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  • ECI Tool Belt Training: Plan Reading, and FOG Removal Devices - On Demand
    Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits Recorded On: 09/01/2022

    Hosted by the P3S Committee.

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    CWEA Members: $50.00
    Non-Members: $70.00 

    2.4 contact hours towards CWEA's ECI certification. 

    ECI Tool Belt Training: Plan Reading, and FOG Removal Devices

    This special joint meeting. Contact hours for CWEA ECI certificate holders is available to members only.  

    Presentation Schedule: 
    P3S Committee Updates - William Edwards, Chair, City of Vacaville
    Plan Drawing Examples for Source Control/Pollution Prevention by Linda Leong, PE
    An Alternative Grease Removal Device for Fats+Oils+Grease+Solids by Dennis Doherty of The Filta Group
    Q&A

    Photo by Adobe stock.

    William Edwards (Moderator)

    Environmental Compliance Inspector

    City of Vacaville

    William Edwards is an Environmental Compliance Inspector for the City of Vacaville, working in FOG control, industry user compliance, storm water, and public outreach. With over ten years of combined inspection, water quality and laboratory experience, William holds one professional value above any other: A positive attitude. Before graduation from Long Beach State, William grew up in San Diego, where he developed a passion for the environment. His ongoing goal, is to inform the residents of the city that he serves, about the importance of pretreatment, pollution prevention, and storm water concerns.

    Linda Leong

    Senior Engineer

    SFPUC

    Ms. Linda Leong is a Process Engineer with SFPUC and has been an active member of CWEA, SF Bay Section, Professional Development Committee since 2000. She has an M.S. in Environmental Engineering, a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Materials Science. She is registered as a Civil Engineer in California and has served on the NFPA Technical Committee "Wastewater Treatment Plants" since April 2006. Linda's approach to “seek first to understand” is a primary reason that she is considered a key “go to” person in her organization.

    Dennis Doherty

    Technical Director - FOGS Products

    The Filta Group

    Dennis Doherty from Los Angeles is the Technical Director for the Filta Group FOGS Products. Responsible for all aspects of the company's AGRD Automatic Grease Removal Device offerings for the USA and Canada.  A longtime CWEA member (now all sections) and onetime LABS director, Dennis started in water and wastewater as a manufacturer's representative in 2006.  He went solo with AGRD manufacturer GOSLYN in 2010 and was their exclusive distributor for the ten counties of So Cal until joining Filta in 2021.  His approach has always been to serve both the end-users and authorities as a knowledgeable solution provider and problem solver for FOGS.

    Registrants who view the live webinar to see the slides and hear the audio and then enter the correct attention check code (directions below) will receive 2.4 contact hours towards CWEA's ECI certification. 

    To receive your contact hours for viewing the live webinar, please note the two (2) different attention check codes that will be displayed at two different points during the webinar in the top left or right corner of the presentation for approximately 90 seconds.  Please enter these codes as 1st attention check code – 2nd attention check code (XXXX-XXXX) in the Attention Check Code component under the "Contents" tab.  

    Please note, all user activity of CWEA certification holders on the Online Wastewater Education Network is subject to the CWEA Code of Ethics standards for professional conduct and ethics. Certification holders should receive credit for a training only once within the same contact hour period. Any attempt to undermine the certification process may be subject to ethics procedures and possible sanctions. It is not possible to receive contact hours for both attending the live webinar and viewing the recording.  

    Once you have entered the correct attendance check codes, you will be able to create and download an electronic certificate of completion under the "Contents" tab.

  • ECI Tool Belt Training: DPR and Enhanced Source Control - On Demand
    Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits Recorded On: 10/13/2021

    Hosted by the P3S Committee.

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    CWEA Members: $50.00
    Non-Members: $70.00 

    2.4 contact hours towards CWEA's ECI certification. 

    ECI Tool Belt Training:  DPR and Enhanced Source Control 

    Join the quarterly P3S meeting, this time for a discussion about the future of direct potable reuse and source control. This is a joint meeting between CWEA's Pretreatment, Pollution Prevention and Stormwater Committee and the Advanced Water Treatment Operator certification program. 

    Source control inspectors and operators are working together to provide a clean, safe and drought proof supply of drinking water for California. 

    The National Water Research Institute (NWRI) convened a panel of experts to provide recommendations on enhanced industrial source control for DPR and submitted a report to the State Water Board in March 2020. State Water Board officials have a deadline of December 2023 to develop regulations for Direct Potable Reuse (DPR). 

    Whatever your role in wastewater, join the meeting and learn more about the future of water and how our roles will change as we move towards DPR. 

    This special joint meeting is free and open to anyone. Contact hours for CWEA ECI certificate holders is available to members only.  

    Presentation Schedule: 
    • 9:00 a.m. - P3S Committee Updates - Theodore Higgins, Chair, LA City Sanitation 
    • 9:30 a.m. - Real-Time Monitoring and Enhanced Source Control Research 
    • 10:00 a.m. - Sewer Shed Monitoring Technologies
    • 10:30 a.m. -  Regulatory Update - Overview of Enhanced Source Control Research and Criteria for DPR
    • 10:45 a.m. - Q&A - Get your enhanced source control questions answered 

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    Theodore Higgins (Moderator)

    Chief Environmental Compliance Inspector I

    City of Los Angeles / LA Sanitation & Environment / Industrial Waste Management Division

    Theodore Higgins began his career with the City of Los Angeles LA Sanitation & Environment, Industrial Waste Management Division (IWMD) as an Industrial Waste Inspector, now called Environmental Compliance Inspectors in October 2001. He currently works as a Chief Environmental Compliance Inspector in IWMD’s Fats, Oil & Grease (FOG) Inspection Group. He is responsible for managing an inspection program with an inventory of nearly 10,000 food service establishments (FSEs). As a newly hired inspector, he was part of the implementation of the Fats Oils & Grease (FOG) program. He has worked in other inspection groups with IWMD including significant Industrial Users Inspection Group (SIU) regulating some of the largest companies in Los Angeles including Pharmaceutical Manufacturers, Food Processors, Metal Finishers, etc. as well as Local Industrial Users (LIU) such as Car Washes, Industrial Laundries, Food Processors, etc. After his promotion to Senior Environmental Compliance Inspector, he worked in the Significant Industrial Users group and LASAN’s new RECYCLA Program. In 2017, he was promoted to Chief Environmental Compliance Inspector. His current and past city activities and recognition include serving the division as a “Sector Champion” for the Car Wash Industry where his role is to maintain collaborative partnerships with the Car Wash Business Sector to strategize how to make businesses grow and become more sustainable; representing IWMD by participating in a national focus group on Micro beads/Micro plastics Pollution with the Nation Pollution Prevention Roundtable; IWMD Employee Excellence Award 2012; Emerging Leader recognition by the California Water Environment Association in 2018; Pretreatment, Pollution Prevention & Stormwater (P3S) Person of the Year Award by the LA Basin Section of the CWEA 2019; and representing LASAN on the SCAQMD Environmental Justice Inter-Agency Task Force. Theodore holds Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree from Woodbury University.

    Jeremy Grant

    Environmental Compliance Supervisor

    Ventura Water

    Jeremy Grant is the Environmental Compliance Supervisor for Ventura Water. He has fifteen years’ experience working in the wastewater pretreatment field and ten years’ experience as a hazardous waste specialist. He is responsible for implementing the Environmental Compliance Program which includes wastewater pretreatment/source control, recycled water, and the cross connection/backflow device certification program for the City of Ventura. 

    Jeremy holds a BS in Environmental and Occupational Health Science.

    Austa Parker, PhD

    Environmental Engineer

    Brown & Caldwell

    Austa Parker is an environmental engineer specializing inpotable reuse regulations and policy development around the U.S. She has aMasters and PhD in Environmental Engineering from the University of Colorado atBoulder and has been working on potable reuse engineering, permitting, andoperations projects around the United States for over a decade.

    Anne-li Steutel-Maron

    US Business Development & Marketing Strategist

    Kando

    Anne-li Steutel Maron is a marketing and business development strategist that joined Kando in 2018. Before Kando she worked for 10 years at the Israeli Ministry of Economy, where she represented the Israeli water and the cleantech industry in The Netherlands and the USA.

    Anne-li Steutel-Maron holds a BA in Communications and a Master’s in Public Management with a focus on public private partnership in the water industry.

    Registrants who view the live webinar to see the slides and hear the audio and then enter the correct attention check code (directions below) will receive 2.4 contact hours towards CWEA's ECI certification. 

    To receive your contact hours for viewing the live webinar, please note the two (2) different attention check codes that will be displayed at two different points during the webinar in the top left or right corner of the presentation for approximately 90 seconds.  Please enter these codes as 1st attention check code – 2nd attention check code (XXXX-XXXX) in the Attention Check Code component under the "Contents" tab.  

    Please note, all user activity of CWEA certification holders on the Online Wastewater Education Network is subject to the CWEA Code of Ethics standards for professional conduct and ethics. Certification holders should receive credit for a training only once within the same contact hour period. Any attempt to undermine the certification process may be subject to ethics procedures and possible sanctions. It is not possible to receive contact hours for both attending the live webinar and viewing the recording.  

    Once you have entered the correct attendance check codes, you will be able to create and download an electronic certificate of completion under the "Contents" tab.

  • FOG Inspection Basics for Food Service Establishments (FSE)/ August 2021 Virtual ECI Tool Belt Training- (On Demand)
    Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits Recorded On: 08/18/2021

    Hosted by the P3S Committee.

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    Member fee: $50.00
    Non-Member fee: $70.00

    2.4 contact hours towards CWEA's ECI certification. 

    The P3S Committee is proud to present this free, tool belt training for members. From 9:00 – 9:30 a.m. the Committee will hold their quarterly meeting to briefly discuss pretreatment trends, education planning and other CWEA topics. Join us for the first part of the webinar and learn what’s happening! 

    FOG Inspection Basics for FSEs

    This webinar will cover core aspects of FOG control inspections for FSEs, and strategies for compliance, learned through experience in the field. Understanding FOG, its impact on the sewer collection system, and how to get this information across to FSE operators is critical to an effective FOG program.

    Learning Objectives/Attendee Takeaways
    No. 1 – Strategies for evaluating total FOG output of FSEs to the sewer collection system.
    No. 2 – Core best management practices, for reducing FOG entering the sewer collection system.
    No. 3 – Strategies for compliance and communication with FSE operators.

    But Is it Really a “Categorical” Facility?
    A presentation aimed at providing tools for categorical facility determinations and applicable pretreatment standards.

    Learning Objectives/Attendee Takeaways
    No. 1 – Tools for Categorical Determination
    No. 2 – Inspection Proficiency
    No. 3 – Effective and Consistent Permitting

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    Theodore Higgins (Moderator)

    Chief Environmental Compliance Inspector I

    City of Los Angeles / LA Sanitation & Environment / Industrial Waste Management Division

    Theodore Higgins began his career with the City of Los Angeles LA Sanitation & Environment, Industrial Waste Management Division (IWMD) as an Industrial Waste Inspector, now called Environmental Compliance Inspectors in October 2001. He currently works as a Chief Environmental Compliance Inspector in IWMD’s Fats, Oil & Grease (FOG) Inspection Group. He is responsible for managing an inspection program with an inventory of nearly 10,000 food service establishments (FSEs). As a newly hired inspector, he was part of the implementation of the Fats Oils & Grease (FOG) program. He has worked in other inspection groups with IWMD including significant Industrial Users Inspection Group (SIU) regulating some of the largest companies in Los Angeles including Pharmaceutical Manufacturers, Food Processors, Metal Finishers, etc. as well as Local Industrial Users (LIU) such as Car Washes, Industrial Laundries, Food Processors, etc. After his promotion to Senior Environmental Compliance Inspector, he worked in the Significant Industrial Users group and LASAN’s new RECYCLA Program. In 2017, he was promoted to Chief Environmental Compliance Inspector. His current and past city activities and recognition include serving the division as a “Sector Champion” for the Car Wash Industry where his role is to maintain collaborative partnerships with the Car Wash Business Sector to strategize how to make businesses grow and become more sustainable; representing IWMD by participating in a national focus group on Micro beads/Micro plastics Pollution with the Nation Pollution Prevention Roundtable; IWMD Employee Excellence Award 2012; Emerging Leader recognition by the California Water Environment Association in 2018; Pretreatment, Pollution Prevention & Stormwater (P3S) Person of the Year Award by the LA Basin Section of the CWEA 2019; and representing LASAN on the SCAQMD Environmental Justice Inter-Agency Task Force. Theodore holds Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree from Woodbury University.

    Michael Placencia

    Delta Diablo

    With 20 years of Pretreatment and Stormwater quality experience in academic, laboratory and regulatory compliance contexts, working for two universities and two large public agencies, he has devoted his career to this this premise, and he hopes that he has learned a large breadth of knowledge and experience to share with the water quality community at large.

    William Edwards

    Environmental Compliance Inspector

    City of Vacaville

    William Edwards is an Environmental Compliance Inspector for the City of Vacaville, working in FOG control, industry user compliance, storm water, and public outreach. With over ten years of combined inspection, water quality and laboratory experience, William holds one professional value above any other: A positive attitude. Before graduation from Long Beach State, William grew up in San Diego, where he developed a passion for the environment. His ongoing goal, is to inform the residents of the city that he serves, about the importance of pretreatment, pollution prevention, and storm water concerns.

    Registrants who view the live webinar to see the slides and hear the audio and then enter the correct attention check code (directions below) will receive 2.4 contact hours towards CWEA's ECI certification. 

    To receive your contact hours for viewing the live webinar, please note the two (2) different attention check codes that will be displayed at two different points during the webinar in the top left or right corner of the presentation for approximately 90 seconds.  Please enter these codes as 1st attention check code – 2nd attention check code (XXXX-XXXX) in the Attention Check Code component under the "Contents" tab.  

    Please note, all user activity of CWEA certification holders on the Online Wastewater Education Network is subject to the CWEA Code of Ethics standards for professional conduct and ethics. Certification holders should receive credit for a training only once within the same contact hour period. Any attempt to undermine the certification process may be subject to ethics procedures and possible sanctions. It is not possible to receive contact hours for both attending the live webinar and viewing the recording.  

    Once you have entered the correct attendance check codes, you will be able to create and download an electronic certificate of completion under the "Contents" tab.