By: Michael Walkowiak Greetings fellow San Francisco Bay Section members! It’s again time to recognize the outstanding efforts your colleagues, coworkers, team members, and/or organization by submitting nominations for CWEA awards in the categories listed below. The awards nomination period is now open, and you can access it here: https://www.cwea.org/awards/ Continue reading August 2021 – Presidents Message
Lunchtime SIP Presentation Silicon Valley Clean Water (SVCW) Awarded CWEA Plant of the Year – Large for FY20-21 SVCW is a Joint Power Authority (JPA) that provides wastewater treatment for member-agencies located on the San Francisco Peninsula and is the recipient of CWEA’s Plant of the Year Award for FY2021. Continue reading Lunchtime SIP Presentation – 8/19
CWEA’S Plant of the Year award recognizes accomplishments incompliance, innovative practices, cost effectiveness, and superiorplant performance in small, medium and large categories. New for 2021 the Leadership Committee is proud to introduce anew category “Tertiary Recycled Water Plant of the Year.”For purposes of the statewide Plant of the Year competition,applicants Continue reading CWEA New Award Category
By: Michael Walkowiak Greetings fellow San Francisco Bay Section members! It’s again time to recognize the outstanding efforts your colleagues, coworkers, team members, and/or organization by submitting nominations for CWEA awards in the categories listed below. The awards nomination period is now open, and you can access it here: https://www.cwea.org/awards/ Continue reading August 2021 – Presidents Message
CWEA SF Bay Section’s Professional Development Committee (PDC) and Students & Young Professionals Committee (SYPC) present: Leadership Book Club Wed. July 21, 2021, 6p – 7p RSVP HERE for Zoom Link! About the Book: Which Book Do I Read? – We will be discussing “Be the Boss Everyone Wants to Continue reading Leadership Book Club
Lunchtime SIP Presentation – June 17th, 2021 Using a Force-main to Convey Gravity Flows – EBMUD’s Pump Station Q (PSQ) Reverse Flow Project The PSQ reverse flow project implemented a novel idea of using an existing force-main to provide additional flow capacity during small-medium storm events. By conveying gravity flows Continue reading Using a Force-Main to Convey Gravity Flows – 06/17
By: Mike Walkowiak Greetings fellow San Francisco Bay Section members! I want to take a moment to acknowledge the tremendous contributions from volunteers (i.e., your colleagues) who make the San Francisco Bay Section so successful. Our section is one of the largest and most active in CWEA due largely to Continue reading President’s Message
Lunchtime SIP Presentation – May 20, 2021 Interpretation of Temporal and Spatial Trends from SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Wastewater: a Case Study from the San Francisco Bay Area Research has shown that wastewater monitoring for the SARS-CoV-2 virus has the potential to detect signs of disease trends in a community before Continue reading Interpretation of Temporal & Spatial Trends from SARS-COV-2 RNA in Wastewater – 5/20
CWEA SF Bay Section’s Professional Development Committee (PDC) and Students & Young Professionals Committee (SYPC) present: Leadership Book Club Event Launch: Thurs. April 22, 2021, 6p-7p Join us in our inaugural book club to explore the elements of leadership and how to apply them in our professional settings. Who Should Continue reading Leadership Book Club – 4/22
CWEA San Francisco Bay Section – April 15, 2021 Lunchtime SIP Presentation Progressive Design-Build to the RESCU Silicon Valley Clean Water’s Regional Environmental Sewer Conveyance Upgrade Program (RESCU) consists of eleven ‘essential infrastructure’ projects to replace and rehabilitate SVCW’s conveyance system. It includes the Gravity Pipeline (GP Project), Front of Continue reading Progressive Design-Build to the RESCU – 4/15
Virtual Career Fair Tues. March 30th, 20201 : 4:00p – 7:00p PST Please join us for our first virtual career fair using the online platform Brazen. Our career fair has been an ongoing success with 80+ students/job seekers and 15+ companies attending annually who are involved or interested in the Continue reading Virtual Career Fair – Registration Open
Join us for a virtual event where you’ll hear from two members of the Professional Development Committee on Interview Tips & Resume Writing! RSVP HERE to Receive Zoom Link! During this presentation, you will learn: How to head into an interview with confidence The key differences between government and private sector interviews Continue reading Interview Tips & Resume Writing
It is with a heavy heart we report Dr. David Jenkins passed away this weekend. He was 85 years old. Dr. Jenkins was a Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at UC Berkeley from 1966 to 1999, a member of their Academy of Distinguished Alumni, a sought after Continue reading Distinguished Member and Wastewater Professor Dr. David Jenkins Has Passed Away
Collection System of the Year – Small:Stege Sanitary District The Stege Sanitary District is located on the northeast shore of the San Francisco Bay Area. The District was originally formed in 1913 to provide public health services to a then lightly populated area of southwest Contra Costa County. The District Continue reading Congratulations to the 2020 CWEA San Francisco Bay Section Award Winners!
Join us for a virtual happy hour! You’ll hear from an engineer at a WWTP, network with other students & professionals, & learn about our committee! RSVP HERE! Wastewater Industry Overview and Insights from an Early-Career Professional: Interested in working at a wastewater treatment plant as an engineer? Be ready Continue reading SYPC Feb. Happy Hour & Presentation
Greetings fellow San Francisco Bay Section members! I’m excited to serve you as President of the SFBS for 2021. The Board of Directors and committees have already started planning a full year of educational, training, and networking events that we will roll out throughout the coming months. Our aim is Continue reading 2021 Presidents Letter
As we turn the page on the most challenging year that was 2020 and my tenure as President comes to a close, I am very pleased to give you the good news that the people have spoken. By that I mean the people of the San Francisco Bay Section. We Continue reading From the President’s Desk…
Lunchtime Webinar – December 10, 2020 Inside the Fence: Assessing/Remediating 60+ Year Old Critical Plant Piping The San Jose-Santa Clara Regional Wastewater Facility has 67,000 linear feet of wastewater process piping that carry raw sewage, liquids, and sludge between the various unit treatment process areas. Much of this process piping Continue reading Inside the Fence – Lunchtime Webinar – 12/10
Welcome CWEA SFBS Members! Thank you to all five members that responded to our call for Board of Director nominees and would like to be considered for the position. Their pictures and bio’s are below in no particular order. You will receive a personalized email to vote on December 15th. Continue reading 2020 SFBS Board of Director Candidates
What a year 2020 has been! The ups, the downs…the changes we have all been through. As I write this, there is good news on a vaccine that will finally help us finally get past this Coronavirus outbreak and I can hardly wait for it to be widely available. Unfortunately, Continue reading From the President’s Desk…
Lunchtime Webinar – Thursday November, 12, 2020 Onsite Construction Safety – Discussing IIPP, Code of Safe Practices, Multi-Employer Responsibilities, Contractor-Facility Safety Interface: Confined Space, Hazard Communication, Lockout/Tagout (energy control), Emergency Response SPEAKER: Gary R. McIver Jr., CSP, Senior Safety Engineer, Cal/OSHA Consultation Gary has 30+ years in Health and Safety: Continue reading Onsite Construction Safety – 11/12