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Due to limitations in the state budget, Cindy Forbes with CDPH was not able to attend the conference and give her customarily entertaining regulatory update.  Bruce Burton did a wonderful job standing in for Cindy.  He quickly covered five areas.  These include Waterworks Standards,  Stage 2 D/DBP regs, LT1 and LT2 regs, Groundwater Recharge regs, […]

Section Chair Steve Dennis opened the conference by introducing Jamie Williams, Mayor of Santa Clara.  The Mayor welcomed the American Water Works Association to his city and spoke about the important role each of the attendees played in delivering safe water to their customers.  He also bragged about the 49er’s future move to a Stadium […]

Like a rapid fire machine gun, Joe Guistino rattled off one question after another as the Section’s Top Operators fired back answers with a high degree of accuracy.  It was impressive to witness the wealth of knowledge on display.  On the rare occasion that the operators were “stumped”, the audience was allowed to take a […]

Wow! Talk about energy.  I attended the Operators Division meeting chaired by Bill Cardinal as an observer, and came away having committed to help him move the Division forward.  It is clear that Bill takes his chairmanship seriously and loves what he is doing.  His enthusiasm is contagious. The various committees that make up the […]

I have arrived in Santa Clara for the CA-NV AWWA Spring Conference, Turning Vision Into Action. I am planning to attend committee meetings tomorrow, and will be live blogging throughout the duration of the conference. Check back tomorrow for an update. For now, Joe Kerschner President American Water College

American Water College President Joe Kerschner will be speaking at the CA-NV section AWWA spring conference!  Mr. Kerschner will be presenting the findings of Palmdale Water District’s research on Activated Carbon, used to comply with the Stage 2 Disinfection Byproducts Rule.  He will be co-presenting with Calgon Carbon’s William Zavora Wednesday morning during the technical […]