Texas H2O Jan 2013 by TEXAS AWWA

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January 2013

THE Water Professionals

Texas Water 2013SM returns to Galveston

Making waves

It's time to start thinking about Texas Water again. Texas Water 2013SM will head to the Moody Gardens Hotel and Convention Center in Galveston on April 9-12. The Exhibit Hall at Texas Water brings together goods and services for the water industry for the Largest Regional Water Show in the U.S.TM Featuring more than 450 booths, the exhibits have expanded beyond the typical Exhibit Hall to include a covered area outdoors. Texas Water 2013SM will open with remarks from journalist Kate Galbraith. Galbraith covers energy and environment for the Texas Tribune. Previously she worked at The New York Times, where she served as the lead writer for the Times’ Green blog. She began her career at The Economist in 2000 and spent a few years as the magazine’s Austin-based Southwest correspondent. Her address will open Texas Water on Wednesday, April 10 at 9 a.m. This year's Program Committee, chaired by CONTINUED PAGE 21  TEXAS WATER

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Letter from the Texas Section Chair

By Brent Locke

Texas Section American Water Works Association P.O. Box 80150 Austin, Texas 78708 www.tawwa.org BRENT LOCKE, CHAIR 254-562-5922 CHRISTIANNE CASTLEBERRY, CHAIR-ELECT 512-751-9272 ALISSA LOCKETT, VICE-CHAIR 210-233-3401 DAVE SCHOLLER, IMM. PAST CHAIR 281-558-8700

When it rains...

hen the Legislature opened Jan. 8 in Austin, it was raining. You can take that as an omen or not, but for sure, it meant that our lawmakers were thinking about water issues from the get-go. Even if it was only whether they would get wet walking in from their parking place. As the Legislature progresses until the end of May, more complicated water issues will take up their time. Rain or no, we know Texas is a dry state, and it’s a growing state. You can have a lot of rain, but if you need more water than you have, there’s a problem. With almost half the Texas House of Representatives made up of new or nearly new faces, TAWWA will have a job to do, bringing them up to speed on water issues. I urge you to reach out to your Representative and your Senator to let them know about what you do. TAWWA made an important first step with its Legislative Preview webcast in December. We shared a lot of important information, and that information is available in a condensed and edited version in a recording on our website, www.tawwa.org. I want to commend our Legislative Committee Chair Heather Cooke of Austin Water, moderators Charlie Maddox and Richard Talley, and our Executive Director Mike Howe on their hard work setting up the webcast. I want to thank all the panelists, especially our friend State Rep. Bill Callegari, for taking the time to participate. *

MIKE HOWE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/ SECRETARY-TREASURER 512-238-9292 FAX: 512-238-0496 EMAIL: mikehowe@tawwa.org This publication is distributed 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 PO Box 676 Pflugerville, TX 78691 512-251-8101 FAX: 512-251-8152 email: texwater@texas.net The publication name, TexasH2O: © 1996-2013 Texas Section - American Water Works Association, Inc. © 2013 Texas Section - American Water Works Association, Inc.

Speaking of hard work, the Local Arrangements for Texas Water 2013SM – April 9-12 at the Moody Gardens Hotel and Convention Center in Galveston – has been hard at work preparing for our annual event, co-hosted with WEAT. TAWWA local chair Drew Molly of the City of Houston and WEAT local chair Meera Victor of Carollo Engineers have put together an energetic team of volunteers to plan and run the conference. They’ve been at work since last summer, and there are some exciting new twists on the Largest Regional Water Conference in the U.S.TM Registration is open through the conference website, www.txwater.org, and hotel rooms were going fast. Check the website for the latest schedules and information.

Webcast highlights water-related legislative topics The proposed transfer of water ratemaking oversight from the TCEQ to the Public Utility Commission could be limited to investor-owned utilities, a prominent legislator has suggested. State Rep. Bill Callegari of Houston made his remarks as part of a panel on TAWWA’s Legislative Preview webcast Dec. 13. Callegari, a former executive for a water operations company, served as chair of the House Committee on Government Efficiency and Reform in the 2011 Legislature. Speaker of the House Joe Strauss, at presstime, had not announced House committee appointments for the 2013 legislative session. In its report to the Legislature, the Texas Sunset Commission recommended that ratemaking authority for all water and wastewater utilities be transferred to the PUC. A similar proposal almost passed in 2011. The Sunset Commission periodically reviews state agencies to see whether they can be improved or eliminated. But after discussion among the webcast panelists, Callegari said, “It may make sense to leave water districts and municipalities where they are (subject to TCEQ oversight).”

Katie McCain named first recipient of new leadership award Former Texas Section Chair and past AWWA President Katie McCain has been selected to receive the first-ever AWWA Management Leadership Division Exceptional Service Award. McCain’s distinguished service to utility management will be recognized at the opening session of the AWWAWEF Utility Management Conference. The Utility Management Conference, March 10-13 at the Renaissance Phoenix Glendale Hotel in Glendale, AZ, marks the 25th year of collaboration between AWWA and WEF on management issues. The goal of the Utility Management Conference is to provide attendees with needed information for responding to the most pressing management issues of the day.

With those entities more responsive to the public than investor-owned utilities (IOUs), sending their rate issues to the PUC “may be solving a problem when it doesn’t exist,” Callegari said. Some panelists on the webcast expressed concern that some utilities, especially smaller operations, would be hampered by the change. Steve Blackhurst of You can view the Aqua Texas, a large Legislative Preview corporation that owns webcast at hundreds of utilities in the www.tawwa.org state, noted that oversight was shifted from the PUC to TCEQ’s predecessor agency in the mid-1980s because policymakers wanted environmental regulations to correlate with rates. “[T]he idea is, by putting [the two functions] in one agency, you had coordination between the people requiring the improvements and the people approving the rates,” he said. But ratemaking oversight at the TCEQ, primarily an environmental agency, suffers from being only a small portion of the agency’s mission. Blackhurst said larger utilities may benefit from the ratemaking expertise at the PUC, which also regulates CONTINUED PAGE 22  WEBCAST

Arlington honors former manager, AWWA President Charlie Anderson Arlington Water Utilities paid tribute to its former manager and longtime Texas Section leader at a dedication ceremony Nov. 16. The Green Oaks Pump Station was renamed the Charles F. Anderson Pump Station. Anderson, who is serving as president of AWWA this year, was the former director of Water Utilities from 1996 until 2003. He joined the utility in 1972 and during his tenure, he was Arlington Water Utilities directors from past and present instrumental in the congratulate Charlie Anderson (second from left) after original construction the utility renamed the Green Oaks Pump Station in his honor. With him are Fiona Allen, his successor as

CONTINUED director; Julie Hunt, who succeeded Allen; first director PAGE 25  TRIBUTE John Kubala; and current director Walter “Buzz” Pishkur.

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Worth the trip By Mike Howe TAWWA Executive Director

ore than 200 people participated in our Legislative Preview webcast in December. We had a similar number participate in a TXWARN webcast in August. All the literature that comes across association executives’ desks includes discussion of webcasts, of Skype or similar applications that are revolutionizing the way associations interact. Still… With all of our technology, and believe me, I am a big fan of technology, nothing can beat attending conferences in person. Without question, the face-to-face, one-on-one of conferences offer opportunities to expand your knowledge base, improve your personal skills and network with others in your field. You’ll find out what your peers are doing, what the new trends in the industry are, and where there’s room for movement and improvement. At these events, you’ll participate in technical sessions specifically designed to stimulate your personal and professional growth. They will help you increase your ability to step up as a leader, influence others through powerful communication skills and develop a personal

brand that is distinctly your own while vastly improving your chances for success. Best yet, you’ll have the opportunity to meet the top leaders in the water community. You’ll get to ask them about what they do and what keeps them motivated and rejuvenated on the job. Through them, you’ll glean valuable insight on their journey to the top. The conference is your golden opportunity to cultivate relationships with these industry superstars — what could be more motivating than that? And, in our industry, in Texas, the superstars are at Texas Water™. Here are some tips before and when you are at Texas Water™: 1. Read the conference agenda thoroughly, and select the sessions that will be most likely to improve your skills. Stay away from the seminars you could almost teach yourself, and "stretch" by hearing about topics you have not mastered. 2. Ask a professional colleague to become your conference buddy, so you can share what you learn. This collaboration will bring special benefits when you talk about presentations that only one of you attended. 3. Stay for the entire conference. You never know what CONTINUED PAGE 22  HOWE

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Texas takes New Mexico to court over Rio Grande water

In one of two Texas water cases headed to the Supreme Court, the State of Texas is asking the court to command New Mexico to deliver water apportioned to Texas under the 1938 Rio Grande Compact between the states of Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado to divide the waters of the Rio Grande. In another case, the court has agreed to hear Tarrant Regional Water District’s suit against Oklahoma regarding where TRWD can take water under the 1980 Red River Compact (see adjoining story). Texas’s action against New Mexico came Jan. 8. “It is unfortunate that we have had to resort to legal action, but negotiations with New Mexico have been unsuccessful, and Texas is not getting the water that it is allocated and legally entitled to,” said TCEQ Commissioner Carlos Rubinstein. Because of New Mexico's ongoing litigation to avoid its water obligation, Texas officials said they were compelled to act to protect Texas’s rights to the water legally apportioned to it. “The State of New Mexico is currently in active litigation in both state and federal courts in New Mexico in an attempt to circumvent the Rio Grande Compact and the operation by the United States of the Rio Grande Project,” Rubinstein said. “The complaint filed today by the State of Texas in the U.S. Supreme Court is not intended to adversely impact the State of New Mexico’s right to allocate its water resources, but is focused on protecting the rights of Texas to Rio Grande water under the 1938 Compact through the operation of the Rio Grande Project. By ignoring the compact, New Mexico is already causing harm to water users in Texas, and it will only get worse in the future unless something is done now.” CONTINUED PAGE 18  COURT

Court Case Closeup: N. Texas, Oklahoma water dispute continues The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments on a dispute between a North Texas water district and the State of Oklahoma. The court’s action breathes new life into Tarrant Regional Water District’s suit, which lost in lower courts. Under the 1980 Red River Compact, Texas, Oklahoma and other states share water in the Red River. TRWD claims the Red River water at its access point was unusable, so it petitioned to withdraw water from a tributary just prior to its confluence with the Red River. Oklahoma rejected the request. No date has been set for the SCOTUS hearing.

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TCEQ continues to modify restrictions on the Brazos

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advantage of recent and any additional rainfall if streamflow measurements reach certain thresholds. All suspended water-right holders, including those suspended under today’s order, are subject to this relief if streamflow conditions are met. Both orders will be considered by the commission at the Jan. 30, 2013 agenda. On Nov. 19, 2012, in response to a priority call by Dow on Nov. 14, 2012, the executive director of the TCEQ issued an order and notified certain junior water-right holders in the Brazos River Basin below Possum Kingdom Lake with a priority date of 1942 or later that their right to divert or impound water was immediately suspended. Suspended water rights included those with a priority date of 1942 or later, term, and temporary water-right permits in the Brazos River Basin below Possum Kingdom Lake. CONTINUED PAGE 21  TCEQ

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Tuesday, April 9, 2013 - Moody Gardens Golf Course, 1700 Snydor Lane, Galveston Help raise funds for scholarships to assist students with families in the water and wastewater industry. All profits from the Texas Water Golf Tournament go toward the scholarship programs.

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TEXAS WATER 2013 GOLF TOURNAMENT SCHOLARSHIP Moody Gardens Golf Course, formerly the Galveston Municipal Golf Course, features a $16 million comprehensive renovation by the renowned golf course architects of Jacobsen Hardy Golf Course Design. Jacobsen Hardy's attention to detail provides residents and visitors alike with a premiere public golf course. Among the many improvements the course features Paspalum turf, designed for seaside golf courses and providing an outstanding playing surface.

This year we are adding a Young Professional Outreach by having YPs and Students sponsor a tee box and have the opportunity to meet and greet each of the golfers as they make the rounds. This should add a good networking side to the event. We again expect a full course so sign up early!

7:00 AM Check-in & Breakfast. Lunch following. First 144 players. No on-site registration. 8:15 AM Shotgun Scramble!

REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS MARCH 21, 2013-NO EXCEPTIONS!!!

SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES Title Sponsor:

CALCULATE FEES Title Package……….…...…….$3,500

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Golf Ball Sponsor................$2,000

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Team registration, golf ball sponsor, lunch sponsor, hole signage (2)

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Golf Ball Sponsor: Sleeve of Titleist NXT golf balls with Texas Water & your company logo for every golfer.

Meet the Young Professional Sponsor:

Meet and greet for young professional or student at the tee box to watch you hit and network

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Other Sponsorship Opportunities ___Hole (@ $350)

Daytime Phone: __________________________________________ ___Registration Table (@ $750) ___Hole in One (@ $500) Name: __________________________________________________ ___Beverage Cart (@ $750) Firm Name: ______________________________________________ ___Closest to the Pin (@ $500) Address: ________________________________________________ City: ____________________________________________________ State: _______________________________Zip: ________________ NAME FOR SPONSORSHIP SIGN: Daytime Phone: __________________________________________ Email: __________________________________________________ Tournament Extra

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THE EASIEST WAY TO REGISTER IS ONLINE at WWW.TEXAS-WATER.COM! Or mail form with payment to: TW13 Golf Fundraiser for Scholarships P.O. Box 676 Pflugerville, TX 78691 Or fax to 512-251-8152

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EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE MARCH 18, 2013 PAYMENT MUST ACCOMPANY THIS FORM OR REGISTRATION CANNOT BE PROCESSED REGISTER ONLINE: www.txwater.org. PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE FIRST NAME_____________________________________LAST NAME______________________________________ COMPANY_______________________________________TITLE___________________________________________ NAME FOR BADGE________________________________________________________________________________ ADDRESS_______________________________________MEMBER #________________________ ❑ AWWA ❑ WEF CITY/STATE/ZIP___________________________________________________________________________________ PHONE_________________________________________FAX______________________________________________ EMAIL (REQUIRED FOR PROCESSING)__________________________________________________________________ Received on/ Received before 3/18/13 after 3/18/13

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FRIDAY FACILITY TOURS QUANTITY Select Tour: _____ x $30 $35 ______ ❑ Tour 1: Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority Bayport Facility ❑ Tour 2: Moody Gardens Water Treatment Plant & Aquarium Life Support Systems ❑ Tour 3: City of Galveston 30th Street Pump Station EXTRA TICKET

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Submit your applications for the Workforce Strategies Award, presented at Texas Water 2013SM in Galveston. Deadline for submittal is February 15. Send submissions to Cathy Dominguez at Cathy.Dominguez@brazos.org. This award will recognize a utility, agency or 16 company for an innovative and successful program designed to promote workforce development for the utility, company or water industry in general. Another purpose of the award is to bring workforce development programs forward for others to use or adapt or be inspired. Examples of programs might include: • A program that introduces young people to water issues • A program that provides young people with information about careers in the industry • A program that promotes on-the-job training that ends with licensing • A program that provides internships that end with licensing • A program that focuses on hiring returning war veterans and assists in acknowledging their military experience for licensing credit

TWDB uses social media to keep you up-to-date AUSTIN – The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) has launched two social media accounts to provide new opportunities to communicate with its stakeholders across the state — from Texas residents, to water entities and legislators. TWDB's Facebook page will feature photos of TWDB-financed projects, news about drought and other water-related issues, announcements of meetings and webinars, and more. The agency's Twitter account (@twdb) will keep followers up-to-date on the state of water in Texas. Both accounts will cover topics such as conservation, reservoir and lake levels, statewide water needs and State Water Plan implementation. Melanie Callahan, executive administrator of TWDB, stated that “participating in social media allows us to engage in an ongoing and important discussion about water issues in the state. We hope many Texans will join the conversation.” The TWDB is the state agency charged with collecting and disseminating water-related data, assisting with regional planning and preparing the State Water Plan for the development of the state’s water resources.

Texas Water 2013 April 9-12 • Moody Gardens • Galveston

Entry Deadline: January 31, 2013

Who Can Enter? Anyone who is a member of the Texas Section of the American Water Works Association or

General Rules 1. Any Texas Section AWWA or WEAT member may enter. 2. Entries must be accompanied by the entry form in this brochure (or a copy), and must be received no later than Jan. 31, 2013.

the Water Environment Association of Texas is eligible to enter.

3. Entries must have been produced, distributed or completed between Jan. 1, 2012 and Dec. 31, 2012.

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4. Large utilities (50,000 connections or above) and other agencies will be judged separately.

The Watermark Award for communications excellence recognizes Texas Section AWWA and WEAT members who have produced top quality communications. Effective internal and external communication is essential to a member’s ability to provide excellent service. Today’s water resource professionals must communicate with a variety of audiences to achieve success. Through these awards, Texas Section AWWA and WEAT hope to heighten awareness among all water resource professionals about the importance of effective communication.

Why Enter? If you’ve produced high quality, effective

communications, we want to reward you.

Encourage your local media to enter the Watermark Awards for Media Excellence. For a media entry form, visit either www. tawwa.org or www.weat.org or www. texas-water.com. Watermark 2013 Award Entry

5. Entries will be judged by professional communicators. 6. A “Best of Show” award may be given if the judges deem appropriate. 7. Judges have the right to change a category in which an entry was submitted. 8. Winners will be notified by March 2, 2013. Entries will not be returned. 9. Winners will be recognized during the Texas Water 2013SM conference in Galveston April 9-12. The awards breakfast is 7:30 a.m. Thursday, April 11. 10. Each entry must include a one- or two-page, double-spaced summary of the problem or opportunity, goals and objectives, implementation and results. 11. Each entry must include a 200 to 250 word summary of the entry that may be used as the script for the awards breakfast announcement, if the entry wins. TAWWA and WEAT do have the right to modify this text. For more information, contact Mary Gugliuzza at mary.gugliuzza@fortworthtexas.gov or (817) 392-8253. Page 2

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“These illegal diversions of water in New Mexico are having an ongoing negative effect on the amount of water available for use by Texas farmers,” said Pat Gordon, Rio Grande Compact Commissioner. “The City of El Paso also counts on Texas’ water allocation for half of its water supply. Our attempts to negotiate a resolution with the State of New Mexico were not successful and only resulted in New Mexico initiating very aggressive litigation aimed at capturing water that belongs to the Rio Grande Project and the State of Texas. Our dispute is not with New Mexico farmers who are part of the Rio Grande Project. Texas had no choice but to take action against the State of New Mexico in the U.S. Supreme Court to protect its rights under the 1938 Compact.” This is a complex legal action, but key points in the Texas argument include: • Historically, water apportioned under the Rio Grande Compact has resulted in approximately 57 percent of the water supply below the Elephant Butte Reservoir being delivered to New Mexico, and 43 percent being delivered across the New Mexico-Texas state line for Texas. • The State of New Mexico has allowed a reduction of Texas’ water supplies and the apportionment of water it is entitled to under the Rio Grande Compact. New Mexico is illegally allowing diversions of both surface and underground water hydrologically connected to the Rio Grande downstream of Elephant Butte Reservoir. These extractions of water through 2011 have amounted to tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of acre-feet annually. The illegal diversion of this water is negatively impacting water flows in the river, taking water that is released for the Rio Grande Project beneficiaries, including the State of Texas. Essentially, New Mexico is delivering water to Texas at Elephant Butte Reservoir and then rediverting Texas’ water below the reservoir as it is being released to Texas. • Texas alleges that grave and irreparable injury has occurred and will be suffered in the future by Texas and its citizens unless relief is afforded by the court to prevent New Mexico from using and withholding water which Texas is entitled to, and which New Mexico is obligated to deliver, under the Rio Grande Compact and Rio Grande Project Act. • The State of Texas is requesting no action from the State of Colorado. Colorado is included in the filing only because they are a signatory to the compact. The U.S. Supreme Court has original and exclusive jurisdiction of this suit. If it accepts the case, the court has in similar cases appointed a special master to hear the case.

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leadership of our state to say that this is important enough that we’re going to spend some money on it, that’s huge.” Despite these successes, Texas faces many water challenges in the coming generation. One issue involves the fact that water has been declared the property of the private citizens who own the land above it. The larger problem within that is that the state has told different people that they own the same water. For example, downstream landowners who have had water rights for more than 100 years have been told that the water is theirs, while the state has also told landowners upstream that the same water belongs to them. Sansom said that this will continue to be a problem until we recognize that it’s the same water, not only in science but in law. Another challenge that affects our water sources is that those private landowners and families are being driven from the land. According to Sansom, Texas loses rural and agricultural land faster than any other state. This becomes a major problem because all of Texas’ watersheds and recharge areas lie on private property, and when that private land is fragmented or families leave it, those watersheds and recharge areas are put at risk. “It doesn’t matter how much new infrastructure we build if we don’t find a way to keep those private landowners on the property and doing the right thing to keep that watershed functioning and alive,” Sansom said. He said that Texas needs to find ways to compensate private landowners to stay on their property and manage those watersheds for the benefit of everyone. Another challenge is getting people across the state to understand the importance of water conservation. He mentioned that while places such as El Paso and San Antonio have lowered their water consumption by as much as 40 percent per capita, there are still metropolitan areas in Texas where the per capita consumption of water is increasing. “We need to not think about water conservation as some form of sacrifice or curtailment, or that we’re giving up something,” Sansom said. “The easiest water for us to get is the water that we already have. We need to be looking at water conservation as simply another source of supply.” The biggest challenge Sansom addressed was making the urban population understand drought and our increasing water issues, and recognizing that this is a real problem. When the drought of the 1950s occurred, Texas was a rural state; more of our population lived on farms and ranches, so the drought was up-close and personal and everyone understood what a dire situation it was. Today, however, people live in urban areas and think that as long

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Adam Conner, SAWS, presents speaker Andrew Sansom with a plaque representing the $500 donation made to Water For People in Sansom's name.

as water is coming from the tap, everything is okay. “We have already given permission for more water to be withdrawn from many of our rivers than what’s actually in them, such that if all the water rights permits that have been issued were actually exercised, many of our rivers would be gone today,” Sansom said. “And yet, 97 percent of the people who live in our state have no understanding of that dilemma and the presence that water has in their lives.” Despite these seemingly overwhelming challenges that Texas faces, Sansom said that the one thing that could help this situation is to teach a child about water. To take them fishing or swimming and have them appreciate the waters in Texas. “Take a child and have them understand the incredible beauty, the incredible inspiration that’s available in the living water of this state,” Sansom said. “But also, not only is it a source of fun and inspiration, but it’s something that they’re going to have to take responsibility for if they’re going to enjoy the kind of prosperity and quality of life that we have in our generation.”

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Nominations for Maverick Award due Feb. 22

The MAVERICK Award will recognize an outstanding Young Professional within the Texas Section of AWWA who exemplifies exceptional qualities in at least one of the following: Volunteerism Community Involvement Leadership Outstanding Service In the science of water supply, treatment, operations and quality. Young Professionals are those individuals who are a member of AWWA under the age of 35 who works or is involved in the water industry. Please provide a detailed justification of no more than 500 words. Include name, title, contact information and a high resolution (jpeg) photo of the nominee. Contact Letty Gomar at 972-763-4445 or lgomar@carollo.com to send your nominations, no later than February 22. The MAVERICK Award will be presented at the Texas Water Awards Breakfast, Thursday April 11.

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Some junior water rights for municipal and power generating uses were not suspended in the interest of public health and safety. This action was modified and affirmed by the commission on Dec. 5, 2012. Today’s action is based upon data collected from these water-right holders since that time. The TCEQ has been working closely with municipal and power generating water-right holders to determine minimum requirements needed to protect supplies for public health, safety, and welfare concerns. This modified order provides that protection while preserving water for senior water-right holders downstream who are authorized to divert. Some municipal and power generators’ water rights were suspended or adjusted based on information related to water use and alternative supplies. The TCEQ will continue to monitor the situation closely and respond as necessary for any changed conditions affecting public welfare. See the Texas Drought Information Web page for the latest information on this, other issues pertaining to the drought, and information on conservation. All water users in the state are encouraged to continue to conserve water use.

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TAWWA's Trooper Smith and WEAT's Alissa Lockett, has been working hard to bring you a great Technical Session program, once again bringing you an eighth track of topics on Wednesday, April 10, geared toward operators. This year, Texas Water is giving back to its host community with its first-ever community service event on Tuesday, April 9. The inaugural event will be an Oyster Restoration Project, in cooperation with The Galveston Bay Foundation and will consist of volunteers depositing oyster shells in the shore to start an oyster reef. The event starts at 8:30 a.m. and will last for about four hours. More information is provided in the online Texas Water 2013SM Attendee Brochure, or if you're interested in participating, please contact Letty Gomar at 972-763-4445 or Pablo Davila at 713-658-9000 x 333. The Local Host Committee, chaired by TAWWA's Drew Molly and WEAT's Meera Victor, has planned a special Thursday night event at the Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier. The event features waterfront dining and entertainment like no other Gulf Coast destination. You’ll be flying over guests on the Texas Star Flyer, soaring over the Gulf of Mexico on the Galaxy Wheel and enjoying the waterfront dining experience after a long day of learning. Behold a spectacular sight of the pier ablaze with beautiful and vibrant lights of the attractions and the twinkling lights of the ships in the distance, as you mingle with fellow conference attendees and their families and welcome the new officers of TAWWA and WEAT. Located on Galveston Island at 25th and Seawall Blvd., the Pleasure Pier opened in May 2012 to crowds of excited Galvestonians and tourists alike. This multi-million dollar family destination brings the glory of Galveston’s famous history into the present with fun for young and old. Transportation will be provided for the attendees from the convention center to the event and back. Tickets are included with full registration and guest registration packages, but additional tickets can be purchased through the conference website. The annual Scholarship Golf Tournament will be held on Tuesday, April 9 at the Moody Gardens Golf Course. A registration and sponsorship form for the tournament can be found on Page 14. To register for Texas Water 2013SM, click to the TW13 website, www.txwater.org. A registration form is also available on Page 15.

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electric and gas companies, but smaller entities may suffer because the PUC’s sophistication could prove inflexible. Dean Robbins, a former ratemaking regulator and now assistant general manager for the Texas Water Conservation Association, echoed the concern about removing rate authority from the water quality regulators. He noted, though, that the Sunset Commissioner report contemplated interagency memorandums-of-understanding to try to keep coordination between the PUC and TCEQ. Panelist Brent Locke, TAWWA’s Chair and manager of Bistone Municipal Water Supply District, worried about the effects on smaller utilities. “The unintended consequences that this may cause is my big concern,” he said. The Sunset Commission report is available for download through the commission website (http://www. sunset.state.tx.us/83.htm#puc). The edited and condensed version of TAWWA’s Legislative Preview is available for viewing through the Section website, www.tawwa.org. The discussion on rate regulation begins about one hour into the webcast.

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• Bring your own equipment: one or two • Only SAGC provided ammunition is alopen a cement‐lined, ductile iron pipe and install a 12- or 20- gauge shotguns (shotguns will lowed. nottap. Every year, the Texas AWWA section sends be available for rental), eye and ear • Eye and ear protection is mandatory. protection • Gun breech or actions open to show gun their winner, and San Antonio has been tremen‐ • SAGC will provide the ammunition—no is unloaded at all times unless in the cage outside ammunition is allowed. and ready to fire. dously successful. Just since 2001, SAWS men • Four person teams will rotate between • Do not load gun until in the cage and ready fivewere state champs 2001‐2009, and placed fourth stations, each shooter will receive 10 to fire. targets per station. • Never load more than 2 shells in gun. in nationals in 2008 & 2005, and second in 2004. • Light snacks and drinks will be available at • No shot size larger than 7-1/2's. (7-1/2's, the pavilion. 8's and 9's only). SAWS women won state 2004‐2009, finished third • Event will proceed "shower or shine". • Guns must have full stock and minimum Event will be rescheduled only if heavy 21" barrel. in nationals in 2006 and 2008, and won nationals Sporting clays storms occur. • No shooting is allowed after consuming in 2007!! The national record is 1:01.95, set by the • Shooters must be at least 21 years old. alcoholic beverages. of clay pigeon

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The Water Conservation Advisory Council has developed a Microsoft of the Green Oaks Pump Station. Excel workbook to help utilities calculate water use data. The pump station was constructed in the The workbook is an adaptation of a New Mexico calculator in use late 1970s to provide water supply to the for a few years. Significant redesign of the workbook was made in large growing area south of Interstate Highway 20. part based on the experience that New Mexico has had in their Anderson made significant contributions implementation. to the Water Utilities department as well as According to a WCAC statement in its report to the 83rd Texas the water industry. He served as Texas Section 25 Legislature, “Overall the New Mexico approach does an excellent job of chair 2002-2003 and later served as the balancing the desire for more detailed water use information against the Section’s director on the AWWA Board of effort required by water suppliers to generate the data.” The WCAC gallons per capita per day (GPCD) calculator collects the Directors. He was elected vice president of following data: AWWA and then won the position of 1. Population split between single-family, multi-family and president-elect in 2011. He was inducted as institutional. the president of American Water Works 2. Water volumes by year or month with the ability to split the Association in June 2012. supplied volumes into eight sectors. Anderson currently works as a 3. The number of utility water connections that can be split for management consultant for CDM Smith’s each of the same eight sectors. Fort Worth office. The Texas calculator includes instructions and links for obtaining population information from the U.S. Census tables. Using the census data, a person’s per-connection ratio is calculated that allows the utility to adjust population numbers between census years based on the change in service connections. Blowers Blower Packages Based on the collected data the calculator computes the Overhauls Digester Aeration sector-based gallons per capita per day for the three population dependent sectors (single-family, multi-family, Filter Backwash and institutional) as well as gallons per capita per day for every sector based on total population. 866-424-7622 The Texas calculator also provides charts showing the input data and the computed gallons per capita per day values. The calculator is simply a tool for reporting water use and displaying the results. Using a Microsoft Excel workbook makes it easy for a water provider to expand the analytical use of the data in whatever manner they might choose such as forecasting future water demand and predicting conservation efficiencies by adding worksheets to their own workbook. The calculator is currently posted on the Water Conservation Advisory Council website (www.savetexaswater.org) for review and comment.

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South Texas AWWA/WEAT Sporting Clays Tournaments

Feb. 21 Feb. 25-28

Southeast Texas Chapter 9-1 p.m. Half-Day Seminar

Houston Engineering & www.setawwa.org Scientific Society Club

2013 Membrane Technology Conference and Exposition

Henry B. Gonzalez Center San Antonio

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