projects. Loan types and repayment terms vary. The annual interest rates range from 1.04% to 2.71%. Loan applications are taken on a continuous basis, but key dates in 2012 include 1/13, 5/11, and 9/14. More information is included in the PDF below.

]]> Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00 MST What is "flushable"? This video from the City of Spokane Wastewater Division is a good visual demonstration of what is "flushable”. See it at

http://www.spokanewastewater.org/WillItFlushVidDL.html

]]> Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00 MST Presentations from the Round II - Sustainable Management Training and Energy Independence meeting held 11/02/11 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00 MDT