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What's new in BACWA's Committees
Asset Management Infoshare
The Bay Area Asset Management Group has been incorporated into BACWA as part of the Infoshare Group. Meetings will be held quarterly. The next meeting will be held November 5, from 11am to 1pm, at Central Contra Costa Sanitary District. The meeting will feature a presentation by Paul Bonitz, SFPUC, on "Implementing Mobile Devices for Warehouse and Tool Room". See meeting agenda. Attendees should RSVP to Dana Lawson.
BAPPG
The October BAPPG meeting featured a presentation by James Parrish of the Regional Water Board on Pollution Prevention Reporting. The presentation included a description of the components that the Regional Water Board would like to see when reviewing POTWs' reports, as well as a discussion on how to improve the readabilty of the reports. The meeting also included a presentation by Anne Doherty of the DTSC on the Safer Consumer Products Regulation which is intended to provide a non-legislative pathway to phase out constituents and products of concern. She invited the wastewater community to submit data on constituents of concern that POTWs would like to see controlled or phased out in the future.
Collections Systems Committee
The next meeting on November 12 will feature a round-table discussion on how Cities and Agencies are preparing for the El Niño weather event that is forecast this winter. Regional Water Board staff will attend the November meeting to discuss staffing and their priorities for the coming year. For background on the last meeting, see the September Collections Systems Committee Report.
Permits Committee
Over the past several years, the Regional Monitoring Program (RMP) has faced diminished funding and has to cut its program accordingly. The Regional Water Board is interested in bolstering funding to the RMP and has been working with BACWA to identify possible monitoring reductions that could be implemented as an offset for increased funding from POTWs to the RMP. The overall concept is that the funds would be better spent on receiving water monitoring than effluent monitoring.The permits committee will be discussing ways to implement this trade. For more information, please see previous Permits Committee Reports.
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Upcoming Events
Baywork Training Buffet
November 19, 2015
EBMUD Adeline Maintenance Facility, Training Resource Center
1100 21st Street, Oakland, CA
BACWA Annual Members Meeting
January 15, 2016
Boy Scout Council, San Leandro, CA
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BACWA External Representation
Collaboration with outside groups and initiatives is an important facet of BACWA's mission. Below is a list of BACWA's representatives to these technical, regulatory, and management groups:
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