2024 Water Palooza!

This year's Water Palooza Event was hosted at Katherine Dunn Elementary School in Sparks, NV. Students ranging from kindergarten all the way to 5th grade had the chance to spend some time learning about water with our many professionals.

Activities

Activities for this year's event included:

Learning about our treatment system and water balloon tosses to understand the importance of water conservation and protecting the resource with Truckee Meadows Water Reclamation Facility (TMWRF).

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Building a PVC pipe system in order to carry the marbles (i.e. water) into the bucket (i.e. reservoir, treatment system, etc.) with Jacobs.

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Keeping the balls (grime) out of the bucket (water supply) with City of Sparks.

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Experimenting with water filtration with Carollo.

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Learning about the importance of clean water with City of Reno.

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Learning about Nevada waterways with Truckee Meadows Regional Planning Agency (TMRPA).

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Big Thank You to all our volunteers who helped make this happen!

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Interested in Future Events?

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Activated Sludge and BNR Workshop Recap

Recap of the May 2024 Activated Sludge and BNR Fundamentals Training

This year, the NWEA organized two 2-day training sessions on Activated Sludge and BNR Fundamentals for its members from Northern and Southern Nevada. The Truckee Meadows Water Reclamation Facility (TMWRF) hosted the first session on May 22-23rd. Chris Machado was the presenter. He is a senior principal at Stantec with over 20 years of experience in wastewater treatment process design, facility assessment and planning, process optimization, design management, and engineering services during construction. Chris worked as an engineer in Nevada for 16 years and served several public agencies, such as Clark County Water Reclamation District, City of Las Vegas, City of North Las Vegas, Carson City, City of Reno, City of Sparks, and the City of Winnemucca. The training sessions consisted of six modules approved by the NWEA. The modules covered: (1) Activated Sludge; (2) Nitrogen Removal; (3) Phosphorus Removal; (4) Aeration; (5) Secondary Clarifiers; and (6) Sidestream Management. The participants learned and reviewed basic concepts of biological nutrient removal with practical examples and operation tips. Operators from Carson City, Lyon County, City of Reno, and City of Sparks, Storey County, local consultants, and third party operation service providers participated in the training sessions.

TMWRF Tour

Some workshop attendees joined Dave Wozynski, TMWRF Crew Supervisor, and Mike Persyn, Wastewater Process Engineer, for a guided tour of the TMWRF treatment facility after the last session. You can see pictures from the tour in the gallery below, and watch this Youtube Video if you want to know more about TMWRF. The group got to observe the principles taught in the training in action, such as the activated sludge EBPR basins and the Ostara PearlR process. They also saw TMWRF’s innovative Nuvoda MOB full scale pilot, which is the biggest facility of its kind in the nation.

Future BNR Workshop (South)

If you missed out on this opportunity, Chris will be holding this same BNR Workshop at the Segler Water Reclamation Facility in Henerson, NV on June 5-6.

2-Day BNR Training - South

June 5, 2024 at 10:30 AM – June 6, 2024 at 2:00 PM|Henderson

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2024 Conference Recap

Monday of the conference started off as a sprint. The Executive and Certification Boards are only together in-person a handful of times each year. Conference is one of these occasions and each board hosted meetings where great conversations happened. NWEA is always looking to improve and better serve our membership, we came up with some great ideas for 2024-2025!

NWEA' annual conference is a time of celebration and learning. The new Executive Officers officially take on their new roles with the organization. This year, we are excited to welcome Aaron Kraft as the new Secretary and thank Casey Mentzer for his service as he ended his Past-President term! Dave Williams from CCWRD is now President. We also recognized a record number of WEF and NWEA award winners from throughout the state. Ensuring that we recognize our co-workers and teammates for the amazing work that they do every day is an important action we must remember to take.

NWEA is a unique organization because our membership and leadership is comprised of members throughout the state of Nevada. We strive to maintain this diversity to ensure all viewpoints and communities are represented. The conference provides a great opportunity to network with our friends in the north south and everywhere in between.

Thank you to our sponsors and exhibitors. We appreciate your generosity and continued support.

Keep in touch to see all of the exciting ideas we have for this year!