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VWEA Board of Directors Welcomes You to Our Website |
Welcome to the VWEA website. Utilizing the latest in website development technology, we are proud to provide you with a site full of functionality and up-to-date information. We hope you find the site useful and encourage you to submit comments and suggestions with regard to content, format, and functionality. Please contact the VWEA Web Administrator if you have articles or other information to post on the website.
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FREE Webcast: VWEA Sustainability Update |
Please join the VWEA Sustainable Utilities Committee as they host: Sustainability Update
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A FREE Webcast from your VWEA Sustainable Utilities Committee. The speakers will be Matthew Ries (Managing Director, Technical and Educational Services, Water Environment Federation) and J. Scott Weikert (Vice President, CH2M HILL). Mr. Ries will focus on what sustainability means to our business and what municipalities and organizations are doing to become sustainable. Mr. Weikert will discuss concepts like energy efficiency, biosolids options, LID options, LEED concepts and options during construction.
This is a great opportunity to learn more about sustainability in the water and wastewater industry and share your own experiences. Don’t miss it! The webcast will be held March 25th from 12:00 to 1:30 PM. For more details, including RSVP information and how to log in to the webcast, go to the Sustainability Update Webcast page. To add this event to your Outlook Calendar, click here.
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Water for People Day in Virginia |
 The VAAWWA/VWEA Water For People (WFP) Committee and The Peninsula Water For People Committee are excited to announce:
Water For People Day in Virginia – May 19, 2010
featuring golf tournaments across the state.
Tournaments will be held in Fredericksburg, Salem, & Williamsburg.
The purpose of the designated WFP Day in Virginia is to raise awareness and funds for Water For People www.waterforpeople.org.
For more information including course location, registration, sponsorship and contact information, see the Water for People Golf Announcement. Online registration is availble for the Fredericksburg or Salem events using RegOnline. Please note there is no online registration available for the Peninsula golf tournament (Golden Horseshoe, Williamsburg). For registration or sponsorship at the Peninsula Campaign's Golden Horseshoe location refer to the PC's registration form in the Water for People Golf Announcement.
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Winter 2010 Conduit Now Available |
 The lastest version of the Conduit Newsletter (Winter 2010) is available online. For the latest VWEA news, download the  Winter 2010 Conduit. Previous versions of the Conduit Newsletter are also available. The Spring 2010 edition of the Conduit will be posted here as soon as it is available. Have something you'd like to include in the next Conduit? The deadline to submit articles for the Spring 2010 Conduit is April 30th, 2010. For more details or for advertising information, see the Communications Committee News.
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Laboratory Practices Committee Spring Fling Meet N’ Greet |
The VWEA/VA-AWWA Laboratory Practices Committee (LPC) invites all persons interested in finding out more about the LPC to the second annual SPRING FLING MEET N’ GREET on March 17th!
Mark your calendars and plan on an enjoyable afternoon networking and discussing the latest hot laboratory issues with colleagues in a relaxed, professional setting. Be their guest for lunch and meet the members of this active, diverse committee.
The meeting is scheduled for 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, including sub-committee and full committee meeting followed by the SPRING FLING MEET N’ GREET lunch. There will be no technical presentation at this meeting.
Use the RSVP form or RSVP to the LPC Chair for agenda and directions to Henrico County WRF.
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EPA Sponsoring Free WaterISAC Pro Subscriptions |
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Water is providing utility members and circuit riders with free access to
WaterISAC Pro - a unique source of water and wastewater security and
all-hazards information. EPA believes widespread access to this
information will increase overall Water Sector security and resiliency,
and is therefore sponsoring free, 12-month subscriptions to WaterISAC
Pro. WaterISAC Pro services include access to a secure online library of
water security and emergency response information, contaminant
databases, online tools for collaboration, weekly updates and, if
necessary, alerts about water security incidents. Utility members and circuit riders are encouraged to sign up for these free
subscriptions. Signing up is easy and takes only a few moments at www.waterisac.org .
If you have any questions, please contact Brian Pickard (202) 564-0827 or pickard.brian@epa.gov or Karen
Edwards, the EPA project lead, at (202) 564-3797 or edwards.karen@epa.gov.
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2009 VWEA Safety Award Applications |
 It's that time of year again...Time to recognize those wastewater treatment facilities with outstanding health and safety programs! The VWEA Accident Prevention & Safety Committee is currently soliciting nominations for the 2009 VWEA Facility Safety Award and the WEF Burke Award. The purpose of the VWEA Facility Safety Award is to encourage Wastewater Treatment Facilities to participate in promoting an active and effective safety program and to stimulate the collection and reporting of safety data. The purpose of the WEF Burke Award is to encourage an active and effective safety program in municipal and industrial wastewater facilities. For more information including selection criteria and application requirements, download the 2009 VWEA Safety Award Application. Applications must be postmarked by April 2nd, 2010.
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GLP Conference - Call for Papers |
 The Laboratory Practice Committee hereby invites the submission of abstracts for papers and workshops for the 16th Annual GLP Conference, to be held in Charlottesville, Virginia on August 2nd and 3rd, 2010 at the Omni Charlottesville Hotel. This conference is designed to provide the latest information on major issues such as analytical method updates and development, laboratory accreditation, regulatory updates, particularly those impacting laboratory staff and utilities; and emerging technologies and analytical instrumentation. This is a great opportunity to present new information related to water and wastewater issues. Workshops will be held on the 2nd and the technical presentations will be given on the 3rd. Final date to submit abstracts is April 1, 2010. For more information including conference topics and submission specifications, see the GLP Call for Papers.
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