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September - October 2019 | Volume 21, Issue 2 San Luis Obispo | Santa Barbara | Ventura Board of Directors President – Ben Marquart City of San Luis Obispo 25 Prado Road San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 P/ 805.781.7425 [email protected] Vice President – Mark Bennett Carpinteria Sanitary District 5300 Sixth Street Carpinteria, CA 93013 P/ 805.684.7214 ext. 17 [email protected] Secretary – Mary Thompson City of Santa Barbara 520 E Yanonali St Santa Barbara , CA 93103 P/ 805.568.1093 [email protected] Treasurer – Travis Fisher Ojai Valley Sanitary District 1072 Tico Rd Ojai, CA 93023 P/ 805.646.5548 travis.fi[email protected] Past President– Nick Steffen [email protected] Member at Large – Jared Pickens City of Paso Robles 3200 Sulphur Springs Rd Paso Robles, CA 93446 P/ 805.423.5048 [email protected] 2-Year Director– Dennis Brewer City of Camarillo [email protected] Hello all! Welcome to the new digital edition of the Gravity Flowline Newsletter! My name is Thomas Stevens with Advanced Infrastructure Technologies, and I’ll be working with the Board of Directors and section members to publish industry content, event information and other important announcements through- out the year. The great news is that it will all be conveniently available right in your inbox! We will also be evolving into a more in- teractive newsletter, offering links to relevant articles, vendor highlights and various forms (workshop registration, award submissions etc…) More to come on that topic! Lastly, I want everyone to know that if there is content you would like to see going forward, please let me know. Begin- ning with the next edition, I’d like to highlight a section mem- ber with exciting news or accomplishments, either profes- sional or personal, to help us all share in their success! Please don’t hesitate to contact me directly via email by click- ing here or by phone at (661)808-8464. Thank you all for participating in the TriCounties CWEA Sec- tion and I look forward to seeing you out in the field! Thomas Stevens Advanced Infrastructure Technologies

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September - October 2019 | Volume 21, Issue 2

San Luis Obispo | Santa Barbara | Ventura

Board of Directors

President – Ben Marquart City of San Luis Obispo 25 Prado Road San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 P/ 805.781.7425 [email protected]

Vice President – Mark Bennett Carpinteria Sanitary District 5300 Sixth Street Carpinteria, CA 93013 P/ 805.684.7214 ext. 17 [email protected]

Secretary – Mary Thompson City of Santa Barbara 520 E Yanonali St Santa Barbara , CA 93103 P/ 805.568.1093 [email protected]

Treasurer – Travis Fisher Ojai Valley Sanitary District 1072 Tico Rd Ojai, CA 93023 P/ 805.646.5548 [email protected]

Past President– Nick Steffen [email protected]

Member at Large – Jared Pickens City of Paso Robles 3200 Sulphur Springs Rd Paso Robles, CA 93446 P/ 805.423.5048 [email protected]

2-Year Director– Dennis Brewer City of Camarillo [email protected]

Hello all! Welcome to the new digital edition of the Gravity Flowline Newsletter! My name is Thomas Stevens with Advanced Infrastructure Technologies, and I’ll be working with the Board of Directors and section members to publish industry content, event information and other important announcements through-out the year.

The great news is that it will all be conveniently available right in your inbox! We will also be evolving into a more in-teractive newsletter, offering links to relevant articles, vendor highlights and various forms (workshop registration, award submissions etc…) More to come on that topic!

Lastly, I want everyone to know that if there is content you would like to see going forward, please let me know. Begin-ning with the next edition, I’d like to highlight a section mem-ber with exciting news or accomplishments, either profes-sional or personal, to help us all share in their success!

Please don’t hesitate to contact me directly via email by click-ing here or by phone at (661)808-8464.

Thank you all for participating in the TriCounties CWEA Sec-tion and I look forward to seeing you out in the field!

Thomas Stevens

Advanced Infrastructure Technologies

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The Gravity Flowline is published bimonthly by the California Water Environment Association Tri-Counties Section

7677 Oakport Street, Suite 600, Oakland, CA 94621-1935

Send your comments, ideas, and/or articles to [email protected] or Mark Bennett at [email protected]

CWEA Tri-Counties Section Members: Current members will automatically receive the Gravity Flowline Newsletter

Renew your membership or update your mailing address: CWEA, 7677 Oakport Street, Suite 600 Oakland, CA 94621-1935

Phone: 510-382-7800 Fax: 510-382-7810 Email: [email protected] http://www.cwea.org/mlr_member_renewmem.html

Visit “http://www.cwea.org/TriCounties” for up-to-date information, event flyers, workshop

schedules/registration forms, and vendor registration forms for all TRIS events.

President’s Message 3

2019 Past Presidents Golf Tournament 4-5

September Workshop in SLO 6-9

CWEA Award Nominations & Form Links 10

Turley of the Year Nomination Form 11

Gravity Flowline Subscription/Ad Form 12

Advertiser’s Page 13

2019/20 Calendar of Events 14

Committee Chair and Volunteer List 15-16

Retirements Page 17

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Hello Tri-Counties…..

With 2019 quickly wrapping up, I wanted to

share a few last reminders and thank our local

membership for phenomenal overall partici-

pation and attendance throughout this year.

We have successfully wrapped up our three

local section workshops in March, June, and

September and I cannot send enough thanks

to Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, and San Luis

Obispo for putting in the time and effort re-

quired to host these events. If you were una-

ble to attend one (or multiple) of the Tri-

County workshops this year, remember, they

are a great place to collaborate with industry

professionals as-well as gain those ever need-

ed contact hours.

Although the last quarter of the year is upon

us, your section’s Board of Directors and Com-

mittee Chairs are still hard at work planning

our Annual Safety and Turkey of the Year Din-

ner meeting (November 15, 2019), The ever

important TCP Training (December 5, 2019),

and Awards Banquet (January 17, 2020). More

information is available in this issue and at

https://tricounties.cwea.org/ We hope to see

you there!

If you would like to get more involved and/or

look for volunteer opportunities within our

section, please contact me at bmar-

[email protected] as there are open Commit-

tee Chair positions as-well as other opportuni-

ties to assist in promoting our Section.

Thank you to everybody for starting off 2019

with a bang, let’s finish the year strong and re-

member:

“Integrity is doing the right thing, even when

no one is watching” -C.S. Lewis-

Thank You,

Ben Marquart

CWEA TRIS President

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In case you missed it.... on July 19, 2019, the Tri-Counties Section of CWEA had its Annual Past Presi-dent’s Golf Tournament. A great time was had by all!

We want to thank our Louis Chiourn, for organizing such a great event, our generous sponsors, and all of the golfers for their support and participation! A spe-cial thanks to Dixon Golf who organized the Dixon Challenge.

Hope to see all of you next year!

Congrats!

1st place - AIT Nozzles and Tools 2nd place- Carpinteria Sanitary District 3rd Place- City of Simi Valley - Haaker

Closest to the pin:

Hole #2 - Amando Garza Hole # 6 - Johnny Target Hole #9 - Doug Parizek Hole #11 - Pete Regis

Photo Credits: Gerardo Soria

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Thanks again to all of the

participants and spon-

sors! We hope to see

everyone next year!

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Once again, The TriCounties Section of the CWEA put together a great event. The September Workshop was a great success. We want to thank our hosts, the City of San Luis Obispo, the City’s Corporation Yard is a great venue for this event. This was also the 10th year that the San Luis Obispo Facility had its Annual Vendor Walk Grand Prize Drawing for a 65” LG HD TV!!! For this event, the TriCounties Section partners with its

generous vendors who contribute and participate. This year, there were more than 100 registered participants and 22 vendors for the September Workshop. Each TriCounties workshop offers all participants a chance to earn valuable contact hours and receive training from industry professionals and peers. Classes offered ranged from BOD correlations to Rules of the Road, a California Highway Patrol taught class about safe driving. Lunch was provided to each registered participant in the form of a traditional BBQ prepared by City of San Luis Obispo staff. This year’s event was also a zero waste- type event. Our next event is the TriCounties CWEA Annual Safety Presentation “Turkey of the Year” Banquet. Check back for details!!!!!!

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Are you proud of your work, your colleagues, your plant

or your agency?

There are over 20 categories for CWEA/TriCounties Section Awards!

Access the full list of categories by clicking here

Here are a few of the categories (click to apply):

Collection System of the Year

(Small, Medium, Large)

Mechanical Technician of the Year

Operator of the Year

TriCounties Local Section Awards Include (click to download):

Administrative Person of the Year

Maintenance Worker/Laborer of the Year

District Manager/Director of the Year

Submit your nomination by November 15th 2019!!

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Nominations Due By October 15th!

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CWEA Tri-Counties Section

Name: ________________________________________ Agency: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

Mailing: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

Delivery Address: _________________________________________________________________________________________

City: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________

State: Zip:_________________________________________________________

Phone: ________________________________________ Email address: _________________________________________

NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS: The State CWEA collects local membership dues on behalf of local

sections. Members of CWEA will be contacted regarding membership expiration. Subscriptions are

automatically renewed after dues are paid. If you do not hear from CWEA before your membership

expires, please contact the State CWEA Office at 510-382-7800 for the status of your membership.

NON-MEMBERS: A non-member subscription is $16 per year. Complete this form and submit it

along with your check to the address below. Indicate your delivery address. CWEA members who

are not Tri-Counties Section members may get a subscription for $12.

Please submit all ads in electronic format to:

[email protected]

ADVERTISEMENT (Includes free subscription)

Business Card $80 per year

Quarter Page Ad $240

Half Page Ad $540 per year

(Due to space constraints, Full Page Ads

are not available.)

The deadline for submission for the next issue

is the 15th of the first month of the issue date.

SUBSCRIPTION—$16 per year

I am not a member of CWEA.

Subscription $12 Per Year

I’m a CWEA member, but belong to another

local section.

CWEA /WEF # ___________________________________

Send to:

Mark Bennett

Carpinteria Sanitary District

5300 Sixth Street

Carpinteria, CA 93013

Make checks payable to: CWEA Tri-Counties Section

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Advertiser’s Index

A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR ADVERTISERS

Are you interested in advertising your business or

service in the Gravity Flowline? Contact Thomas

Stevens at [email protected] for more

information.

Did you know CWEA TriCounties Section has

its own Facebook page? If you’re on Face-

book, let’s get connected!!! It’s easy, from your

own account search:

“Tri Counties Section of the CWEA”

We post pictures, announcements, member

news, and connect with other Tricounties

CWEA members!

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October 2019

15th TOY Nominations Deadline

November 2019

2nd SWRCB Operator Exam

15th TOY Annual Safety Meeting

15th CWEA Awards Nominations Deadline

30th CWEA TCP Application Deadline

(Jan-Mar Exam)

December 2019

5th Technical Certification Preparation Training (Oxnard PACC)

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AWARDS

Nick Steffen

[email protected]

COLLECTION SYSTEM– South

Chris Boddy

City of Simi Valley

600 W. Los Angeles Avenue

Simi Valley, CA 93065

COLLECTION SYSTEM– North

Jared Pickens

City of Paso Robles

[email protected]

FLOWLINE EDITOR

Thomas Stevens

Advanced Infrastructure

3055 Kashiwa St.

Torrance, CA 90505

P/ 661.808.8464

[email protected]

GIMMICKS & GADGETS

Harold “Mr. Bear” Reyes

2305 Maricopa Highway Ojai, CA 93023 P/ 805.421.8547 [email protected]

MAINTENANCE

Liz Moody

Cannon Corporation

1050 Southwood Drive

San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

P/ 805.544.7407

F/ 805.544.3863

[email protected]

LABORATORY

Jacob Broad

Carpinteria Sanitary District

5300 Sixth St

Carpinteria, CA 93013

P/805.684.7214

[email protected]

Mark Scandalis

City of Paso Robles

[email protected]

MEMBERSHIP

Mark Bennett

Carpinteria Sanitary District

5300 Sixth Street

Carpinteria, CA 93013

P/ 805.684.7214 ext. 17

[email protected]

OPERATIONS

Thomas Welche

City of Santa Barbara

520 E Yanonali St

Santa Barbara, CA 93103

PAST PRESIDENTS GOLF TOUR-NAMENT

Travis Fisher

Ojai Sanitary District

1072 Tico Rd

Ojai, CA 93023

PAST PRESIDENTS PICNIC

Johnny Tarver

Retired

P/ 805.453.4401

HISTORY/ PAST PRESIDENTS PIC-NIC

Dennis Brewer

City of Camarillo

[email protected]

OPERATOR CHALLENGE

Chris Boddy

City of Simi Valley

600 W. Los Angeles Avenue

Simi Valley, CA 93065

MAINTENANCE

Michael Kielborn

Cannon Corporation

1050 Southwood Drive

San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

P/ 805.544.7407

F/ 805.544.3863

[email protected]

P3S

Travis Fisher

Ojai Sanitary District

1072 Tico Rd

Ojai, CA 93023

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TCP & CONTACT HOURS

Teresa Kistner

Goleta Sanitary District 1 William Moffett Place Goleta, CA 93117 P/ 805.967.4519 F/ 805.964.3583 [email protected]

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

Vacant

CWEA LIAISON

TBA

TURKEY OF THE YEAR

Nick Steffen

[email protected]

PUBLIC EDUCATION

Mary Thompson

City of Santa Barbara

520 East Yanonali Street

Santa Barbara, CA 93103

P/ 805.568.1093

F/ 805.568.1022

MThomp-

SAFETY

Vacant

SMALL COMMUNITIES

Ben Marquart

City of San Luis Obispo

25 Prado Road

San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

P/ 805.781.7425

F/ 805.542.9868

[email protected]

STUDENTS & YOUNG PROFES-SIONALS

Vacant

WEBSITE

Mary Thompson

City of Santa Barbara

520 E Yanonali St

Santa Barbara, CA 93133

[email protected]

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Tri-Counties Section Mission Statement

To enhance the education and effectiveness of California’s Wastewater Professionals through training, certification,

dissemination of technical information and promotion of sound policies to benefit society through protection and

enhancement of the water environment.

CALIFORNIA WATER

ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION

TRI-COUNTIES SECTION San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara & Ventura Counties

Someone retiring? To have them featured, please email:

[email protected]