HomeMy WebLinkAbout06.a.2) General Manager Written Announcements6.a. 2)
Board Meeting of November 1, 2012
Written Announcements:
Staff Updates
a) Retirement and Promotion
Ba Than, Plant Operations Division Manager, retired on October 26, 2012 after 25 years
of service.
Carolyn Knight has been promoted to Engineering Support Supervisor in the
Capital Projects Division effective October 25, 2012.
Out -of -State Travel
b) District Staff to Travel Out of State to Evaluate Nutrient Removal
Processes
Two District employees will be traveling out of state to visit various wastewater treatment
plants that are conducting pilot scale and full -scale nutrient removal studies. Senior
Engineer Dana Lawson and Assistant Engineer Samantha Engelage will travel to
Sturbridge, Massachusetts; Arlington, Virginia; Hampton Roads Sanitation District in
Virginia Beach, Virginia; and DC Water in Washington, DC from October 30, 2012 to
November 8, 2012. The technologies being studied include Mainstream Anammox,
Conventional Biological Nutrient Removal, Integrated Fixed -Film Activated Sludge, 5-
Stage Bardenpho, Sidestream Cyanide Removal, BioMag, and others. Staff is evaluating
these technologies to determine the process alternatives that may be applicable for use at
the District if nutrient removal is required in the future. It is likely that pilot plant testing of
appropriate technologies will be conducted at the District starting in 2013. Travel
expenses for these site visits are included in the Treatment Plant Planning project budget.