Volunteers give back to help others in our profession and grow their own career at the same time. Many volunteers tell us they’ve built life-long friendships after volunteering for a CWEA conference or project. Members have also said volunteering helped them make professional connections that helped them build their career. Find open opportunities here.
Flushing wipes, paper towels and similar products down toilets will clog sewers and cause backups and overflows at wastewater treatment facilities, creating an additional public health risk in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
After four years of work, the Advanced Water Treatment Operator™ (AWTO™) certification program is now complete and launched by the California-Nevada Section of the American Water Works Association (CA-NV AWWA) and the California Water Environment Association (CWEA).
Objectives SB 1383, signed into law in September 2016, requires a 40% reduction in methane emissions in California by 2030 below the levels emitted in 2013. In order to achieve the methane emission reductions, the legislation further requires a 75% diversion of organics (including biosolids) from landfills by 2025, using 2014 levels as the baseline....
Many wastewater plants in California are being besieged with issues which have put stresses on a once traditional industry sector. The days of treating water with proven methods in a fairly stable and static environment are long gone and may never return again. The economic crises of the last decade caused a shuttering of businesses...
Nitrification Loss at SLO Raises Questions About Causes and Cures Last September, nitrification came to a sudden halt at the Water Resource Recovery Facility in San Luis Obispo. While plant staff has come up with a couple of potential solutions, and the plant is nitrifying again, the real cause and cure remain somewhat of a...
Our people are great to work with. We are serving the public and I’m proud to be doing that.
Oyuna Jenkins
Associate Chemist, City of Escondido, Lab Person of the Year and Emerging Leader
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