Volume 3, Issue 1 – Summer 2014 - Northwest Membrane Operator

Summer 2014
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, Park City Municipal Corporation
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
2014 Annual Symposium................ 2-3
Hello NWMOA.
Symp. Sponsors & Exhibitors........ 4
Time is flying by and summer is already here. We are all prepping for the busy time of year. Let’s
make it a nice, smooth, safe spring and summer. Remember to allow time for safety in all of your
operations. Also insure that your operators have the time to take for training and learning the
skills they need to do their job safely and correctly. This insures safe drinking water and safe
personnel.
AMTA/NWMOA Recap Event…..... 5
Newport, OR Recap Event….......... 6
La Center, WA Recap Event…....... 6
Bozeman, MT Recap Event.…........ 7
City of Bozeman Superintendent.. 8
Membership Update….……….….. 8
New Members………….…….....….. 9
Committee Chairs…….……........... 10
I want to encourage everyone to make a point of checking the training schedule for our workshops
and do what they can to get their operators to attend these. They are a very good tool for our
operators to learn and share operational experiences of what works and what does not. Also plan
for our Annual symposium in August, this will be another great opportunity of learning and
networking with others.
Have a fun, safe summer!
Thanks
Chad Busch, NWMOA President
Board Of Directors……………….... 11
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2014 Annual Symposium
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Special Thank You
to all the Symposium
Sponsors and Exhibitors
on page 3
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City of Cottage Grove
At the NWMOA 2014 Annual Symposium, held August 4-6, 2014 in
Vancouver, Washington, the 2014 Plant of the Year was the City of
Jerome, Idaho Wastewater Treatment Facility. In addition, the 2014
Operator of the Year was Matt Jenkins, Wastewater Operator II, La
Center, WA. The NWMOA Awards Committee and Board would like to
reach out to all of our members and encourage more submissions for
future consideration. It is important for NWMOA to recognize plants and
operators that demonstrate best practices and professionalism in membrane technology. Submitted by Jan
Wellman, Awards Committee co-chair.
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2014 Annual Symposium “Back to Basics”
Hello everyone,
NWMOA’s second annual symposium was held in Vancouver, WA at the Vancouver Hilton
on August 4-6, 2014. This year’s topic was “Back to Basics”. The symposium is a great
opportunity for our members and supporters from all over the region to meet once a year and
discuss day to day activities, operating strategies, maintenance programs and other topics
associated with our membranes plants. As you all know, NWMOA also organizes daily
workshops around the region focusing on hands on sessions and specific topics of interest in the region. Please visit our website
(www.nwmoa.com) for updates on upcoming workshops in your area.
This year’s symposium included a number of speakers and panelists from a variety of fields including regulators, consultants, operators, and
manufacturers. The program “Back to Basics” kicked off on Monday with an overview of the membrane industry, basics on MF/UF, a review
on math applicable to membrane operations and a presentation on how temperature can impact membrane plants.
In the evening a network reception was held in the exhibit hall that gave the attendees the opportunity to meet other professionals in the field
and discuss topics of interest, while enjoying an amazing food and drink spread.
Tuesday morning sessions were broken into two tracks:
 Drinking Water Track: MF/UF Applications
 Wastewater Track: MBR Applications
There was an even split of attendees between sessions. The drinking water track included presentations on analytical techniques used to
optimize membrane cleaning, membrane performance analysis & monitoring, reduction of turbidity and TOC through coagulation and
multi-media filtration, as well as a regulatory update. Wastewater track participants were able to benefit from presentations on residual
management, a regulatory update, advances in process air technologies and an overview on chemicals used in MBR applications.
Tuesday morning sessions were followed by an afternoon interactive session that included three small hands on groups. Attendees were divided
into small groups that rotated around the different stations to take a close look at membrane autopsy, electronic O&M manuals and a plant
troubleshooting roundtable.
Tuesday also included our lunch awards banquette, an evening networking reception with exhibitors and sponsors and an excellent food and
drink feast!
Wednesday was the final day and started with an excellent panel discussion that included several experts from the membrane industry
discussing universal skids for MF/UF. The symposium was concluded with a tour of City of La Center MBR plant.
We wish to thank again our Platinum Sponsors, Carollo Engineers and Ovivo USA, Inc. as well as our gold sponsors, Avista Technologies Inc.,
H2O Innovation and Victaulic, exhibitors and speakers for helping us put this symposium together. We look forward to our next workshop.
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American Water Chemicals, Inc.
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KUBOTA
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Piedmont Pacific Corporation
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Avista Technologies, Inc.
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Ovivo USA, LLC
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Wigen Water Technologies
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Carollo Engineers, Inc
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Pall Corporation
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Victaulic
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American Membrane Technology Association
“This is the Place”
“This is the Place” – so said Brigham Young when he lead the first
settlers to Salt Lake City and so it was for AMTA and NWMOA’s joint
workshop on December 10th & 11th, 2013. Sixty one attendees were
present, including a strong contingency from the State of Utah’s Department of Environmental Quality. Membrane users from all over the Salt
Lake Valley attended including users of low pressure membranes (MF/
UF), reverse osmosis (RO) and membrane bioreactors (MBRs).
Once workshop attendees were provided some membrane basics and
some facility tours to help “make it real” – day 2 of the workshop started
with lesson’s learned from a variety of case studies, which included MF/
UF membrane replacement, MF/UF residuals disposal and RO/NF
residual disposal (with emphasis on disposal of RO concentrate in the Salt
Lake Valley). Plant case studies included Park City and the Jordan Basin
MBR plant.
Like many of AMTA’s workshops, the program started with a review of
the basics for both low pressure membranes and reverse osmosis. This
was followed by tours of the Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District’s
Southwest Groundwater Treatment Plant (5.8-mgd RO plant) and the
Holliday Water Company’s 2.5 MGD Microfiltration plant. Both tours
demonstrated the value of water resources to the Salt Lake Valley, the
pride that the operations staff takes in their plant’s facilities and the role
they play in providing water to their many customers. Thank you Jordan
Valley and Holliday Water for providing us the opportunity to see your
membranes in action!
After more networking with Exhibitors (Avista Technologies, Inc., Harn
R/O Systems, Koch Membrane Systems, Pall Corporation and Westech)
over lunch, the workshop ended with troubleshooting tips which helped
round off a great program. Tips included data collection and analysis for
both MF/UF and RO/NF applications as well as the fundamentals and
value that membrane autopsies can provide.
Overall AMTA and NWMOA put on a great workshop. A special thanks
to TEAM for again providing great food and support for the event. And
also many thanks to our workshop’s major sponsors – American Water
Chemicals, Inc., Carollo Engineers and Pall Water Processing. Without
After the tours, workshop attendees continued networking at the the support of our sponsors, AMTA and NWMOA would not be able to
Squatters Pub – sponsored by Avista Technologies, Inc.. The food was provide such valuable educational and networking opportunities to our
great and plentiful.
members and regulators.
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City of Cottage Grove
“Newport Membrane Technology Workshop a Success”
On Thursday April 10th, twenty-two water treatment professionals attended a membrane technology
workshop in Newport, Oregon. The workshop was hosted by the City of Newport and dealt specifically
with membrane plant operations and maintenance. There were both classroom and hands-on sessions
covering topics that ranged from current Oregon Health Authority rules to air compressor
maintenance, turbidimeter and metering pump calibration, to membrane fiber pinning. The morning
sessions were held at the Newport Recreation Center and the afternoon
sessions were at the Newport Water Treatment Plant. I would like to extend a
big thank you to Steve Stewart and his staff for all of their hospitality during
the workshop. The tours of the City’s Pall Membrane Treatment Plant were
very informative and the technical presentations were very comprehensive.
Submitted by Jan Wellman, City of Cottage Grove, Oregon.
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Wastewater MBR- From “In” to “Out”
Brad Musick, Wastewater Solutions, Inc.,
Showing protozoa with microscope.
A Workshop was held in the City of La Center on May 20, 2014. Classes included discussion of all
major components in an MBR plant. Screening requirements, aeration, microbiology and disinfection
were included in the topics. In the afternoon the sessions included hands on training in the
maintenance of pumps and motors and a tour of the City of La Center Water Reclamation Facility.
Special thanks to Clean Water Services,
Tigard OR. They provided the
PNCWA’s Operators Challenge
maintenance skid for the Pump and
Mixer maintenance sessions. Speakers
started with a discussion on impacts
from the collection system.
Thank you to the sponsors of this event
- Kubota, Ovivo USA, LLC, Goble
Sampson Associates, Avista Water
Matt Jenkins, City of La Center Operator III,
Technologies, Inc., and our supporting
Mechanic al seal replacement demonstration
affiliate, AMTA.
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Overcoming Operational Challenges
On June 19th, the City of Bozeman Water Treatment Plant hosted a workshop about overcoming
operational challenges in the new 22 MGD plant. In the morning session, the 22 participants listened to
several informative presentations on Start up Challenges, Residuals
Handling, Using Approved Chemicals for Pretreatment and
Residuals, Integrating a new SCADA system into an existing system
and toured the brand new plant.
After a BBQ lunch prepared by the City of Bozeman Public Works
Director, there were hands-on sessions about loop calibrations,
chemical safety, jar testing, rapid mixer O&M and data management.
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The City of Bozeman Water Treatment Plant Superintendent, Rick Moroney, retired on September 11th after
working for the City for 30 years with 8 years as the Superintendent. He was sent off with a BBQ at the WTP
provided by the Public Works Director and his staff. Now Rick is off to hunt sheep since he finally got a tag.
Replacing him is Eric Campbell, Eric has worked at the WTP for 28 years and has spent the last 8 years as the
Operations Foreman. Eric took over as Superintendent on September 15th. The City of Bozeman Water
Treatment Plant thanks Rick for his many years of service and his leadership will be missed.
NWMOA currently has 181 members in good standing. There are 56 new members in 2014. All members are asked to
encourage any other membrane plant or MBR plant operators they know to join. The strength of our organization
depends greatly on the strength of our membership. The Board of Directors is looking for members who want to
contribute to committees with new ideas, workshop topics, or sharing lessons learned. We are also looking for
operators who would like to have their plants featured in the member spotlight of the newsletter. You may be
doing something unique that other plants find useful.
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Is Proud to Welcome 56 New Members!
John Adams
Chris Germond
Charles "Chip" M. Anderson
Gerard Gernand
City of Albany
City of Albany
Lummi Tribal Sewer and Water
Gabriel Austin
Danfoss High Pressure Systems
Aaron Balczewski
Evoqua Water Technologies, LLC
Bryan Black
Stephen Blake
Jordan Valley Water Conservancy
District
Orry Browning
City of Bozeman WTP
American Water Chemicals, Inc.
Rachel Clark
Brian Codianne
Ovivo USA, LLC
Matthew C Corn
United Water
Jeff Fitzwater
City of Lebanon
Denver Fraser
Montana Department of
Environmental Quality
Marc Golz
Kenton Moffett
Eric Shea
City of Bend
Chuck Shurtleff
Ogden City Water Utility
James Soloman
Lummi Tribal Sewer and Water
District
Montana Department of
Environmental Quality
Ogden City Water Utility
Susan Guibert
Ogden City Water Utility
Lynne Gulizia
City of Albany
Toray Membrane USA, Inc.
Jim Harry
Mason County Public Works
Tom Moore
Russ Swerdfeger
Toray Membrane USA, Inc.
City of Albany
City of Shelton
Toray Membrane USA, Inc.
Montana Department of
Environmental Quality
Rod Mingus
Jesse Hunter
Christopher Brugato
Sean M Carter
Phil Christofferson
Montana Department
Environmental Quality
Toray Membrane USA, Inc.
HDR Engineering, Inc.
Robert Merrill
Lummi Tribal Sewer & Water
District
Casey Jarbeaux
Pierre Co. Public Works &
Utilities
Victoria Jelderka
Blue Array
Lisa Kaufman
Montana Department of
Environmental Quality
John Kutilek
Evoqua Water Technologies, LLC
Charles Leffler
City of Albany
Marcus McCloskey
City of Bend
Dave Meham
Jordan Valley Water Conservancy
District
Ruston Monson
Brad Solomon
Lummi Tribal Sewer & Water
District
Tom Moore
Michael Stefanic
Evoqua Water Technologies, LLC
Chris Norwood
City of Shelton
Peter O'Connell
Peter Tom
Lummi Tribal Sewer & Water
District
Susan Turner
Marie Owens
City of Albany
Jordan Valley Water Conservancy
District
Duff Turner
Jordan Valley Water
Conservancy District
Shane D. Paddock
Jordanelle Special Service District
Mark Parlay
Ovivo USA, LLC
Ivan Washington
Lummi Tribal Sewer and Water
District
Eric Paulsen
Jordan Valley Water Conservancy
District
Jesse Phillips
Ovivo USA, LLC
David W. Rogers
PUD #1 of Clallam County
Cary Shaw
Jordan Valley Water Conservancy
District
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Gary Weins
Montana Department of
Environmental Quality
Tom Wilson
Water Environment Services
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Member
Company
Phone
Email
AMTA Liaison:
YuJung Chang
HDR Engineering, Inc.
425-450-6275 yujung.chang@hdrinc.com
Awards:
Jan Wellman
City of Cottage Grove
541-942-3349 pwdirector@cottagegrove.org
Jordi Figueras
Pharmer Engineering, LLC
208-433-1900 jfigueras@pharmereng.com
Bylaws & Policies:
Chad Busch
Park City Municipal
Corporation, Water Dept.
435-615-5332 chad.busch@parkcity.org
Nomination/Election:
Sue Lawrence
City of La Center
360-263-3335 slawrence@ci.lacenter.wa.us
Chris Allen
GE Water & Process
Technologies
208-319-3512 chris.allen@ge.com
Bob Patterson
City of Pendleton
541-966-0202 bob.patterson@ci.pendleton.or.us
Executive (officers):
Chad Busch
Park City Municipal
Corporation, Water Dept.
435-615-5332 chad.busch@parkcity.org
Finance:
Sue Lawrence
City of La Center
360-263-3335 slawrence@ci.lacenter.wa.us
Legislative:
Bob Patterson
City of Pendleton
541-966-0202 bob.patterson@ci.pendleton.or.us
Membership:
Jill Miller
City of Bozeman
406-994-0503 jmiller@bozeman.net
Operator Certification:
Tom Seacord
Carollo Engineers, Inc.
208-376-2288 tseacord@carollo.com
Sue Lawrence
City of La Center
360-263-3335 slawrence@ci.lacenter.wa.us
Publications/Newsletter: Jill Miller
City of Bozeman
406-994-0503 jmiller@bozeman.net
Program:
Jordi Figueras
Pharmer Engineering, LLC
208-433-1900 jfigueras@pharmereng.com
Tom Seacord
Carollo Engineers, Inc.
208-376-2288 tseacord@carollo.com
Public Relations:
Tom Seacord
Carollo Engineers, Inc.
208-376-2288 tseacord@carollo.com
Technology Transfer:
YuJung Chang
HDR Engineering, Inc.
425-450-6275 yujung.chang@hdrinc.com
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435-615-5332 chad.busch@parkcity.org
Jill Miller - Vice President
2011-2014 City of Bozeman
406-994-0503 jmiller@bozeman.net
Sue Lawrence - Treasurer 2013-2015 City of La Center
360-263-3335 slawrence@ci.lacenter.wa.us
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2011-2014 Carollo Engineers, Inc.
208-376-2288 tseacord@carollo.com
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Chris Allen
2013-2015 GE Water & Process
Technologies
208-319-3512 chris.allen@ge.com
YuJung Chang
2011-2014 HDR Engineering, Inc.
425-450-6275 yujung.chang@hdrinc.com
Jordi Figueras
2013-2015 Pharmer Engineering, LLC
208-433-1900 jfigueras@pharmereng.com
Bob Patterson
2011-2014 City of Pendleton
541-966-0202 bob.patterson@ci.pendleton.or.us
Jan Wellman
2011-2014 City of Cottage Grove
541-942-3349 pwdirector@cottagegrove.org
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