
May 2022
E-News Quick Reference One Water Early Bird Deadline Extended until 5/18 Collections Workshop Slated for 5/19 Public Hearing on Objection to Euclid NPDES Permit OWEA Public Education Survey Are You Up for the Challenge? OEPA Offers Webinar on Ohio Materials Marketplace Hit the Links at the One Water Golf Outing The University of Akron Wins Student Design Competition Upcoming Events 2022 Sponsors E-Newsletter Announcement Contact Us Upcoming Events Collections Workshop 05/19/2022 NESOWEA Facility Tours and Business Meeting 05/19/2022 SWOWEA May Section Meeting 2022 05/19/2022 June Webinar 2022 06/08/2022 SWOWEA Plant Ops Nearly Free Seminar 06/09/2022 July Webinar 2022 07/13/2022 2022 BioMassTers 07/15/2022 One Water Technical Conference 07/25/2022-07/28/2022 Register by May 18^th for Early Bird attendee rates! 2022 Sponsors E-Newsletter Announcement An E-Newsletter Announcement will allow you to share an announcement with the membership including new services and equipment, staffing changes, or upcoming events. The possibilities are infinite! More Information Contact Us OWEA info@ohiowea.org 614.488.5800 Twitter: @Ohio_wea LinkedIn: OWEA We have moved! Please update your records. 1505 Bethel Rd. Suite 200 Columbus, OH 43220 Send our Revised W-9 to your billing department.	One Water Early Bird Deadline Extended until 5/18 After hearing from several utilities who just recently had travel bans removed, One Water has extended the attendee Early Bird discount deadline until 5/18. This means you can still SAVE! This deadline won’t be extended again, so make sure you take advantage of this discounted rate for one of the largest gatherings of wastewater and water professionals in the Midwest. There will be exciting technical sessions, a trade show with the latest in products and services, and of course, lots of networking opportunities. This can’t miss event is slated for July 25-28 in Cleveland. For more information and to register go HERE. Collections Workshop Slated for 5/19 OWEA’s annual Collections Workshop is just around the corner. It’s time you get out of your office and join fellow collections professionals for interesting technical sessions and some great comradery and networking! Some of the scheduled presentations are: Lower Olentangy Tunnel (LOT) Using Water Quality Monitoring for Characterizing Sewer Flow Deep Tunnel Structure Maintenance for CSO Long Term Controls Rehab of an Ohio Turnpike Service Plaza Pump Station Attendees will hear from both consultants and municipal employees from: NEORSD Kokosing Industrial, Inc. Stand Associates, Inc Stantec Delaware County Regional Sewer District AECOM And many more. Register ASAP HERE as online registration ends May 16! Public Hearing on Objection to Euclid NPDES Permit The US EPA has announced the that Public Hearing on the objection to the reissuance of the NPDES permit for the city of Euclid is slated for 1-4 pm on June 7 at Cleveland State University. In addition to the in person opportunity, a virtual option will also be available. You can find all the details HERE. OWEA Public Education Survey We want to hear from you! OWEA is conducting a survey about the public education needs of our members. This survey will help our Public Education Committee develop plans for the future. By participating, not only will you have an impact on the future of YOUR association, you will be entered to win an Amazon gift card! The survey will take less than 4 minutes and you can find it HERE. Are You Up for the Challenge? Operations Challenge that is! Have you ever considered forming a team to compete in our annual Operations Challenge? This competition is featured in the expo hall at One Water and will test the best of the best. Winners are determined by a weighted point system for five events: process control, laboratory, collections, maintenance, and safety. To find out more information contact Walter Ariss or Joe Tillison or view event details HERE. OEPA Offers Webinar on Ohio Materials Marketplace The Ohio EPA has a FREE upcoming webinar that could help your organization. On May 19, you can learn more about recycling with a Deeper Dive into the Ohio Materials Marketplace. The Marketplace aims to create a closed-loop, collaborative network of businesses, organizations, and entrepreneurs where one organization’s hard-to-recycle wastes and by-products become another organization’s raw material. Click HERE to learn more and register. Hit the Links at the One Water Golf Outing FORE! Watch out the One Water Golf Outing is headed your way. You can hit the links with fellow wastewater and water professionals at Mallard Creek Golf Course in Columbia Station, Ohio for the One Water Golf Outing. Golfers will enjoy a challenging course, good food and drink, skills contests and some great prizes. This is great networking opportunity and both foursomes and singles are welcome. This outing typically sells out, so don’t delay your registration. To register and find out more information go HERE. The University of Akron Wins Student Design Competition Recently the NESOWEA hosted their Annual Student Design Competition. The purpose of this competition is to promote "real world" design experience for students interested in pursuing an education and/or career in water and environmental science and engineering. Teams competing included: Case Western Reserve, University of Akron, and Cleveland State University. Due to the high quality of the presentations, two teams were designated as winners. McCallah Ferry, Anna Soehnlen, and Noor Fahoum of the University of Akron won the wastewater category. Jillian Bastock, Arianna Killing, and Molly Davis of Cleveland State University won the stormwater category. University of Akron, which was the highest scoring team, will be headed to WEFTEC in New Orleans to compete nationally. The student design competition is sponsored by Buckeye Pumps. You can learn more about the competition HERE.
OWEA Member E-Newsletter - May 2022