TEX Sh2o | Summer 2019 |
The Official Newsletter of the Texas Section AWWA | Every Drop, Every Day, Everywhere©
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BY DOUG SHORT tawwa resiliency and cyber security committee chair
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n October 2012, Defense Secretary Panetta warned of a Cyber Pearl Harbor, "an attack that would cause physical destruction and the loss of life. In fact, it would paralyze and shock the nation and create a new, profound sense of vulnerability." The secretary’s analogy was a call to action to the private owners of our Internet enabled infrastructure to bolster defenses in this new era of destructive cyber attacks. A few examples of cyber incidents from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, could indicate we have already passed the threshold of a Cyber Pearl Harbor and are well on our way to a more widespread crisis. August 2012. A group linked to Iran claimed it has used the Shamoon virus to attack Aramco, a major Saudi oil supplier, deleting data on 30,000 computers and infecting (without causing damage) control systems. January 2015. Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security reveals a German steel mill became the second recorded victim of a cyberattack causing physical destruction. The attack disrupted control systems so severely that a blast furnace could not be properly shut down.
December 2015. Security researchers say power outages in Western Ukraine were the result of a coordinated attack on several regional distribution power companies. SCADA systems and system host networks were targeted and damaged. Malware was used to probe for network vulnerabilities, establish command and control, and wipe SCADA servers to delay restoration. Attackers simultaneously launched a denial-ofservice attack on system dispatchers to prevent customers from reporting disruptions. Approximately 225,000 Ukrainians were affected. June 2017. A NotPetya ransomware attack shut down the port terminals of Danish shipping giant, CONTINUED PAGE 29 | cybergeddon
Correction In the previous issue, we incorrectly named the winning Texas Water Pipe Tapping Women's Team. The Pipe Tapping winners were: Dallas Water Utilities: Big D Lady Tappers: Jessica Davila, Jessica Staggs, Rosaerlinda Cisneros and Ana-Alicia Zuniga.
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| letter from the texas section chair |
Improving Preparedness Texas Section American Water Works Association P.O. Box 80150 Austin, Texas 78708 www.tawwa.org Elston Johnson, Chair 512-809-7552 Melissa Bryant, Chair-Elect 210-302-3611 Theresa H. Pedrazas, Vice-Chair 512-338-2850 Ron Tamada, Imm. Past Chair 469-499-6152 Mike Howe Executive Director/Secretary-Treasurer 512-238-9292 Fax: 512-238-0496 mikehowe@tawwa.org This publication is distributed bi-monthly to the more than 3,500 members and friends of the Texas Section – American Water Works Association. Contributing writers can contact the editor: Cliff Avery GCP Association Services, LLC PO Box 676 Pflugerville, TX 78691 512-251-8101 Fax: 512-251-8152 texwater@texas.net The publication name, TexasH2O: © 1996-2019 Texas Section – American Water Works Association, Inc. © 2019 Texas Section – American Water Works Association, Inc.
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ow that we are in the middle of summer, I hope everyone is planning some down time to pause and focus on things that enrich our lives like family, friends, hobbies, service and good old-fashioned relaxation. Besides our professional interests, the people we love and the activities we engage in that give us purpose are the reasons most of us are in the water industry. We all know how integral water ELSTON JOHNSON is to our daily lives. 512-809-7552 Water’s impact on other industry sectors is elston@ejohnsonconsulting.com well-documented. The Department of Homeland Security describes the importance of water as, "Safe drinking water is a prerequisite for protecting public health and all human activity. Properly treated wastewater is vital for preventing disease and protecting the environment." (Critical Infrastructure Sectors Water and Wastewater Systems Sectors, https://www.dhs.gov/cisa/water-and-wastewatersystems-sector). Critical sectors like emergency services, energy and healthcare rely heavily on a safe and reliable source of water to provide their services. Enhancing preparedness and resiliency must become integral parts of the future of the water industry. The water industry faces numerous threats from natural disasters, contamination events and cyberattacks. Water professionals must continue to develop and improve preparedness and resiliency practices to protect the critical assets of our water and wastewater systems. The federal government recognized the critical nature of the water industry and as a result, Congress passed the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 to enhance our nation’s water infrastructure. The law mandates, among other things, that community water systems complete or update risk assessments and develop emergency response plans to address the numerous threats facing our industry. In response to these new requirements and the growing threats to the water industry, the Texas Section has replaced the Safety and Security committee with the Resiliency and Cybersecurity committee. The committee is chaired by Doug Short, Chief Information Officer at Trinity River Authority. Doug has extensive CONTINUED PAGE 35 | letter from the texas section chair
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Risky Business BY MIKE HOWE tawwa executive director
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he other day I had occasion to look back in our TEXASh2o newsletter archive. It’s online on our website at this link: https://www.tawwa.org/ page/ArchivedOnline. You can read issues as far back as 2011 online. Why I was looking will eventually become obvious in the next few months, but that will have to wait until then. What was interesting was reading various articles. Though it wasn’t a surprise, I found a number of articles about Texas Water Conferences, scholarship winners, conservation, water supply, drought, declining water supplies, alternative water supply issues, indirect reuse and direct potable reuse. It struck me that the editors of the newsletter, our contributors and myself have spent a lot of "ink" worrying about how little water we have in this state. We have all heard the classic lines, "In Texas, three things are certain: death, taxes and drought" or "don’t curse those rainy days. You never know when the rain will stop—and stop and stop." These are the truths we live with, and with a fast growing population and more demands on water supplies, drought is a fact of life. This is 2019, not 2012, but even this year, a small part of Texas is in drought. We all agree drought is an issue in Texas. Always was,
always will be. We are working with the EPA on a workshop scheduled for September in the MetroPlex. It will be called Community-Based Water Resiliency (CBWR) Workshop, and is designed to highlight the key issues MIKE HOWE facing the water sector in 512-238-9292 mikehowe@tawwa.org specific communities, regions and the State. The programs are to help find the best practices to build utility resiliency and how to put those practices to use in each utility, from small to large. We are having regular planning meetings so more details will follow soon. In our most recent call, the folks from the EPA asked what we would define as our most important threat. As we are in hurricane season, we ponder for a minute. As we are also concerned about cybersecurity, we pondered even more. But, it didn’t take too many seconds before the consensus was our biggest risk is— flooding. While it’s been nearly two years since Hurricane Harvey hit South Texas and delivered the devastating floods in the Houston areas and east, it still seems like yesterday. Communities are still trying to recover and may never fully be restored. Since then, if you look at recent weather in Texas, and in fact, across the country, big rain events have become more common, and for lack of a more descriptive term, "the new normal." We know why. It’s hotter. And not just a little. Worldwide temperatures are the hottest they have ever been, and the increases seem on track to get worse. CONTINUED PAGE 34 | executive director report
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Mentorships in the Water Industry — Water You Waiting For? BY JOHN LOGAN tawwa mentoring committee chair
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hen I speak in public, I like to start with a quick ice breaker. I’ve never written an article, but I don’t see why I can’t continue the tradition. First things first—raise your right hand over your head. Now, if you are currently participating in a professional mentorship program, put your hand down. Finally, look over your right shoulder. If your hand is still up, then this article is for you! The TAWWA/WEAT mentorship program is celebrating its fifth year of pairing mentors and mentees in the water industry. I’ve been involved as a mentee from
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2019 Pipe Tapping Competitions BY RANDY PAYTON tawwa pipe tapping competition chair
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he 2019 Texas Section AWWA Pipe Tapping Competition, featuring 11 teams from eight individual utilities was held in Houston April 4. Propelled by an ear-splitting crowd, the participating operators put on another great show with a display of operator talent and teamwork. It had the makings of a classic finish as the men’s championship title, won by Big D Tappers from Dallas Water Utilities, was decided by a slim margin of .63 seconds. In second place was the Alamo City Tappers Men’s team from San Antonio Water Systems (SAWS) with a finishing time of 1:38.69 and in third place was El Paso Men’s, with a time of CONTINUED PAGE 37 | pipe tapping
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University of Texas at Austin Mentoring BY KATIE MCNEAL tawwa capital area chapter education chair
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his past spring semester, many Capital Area TAWWA YP members volunteered to be mentors for civil engineering students at The University of Texas at Austin during their senior design class. The students were tasked with various civil engineering projects, including creating new trails along the river, designing rain gardens for elementary schools and assessing current wastewater infrastructure. Each team’s final goal was to present their findings to the stakeholders—consulting firms and public entities. The mentors were assigned to specific groups according to their skillsets and attended the students’ lectures throughout the semester. The mentors
observed the students’ presentations to offer comments and answer technical questions. This also created a great opportunity for the students to network with, and receive advice from, CONTINUED PAGE 32 | ut mentoring
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Field Notes: Something’s Happening to the Weather BY DR. PAUL ADAMS department of geography and the environment professor at the university of texas at austin This article was reprinted with permission from Planet Texas 2050, a group of researchers at The University of Texas at Austin: https://medium.com/planettexas2050/field-notes-somethings-happening-to-the-weather-bd39ee12e8de
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'm spending the night in the small town of Muleshoe, Texas, in the Llano Estacado, a region west of Lubbock and Amarillo. I’m interviewing farmers to hear how they talk about the environment where they live and work, the terms and phrases they use, the stories they tell. The Llano Estacado is an extraordinarily flat place and is so dry that most of the farms depend on irrigation to supplement the sporadic and unpredictable rain and snowfall. I’m interested in how people in this part of the state think and talk about water, in particular, because our stored water will run out within a few decades at the current rate of consumption. Just when
this will happen in any particular place depends on ups and downs of a layer of sand and gravel buried far below the flat surface of West Texas and the Panhandle. The water will run out late in the century where groundwater is abundant, but it will run out sooner than 2050 in places with a thinner saturated thickness (the depth of the porous layer that holds water), and that day has already come for hundreds of farmers. When the wells dry up, it greatly compounds the challenges of dealing with climate change, not only for farmers but also for the communities they live in — communities that depend on the farmers’ purchasing CONTINUED PAGE 21 | weather
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 14 | weather power, their produce, their community participation, and their sense of local history. When the aquifer is depleted, that will also spell the end of locally-produced drinking water for small towns like Muleshoe and Perryton and will create a complicated sourcing puzzle for cities like Lubbock and Amarillo. This is a disaster waiting to happen. I want to know, are Texas farmers worried about what the future holds for the local economy and community? How do they view policies designed to promote water and soil conservation? How do they see the risks they face year in and year out? And what’s up with the weather? "Blessed to be stewards of the plentiful water" In places like Muleshoe, it’s not a mystery why everything depends on the aquifer. Even the informational brochure on the hotel room dresser refers to underground water. It starts: "We are proud of our West Texas heritage and traditions. Our history is rooted in agricultural activities. Our land is rich and
fertile. We have been blessed to be stewards of the plentiful water supplied by the Ogallala Aquifer." The last sentence refers to a vast aquifer that underlies 174,000 sq mi (450,000 km2) of the United States, including most of Nebraska and parts of South Dakota, Wyoming, Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas. More than a quarter of the irrigated farmland in the U.S. lies over this aquifer, but it is being drained by human uses and is most severely depleted in Texas. If you were to fly over this region in an airplane, you would be treated to an abstract painting — a striking pattern of circles within squares. The circles are made by long sprinkler systems, a quarter or half-mile in radius. These are "center-pivot" systems that distribute water from a layer of sand and gravel 400, 500, or even 600 feet down. Depending on the time of year, you may see green circles on tan squares, tan circles on brown squares, or brown circles on green squares depending on what is being irrigated. Crops develop, ripen, and are CONTINUED PAGE 22 | weather
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Aerial view of the northern end of Bailey County, Texas. Muleshoe is toward the lower right.
harvested at different times of the year, painting the landscape with the changing hues of new growth, mature plants, seed heads (or cotton bolls), and stubble. Even a harvested field can take on different colors depending on whether the owner tills the land or leaves the stubble in place to preserve the soil.
The water that paints this abstract art is sometimes called "fossil water" because it has been percolating through that buried layer of sand and gravel for thousands of years, trickling slowly from west to east. In fact, the Ogallala Aquifer has such a slow recharge rate (the rate it refills itself) that once it’s depleted, it will take thousands more years to replenish. The day of reckoning is not far off. The water table has already dropped by more than 150 feet in major parts of Dallam, Sherman, Ochiltree, Parmer, Castro, Swisher, Lamb, Hale, Floyd, Crosby, and Lubbock counties, and by over 50 feet in many of the adjoining counties. Someone flying over this region in 20 to 30 years will see a different view than the one above. Many of the circles will be gone, and the majority of the farms, which are now moderately profitable, will be in a financially precarious situation. They will have to depend on rain and snow in a climate zone where rain storms often come too soon or too CONTINUED PAGE 25 | weather
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 22 | weather late, bringing too little or too much moisture, and the winter wheat may or may not get enough snow to protect and water it. My interviews with farmers in Bovina and Muleshoe give me the impression that groundwater is on everyone’s mind. Even crops like cotton that are not particularly thirsty need watering at key times of the year, and the wells are running dry. "Gonna dryland this mess" The next day, I’m sitting in the Stripes convenience store in Muleshoe, talking to a farmer (let’s call him Dirk) whose wells have done just that. Dirk says that back in the 1950s when his dad moved to Parmer County, "you could run an irrigation well that’d pump a thousand gallons for 200 dollars. Well now it’s — I haven’t watered anything. I’ve been dryland now for about 10 years… I quit when the water got down to about 350 gallons, and I was losin’ my butt! And my dad didn’t want to pay any of the help, what with the expenses. So I say 'fine, I’m gonna dryland this mess.' So that’s what I’ve been doin’." What he means by "dryland this mess" is to depend entirely on natural precipitation to run the family farm. When I arranged the interview over the phone, he asked ironically if I had a "cryin’ towel." A typical Texas farmer risks hundreds of thousands of dollars each year paying for seed, fertilizer, equipment upkeep and other overhead costs just to hold onto a middle class (or more modest) income. When it works, it works. When it doesn’t, the farmer can recoup some losses from crop insurance (assuming it was purchased at the beginning of the season), then the next year’s outlays have to be covered by cutting into savings or borrowing. Two or three crop failures in a row means bankruptcy and the loss of a farm that has been in the family for generations. Dirk is only half joking about the "cryin’ towel." The shift to dryland farming will mean smaller crop payments in a county where the median household income is less than $50,000. "Not a big believer in climate change" Farmers in this part of the state say they don’t
believe in climate change, but most of them have stories about how the weather is changing over time — summers are hotter, spring comes earlier, storms are more severe. "The thing I’ve noticed and I can almost document, um, is the seasons are evolving. Fall comes later and so does spring. Uh, I played in the high school marching band, and we froze our rear ends off at football games, and football season is over before it’s even cold weather nowadays. Uh, we used to plant milo, grain sorghum, the first of May. That was just the day, you know, and corn the first of April. Well now May one is optimum time for corn, and uh, spring comes later but so does winter. I have no doubt that that’s happening." This comes from a farmer whose property borders on the Oklahoma panhandle. A few minutes before saying this, he let me know, "I’m not a big believer in climate change. I mean, I can’t tell the difference between 99 and 100 degrees, if I didn’t look at the thermometer in my pickup. I mean, I’m sorry, but I’m CONTINUED PAGE 26 | weather
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 25 | weather just not a proponent of that." Another farmer who doesn’t believe in climate change tells me: "Our weather seems to be more violent. It’s drier, it’s hotter, it’s windier. I mean everything is more extreme." They laugh at the idea of global warming, and they’re sure that whatever is happening, it’s not our fault. If there’s a change, it’s a change in the weather, not the climate, and the scientific facts they rely on are the ones that indicate the earth has always changed. When scientists talk about "climate change," they are not just talking about warming but also about shifts in seasons, precipitation totals, and storm events. They aren’t denying that the earth has changed for reasons that had nothing to do with people, but now it does. In West Texas and the Panhandle, such nuances are unknown. The term "climate change" is understood to mean "global warming," and that phrase is viewed as being out of touch with local needs and experiences. Whether this misunderstanding is caused by the
failures of journalists or the rhetoric of politicians or a weakness in the school curriculum doesn’t really matter. What matters is that people here are worried about the exact sorts of changes that climate scientists are worried about. There is a communication impasse, and solutions are out of reach until we find better ways of talking about the weather. A common language for dealing with this "weather" change will help increase resilience here, in an area that is already economically precarious, and throughout the state. Whatever our politics, economic risk caused by resource depletion and unexpected weather extremes is something we’ll have to deal with. "There’s no conservative attitude" Now I’m getting an earful from a farmer at a winery north of Lubbock. "Our attitudes about water use are literally insane. They’re, they’re crazy! Just like it’s finders-keepers, losers-weepers. There’s no… There’s no conservative attitude." The last words are spoken slowly and deliberately,
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as if he wants the listener to think about them for a minute. He knows that using "conservative" to mean "pro-conservation" is a provocative way of talking. The people I meet are suspicious of environmental conservation because they are staunch conservatives. For them, conservation means someone telling a landowner what he (most farmers in this area are men) can do with his land. This farmer outside Lubbock has identified a paradox in this attitude, and he wants to get people talking about it. He is suspicious of government policies designed to conserve "the environment" but is also aware that policies designed to ignore environmental constraints actually hasten the destruction of the traditional lifestyles cherished by conservatives. As an example, groundwater conservation districts are part of the puzzle he’s calling insane. In 1949, the Texas legislature approved the creation of groundwater conservation districts to "provide for the conservation, preservation, protection, recharging, and prevention of waste of groundwater, and of groundwater reservoirs or their subdivisions." There are currently 98 of these districts, and they cover most of the state. Their existence would seem to ensure the conservation of Texas groundwater, but their powers are too narrowly limited to do this. They "may not adopt any rules limiting the production of wells, except rules requiring that groundwater produced from a well be put to a nonwasteful, beneficial use." Beneficial use can be anything that makes money, including pumping out the groundwater, bottling it, and selling it to people in places where water is abundant. In other words, under Texas law the legal meaning of "conservation" is tangled up with "consumption."
The chapter of the Water Code that authorizes groundwater conservation districts only uses the word "consumption" one time in connection with groundwater use. Instead, the word "production" appears 66 times. The word "extraction" is missing entirely. The implication here is that Ogallala water is being extracted and consumed, but Texas law not only permits this, it ensures that legal arguments must call this "production," which implies an unlimited process. Whether this is "literally insane" or merely misguided, we need to fix the vocabulary we use before we can solve the problem. By the end of my Texas Water Stories project, I hope to provide scientists and policy makers with a better understanding of the complicated meanings of words like "groundwater," "irrigation," "weather," "climate," "conservatism," "conservation," "production" and "consumption." The point is not to say what these words should mean, but to explore what they do mean, in real places across the state, and how those meanings are evolving in response to changes in the weather and the economy — to open up the debate by shining some light on weird verbal manipulation. By paying attention to environmental communication, I hope to help bridge the gap between environmental science and common sense. Planet Texas 2050 is a research grand challenge at The University of Texas at Austin. We’re a team of more than 150 researchers across all disciplines working together over the next decade to find ways to make our state more resilient in the face of extreme weather events and rapid population growth. Visit https://bridgingbarriers.utexas. edu/planet-texas-2050/ for more information.
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| mentorships |
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 | mentorships help you avoid pitfalls. Experience: As a mentee, you get to rub shoulders with professionals that are often established and respected in the industry. A mentorship provides an introduction to experienced professionals that you otherwise may not have met. Additionally, a mentor can be a great contact when you are looking for professional references.
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Community: The water industry is big, and with new water challenges facing us every day, it is only growing. A mentorship is a great way to engage in the water community and avoid getting lost in the crowd. As you engage, you just might find that you enjoy the people you are working with. I hope this encourages you to get involved in more ways, such as committee memberships in water-related organizations such as TAWWA and WEAT. While it may seem that the mentee gets the lion’s share of the benefits, there is a lot to gain from being a mentor as well. Winston Churchill said, "We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." As a mentor, you have the opportunity to invest in the future of the water community. Further, your mentorship has the chance to (and likely will) positively affect the career and life of your mentee. The pairing cycle for 2019 was just completed, but we are always glad to accept new participants yearround. If you are interested in participating, please reach out any time to loganj@trinityra.org.
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| cybergeddon |
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 | cybergeddon Maersk, for two days, causing an estimated $300 million in associated costs. December 2017. French company Schneider Electric was forced to shut down operations of a power plant in the Middle East after malware compromised its industrial control systems. Analysis by security researchers indicated the attack was sponsored by a nation-state. March 2018. Online services for the city of Atlanta were disrupted after a ransomware attack struck the city’s networks. The city would spend approximately $7.2 million recovering. On June 22, the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warned of a significant increase in cyberattacks from Iranian hackers. How is the water industry, composed of many small service providers and infrastructure owners, supposed to defend against varied and
extremely complex cyber threats? How do we defend against state-sponsored actors who are highly trained with virtually unlimited resources? The answer comes in the form of resiliency. Resiliency is defined as "an ability to recover from or adjust easily to adversity or change." A key to implementing resiliency is understanding that having a resilient infrastructure is threat-agnostic. As owners and operators of critical infrastructure, our goal should be to develop and maintain the infrastructure, personnel and processes to insure we will be able to operate facilities in any circumstance we face—even Cybergeddon. Our legislators recognized this and they approved America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (AWIA), which laid out a framework outlining the principles of resiliency. AWIA requires each community water system serving a population of greater than 3,300 persons to assess the risks to, and resilience of, its system. The required assessment must examine: • the risk to the system from malevolent acts and natural hazards; CONTINUED PAGE 30 | cybergeddon
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| cybergeddon |
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 29 | cybergeddon • the resilience of the pipes and constructed conveyances, physical barriers, source water, water collection and intake, pretreatment, treatment, storage and distribution facilities, electronic, computer, or other automated systems (including the security of such systems); • the monitoring practices of the system; • the financial infrastructure of the system; • the use, storage, or handling of various chemicals by the system; and • the operation and maintenance of the system. Within AWIA, cybersecurity is addressed as just another risk to be managed. The good news is much of your organizational planning already conducted is applicable to address the growing cyberthreat. If your agency has been active in risk evaluation and mitigation, they have likely already produced a list of potential impacts and mitigation activities to ensure recovery in case of equipment failure, personnel loss,
supply line issues, physical intrusions, natural disaster, etc. Cybersecurity is simply an expansion of the planning already conducted to take into account new risks, controls, and mitigation activities to provide survivable water supply for your customers and the nation. Remember, in operational terms, it all comes down to a single mindset regardless of the risk…RESILIENCY. These are the upcoming deadlines for AWIA compliance: Community Water System (population served)
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If more information is needed on the next steps to take or how to conduct an assessment, AWWA provides the following resources to assist:
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| cybergeddon |
Training: AWWA Utility Risk and Resilience Certificate Program: https://www.awwa.org/Events-Education/OnlineCourses/Utility-Risk-Resilience-Certificate-Program Manuals and Standards: https://www.awwa.org/Resources-Tools/ResourceTopics/Risk-Resilience • M19 Emergency Planning for Water and Wastewater Utilities • J100-10 (R13) Risk and Resilience Management of Water and Wastewater Systems • G430-14 Security Practices for Operation and Management • G440-17 Emergency Preparedness Practices Cybersecurity Guidance and Tool: https://www.awwa.org/Resources-Tools/ResourceTopics/Risk-Resilience/Cybersecurity-Guidance
TAWWA has also set up a new committee to address the areas of resiliency and cybersecurity to assist our infrastructure owners and operators in this area. In light of the upcoming risk and resilience assessment requirements outlined, our initial focus will be on the 2020 AWIA deadlines for risk assessments and emergency response plans. If you have an interest in committee membership and assisting with advancing the resiliency and cybersecurity practices within TAWWA, please contact Doug Short, shortd@trinityra.org. Doug Short is the CIO and CISO for the Trinity River Authority of Texas. Previously, Doug served 28-years in the US Air Force. His experience includes leading inspection teams for the National Security Agency and Air Intelligence Agency, command of the Air Force Cyber Operations School, coordinating and implementing cyber strategy throughout the Federal Government and providing strategic analysis and recommendations to national leaders on cybersecurity issues and operations.
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| ut mentoring |
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13 | ut mentoring professionals working in their fields of study. The mentors helped the students with their projects throughout the semester, answering questions and critiquing their presentations and reports. Each team conducted site visits to gather data and see how their project would affect the community. Students working on the wastewater capacity analysis project are pictured here, observing a manhole with Austin Water staff. This whole experience allowed the students to work on engineering projects in a realworld setting, alongside professionals who offered insight into this amazing industry.
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| executive director report |
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 | executive director report
We have heard the statement that "warmer air holds more moisture." Actually, while there’s the same amount of moisture, at higher temperatures, water molecules are more likely to go into the vapor phase, so there will be more water vapor in the air. The effect is the same as the more water-laden clouds hold more moisture, and when it rains, we have dramatic flood events. No matter what the physics, we are seeing bigger rain events. And we are not ready for them The American Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 clock is ticking. Large systems must complete the Risk Assessments by March 31, 2020, and their new Emergency Response Plans six months later. Medium systems have until December 31, 2020 plus six months, and smaller systems have until June 30, 2020, plus six
months. That is not a long time to do real All Hazard Risk Assessments, including everything we have always thought up as real risk, plus floods, plus cybersecurity. See this link for more info: https://www.epa.gov/ waterresilience/americas-water-infrastructure-act2018-risk-assessments-and-emergency-responseplans. If you go to our webpage at www.tawwa.org you can view the webcast overview that was done last December. No charge. Also, watch for upcoming trainings and information on the risk assessment process and developing emergency response plans. We still need to worry about drought, storms, power outages and everything plus floods to keep the water flowing. The risks are real. They are getting more complex. But, don’t forget, water has always been Risky Business.
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| letter from the texas section chair |
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 | letter from the texas section chair experience in securing critical infrastructure, especially in addressing cyberthreats. In this edition of TEXASh2o you will have the opportunity to read a very good article by Doug that really highlights the growing threat that cyber attacks pose to our industry. The Texas Section is focusing on providing more opportunities to assist the water industry in developing resiliency in their utilities. The establishment of the Resiliency and Cybersecurity Committee will provide our membership a core group of individuals to lead the efforts in developing education and training opportunities. The committee will be reviewing abstracts to develop a technical track at Texas WaterTM 2020 focused on resiliency and cybersecurity. On behalf of the Resiliency and Cybersecurity Committee, I want to encourage water professionals with experience in the areas of resiliency or cybersecurity to submit an abstract at www.txwater.org. The other activities the Section will be engaging in is partnering with other organizations that also work to enhance the resiliency of water utilities. The Section continues to administer the Texas Water and Wastewater Response Agency Network (TXWARN), which supports and promotes mutual aid assistance for public and private water and wastewater utilities. TXWARN has partnered with the Texas Rural Water Association to enhance the assistance available to water and wastewater utilities. We are also partnering with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the Environmental Protection Agency to provide the EPA’s Community Based Water Resiliency Workshop in a community in Texas. The workshops are designed to help communities in rebounding from water service interruptions and to understand how these interruptions impact the entire community. Through TXWARN, the Section is also strengthening its coordination and
relationships with other emergency response partners to better serve the utilities in the state. The Section will continue to look for opportunities to help utilities build resiliency into their routine activities. We will also work toward increasing utilities' access to information and tools to better deal with the ever-growing cyberthreat.
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| abstract submittal |
Submit an abstract for Texas WaterTM 2020! March 31 - April 3, 2020 » Fort Worth Convention Center The deadline for abstract submittal is September 10, 2019. If you have a topic you'd like to share with the Texas Water community, submit it online at www.txwater.org. The Program Committee will review your submission and begin informing accepted abstracts of their decision mid-December 2019. See you in Fort Worth!
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Texas Section of the American Water Works Association Education Division NOW is the time to get involved and do work that matters! Become a water ambassador by joining the TAWWA Education Division. This division is dedicated to the promotion of water education by providing expertise, resources and connections to membership, utilities and educators throughout Texas. We are recruiting ambassadors for our five committees:
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For more information or to join us, please visit our webpage: https://www.tawwa.org/page/Advocacy
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| pipe tapping |
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10 | pipe tapping 2:02.56. Fourth place was taken by Fort Worth Men’s team with a finishing time of 2:06.13. On the ladies’ side, the returning state and 2018 national champions Big D Lady Tappers from Dallas Water Utilities took home the first-place trophy with a finishing time of 1:57.81. In second place was the Alamo City Tappers Ladies with SAWS with a finishing time of 2:21.57 and in third place was Women’s Water Quality team from Corpus Christi with a finishing time of 4:17.00. On June 12 at the 2019 AWWA National Tapping Competition in Denver, the Texas Section was well represented as the two ladies tapping teams secured two more trophies for Texas’ trophy case. With an impressive demonstration of determination and skill, the Big D Lady Tappers from Dallas Water Utilities brought home their second back-to-back national championship title with a finishing time of 1:58.82. The Alamo City Tappers Ladies from SAWS brought
home the third-place trophy with an impressive time of 2:13.72. Congratulations to our Texas teams! If you are interested in being a volunteer or participating with the pipe tapping competition, please reach out to Randy Payton at randall.payton@ dallascityhall.com.
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| membership |
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| nct drinking water seminar |
SAVE THE DATE 18 th ANNUAL ROBERT F. PENCE North Central Texas Chapter of Texas AWWA
DRINKING WATER SEMINAR
OCTOBER 25, 2019 The Petroleum Club of Fort Worth
Friday, October 25 » 8 am-4 pm The Petroleum Club of Fort Worth 777 Main Street | Fort Worth, Texas 76102 Contact: Dario Sanchez, dsanchez@cpyi.com, 214.589.6940 Early Registration: $125 (payment received by October 18, postmarked by October 11 or emailed by October 18). Register online at www.tawwa.org. Registration (after October 18): $150 Online registration will close at 4 pm, Wednesday, October 23. Onsite registration will be available. Sponsorships Available! Platinum Sponsor Level: $750 - Logo included on signage and slideshow, 3’X6’ table space for sales literature and one free registration. Gold Sponsor Level: $500 - Logo included on signage and slideshow, 3’X6’ table space for sales literature. Silver Sponsor Level: $300 - Logo included on signage and slideshow. Suggested Lodging: Hilton Fort Worth, 817-870-2100; The Ashton Hotel, 817-332-0100; Courtyard by Marriott, 817-885-8700 A great lineup of speakers will present on water treatment optimization, water quality standards, utility communications and more!
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| new members |
TAWWA Welcomes New Members Joining May 1–June 30, 2019 Tony Aguirre Jr McAllen, TX
Bala Balachandran Austin, TX
Tim Brazile Lewisville, TX
Mike Cook Alvarado, TX
Mark Evans San Marcos, TX
Keyur Gorji Sugar Land, TX
Jeremy Allamon Belton, TX
Adam Ballesteros Deer Park, TX
Laney Brown Houston, TX
Cody Cooke-Morse Westworth Village, TX
Mark Evans Houston, TX
Cali Gouthier Wichita Falls, TX
Landon Allen Lubbock, TX
Alex Barabanov Corpus Christi, TX
Katelyn Buse Raymondville, TX
Bert Cooper Trophy Club, TX
Seyi Fabode Chicago, IL
Patrick Goza Dallas, TX
Kurtis Anderwald San Antonio, TX
Bud Baranek Austin, TX
Justin Bush Alvarado, TX
Mark Cranfill Dallas, TX
Jeff Fletcher Lubbock, TX
Cecilia Green Lakeway, TX
Michelle Antilla Carrollton, TX
Alan Barraza Austin, TX
Jessica Butcher Hurst, TX
Edward Crawley Lubbock, TX
Jeff Foreman Pflugerville, TX
William Griffith Fort Worth, TX
Benjamin Arellano San Antonio, TX
Curtis Bell Waco, TX
Eugenio Cantu Edinburg, TX
Dean Crenshaw Austin, TX
Tommy Foster Arlington, TX
Gerald Grijalva Clint, TX
Benjamin Arjona San Juan, TX
Shon Bellah Rockwall, TX
Juan Cerda III Los Fresnos, TX
Erika Crespo Austin, TX
John Frazier Dallas, TX
Geneva Guerrero Austin, TX
Michael Arnold Bedford, TX
Joan Blainey Austin, TX
Josh Chant New Braunfels, TX
Foster Crowell Laredo, TX
Robert Fritsche Houston, TX
Calvin Hale Lubbock, TX
Tyson Arnold Houston, TX
Luis Bodington Dallas, TX
Rodrigo Chavez Clint, TX
Reyes Cruz Nassau Bay, TX
Samuel Hanna Alvarado, TX
Craig Ayres Austin, TX
Corey Boelter Bee Cave, TX
John Conley Waxahachie, TX
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| new | texas members water |
TAWWA Welcomes New Members Joining May 1–June 30, 2019 Jackson Water Supply Corp Tyler, TX Christine Jacoby Fort Worth, TX Erik Jensen Abilene, TX Dilcia Jimenez Galveston, TX Sheharyar Khan Mesquite, TX Ashwini Khare Austin, TX Daphne King Dallas, TX Thomas Klein Jr Austin, TX Kyle Kline Austin, TX Todd Kowalczyk Pflugerville, TX Michelle Lacks Austin, TX Nathaniel Lail Cypress, TX David Lam Dallas, TX Christy Langendoen Dripping Springs, TX Kai Langendoen Dripping Springs, TX Thomas LaVake Corpus Christi, TX Christopher Leal Austin, TX Katina Lee Mauriceville, TX Mitchell Lee Austin, TX Paula Lemonds Austin, TX Robn Leos El Paso, TX Godwin Leslie Cleburne, TX Yun Liu Austin, TX Lucia Loera Austin, TX
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Andrew Luce Fort Worth, TX
Kevin Norton Corpus Christi, TX
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Please go to website samco-leakservice.com under "Contact" tab and email application with resume to owner Sam Godfrey 512-751-5325 if you have any questions.
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What’s Happening Across Texas DATE
ACTIVITY
AUG 22
CAC/WEAT Summer Social
AUG 23
Water For People 11th Annual Golf Tournament
SEPT 18
Casino Night Benefitting Water For People
SEPT 27
Desert Mountain Chapter Golf Tournament
OCT 17
TAWWA Customer Service Workshop
TIME
LOCATION
INFORMATION
Barrel O' Fun Austin
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Hill Country Golf Club San Antonio
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6:30 pm
Legal Draft Beer Company Arlington
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8 am
Painted Dunes Golf Course El Paso
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Embassy Suites Houston
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6 pm
Want to share your event with the Texas water community? Contact Mike Howe, 512-238-9292, or mikehowe@tawwa.org. Check the Section’s website, www.tawwa.org, for the latest information on Section activities.
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