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Water Environment Association of South Carolina | District Three | VOL. 29, Number 4 | November 2016

Chair’s ColumnFall is in the air and cooler weather is approaching. Final preparations are being made for the Operators’ Conference in late October, Family Night in early November, the Capital District’s Award Meeting in January in Lexington, and the SCEC in March.

The Capital District Golf Tournament was held on Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at Cobblestone Park Golf Club and was a HUGE success again this year! I want to personally thank everyone that was involved in making this event happen, whether you sponsored, played, volunteered, or just spread the word to your colleagues. If you were not aware, all of the proceeds from this event will be used to fund the Capital District Scholarship.

All of us within the Water Industry must be thinking about the future and what better way to do this than to support a group that will become our future operators, regulators, engineers, designers, and will someday be our replacements.

Our last District Meeting was held on Thursday, September 1, 2016 at SCE&G’s Pine Island Club. I would like to give a special thanks to SCE&G for hosting this event. The meeting meal was catered by Shealy’s, consisting of excellent

THANK YOU AGAIN to all of our sponsors of the Mid-Year Meeting and Golf Tournament. I’m happy to report that the preliminary tally indicates that the Mid-Year Meeting and Golf Tournament proceeds appear to support another Capital District Scholarship in 2017-2018 calendar year.

for more details.

Mark your calendars and register for Family Night, which will be held again at the Clinton Sease Farms Corn Maze near Lexington, South Carolina on Friday, November 4, 2016. The festivities will begin at 6 PM. Registration details are included in this issue of The

and join us for Family Night!

Lastly, please consider nominating colleagues, employees, or your employer for the Capital District Awards. This is a great way to recognize your peers in the industry. The Award Categories include: Capital District Lifetime Service, Bates-Boland Membership, Engineer, Collection System, Maintenance Operator, Water Operator, Wastewater Operator, Laboratory Analyst, Rookie Operator of the Year, Young Professional, Customer Service, and Vendor Service Awards. Forms are available on the Capital District Website: www.thecapitaldistrict.org/what-we-do and, in addition, the WEASC State Level Award now features an online submission tool.

As always, strive to make good water, clean dirty water, and protect public health and the environment. And tell someone what you do and why you do it. If you have any input or suggestions to make the WEASC Capital District better, please feel free to pass them along at [email protected] Bob

Chair Bob FreemanAlliance Consulting Engineers, Inc. (843) [email protected]

Chair Elect Clint RileyAECOM(803) [email protected]

1st Vice Chair Chris Waddell American Engineering Consultants, Inc. (803) [email protected]

2nd Vice Chair Rick HiersSC Department of Health & Environmental Control(803) [email protected]

Past Chair Steve Mulherin Richland County Utilities(803) [email protected]

Secretary Erin DaughertyAECOM(803) [email protected]

Treasurer Donna West Joint Municipal Water & Sewer Commission (803) [email protected]

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Members in the News...Congratulations to Guy Schmoltze, and his wife Lauren, on the birth of their son, Luke Douglas. Luke was born on August 31, 2016.

Bob Freeman - Past ChairClint Riley – ChairChris Waddell - Chair-ElectRick Hiers - 1st Vice ChairJesse Mefford - 2nd Vice Chair

Donna West - TreasurerErin Daugherty – SecretaryThe election will be held at the January 2017 Capital District meeting in Lexington. Others may be nominated on-site from the general membership as well. Please be prepared

The Capital District Nominating Committee announces

The Capital District of the Water Environment Association of South Carolina (WEASC) held their Mid-Year Capital District Meeting at Pine Island on beautiful Lake Murray in Columbia, SC.

Approximately 152 members and guests attended the meeting and enjoyed the delicious meal from Shealy’s BBQ sponsored by Heyward Incorporated and blessed by Jimmy Wigglesworth. After dinner, District Chair Bob Freeman called the Capital District meeting to order, and recognized all of our sponsors thanking them for their support, as well as the State Executive Committee members who were present. Chair Freeman also congratulated City of Columbia Metro WWTP employees for earning the WEF Water Heroes Award for their efforts

then asked Golf Tournament Committee Chair Phillip Dieckmann to provide an update regarding the Capital District Golf Tournament. Dieckmann provided his report of the tournament and thanked the sponsors and players. Next, Scholarship Committee Chair Betsy Catchings announced

the 2016 WEASC Scholarship recipients – Robert Clark, Julia Smith, and Peggy Smith. Robert Clark is attending Appalachian State University for a degree in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), while both Julia and Peggy Smith are attending USC for degrees in chemical engineering. After the recipients were congratulated by the membership, Chair Freeman recognized Milton Quattlebaum with SCE&G for their participation in and sponsorship of the Mid-Year Meeting. Details for Family night at Clinton Farm’s Corn Maze were

Chair Freeman reminded members that WEASC award nominations are due in December and can be made online.

With no further business to discuss, a motion to adjourn the meeting was then made by Phillip Dieckmann and seconded by Nathan Ward.

Respectfully submitted,

Er i n Daughe r t yWEASC Capital District (District 3)


WEASC Capital District (District 3) — Mid-Year Capital District Meeting — Sept. 1, 2016

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Capital District Family Night Friday, November 13, 2015 from 6:00pm until 9:00pm

Sponsored by Capital District

Directions: From Lexington- Go West on US #1 approximately 5 miles. Turn left past Lexington High School on Olde Farm Rd. Go 1.2 miles and Clinton Sease Farm is on the right.

(Corn maze, games, hayride, food and beverages will be provided)

WEASC – CAPITAL DISTRICT Mail payment & registration form to:

District Family Night Attn: Donna West

P.O. Box 2555 Lexington, SC 29071

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: NOON on THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2015


Friday, November 4, 2016 from 6:00pm until 9:00pm

NOON ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2016

Clinton Sease Farm404 Olde Farm RoadLexington, SC 29072

MAJOR CONTRIBUTORSAECOMAlliance Consulting Engineers, Inc.American Engineering Consultants, Inc.CDM SmithClark’s Engineering Services, Inc.Clearwater Inc.CMC Steel SCElectric Motor and Repair, Inc.Evoqua Water TechnologiesHD Supply Waterworks

M.B. Kahn Construction Co., Inc.McClam & Associates, Inc.On Line Environmental, Inc.P&S Construction Co., Inc./PASCONS&G Associates, Inc.W.K. Dickson & Co., Inc.Weston & Sampson Engineers, Inc.Xylem Dewatering SolutionsXylem Water Solutions, Inc. Flygt Products

CONTRIBUTORSBlack & Veatch CorporationCharles UnderwoodConstantine Engineering, Inc.Hybrid Engineering, Inc.Thomas & Hutton Engineering Co.360 Water, Inc.

DOOR PRIZE SPONSORSElectric Motor and Repair, Inc.M H ValveRotorkRogers & Callcott Environmental360 Water, Inc.

RANGE BALL SPONSORSInfoSense Inc.Parkson Corporation

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GRAND PRIZE:PETE DUTY & ASSOCIATES, INC.

SOCIAL HOUR:CAROTEK, INC.

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Thank You!

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Cell (803) 609-7590

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[email protected]


Chair Freeman with the 2016 winning golf team of Jay Kates, Les Davis and Ben Kumangai

Congratulations to our 2016 Capital District

Scholarship Recipients! L-R Chair Freeman; Peggy

Smith; Julia Smith; Miles Smith (proud dad!)

Pine Island Golf Staff

Joe Desroches congratulates the grand prize winner!

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Nominate?? In all seriousness, please take a moment and recognize your peers in the industry for their efforts and hard work. There are 12 award categories to choose

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the Capital District Website:

www.thecapitaldistrict.org/what-we-do

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WEASC Capital District Committee Assignments 2016-17At Large Member At Large Member At Large Member At Large Member Website Arrangements Budget & Audit Membership Awards Rules Programs Publications Scholarship Beverage GuruNominationsAll Things Helpful

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