This is a reminder that the Sanitary Sewer System Annual Report is due on April 1, 2024, as specified in section 3.9 (Annual Report) of Attachment E1 (Notification, Monitoring, Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements) of the Sanitary Sewer Systems General Order (link: Sanitary Sewer Systems General Order.) General Order, Section 5.11(System Performance Analysis), outlines the requirements for including...

The CWEA community is gearing up to go live in the upcoming months. This marks a significant milestone in our journey, and we can’t wait to share this space with you. Building the CWEA community brings a myriad of advantages that will enhance your CWEA member benefits: First, it serves as a centralized hub where...

The Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District (Regional San) and Sacramento Area Sewer District (SacSewer) are pleased to announce the legal merger of the two districts into one—resulting in a consolidated sewer utility, called the Sacramento Area Sewer District, effective Jan. 1, 2024. This strategic consolidation combines the second-largest water resource recovery facility of its kind...

The Valley Sanitary District (VSD) and the Coachella Valley History Museum (CVHM) in Indio have collaborated to create an exhibit showcasing a series of models that demonstrate a range of wastewater treatment processes. The exhibit, named “The Evolution of Wastewater Treatment in the Coachella Valley,” illustrates the history of wastewater treatment, from outhouses and septic...

Rick Justice faced his first significant challenge just three weeks into his new role as Public Works Operations Manager for the City of Los Banos. A local company’s private sewer lift station malfunctioned, causing sewage to overflow into their parking lot and into the storm drain. In his previous position as the program manager for...

Las Virgenes Municipal Water District (LVMWD) has been using supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems to collect data for over two decades, just like many other water and wastewater facilities in California. The SCADA system closely monitors every stage of the water treatment process and provides real-time information for analysis. However, the data collection...

A digital twin controller running a hybrid model, fed with live and historical data, is being tested at several sites to determine its ability to remove and manage nutrients more efficiently and simplify operations for wastewater plant operators. The results will be reported in a paper by Jacobs Engineering at the CWEA Annual Conference in...

Smart water and sewer technologies, including real-time monitoring, analytics, and machine learning, are being used by many water and wastewater utilities to collect useful data, improve decision-making, and optimize infrastructure and resource utilization to ensure compliance with regulations. Even so, many agencies are still on the fence about whether these programs can offer safe and...

The integration of digital technologies into water management systems represents a step-change and an exciting opportunity for how we approach our planet’s most vital resource. As we collectively deal with aging infrastructure, increasing urbanization, climate change, and the need for social equity, technology continues to emerge as a key aid. The quantity of information now...

It is estimated that 90% of the data available today was created in the past two years. This incredible shift has been driven by advances in computing power, the availability of low-cost data collection devices, an increase in the use of information technology, and the acceleration of the rate of development of artificial intelligence. The...